The comments of Nicholas Winterton this week certainly wound a few people up for various reasons. For once I find myself in total agreement with the official Tory party line that this represents “the out-of-touch views of a soon-to-retire backbench MP”, although I do wonder it it also represents the out-of-touch views of some MPs […]
Entries from February 22nd, 2010
Reggaeton
February 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Reggaeton · Music
I found the entire short series of Latin Music USA on BBC Four to be greatly entertaining, but it also opened my ears to a few new sounds. Last week I went straight onto Spotify after watching the programme to look for Fania All Stars, Willie Colon, Eddie Palmieri and similar: this week it was […]
As recommended by economists
February 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Politics
I am starting to lose track of what all these economists are saying. First we have 20 of them writing to the Sunday Times to say that the Tory policies of spending cuts is the only way forward, then another 67 economists write to the FT to say that policy would be a disaster. I […]
Tags: Economics
Throw away the key
February 20th, 2010 · Comments Off on Throw away the key · Life
The ‘Ifield Five’ were found guilty last week, and will be sentenced next month. It has dragged on for a long time now, with the original offence happening nearly a year ago.
Tags: Crime/ASB·Local Papers
Unsolicited testimonial
February 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Technology
I have been trying to sort out space issues on somebody’s laptop this week. They didn’t have enough room to install World of Warcraft and all its various add-ons. Never played the game myself, but the rest of the family (the Sussex-based ones anyway) are obsessed. From what I can see it is the crack […]
What the dog saw
February 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
I have just started reading What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell, another Christmas present that has finally found its way to the front of the reading queue. Gladwell’s books are supposed to make you think a bit, but this one had me thinking before I even opened it. On the front it says “Author […]
Tags: Books
Sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep…
February 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on Sleep, eat, work, eat, sleep… · Life
..eat, work, sleep. Repeat ad nauseum.   Seems to be the way things are these days. Huge pile of things to do and all I can manage is to watch it grow. The natural consequence of doing nothing is having nothing to write about. In other words: nothing to see here. Move along!
Tags: Blogging
Public relations fail
February 15th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Life
I’m no expert in PR, but even I can see that upsetting a customer who has 1.64 million followers on Twitter (many of them fanatical) is going to stretch the old saying that there is no such thing as bad publicity to breaking point. ((Top tip: try quoting that saying to the Toyota PR department […]
Ed Hardy: Art for Life
February 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on Ed Hardy: Art for Life · Life
Last month, when I was choosing things from Amazon’s Vine program to review, I picked a book listed as “Ed Hardy Art for Life: Pop Culture“. I was in a hurry, saw the title and a thumbnail picture that looked like a roughly square format book and picked it without really reading the description. I […]
Mixed messages
February 14th, 2010 · Comments Off on Mixed messages · Life
I was listening to the news on 6Music yesterday, or rather half-listening. The penultimate item was some organisation or other (well I was only half-listening) talking about how a lot of people are turning to gambling in an attempt to balance the domestic books. The general tone was how this is a bad thing, and […]
Tags: Radio
