But that doesn’t stop us believing that we do. My twitter stream this morning is full of bile, shock, disgust, fear, misanthropy and argument about a young man who’s been arrested for trolling the diver Tom Daley and the loss of Twitter access by Guy Adams of the Independent for having a go at NBC…
I got an e-mail today saying: “I am part of the web development team for XXXX where we are constantly trying to improve the www.XXXXX.com site’s user experience. Part of this improvement involves meeting our users’ expectations when they are referred to XXXXX.com from other websites. To achieve this we are trying to ensure that…
This has been bothering me for a while but I only really understood it when I just used it (Life Lesson #348). Facebook has a kind of retweeting function so if you see something that someone else has linked to and you want to share it, the person whose feed you saw it in gets…
I’ve asked a number of people to write recommendations for me on linked-in – it’s been a(nother) humbling experience to see myself as others see me. This snip from Dave Briggs has grabbed a few folks’ attention: “Lloyd has the bravery to make himself and his life an integral part of his work. He literally…
Here’s a game that’s become popular among those of my acquaintance in recent years. “Let’s do something to fix the world!” requires 3 or more players. Otherwise it risks descending into “Two boring gits mouthing off in the pub.” 20-30 folk make for a really good game. The players are gathered out of business hours…
“Volcanic ash can be dangerous for aircraft, causing damage, reducing visibility, and potentially clogging engines” and so there are currently no flights over the UK and much of Northern Europe. At 8.20 tonight the NATS site said ” restrictions will remain in place in UK controlled airspace until 1300 (UK time) tomorrow, Friday 16 April,…
Two things I notice about this group of posters at Epsom station: 1. The common use of Black, Red & White both between the dark fiction titles but also with an exhibition about Victoria & Albert – does this tell us anything about our attitude to Victorian times? 2. Why are these books so popular…
Woke this morning to another sprinkling of snow in London. Probably more outside of town, but haven’t checked yet. Not much but clearly it came down through the early morning when there were fewest people about so it’s thicker than it would have been if it had come down at 4pm. But my first reaction…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7bBf5zlBE&fmt=18] Epsom, Surrey. KT19
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ph6DMbaZcg&fmt=18] North End Rd, London. SW6