As if the pleasure of face to face conversation with Suw Charman weren’t enough (less whining this time, more scheming… mwah-ha-ha) I also had a brief interlude where a caffeine-pusher barista engaged in conversation with me about my coffee-drinking habits and pressed some freebies (pictured) on me.
Oh boy, oh boy, I think this weekends going to go reeeeeeeeaaaaaaly quickly [twitch].
I saw weird stuff in my search query logs today – at first I thought it was funny and a bit crazy that people were finding me through “beastiality”. I tried to think where I’d mentioned (and mispelled) such practices. Then, I happened to look back at an archive post and realised why – although…
Last night I took my son up to the Pump House Jazz Club in Watford to hear his Grandad playing. I have been very slack in ensuring that my kids have fully appreciated their musical heritage on my side of the family. When I was a child every Sunday meant a trip to the Shantasea…
Maybe now that RSS has come of age these are past their sell-by date, or maybe it’s just the right time to ride the wave, or maybe they’re not nearly as funny as I think they are. Whatever. They made me laugh as I made them. Take the idea, riff on it, if you like….
A great antidote to the summer heat is the air-conditioned peace of an art gallery. This week, I’ve done more in two days than in the past six months I think. Yesterday, I saw the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in Piccadilly. There are some gems but a couple of rooms had the air…
So I’m staying at the Chelsea Village Hotel tonight for an awayday that I’m running. In the room is a card about the high speed internet access. At the bottom is a logo saying canovawireless and on the wall is a cable router/wireless access point thing. The points on the card are: 1) Ensure your…
Sorry for using his shock tactics to grab your attention, but as I rode home from listening to the troll, Andrew Keen, I realised there was something I could agree with him on: He says Web2.0 is just a mirror for our culture and society. I see a new-found confidence, optimism and freedom. I see…