I recently changed my Twitter account name with someone who shares my real-world name. He asked politely, so I swapped, and it was all very easy from a technical point of view. The reaction I had was interesting. Some people I know were (naively, in my view) amazed I hadn’t demanded a lot of money, [...]
To spare any suspense, I ought to point out that this is the finest film ever made. Really. Also, there are spoilers in the following, so beware. This film was written, directed and produced by British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, in 1943. That is to say, squarely in the middle of the Second [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, there has been a big hullabaloo brewing in the last few days in the British media concerning twitter. A few days ago they were excitedly reporting on how trending topics on twitter were forcing traditional media organisations to back down and apologise for offensive articles. Today, the big focus is [...]
One of the biggest fallacies about the iPhone is that it is – first and foremost – a phone. True, the phone feature is handy, but many of its other functions, such as the ability to send and receive email without WiFi, are much more useful to me. What makes the iPhone so special is [...]
Proof, if any were needed, that Samuel Beckett played cricket at (almost) the highest level. His record shows that he scored 35 runs in four innings (2 matches), thus averaging a rather disappointing 8.75. This record does not show his bowling, which was meant to be his strong suit. That’s because he never took a [...]
UPDATE: This now being done via The Scott Polar Research Institute, here. So: a few days ago I wrote about my ambition to ‘blog’ the entries of the Journal of Captain Scott, in sync with the present day calendar. I am getting twitterfeed to post to a twitter account (http://twitter.com/scottslastexp) as well, so you can [...]
By popular request: Old style traditional ginger cake, beloved by my family for generation(s) 4oz of treacle, 4oz of syrup and 4oz of butter. Melt the butter together with the syrup and treacle. Let it cool a little before adding 200ml of milk. Put to one side. 200g plain flour, 2oz of brown sugar, 2 [...]
Get them hereI have finally finished recording Shakespeare’s Sonnets. It took me about four times longer to complete than I expected. It generally took between three quarters of an hour and an hour to get ten usable sonnets. And I mostly gave up trying to improve the reading, rather than feeling that it could not [...]
I am listening to ‘War and Peace’ Book 1 at the moment. I was surprised that the book was originally divided into fifteen books. Dig a little deeper, and you will find that it was originally published in four volumes. This got me thinking about how sometimes the ghost of old technology can linger, and [...]
I have seen a lot about twitter recently, and it seems a lot of fun. To save myself time, and to save myself from having to register, I have decided to compose all my twitter entries for the foreseeable future here: 6:30am woken by son8:15am leave for work (listen to book!)8:45am work6:00pm leave for home [...]