Week 182, Hidden gems of Sheffield

Having walked past here a thousand times I'd never really noticed this Georgian row properly.

Built in 1791 during the reign of George III.

On the left Venture Works, the home of Herbert M Slater, formed in 1853.

And on the right Hallam House, both Grade II listed and built at the same time.

The building in the middle doesn't appear to be listed even though it is part of the same construction.

The windows are altered out of character with the style of the building.

Presumably these alterations, made after 1965, predate any requirement to keep it original.

As can be seen in the linked image above this Georgian row continued for some distance down Arundel Street.

Until the rest were demolished for some reason. 

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Week 181, Stuff about stuff about stuff

Too many interests.

Watering down how much can be done and reducing the quality of any output.

Looking at Google+, yes there are a some of us that do that.

Here's some discussion about a guitar.

Guitars I really like.

Spending time looking at them and associated technology, picking one up and noodling for a bit.

Then there's a 6502 microprocessor discussion to get drawn in to.

Looking at projects and quirks of different designs provides diversion - the soldering iron may make an appearance.

Then there are the other dozen things.

Too much.

Nobody can know everything about anything now, never mind everything about everything.

But there's so much stuff out there, all available in a few clicks.

Fun but not ultimately satisfying, it would be better to know an enormous amount about a limited number of things.

Or more particularly, a thing.

Rather than marginally more than bugger all about loads of things.

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Week 180, Live stream

No buffering here

Filtered content

Passing beneath

A dark web of intrigue

When monitoring a watercourse 

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Week 179, These are not the tapes you are looking for

A long time ago in a data centre far, far away...

There was a dark recess

Where after a time light shone in

Unnatural light

Mercury vapour stimulated by electric current 

Producing ultraviolet radiation

Creating an unpleasant glow from a tubular phosphor surface

Urgh

However, that doesn't answer the question

What were the tapes?*†

* Some may say they are for a Panasonic real to real tape recorder

† Some say this cupboard was used for backup tapes

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Week 178, Action voting unanimity

Sunday 18 March 2018

The EGM to discuss the first proposal from ACAS.

Unanimous in rejection.


Moving on to Wednesday 4 April 2018

The second 'offer' appeared at first to be a step forward.

However it offers nothing more than vague promises.

And it is a messy, short-term deal.

Which gets UUK what they want - an end to strikes.

But not what we want.

It should be rejected unless we are offered more concrete assurances.

We should also reject this.

I have voted no.

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Week 177, Action grip tightens

Sunday 11 March 2018


Monday 5th to Thursday 8th this week, four days picketing.

This week we have the added bonus of International Women's Day on the Thursday.

We marched to the City Hall to hear IWD speakers.

The pressure on Universities continues to grow.

Behind the scenes there is a great deal of flapping and some recognition of the hole that has been dug.

Let them flap.

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Week 176, Action continues amid unconventional parking

Sunday 4 March 2018


Three days of action, Monday 26th to Wednesday 28th.

The back muscles are still complaining, however there are signs of compliance.

The action is causing much disruption, and there are signs that senior figures are changing their tune.

The weather is ideal, dry snow doesn't bother anyone apart from BMW drivers.

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