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Sky’s employee of the year

Posted by Darren on April 29th, 2007 / 1 comment

Friday was the big day… our Sky Plus box was to be replaced. I had to go to a meeting in the morning (damn work interfering with my life as usual), so the wife was left in charge for the … [more]

Sky Minus

Posted by Darren on April 23rd, 2007 / 1 comment

Okay, I used that heading once before. A couple of years ago we had Sky Plus installed, and in the first six months had four replacement boxes until, eventually, we got one that worked and stayed working… most of the … [more]

Back in action

Posted by Darren on April 22nd, 2007 / 5 comments

Fans of dadams.co.uk might have noticed a short break in service… nearly seven months actually. Sorry. Various reasons, not all happy ones. We moved house at the start of October, an experience which could eventually be described as ‘happy’ (especially … [more]

Modern art part 2

Posted by Darren on August 27th, 2004 / No comments

It was nearly three years ago that I commented on the pretentiousness of modern art (see here) and now it is time to do it again. And for a second time, the world of art has been exposed … [more]

Modern art part 1

Posted by Darren on November 12th, 2001 / No comments

I can’t remember how we got onto the subject, but the wife informed me that some art award had been given to an exhibit that consisted of two flashing lights in an empty room. A quick search of the BBC … [more]