Year: 2008
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Don't interrupt me, I'm changing the world
This was the reply to a heckler at Dylan Moran’s stand-up show last night. The performance was a collection of seemingly drunken ramblings about the state of the world and humanity. Each point was brilliantly made with surreal and insightful examples of the worlds problems, and every one of them had you laughing at the…
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Today I feel like London
I like reading guides to London, it’s such a huge and varied city you can always find something new about an area you’ve lived or worked in for years. Today I found a new site thanks to Read/WriteWeb which offers a different apporach to city guides. The IFeel series lets you browse maps of London,…
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Unusual politeness
This morning something strange happened. On a crowded Northern Line train a seat was left empty. the three men standing over it were all too polite to even acknowledge the seat which was left vacant at Angel and it was still empty when I left at Old Street. How peculiar.
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Second hand sale online
Charities have been running online shops for some time, and beyond the basic sales of fundraising items in recent years they have moved to offering real life solutions (or ethical giving) to their cause – buy a goat for an african village, teach a classroom with a supply of textbooks. Oxfam have expanded their store…
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Brand new look, same old author
I’ve applied a new theme to the blog to bring together a few ideas I’ve had about the site. The new theme is called Agregado and is a free offering commissioned by Smashing Magazine created by Darren Hoyt and Matt Dawson. In the previous design of the blog I had used a feed syndication pluggin called Feed WordPress which let…
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Long lost story of unbelievable bulk film loader.
I read a story in September that was quite unbelievable. Mike Mitchell, who writes for the Online Photographer was sent a package from China by a fan of his. But the details involved of how, why, and what are quite remarkable. It gives you a hope for the little things in life, and help you…
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Charity impact reporting. All online and interactive.
Yes, posts have been pretty scarce recently, and like 90% of bloggers this is not intended and I plan to get back on the blogging roll as soon as possible. Honest. Really. But my writing hasn’t just faded for no worthwhile reason, I have just been working on a new site which launched this week:…
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I like the music music
Oh, now this one I really like. I read about a lot of websites offering new services, new takes on an old theme, answers to problems which weren’t really there, and lots of “remember how you used to…”. This time I have actually come across a really great site. I have been a big fan…
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What does Epping Forest, Cows and the North Circular have in common?
I read a post by Ham on London Daily Photo called How Now Brown Cow. He writes about the south of Epping Forest and talks of memories which match my own so well I feel as if I could have writen his words.
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Odd maps, making food and emergency drinks
This is a post I started writing a month ago but things have been busy recently. Better late than never… There’s been quite a few sites and features which have caught my eye over the last few days, so here’s a little summary of what’s stood out for me: Shiny Shiny’s website of the week…