I learned a new word today. A cartomiser is a blend of “cartridge” and “atomiser”. And each of these ones give you 200 puffs. I have no idea how many puffs you need to feel like you’ve smoked a whole cigarette. If indeed that’s what people do.
Today I mark twelve years since I last had any alcohol. To people who drink normally or excessively that sounds like an awfully long time and a great achievement. But it’s not, it doesn’t feel like that to me. I guess because I got to a point where I knew that what had formerly been…
I sat down to do some more tracing tonight and thought I’d talk to the voice recorder while I did it. Just a few reflections on what’s going on and how it all works for me. Beware of the false ending just before 33 minutes. Download: Tracing (36MB) Here’s the first frame that I refer to, I’ll…
I made a little timelapse this week and put it in my flickr stream because I found, to my chagrin, that it made instagram video barf. [flickr video=http://www.flickr.com/photos/lloyd-davis/11668647704 show_info=no] Robert spotted it (see? he *is* looking, watching, lurking quietly after all) and kindly mentioned it in his newsletter this morning. He asked “How did he…
I don’t know what I’m trying to do! I’m just playing really, but I think there’s something in here – look at how current popular media gets scrunched into little animated GIFs – does that only work for stuff that’s around now or that we’ve some connection to? Isn’t there still some fun in seeing…
As a listener I like listening to other people’s conversations and not having to contribute. That’s what I do at #tuttle, I sit and eavesdrop, with permission. I like imagining that the person is talking directly to me which they kind of are – it’s a bit like Stephen King saying that writing is a…
I’m back at my “desk” after 9 days in Madeira and then 4 days trying to get back to my “desk”. And I don’t want to be here, and I don’t want to be writing a blogpost. I want to be lying on the couch browsing Netflix or YouTube or listening to another podcast by…
We’re off on holiday for 10 days to Madeira. I’ve never been there. All I knew before we booked was it would be warm and it’s out in the Atlantic Ocean but north of the Canaries. Oh and it’s a wine and a cake – which is frustrating for someone who doesn’t drink wine or…
Episode One In which two 10-year-old boys have the house to themselves and decide to sit at the kitchen table for almost an hour pretending to be grown-ups and trying to explain to each other the strange things that go on in their heads. It’s mostly about using outliners, especially Fargo! but we also touch…
So I got a call from Steve Moore the other day and a short whirlwind later, I’m sitting in the offices of Britain’s Personal Best producing social video to support the campaign especially in the run up to the Big Weekend. I’m talking to lots of people about the extraordinary things they’re planning to do…