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At work I'm responsible for two online systems - the Shop's website and Koha, the library software we use to manage our DVD rentals service.
Over the past week I've been tweaking bits here and there, hacking away (rather crudely in some cases, but hey - it works!), and adding some functions to the systems that have until now been lacking.
The main developments were based in Koha and getting it publicly accessible to allow our customers to find out which DVDs we had available.
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Yesterday I wrote about the discovery of an innocent-looking household project book. Taking another look, it turns out it's not so innocent as it first seemed.
The very first project in the book is to build a greenhouse. Nothing as easy as the boot scraper or bird house (that feature later on in the book) to get you started. No, it's the 10ft x 6ft (x 7ft 6in high) span-roof greenhouse.
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Earlier today my parents were given a box of old books to have a look through. You probably know the score - keep the ones that interest you and pass on, sell or dispose of what's left.
There were some good books amongst the pile - some kids books, a couple of Bill Bryson's and a load of very random stuff that probably would interest Joe Bloggs in a million years.
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Last night's Most Haunted gave me the fright of my life, and probably not for the reasons intended.
[[popup:hex.jpg:(thumbnail):Hex:right:1]] Back in June 2006, after my visit to Alton Towers, I sent Antix an e-mail suggesting the Towers as a location for a Most Haunted investigation - especially to investigate the alleged curse of the Chained Oak and the mystery surrounding the Hex ride. I was absolutely thrilled to discover last year that they had chosen Alton Towers as a location and an investigation had taken place. Obviously I'd like to think that they only investigated there because of my e-mail! ;-)
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Yesterday I was told that a film crew would be in today following Marion Colisbee-Smith, a cheesemaker looking to establish her own cheesemaking business.
"Great!" I thought, until I suddenly realised that I was in the Reading Room today.
Hi, I'm Chris. I run the online shop for one of the UK's largest charities.
