Catch

wild animal

timfry — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:16:32 +0000

A Red Panda at Marwell Zoo. (Taken in May)

the saturday afternoons are safe

timfry — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:34:40 +0000

The last couple of months have been quite a ride for me and my fellow saints fans. After initially being told that we might not make it to the end of last season, the administration thing managed to drag on until the last week. On the plus side, there isn’t now as long to wait until the start of next season. On the down side, we’ve currently got no manager, few coaches and most of the same players that got us in this problem in the first place!

Still, it’s onwards and upwards from here! It has to be!

what do you mean ignored?

timfry — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:21:35 +0000

You’re right, I’ve been far too busy with work/non-work, spending far too much cash on Apple products and worrying too much about a certain situation about a certain football club to post witty and entertaining stuff on here.

No, you can’t do anything to change it!

new tech, same smooth fonts

timfry — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:45:11 +0000

I continue to be amazed at what the clever people of the interweb manage to create, often in their spare time. To this end, I’ve switched the tech that provides the nice header font above from sIFR to cufon which means that even people who don’t have flash will be able to enjoy them.

Unless you’re using IE6 or below (where the transparency might not work), in which case I’d recommend you change browser.

Unless you’re using IE6 or below and you’re at work and can’t upgrade for some reason, in which case I feel your pain…

If you spot a problem and want to let me know, there are enough links on this and the about page to show you the way.

good looking small cars for everyone

timfry — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:34:55 +0000

It’s nice to see that in this age of the credit crunch, when you’ve not got huge bundles of cash to spend on a new car, that the smaller cars in the market have suddenly become a good looking bunch.

Sure, there’s still some rubbish out there, a lot of it actually , but look no further than the Honda Jazz (Above), the new Ford Fiesta and my current personal favourite (although I won’t be buying one) the Fiat 500 for something just that little bit better. And especially if you’re going to be given £2000 off for that old ugly rubbish you’re currently driving, you have no excuse not to buy something with style.

fill my saturday afternoons

timfry — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:09:18 +0000

Amongst the books that sit against the computer on my desk is a white envelope. This envelope contains used tickets. At the very front of the envelope is the ticket for the first Saints home game I went to, more than 11 years ago. Most of the rest of the envelope is a potted history of the teams I’ve seen us play between then and when I got a season ticket 3 years ago. Consider it a record of how I’ve spend Saturday afternoons and occasional evenings for more than 40% of my life. The memories of listening to the radio commentary while playing computer games on Dad’s 286 laptop before that are only available in my head.

For as long as I can remember, Saturday afternoons between 3 and 5 have been a mixture of nerves, singing, shouting and the biting of nails (oh and trying to avoid looking at the score if it’s an away game). The hours before are part ritual, part routine. The amount of money I’ve spent is not a question you don’t want to ask.

And now, there’s a chance that all this could be gone, forever, not because of the players on the pitch but because of those off it. This quite simply unthinkable and as stupid as it will sound to some people, I honestly don’t know what I’d do with myself if it happened. So while the results on pitch slowly push us towards the lowest point that I’ve ever seen us at, I quite simply don’t care.

All I want is that there’s a team in that stadium to support come August.

photos from ‘09 snowboarding

timfry — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:12:39 +0000

I know I went a month ago and most of the photos still aren’t ready but you’ll have to be happy with this one for now…

because I couldn’t write on the actual poster

timfry — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:25:52 +0000

the road doesn’t go that way

timfry — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:36:42 +0000

Taken up on the hills this weekend.

another day of winter

timfry — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:27:48 +0000

Against all odds, there’s been three white mornings in a row. Don’t expect it to happen again any time soon.