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A Passage From Mr Stephen Fry
This is a short passage from Stephen Fry’s latest blog post about smartphones. It is about how good the iPhone is and how poor its competitors were and are. It should also inspire one to strive to be better in one’s life.
Don’t you sometimes long to be CEO of a company like Sony Ericsson, Samsung, [...]
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Kevin Spacey and Avoncliffe
This bizarre bit if news has appeared on the Wiltshire Times website: Kevin Spacey’s favourite view in England is one mile down the road at Avoncliffe.
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A Running High
One of the great things about running is the occasional high one gets. The feeling of elation and the feeling of it being great to be alive.
It is when three things merge together in perfect harmony: the scenery, the music and the level of fitness.
It happened yesterday. I was running across Avoncliffe Aquaduct looking over [...]
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David Abrahams
“Well that’s enough; I can’t take anymore,” as Maximo Park said on their super song, Graffiti.
As I have said before, funding of our political parties has to be sorted out. Not only does the current reliance on donations expose our politicians to charges of corruption (even if they are completely innocent, there is still the [...]
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Salesman
A man from nPower came to the door yesterday and spun a nice little yarn about wishing to check my meter. Sounded plausible and necessary and dubious.
Maybe it was the pinstripe jacket and unmatching trousers that gave it away. Or maybe it was the young cad lurking behind him with a tie as wide as [...]
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Why Facebook?
Victor Keegan has written a very interesting article in Technology Gaurdian about the the growth in participation of social network sites.
It’s view puts me in mind of that other seminal analysis of the impact of the digital revoloution, The Cluetrain Manifesto.
Humanity is returning to our roots. Mass production and mass marketing brought on by the [...]
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Which One?
So, I now have twitter, tumblr and wordpress. Do I use them all, or just one? This is the way I think it will go until it all becomes rather dull.
Twitter for one line of thought, with no thought behind it
….and then onto tumblr for 5 lines with a little thought put into it
….and then [...]
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On Standby
As the rivers rise, the roads clog, the sun shines ever more brightly and for longer, there is one simple thing one can do now and for ever.
Switch your anbaric appliances off. Stop that little red light flickering away; nagging you; reminding you that you are killing off another species because you refuse to do [...]
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Today is the New Valentines Day
Tuesday is the new Monday, grey is the new black and today is the new Valentines Day.
All the garish heart shaped tat that the global crushing, consumptive, insipid and unimaginative could not sell is now half price.
I love my wife everyday. I do not need a day created by land filling marketeers to confirm [...]
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A Ritual: Making Toast
1) Go and buy a loaf of Sherston made by the excellent Hobbs House Bakery.
2) Slice with a knife. On a bread board. Not on the kitchen work surface – bad, very bad.
3) Pop into an inconsistent toaster, that needs watching like a hawk. To prevent burning.
4) Butter with the finest organic butter money can [...]
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