Miscellany

The Final Push

July 5, 2005

The Prime Minister has arrived in Singapore to join the London team ahead of the crucial vote to elect the Host City for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

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Somewhere, Someday, Somebody, Somehow

April 18, 2005

Writing with a pen and paper at 37,000 feet instead of on the array of digital gadgetry that surrounds me is quite liberating.

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Buttons In The Honesty Box

March 2, 2005

I’ve never met Jason Kottke but he makes me feel like a bad thief. The judge will send me down unless I do something about it.

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What’s Your Pointless Obsession?

December 9, 2004

What’s your pointless obsession? It’s got to be pointless and yet take up lots of time that really you would be better spent working in a soup kitchen or raking the leaves. Mine is PIM (and I am not talking about the drink).

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Another Grid Lock

November 20, 2004

Traffic From Hell would make a great name for a TV show. Have they already done that?

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Grid Lock

November 14, 2004

Traffic hell on the way home from a nice weekend on the south coast.

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The Whispering Years

November 1, 2004

It’s not dull or bland in anyway but, perhaps because there’s a little of the 60s hippy left in Bob Harris, you feel the measured approach is entirely appropriate.

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Lucky Man: A Memoir

October 23, 2004

An absorbing and very well-written book that proves that people in the public eye and just like the rest of us.

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BBC4 Should Broaden Its Appeal

October 14, 2004

You dream of something good and I dream of BBC Television idents. I also remember children’s TV and want to impact the US elections. It’s an odd train of thought today.

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The Timewarp Times

October 5, 2004

The past is coming back – really. It’s the Eighties again: not to be outdone on the list front The Sun lists predictions for top toys this Christmas.

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Digital Download Chart

August 13, 2004

Is the new digital download chart a good thing?

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Where is Ashley Paske?

April 2, 2004

He used to be in Neighbours and Richmond Hill. Where are you now, Ashley?

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It Was A Good Read

December 29, 2003

While I will miss the disappearances, they are – of course, just blips in the workings of the web. What I find sad is that, in time, it is likely that all this content will disappear from servers as the owners stop paying for the space that houses the sites. It would be like burning every copy of a book you had read – vanished. It’s part of a shared history that disappears.

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Movable Type Pro, Soon?

November 20, 2003

Luckily, I don’t get any spam on the pages that I have allowed comments on this site.

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Phones and PDAs

October 26, 2003

I have spent the last few days trying to decide if I should update my ‘phone with Orange and today I have decided against.

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