I know I have been very quiet lately, and I make no apologies for that. I think it always sounds a bit precious when somebody apologises for not updating a blog for a while, and a bit presumptuous; I expect few people even notice and even fewer care if I decide not to write anything […]
Entries from June 30th, 2010
The Germans are coming
June 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Germans are coming · Life
I see from my local paper that the Germans are coming to Crawley this weekend, from Crawley’s twin town, Dorsten. According to the Crawley News: More than 100 people from Dorsten are coming to the town to enjoy 48 hours of sport and music. What could possibly go wrong? I think they will all be […]
Tags: Crawley·Germany·World Cup 2010
And relax…
June 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on And relax… · Life
Time to revise the Guinness Book of Records because it looks like the longest a human can hold their breath is about 11 days. Ever since that disappointing result against the USA there has been the worry that England wouldn’t get through the group stage of the World Cup, which only got worse after the […]
Tags: Football·World Cup 2010
Vidler does it again
June 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on Vidler does it again · Music
Another little masterpiece from Mark Vidler (AKA Go Home Productions) from a new 4-track EP. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video All four tracks can be downloaded as MP3s on the GHP site, along with some older stuff too.  On the old GHP site tracks would often be available […]
Tags: YouTube
A glitch in the matrix
June 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on A glitch in the matrix · Music, Technology
According to Spotify’s ‘related artists’ feature, “users who listen to Nightwish also listen to… “ Within Temptation, Disturbed, Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Rammstein, Bullet for my Valentine, System of a Down and… um…  Enya. They are not wrong though. I saw the name and thought, yeah. Haven’t heard any Enya for years, let’s have a […]
It’s all kicked off
June 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
The World Cup has started at last. I watched the pre-tournament concert on TV on Thursday night, which was a bit disappointing. Instead of showing it live, the BBC showed edited highlights, but their idea of a highlight is not necessarily mine. For example, Amadou & Mariam were on the bill but didn’t feature at […]
Tags: Football·TV·World Cup 2010·World music
Alarming inability
June 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Alarming inability · Life
I have a licence to drive cars. It will also allow me to drive pretty large vans and minibuses. I can operate computers with some confidence and figure out the various combinations of settings and buttons to do all sorts of things on hi-fi separates. So why do I have some sort of dyspraxia when […]
Bristol fashion
June 8th, 2010 · Comments Off on Bristol fashion · Life
Jayne and I were very impressed by Bristol at the weekend. Although I had been there before it was a very long time ago and all I can really remember about it from then is the CLifton suspension bridge. I knew it was the home of Banksy, Concorde, Johnny Morris and Wallace and Grommit as […]
Unsolicited testimonial
June 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on Unsolicited testimonial · Life
Jayne and I enjoyed a short break in Bristol. More of that later, but for now I want to praise the hotel we stayed in – The Bristol Hotel. It is not cheap, in absolute terms, but for a two-night stay we were happy to fork out for a bit of comfort.  Having said that, […]
Novelty worn off
June 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Novelty worn off · Life, Technology
I think I have lost my geek mojo. Today I decided to skip lunch at work, in protest at the canteen having bloody courgettes and cauliflower on the menu together yet again, and went over the road to look in the shops instead. Where I work the local shops are Comet, Currys and PC World. […]