A short DVD/film review: I recently purchased a copy of “Das Boot” on DVD: this is an excellent film and the plot is described on Wikipedia. There are a number of different versions going around, including the ‘short’ 2 hours 30 minutes cinema version, the “Director’s Cut”, running to 3 hours 36 minutes and, further,… (read more)

Snow in Oxford. Very rare: the BOFHlets were out bright and early to build this, very excited after they discovered that the schools would not be open today:

Not the house, but this web site. As will be quite apparent if you’re reading this site directly rather than via one of the syndicated feeds, I’ve installed and customized a new theme. I think it looks excellent, and I’m allowed to say that because it’s not my own work: it’s my very minor rewrite… (read more)