A Treasure Hunt In Leith
For Martha and Ruth’s birthday I planned a treasure hunt around Leith. It took a while to draw the images, make the QR codes, layout the text, plan the locations, get the stickers printed, bury the...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Craig
Happy birthday Craig – here’s a playlist of some of the bands I know that you like. (Sorry if the track choice is odd… tracks were mostly chosen from ones I like!) C Chvrches – Recover R Radiohead...
View ArticleBookmarklets
I’m always bookingmarking and then forgetting useful bookmarklets and websites – here are few gems that need to be saved to return to again in the future: Bookmarklets Get the centre point of a Google...
View Article2013 End Of The Year Roundup
Happy Hogmanay! It’s become a bit of a tradition for me to round off the year with a post reminding myself of some of the good things in the year. Having a toddler makes life mega busy and we’ve some...
View ArticleExperiments In Brewing
First post of 2014 and here’s to a new website for Kev & Jono’s brewing experiment: http://bagboilbeer.wordpress.com/ !
View ArticleEgg Language Generator
For anyone who is as confused by Egg Language as I am then here’s a handy way to generate an Egg Language message courtesy of my Egg Language Generator.
View Article2014 End Of The Year Roundup
Happy Hogmanay! I’ve made it my tradition to look back over the year come December 31st and it seems to me that this year has been seriously busy and, as a result has flown by. As well as much great...
View ArticleTea-Stained Map Making
Staining paper with tea bags Improvised drying line Drawing the maps… X marks the spot! Drawing the maps… sunbathing on the beach Drawing the maps… a mermaid! Drawing the maps… my attempt! Drawing the...
View ArticleThe art of the recut
Sometimes the version of a movie that you watch isn’t quite what other people want to watch. Directors cuts have been around since the 1980’s (Blade Runner being a pretty important film where director...
View ArticleStarbucks vs. Costa – a dairy-free battle (Spoiler: Costa win)
Our daughter can’t have dairy. She’s not vegan – she’ll plough through her weight in spicy chicken wings or my weight in bacon rolls – but milk and milk products make ill. She’s only six so we try hard...
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