Category: life

Looks like there are going to be some drinks on Friday night, the Jason Calacanis Happy Hour.  Could be a pleasant way to spend a Friday.

I’m sitting here trying to keep out the way of the movers who are slowly packing up all my stuff (feeling guilty, I just make them tea every hour or so).    My working space gets barer and barer; the desktop PC has gone, the desk (or what passes for one) has gone and the next […]

Today, I’m preparing to pack, the movers arrive on Monday to take everything away and put some of it on a boat that will hopfully arrive in New York in about 2 months.   Unlike the last time I did this, moving to and from Amsterdam, a lot of the stuff will be put into storage.  […]

From my trip to Boston at the weekend I would recommend The Gryphon House Bed And Breakfast, in Back Bay. Friendly staff, lovely rooms, nice breakfasts. It’s not in downtown but the subway station is just round the corner and from my perspective the MIT campus was in easy walking distance. And if you are […]

Do you know those post conference requests to tell them how they did?  The ones that end up in the back of the packs or get emailed out.  Sometimes it’s worth filling them in.   Following the IAB day I went to a few weeks back, I filled in their questionnaire and it turned out I […]

Yea!  Finally got web connection from home but only at a poor 2MB or there abouts, I feel so sloooowwww again after the 8 in the UK.  No blogging done, but plenty of TV programmes watched.

In the US, I’ve mainly been living in a cash world.   I have a credit card, but I keep it for big purchases, never using it for day to day stuff.    My debit card expires the end of this month and I’d arranged for one to be sent out earlier so I could guarantee getting […]

Changing countries brings with it a set of cultural changes that sometimes have you shaking your head.   The last few days it’s been over cheques (or checks if you prefer).   To enable me to be paid directly into a bank account I needed to fill in a form – and provide them Payroll with a […]

I’ve finally got my living arrangements sorted out and will be moving into a more permament apartment in New York. Which means packing up my London flat, putting most into storage and shipping the rest across. I’m moving out of the rented room up on 181st St into my own little apartment up the Upper […]

I’ve typing up a presentation for the last few days that required the use of the word ‘colour’ in the American form ‘color’ And now I find myself typing ‘your’ as ‘yor’.

What did you do yesterday? Go through your routine, get up, go to work or school, work for the day before returning to grab a few hours for yourself before starting the cycle again. Or did you do something different, out of the ordinary. Whatever you did, go over to History Matters and write it […]

As part of the Day against DRM, Free Culture put together a contest for the best anti-DRM video. There’s a few over here; my favourite is below.

Today has been designated a day Against DRM – that’s Digital Rights Management. Over at Defective By Design, there are 10 things you can do today to spread the word. The UK group ORG have a list of 30 things you can do

ZeFrank on the death of Habeas Corpus – well worth a watch. As usual, he manages to get to the heart of a matter. the show with zefrank

I’m still here, although a little bit drowning under around 3000 emails to get through, plenty of blog posts to read, lots of illness and stress of trying to move countries. Until I catch up, here’s a meta viral about virals. Saying something similar to what I said over here. There’s even a video version. […]

It’s too hot and I don’t have air conditioning in the bedroom (I was not supposed to be here in New York this long, planning on leaving before the weather got horrible). And now the city is under 2 warnings – heat and air pollution. Stay cool, drink lots of fluids, don’t be too energetic. […]

Not both together, but that is what I spent yesterday doing. First of all was the men’s final at Wimbledon (or rather the gentlemen’s singles final as it is correctly called). Enjoyed the game, especially after the first set and there was more of a battle. The US TV station look like htey love the […]

A year ago today, I sat in the office, the blinds all drawn following protocol to prevent glass damage if there were further bombs, trying to make sense of what was happening via the tv and the web. But even though the experience is clear in my mind, it was second hand, through the media. […]

belly dancing Originally uploaded by RachelC. A morocco restaurant means entertainment. A badly taken photo from the phone in the darkness of a Moroccan restaurant as the ‘traditional;’ belly dancer entertains the crowd. She managed to get half of the table up and dancing (there is a video if I can get it off the […]