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Having defined “connected time”

April 30th 2008

Well, I was goign to post about Seth Godin’s interestin Signal V’s Noise post (which is nothing to do with the excellent Signal V’s Noise blog) but then realised that I had nothing more to add to it.  He’s right, spam is drowning the world (and totally and completely ineffecive for legal transactions), and with [...]

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Wiimote + Arduino + iBook + leds = YAY!

April 28th 2008

Tonight I finally got all my favorite technologies talking to one another and now when i wave my wiiMote about in the air, little lights in my room get brighter or dimmer (and when I work out how to multiplex the serial signals you’ll be able to change which lights are on so change the [...]

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RIP Humph

April 26th 2008

Rest in Peace Humph, I shall miss you.  I never did get a chance to see you play at the Bulls Head, and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue won’t ever be the same. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The [...]

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Form over function

April 21st 2008

I hate this sofa.  I hate everything about it. It’s a sleek, low grey number, topped with several black leather cushions.  Looks brilliant, doesn’t bloody work. The it’s so low, when you sit on it, your knees come up round your ears, and the depth of the seat front to back is clearly designer for [...]

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If I was king (or even TV Controller)

April 20th 2008

TV has lots of good stuff on it, but it has huge amounts of trash too.  Virtually everything comes down to the lowest common denominator, which given some of the truely horrific thing syou here people coming out with, is pretty low. Now, if I made TV, things would be very different, oh yes… Firstly [...]

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Starting the day

April 17th 2008

I’m trying to get into a new routine in the morning.  I am traditionally a night owl and slug-a-bed, but I’m trying to affect a change.  Gone are the days (erm, nights) of staying up until 2 am buggering about with stuff followed by dragging my grumpy bum out of bed at 8am to struggle [...]

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Pirate Juice – Yaaarrrgh!

April 14th 2008

Put a bottle of cheap dark rum in the freezer.  The next day, mix 5 parts fiery ginger beer (not ale), 2 parts dark rum, and one part fresh lime juice.  Pour over ice.  Slip.  Shout Yaaarrrgh and stomp round in circles! Possibly Related Posts: Homemade flavoured spirits Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Slow [...]

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Info trackers

April 13th 2008

I am a bit of a data whore.  I want to know where I’ve been, what I’ve listened to (via last.fm), what I’ve read (via LibraryThing), and if I could record my thoughts (Twitter maybe?) so I could read then again later (especially when I was sober again), I would do. What I could really [...]

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Quantum of Solace

April 13th 2008

Yes, I’m excited by the idea of a new Bond film (the last one being a great film), but the title, well, it leaves me cold.  Luckily there’s a wee man called Martin, normally accompanied by an accordion, who has recorded a rather good theme tune. Especially the bit about teaming up with Reg Hollis.  [...]

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Small and virtually perfect

April 3rd 2008

I’m having a slow day, lacking motivation or energy, and my eyelids feel heavy, so the only answer so coffee.  Black Crack in liquid form, possibly only trumped by redbul rip offs from Tescos in potency. As I made the coffee I notice quite how perfect the small milk containers all.  These teeny tiny pots [...]

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April 3rd 2008

So today another good idea got made into something.  With everything ever for sale being available on the web, the price wars were always going to happen, and in some ways we’ve moved past them (I’ll buy from Amazon because it’s easy even if Jeff’s Mega Book World is a pound cheaper).  Once you go [...]

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What everybody should know about the Middle East

April 1st 2008

What a fantastic little article is What every American should know about the Middle East.  This will only take you 2 minutes to read (really) and I guarentee that you will learn something (if I know my demographic).  I was embarrassed at how I knew the basics, but missed a few critial bits. Go in, [...]

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