Went to see this play last night at the Ambassadors’ theatre. Strong powerful script, great acting, leaving many with a tear in the eye. Definitely not for a light-hearted night out, with a subject matter of hostages being held in Beirut; however, there was a rich seam of wicked hunour running through it.
Too late
Day trip to Edinburgh and three hour delay in getting back. Stuck at the airport lounge with a laptop which has a battery life of about 20 seconds and not able to drink as had to drive when I get back to Heathrow. Long, boring evening.
or just too old
There’s a conference at Microsoft today on Social Computing. David Weinberger has posted notes about a presentation from 6 teenage girls and their use of technology. It would be interesting to get a comparison with the UK usage. I’m not sure that they would necessarily believe text messaging is too expensive; the cross-network SMS has […]
Growing old gracefully
Here’s a link to a T-Mobile page that is a fun way of passing the time – if I could get it to work. You upload a picture and, through the wonders of technology, it ages the photo. SO you can predict how you may look with after the ravages of time. I go this […]
Wired Scotland
Looks like the Scottish Parliament is moving forward with technology – it is contracting BT to finish the provision of broadband to 97% of all households; the remaining 3% in the Western Isles being covered by a local project. (via BBC). Maybe this is one of the attempts to keep the population..the BBC were reprting […]
Security Cameras
Due to the Jubilee line been messed up this evening, ended up going to Vauxhall to catch the train. So for 10 minutes I sat, starring at the MI6 building opposite the station. A very imposing building, minimal windows, full of cameras covering multiple approaches. Except for one, at the top of the building. I’m […]
Camden Market
Today, I took a trip to Camden Market, seeing if I could find some clothes for holiday. In that I failed miserably (I hate clothes shopping) but did have a great time anyway. Walking round the stalls, many play completely different music, so everything clashes. A better amalgamation is from the many scents from the […]
Another Geek Dinner
Went along to another Geek Dinner last night at the same tapas bar as previously – food and sangria are still good. Around 10 people turned up, a few new faces again. Working out how people had heard of the event was interesting – the trails ran cold and there was a definite moment of […]
PSP
I got to play with a PSP for about 5 minutes today. Much fun, display quality is superb and I can see the gaming experience will be great. But one question – why is the default display pink?
And the pope is……
??????????? 30 minutes after the smoke and it’s still not leaked! Ratzinger. For some reason the team decided he looked like a Senator from Star Wars
Google Maps – the UK version
I commented when the first round of Google maps came out and it was US only. But we’ve finally got there – Google Maps UK is ready, along with Google Local for tracking down all sorts of stuff. And it ties into SMS
Firefox spreads
I use Firefox as my default browser. Makes problems when the developers we use tend to only have IE, but we’re getting there. I’ve got all of my team here using it as default as well. So it’s good to see the news from Boing Boing that Firefox is used by 38.4% of all visitors, […]
Sausage attack
This is surreal…and funny. A man was driving along in Essex when a frozen sausage came through his window and broke his nose. A unanmed spokesman said: I feel very sorry for him – it must have been an incredibly lucky or unlucky shot to get the sausage through a moving car window. I have […]
Skype report
Reading New Scientist yesterday there is a great report into how Skype is being used for podcasting. The article quotes from the Skype Journal, giving a positive review of this collaborative approach to broadcasting
Flickr goodies
Flickr are making good on thier promises and giving away goodies to Pro subscribers. My account has been extended by one year and I’ve got 2 free Pro accounts to give away.
Time for a day out
With a lovely day, I decided to to take a drive and go visit some history. Wnet to Hampton Court Palace, somewhere I’ve only ever drowve past. Once I got over the extortionate prices (3.50 to park, 12 to go in) I had a really good few hours in the palace and in the gardens. […]
London Marathon
One of the regular events of spring is on today, the London Marathon. Over 30000 people get together to run 26+ miles. I’ll do my usual and watch it on TV, far less stressful.
Jobs..or not
lovely announcement, lots and lots of organisation charts. The only problem is you can’t tell whether a role on an org chart is yours or not, and it’s unlikely to get clearer for a few weeks. So don’t know if my role continues or not, and also don’t know if there are other opportunities or […]
Podshows
The first fully commercial podcasting site I’ve seen.. and the BBC story. Intersting choice of presenters…Paul Gambuccini, Kenny Everett, Tony Blackburn. Wonder what their target audience is?
Marketing serendipity
The images from Tiger Wood’s stunning shot over the weekend shows that sometimes things happen that even advertising agencies couldn’t script. An absolute perfect shot for Nike. Take a look at Jaffe Juice for a creative look at the moment, in a commercial that Nike should put out.