No geek
is an island

Apologies for lack of political blogging of late. For now, a pleasing report that the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee has labelled Blunkett’s ID card plan “badly thought out“, a mention to the Prepare for Emergencies spoof site (via just about everyone, but here’s what Nick has to say), and a note that the Hartlepool by-election is now in full swing, but we still don’t know when it will be.

Meanwhile, I topped a week in which I built a bed by changing a fuse and restoring electricity to the house - although I suspect sticking a screwdriver into a live fuse box wasn’t the most sensible way to do it. Still, when the attack comes, this electrical knowledge will stand me in good stead.

The headboard has its flaws, but I’ve managed to build my bed. It seems reasonably stable, although my hands hurt from screwing in so many screws.

I’m off to sleep now. If the bed collapses in the night, you’ll hear of it here first. (Unless you live downstairs, I guess, in which case you’ll hear a very loud bang, and probably a yelp.)

Having borrowed some tools from work, I have begun attempting to assemble my bed from Argos. It’s not going well (”catalogue of disasters” gag coming soon). I’ve only got as far as the headboard and the holes for slotting the dowels in (the other ends of the dowels being in the headboard slats) are so poorly located that it isn’t just difficult matching them up, it’s a physical impossibility.

I may need a drill.

This is a customer announcement. Will the gentleman visiting this site from Endemol in the Netherlands please make himself known to the site manager via will.howells@ldys.org.uk

Thank you.

The Comedian Richard Herring has completed the game of CNPS (see http://www.richardherring.com/cnps-stats.php) by reaching the magical 999.

I am on 28.

Off to London again this weekend with three consecutive commmittee meetings on Sunday, all for LDYS. I was only elected on to one of them - the other two I’m on by virtue of being elected to other committees.

I don’t even like committee meetings. And I’m chairing one of them.