Hi There!

This is my blog. It's not very big and I don't post as often as I should, but I'm trying to remedy that... As a polymath or scanner I have a wide range of interests - some of which will find their way on to this blog.

I'm also at a bit of a career crossroads at the moment and am teaching myself PHP programming using the excellent CodeIgniter framework so that I can try to create a secondary income through affiliate marketing.

30 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Linguini with Tomatoes and Chunky Vegetables

I’ve never been good with purely vegetarian dishes – I always want to add a bit of meat for texture and flavour!  However in an attempt to reduce my meat intake I knocked together this tasty, filling and more importantly healthy dish in under 15 minutes last night and more importantly I didn’t miss the meat [...]

12 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Aircraft Safety Videos You Will Want To Watch!

How do you get people to pay attention to aircraft safety videos? Air New Zealand appear to have the answer!  As part of their “Nothing to Hide” campaign they’ve released their “Bare Essentials of Safety” video, created for their domestic 737 services. Enjoy…

27 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

My Mother and Aunty on YouTube

Normally I wouldn’t consider making a post whilst drunk… BUT… I’ve just been alerted to a video on YouTube of my MOTHER and Aunty Gaynor,  singing There’s a Hole in my Hat, to the tune (almost) of There’s a Hole in my Bucket.  This was apparently due to an incident with a hat and a [...]

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23 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Roast Chicken and Mediterranean Veg!

This has got to be one of my favourite types of recipes.  Simply chuck things into an oven proof dish, bung in the oven and serve with loads of rice and french bread! There is no measuring, no weighing and virtually no stress – even those who profess to be unable to cook can make [...]

13 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Facebook Username

Have you set your facebook username yet? They’ve been available for 4 hours now and I thought I’d rush to the laptop and grab /lyndon but, alas, someone more geeky that me already has… So after much deliberation I grabbed /lyndonw.  So now my facebook profile ID matches my email address prefix and you can [...]