I have a fun job. So fun, in fact, that I've been tooling away on a small work-related programming project in my spare time. I enjoy pro...

This, here, is my beard trimmer: A Philips "philishave" beard trimmer. It's a Philips trimmer specifically for facial ...

I've been complaining here lately. About the weather, mould, cars and family matters. You might get the impression we're not as happ...

Forget Habu (I've yet to see one). Forget cone snails, stone fish, sea snakes and blue-ringed octopii (1) . You can even leave typhoons,...

The rainy season is upon us. We get days with heavy rain alternating with perfect, beautiful sunshine. Which, come to think of it, is not al...

It's exactly a year today since I got my Japanese driver's license, and my "beginner" mark is coming off. It's also se...

So we've been to Sweden for a week. Not for holidays unfortunately, but for a family funeral. It was nothing sudden, it didn't come ...