I’ve had a Facebook ‘friend’ request. From my daughter. Which is sweet, it is an indication of the kind of relationship – and how close
Month: September 2010
Autumn cleaning
Blogs, GoogleReader, Bloglinks, Twitter, Facebook, social media and iPod music… When I woke up this morning I felt a need to declutter, wanted to clear-out
The flow of information and collateral damage
The internet is just one big fat conduit for pictures and words. Sometimes the pictures move, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes the words make sense, sometimes
Still learning stuff
The experimenting, the failing and the trying again cycle continues with HD video. After a detailed conversation with Daniel the other day, and some sidebar
taking tests
I love it when people enrol on courses and then just can’t be bothered to do the work. Click for the big picture…
Friday stuff
Like your music? I’ve just been doing a Quality Assurance listen-back/dip-in to this weekend’s show, and I have to say that the first and last
On not being a bookworm
Yesterday, in a local library here in Oxfordshire, a mother was using one of the public internet terminals. Fortunately it was a quiet time, because
Not having a bath (and other Sunday night randoms)
Half an hour ago Soph said she was going for a bath. Because it is Sunday, obv. Anyway. We are both still on the couch.
Listening and watching
A little bit cross-media, but bear with me… Over at the podcast, we get a lot of email from artists who have been channelled towards
A return to style, if not form
At last I’ve nailed that big prose piece I’ve been working on. The good news is that I can flip back to my usual blogging
Better off read
Editorial mistakes aren’t the exclusive preserve of the hardcopy media. BBC News Online drops the ball, every now and then. Anyone who reads today’s first
In need of a weekend
Weekends have, in recent years, become periods of almost mini-holiday; little periods of respite when we would take the opportunity to throttle-back, ease off the
Musically challenged
Challenges come in two kinds. There’s the ‘Oh bloody hell, no!’ kind and there’s the ‘Wow, that’ll be interesting, but fun!’ kind. I have decided
Right wing press, hoist by their own petard
Journalistic standards at the Daily Mail continue to plummet with this latest headline. How ironic, really, given that one of the Daily Mail’s continual battle
It’s a dangerous life; moving in transit
Sporting injuries. I’ve had a couple. During my first inter-school cricket match, I took a beamer to the face and had to retire from the
Parking mad
Apparently the law says that if you drive a Mercedes you can park anywhere you like on Sunday. This is in the heart of our
Just a quickie…
It has been alleged that Wayne Rooney told his wife, by SMS, that he’d been up to his old tricks and sleeping with a prostitute.
Flats and Sharps
Surprisingly, this evening I have found the time to restring/retune my faithful SG. Unsurprisingly, it still sounds as though it is being played by a
Putting words into mouths
Journalism and accounting seem not to mix at The Daily Mail, which is a significant problem for Mail journalists, as they often like to examine,