I am not overly obsessed with visitor statistics – every package seems to come up with a different answer and I’m not sure that any of them are right. Besides that I don’t know whether to be interested in hits, pageloads, unique visitors or what, and even they are influenced by the time interval used […]
Entries from January 11th, 2007
Form a queue
January 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
Anyone who wants to give me a kicking should form a queue. I will be at the front waiting to kick myself. On Monday I bought another weekly season ticket and was so chuffed about it being two pounds cheaper than last year, despite the much-heralded price rises, that it was not until today I […]
Unwinding
January 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Music
I had a fantastic unwind this evening. I put on the DVD of Fleetwood Mac's concert The Dance. Seriously. I know that my tastes usually tend towards more heavy material but I have had a soft spot for Fleetwood Mac since seeing them play at Wembley Arena on the Tusk tour – where they were […]
21 billion reasons why I don’t vote Conservative
January 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Politics
Back in October there was a reminder of the Tory party we all remember, when they launched their tax plans. Sort of. It was more or less a list of all the taxes they could cut. Sources close to call-me-Dave came out to say that of course they wouldn't actually do anything until the economy […]
Comments
January 9th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Technology
I enjoyed this piece in the Guardian Arts Blog (reproduced in Monday’s paper). Much of it is the usual debate about new media vs. old media and online behaviour, which different people will agree with or disagree with either in whole or in part, or not care about, but the bit at the end must […]
So its Watford!
January 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on So its Watford! · Life
West Ham could have done a lot worse in today’s FA Cup draw. Anyone but Reading was the silent prayer offered up by Curbishley. And its a home game, which is good. The trouble is that it has really raised the stakes around here – just think how unbearable Kerron will be if the Hammers […]
Ugly Buildings. Again.
January 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Ugly Buildings. Again. · Politics
There were two interesting articles in the papers today, which I will attempt to clumsily relate to each other. The first was Ashley Seager in the Guardian, arguing that we need a land tax to replace council tax and possibly allow reductions in VAT as well, and the second was in the Argus: a story […]
Tags: Brighton·Buildings·Global Warming·London·Taxation·Town Planning
Public Speaking
January 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life
For some reason this story from almost a year ago appeared on the BBC News website today as one of the most e-mailed stories of the day. It is all about the stress involved in public speaking and whether sex can help. It boils down to a psychologist at the University of Paisley doing some […]
Tags: Medicine/Health·WTF
Adverts
January 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
Remember back in November there were posters for Jools Holland’s album, which were prominently plugging the TV advert (“featuring Vic Reeves”) and giving the address to see it online? Well today’s TV listings in the Guardian had an advert for a PG Tips commercial to be shown at 8:45 tonight. The commercial features the return […]
Tags: Adverts·Fairtrade·Newspapers·Shopping·TV
West Ham Til I Die
January 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on West Ham Til I Die · Technology
At last! An Iain Dale blog that its OK to add to the blogroll.
