James Ots

76 people killed, including 22 children, in attacks in the north-eastern Kenyan village of Turbi. At least 26 Iraqis, almost all of them children, were killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad on Wednesday. People in Pakistan are desperately trying to locate their relatives and friends after a train crash killed at least 132 ...

Bad news comes in threes. What about good news? Today the European Software Patents bill was voted down, which means I don’t have to stop writing software. And London won the 2012 Olympic games. So what’s the third bit of good news to be?

No, that’s not a nebula, that’s the sky this afternoon. With a bit of contrast enhancement. I was lying on the grass in our garden this afternoon listening to Wimbledon on the radio, trying to get a tan, and I looked up at the sky and it looked like a painting, with lots of wispy ...

At half past seven on Saturday morning I set off in my car from home. Four and three quarter hours later I arrived in Edinburgh at the Royal Highland Showground for Frenzy, billed as 12000 people, one big stage, one amazing day. There were, I think, eight different bands playing one after another, giving nearly ...

Since going to London the other week, I’ve been really busy. I’ve been to two barbeques, and, well, that’s about it. Other than that I’ve been busy working, learning to skate, phoning Nomi – all the usual things. Oh, and watched a few football matches. Out of all those things, talking to Nomi has been ...

It’s been a while since I’ve done anything interesting enough, but finally I have something to write about on here. Last Thursday I went down to London with Andrew and David, for a multicultural experience. Multicultural because I’m English, Andrew is Scottish and David is Rwandese, and we had dinner at an Italian restaurant and ...

Last night I went to something called ‘Live at St. Pauls’, at which three bands were playing. Well, the first wasn’t a band, it was my housemate John playing guitar and singing and a friend, James, playing congas and stuff. Then The Asher Band (pictured) played a set – the drummer in the band is ...