wake up and smell the copy
Posted in digression on Dec 3rd, 2009
You know when something odd or remarkable or weird or painful happens and you end up remembering it for life; boring people with an anecdote about it at Christmas parties? This is one of those times. In short, after 2 1/2 years of fund-raising, discussions with neighbours, and battles with rubbish – possibly corrupt – [...]
Posted in digression on Nov 17th, 2009
This advert just came up on Facebook. It’s the first time I’ve ever been tempted to give one the thumbs up.
Posted in digression on Nov 14th, 2009
Brighton’s just getting started on a proper coastal gale. The clouds are scudding across the sky, TV aerials are waggling about and I just saw a very sorry pair of pigeons try to fly side-on to the winds. We’re forecast 60mph gusts, which isn’t the worst we’ve had, but as usual I worry about the [...]
Posted in digression on Nov 5th, 2009
Earlier, a work colleague Tweeted this link to a Captcha fail. While less epic, this reCaptcha is none-too-savoury either.
Posted in digression, work on Nov 4th, 2009
I’m not normally given to using Hackbash for tests. In fact, lately I’ve not been given to using Hackbash at all, but we’re trying to get our head around Google’s new social search. Anyway, as part of the test I’ve agreed to add a quick blog post on Brighton Pier. This nomenclature was decided by [...]
Posted in digression on Sep 9th, 2009
…just making cheap observations from the sidelines.
Posted in digression, internet on May 14th, 2009
Right, it isn’t interesting, but for the sake of background here’s the story behind Handolio. Back in 1998 or something when I was twatting around playing internet games at Bullfrog, I used the moniker Handles, after an accidental/deliberate mis-appellation in a record company rejection letter we once got. But as the games got popular, more [...]
Posted in digression on May 12th, 2009
I’ve become increasingly obsessed with Shearwater since I first saw them play at the Sanctuary Cella in Hove, on the same night as one of Fatboy Slim’s big beach jobs. There were thousands on the beach for Norman, and just 16 of us in that damp basement, where Jonathan Meiburg and Kim Burke played as [...]
Posted in digression on Apr 10th, 2009
Noun: A regrettable mistake, blunder or slander, instantly and widely communicated via the medium of Twitter. Usage: Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.
Posted in digression on Mar 13th, 2009
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