We received a message from John Lewis today – the people who have been handling our wedding list – telling us what everyone’s bought us. We’ll be contacting everyone individually soon, but the generosity was so overwhelming that we wanted to say an immediate thank-you to everyone who bought things off the list, and also to everyone who gave or sent us something directly. We will be remembering each of you every time we use them so you’re all a much bigger part of our daily lives.

Thank You!

We’d tried to put a really diverse selection up on the website so that anyone kind enough to buy us something would be able to get something appropriate in cost and substance.

A special mention must therefore go to my research group at the University of Portsmouth for finding a particularly appropriate gift. They’re an undeniable bunch of geeks, but they excelled themselves in geekery, by combining:

1. a Good grip bread knife (25 cm), with
2. a Brabantia touch bin (matt steel, 30L).

Around now, Unix hackers should begin falling about with laughter or at least nodding in deep appreciation – everyone else, be very, very thankful that you don’t get the joke.