My sister and both of my parents are school teachers. My Dad sent me this joke by email, which I thought was rather funny – and I can see how it appealed to them as well. Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathering them around him, he taught them, saying: “Blessed are … [Read More »]

I’ve launched a new discussion forum – ZooBeat. This is a forum dedicated to discussing Zoos, Aquariums and Wildlife Parks around the world – basically taking a hobby that my wife and I share, and creating an online community to share information and experiences about zoos. So please, stop by, sign up, and join in … [Read More »]

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve added some integration with my photo gallery to the top of the blog. Every time you view the main blog page, you will get a selection of random images shown in thumbnail form. If you want to see a larger version, just click on the thumbnail to go to … [Read More »]

While teaching today at the IBM office I picked up a developerWorks brochure on a Web Services conference they have produced with a group called “Geek Cruises”. This conference is called Web Services @ sea – and will be run from May 23-31 2004 departing from New York City on a Carnival Cruise Lines superliner, … [Read More »]

Did you know that the United States of America are the current Olympic Rugby Union Champions ? Hard to believe huh ? Well, it’s true, they won at the Olympics in 1924, and Rugby Union hasn’t been played at the Olympics since then !