Monthly Archives: December 2006

Cold Calling

Oooh I hate it when companies phone me up to sell me things, especially crap companies, especially when I’m trying to cook the tea. So I registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and now I always complain when someone … Continue reading

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The Bedside Crow: 101 Things you can’t do with Ama*on

I used to dream of working in a bookshop when I was younger, but this blog by the man who runs the lovely one in Crystal Palace makes it sound like very hard work. He’s been posting recently about 101 … Continue reading

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Local shopping frustration

My partner said she wanted Hair Straighteners for her birthday, which is on the 24 December, which is why she’s called Carol, by the way, spookily. Anyway, I was very uninterested in buying her such a prosaic present, until a … Continue reading

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Not Green Apple

Rather depressingly for me, Greenpeace have ranked Apple below Dell and HP for their environmental policies. Their campaign site is extremely well designed and contains several disturbing facts. It was inevitable that Apple wouldn’t be able to maintain their stunning … Continue reading

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“I have a memory of an alternative reality…..”

Working in News can be difficult. You listen to stories all day, most of them depressing. Some of them stay with you and some of them disappear inside without a trace. Leaving work and joining the wandering tourists outside you … Continue reading

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Homes and Gardens

The Iranian government is baiting the Israelies again. First it was a competition for cartoons about the holocaust, now they’re running a conference to discuss whether the holocaust actually happened at all. They are trying to demonstrate that the West … Continue reading

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Politics

In a nutshell – The Americans: We’re winning in Iraq! Tony : Yeah, we are winning! The Americans : No, we’re not winning. Tony: Yeah, that’s right, we’re not.

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He who lives by the sword…

Because I work in broadcasting I frequently find myself walking behind people who are oblivious to everything around them but their deadline. They often go through swing doors without a backward glance and so I sometimes kick the closing door hard … Continue reading

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Zoundz – How could I not want one?

Repetitive loop based electronic music? Unusual computer interfaces? Star-Trekky-looky gizmos? It’s my stock in trade, what I love best. Until I can afford the Grand-and-a-half that a Jazz Mutant Lemur costs I’m going to have to make do with a Zizzle … Continue reading

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Sonic Voyage

Stan’s Cafe commissioned Brian Duffy, astronaut, photographer, writer and sound masher, to work with them on a show thing for the big Creative Partnerships culture bonanza in Manchester. He’s made a lovely mix with the stuff he used, you can … Continue reading

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