Signs

Shy Talk

Compilations are brilliant.For years I used to record the John Peel radio show and then listen through the tapes over the following days, editing wh [...]

Music Round-up March 2008

Album rating theory

At what stage do you stop listening to an album? Why do you stop? Boredom? Consciously not overplaying it just to savour it that little bit more? It's [...]

Music Round-up October 2008

ruby on rails

there seems to be a bit of a buzz about the programming language Ruby and D an Benjamin reckons it will take over from PHP as the defacto web scripti [...]

manasarovar

I received a personal letter from the writer-director of an upcoming feature film called ManasarovarThe film is starting its theatre run in UK from [...]

Discounted

Getting around on Shanks' Pony should be much more fun since I splashed out on a new pair of trainers.After some impressively attentive service from [...]

IE 7 for all?

According to CNET NewsBill Gates said that [Microsoft] will ship an update to its browser separately from the next major version of Windows... a bet [...]

Slideshow Pro

Very slick looking, highly customisable, Flash-based slideshow. Works with Flickr too. Expensive features, budget priceVisit the Slideshow Pro web [...]

Dalliance

Only a single creaking floorboard alerted me to her presence. Equally, she hadn't noticed me very quietly sitting in the corner reading; her attenti [...]

Vicious Loop

Snotters, crusty nostrils, tickly throat, irritating cough, big wet sneezes and mild fatigue; and that's before I even venture out the front door in t [...]

An 'appy New Year to one and all

What a jolly chap I am sometimes. Out for a run on the first day of 2005 and merrily wishing every dog-walker, afternoon rambler and shitty little [...]

A Boxing Day Gift from Fudge

Just got back from doing Christmas at the in-laws. As tradition now dictates it was a case of eat, drink, laugh and be bloated. I wouldn't have it [...]

Inferiority complex

Cycling home from work the other day. Perishingly cold. Four blocks of ice, two on the handlebars and two on the pedals. I wanna melt those block [...]

What do you expect?

After years and tears of disappointment I've been coming round to the realisation that it's no use expecting anybody to do anything. If someone deli [...]

Smells can diagnose Alzheimer's

Inability to smell certain odours predict of susceptibility to Alzheimer's [...]

Beckhams' nativity scene closed after vandal attack

Waxwork figures of Victori a and David Beckham dressed as Mary and Joseph in Madame Tussauds in London were damaged in an attack [...]

Lynx Viewer

Good article from Andy Clarke at And all that Malarkey about creating accessible websites without needing to have deep pockets. Someone left an in [...]

Phantom Screensaver

Ooooh I like this screensaver very much. Use this if have a wallpaper you'd like to use a s your screensaver too!Phantom Desktop Screen Saver, when [...]

Make love not spam overload

A plan to bump up the bandwidth bills of spammers seems to be getting out of control.Article at BBC News. [...]

Damn Small Linux

Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution.Everything you could possibly need in this portable OS... :Damn [...]

Training Flats

My weekly travels to work recently have been on the train as opposed to cycling. This is entirely down to poor weather conditions; I hate fighting a [...]

Separated at birth

Here's an introduction to two guys I respect and relate to. Meet Toby Paterson and Eric Meyer, both successful professionals in their respectiv [...]