Category Archives: Blogging

I’ve been redecorating, the old theme was showing its age.  Hopefully this one will be more mobile friendly, too. UPDATE Due to inexplicable popular demand, my oil industry mugshot has been returned to the sidebar.  I was hoping to give … Continue reading →

Once again, apologies for the interruption in service.  It appears that this blog, which recently saw its 250,000th visitor, has outgrown the hosting company, who I have been with for 10 years.  So I’ve moved to another host, hopefully one … Continue reading →

You may have noticed my blog was offline for a few days, apparently a rogue script almost caused the host server to crash and my provider thought the best way to deal with it was to pull the plug on … Continue reading →

I’m back from my travels in Dubai and Lebanon and am halfway through writing a post about it.  I’m going to be taking it easy for a few days, having had my last two wisdom teeth yanked out this morning … Continue reading →

After five years of blogging, I think I am now in a position where I can say that I have truly arrived as a blogger. I am this week’s featured blogger in the Normblog Profile.  You can read my profile here.

Apologies for not posting anything over the New Year, I am having trouble accessing certain websites from my home internet connection, one of which is rather annoyingly this blog. I’ve got a few bits and pieces to write, hopefully I’ll … Continue reading →

This is rather pleasing.  My blog has been named in the Natural Resources category of the Times’ 50 Best Business Blogs. I guess they were scrabbling for entries, but I’m chuffed nonetheless.

My wife has gone to St. Petersburg for two weeks to renew her passport and see her family and friends, leaving me on my own. June and July are going to be busy times for all of us on Sakhalin, … Continue reading →