Miscellany

Elsewhere: Watching The Decline of New Labour

February 8, 2011

His belief in a parliamentary democracy and MPs who work on behalf of their constituents is clear and often put him at odds with senior party colleagues. The fact that he does not follow the party line all the time is what makes his account all the more memorable.

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Elsewhere: Will 2011 be the year that internet radio will pass traditional radio?

January 5, 2011

Then there are habits to break. Others here have touched on the car radio but broadcast receivers are also clock radios, shower radios, kitchen radios etc. I imagine substantial number of these form part of a routine and there’re not easy, nor cheap, to replace quickly. And why would you if it’s still working well for you?

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Elsewhere: An Insiders View Of Government

January 4, 2011

The diary format is easy to dip in to – and that had been my intention – but I found I was hooked and could spend many hours reading; it’s not a slimline book!

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Looking Back 10 Years

December 24, 2009

It’s not unknown for me to state the obvious, so here goes. This was/is that last working day before Christmas. And for many, including me, it was the last working day of the year. It has also dawned on me that it’s the last working day of the decade. I guess, therefore, that I’ll play the looking backwards game. You know, the one where we all try to find something interesting to say about the last year, or in the case, decade

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Eurovision Is Not A Serious Song Contest

May 26, 2008

So, what happened this year? Why are you so frustrated? Why are we suddenly upset about the bias? Simply because we did not do well? That’s a little childish, isn’t it?

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Sshh. Don’t Mention It.

September 13, 2007

There are some things in life that it is not good to mention in polite company. Heathrow Airport is one of them.

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A Mastery Of Technology

September 10, 2007

Technology is good for us. But sometimes it gets the better of us. Like today when it wasn’t that helpful. My train was rebooted this morning. I was heading to the airport and sat in my train seat waiting to leave the station. I had a nice cup of morning coffee in my hands (I was still in England, it’s civilised like that).

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Read The Manual

July 27, 2007

I am configuring my new ATMT Network Hard Drive (and, according to the box it’s a Samba Server & FTP Server too). I plugged it in and it was seen straight away on my network. Lovely job.

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Anything You Can Do

July 23, 2007

The latest advertisement from Mercedes is one best-timed and well-pitched pieces of advertising I have seen for a long time.

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A Blog Is Like Concrete Shoes

November 24, 2006

After a while a blog becomes like a pair of concrete shoes. It weighs you down and you begin to sink. I wonder if you can get treatment for some kind of non-blogging depression? That’s what happened here. I wanted to post daily. I wanted to build that sense of personal history. But I couldn’t. It was too much so it faded.

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Children In Need Is Britain’s Version of Thanksgiving

November 20, 2006

Children In Need is Britain’s version of Thanksgiving. It comes around every November and it changes the television schedules (not always for the better). And that’s about where the similarities end but they say you start a piece of writing with a punchy statement to hook your audience. So, there you go. Thank me later.

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Ten Years Of The Palm

March 27, 2006

Celebrating 10 Years of the Palm.

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Change Your Coffee Shop Now

November 24, 2005

The same, yet different.

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Modern Life Is Rubbish

November 20, 2005

Modern Life Is Rubbish, at least that’s what Blur thought back in 1993.

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Admonished By A Snack Food Wrapper

October 20, 2005

I’m a crisp packet who’s about to fine you £50.

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