David Blunkett writes in today’s Guardian that he is not King Herod which, of course, clears up the confusion in many people’s minds. For those of you who don’t know much christian mythology, Herod ruled parts of the Middle East as a puppet king under the Romans at about the start of the first century… Continue reading Blunkett is “Not King Herod”
Month: November 2003
Glastonbury 2004
The Glastonbury festival has been given the go-ahead for 2004. The dates will be 25-27 June. I should really think about going back soon. I haven’t been since about 1995.
OBE? No Thanks
Someone thought that it would be a good idea to offer Benjamin Zephaniah an OBE. Unsurprisingly, he has turned it down. In today’s Guardian he explains his reasons. The UK needs more people like him.
Dotcom Memories
It’s summer 1999 and I’m working for QXL. They are in the middle of a major redesign of their web site. This involves changes to both the back end (replacing a home-grown file based system with Oracle and a commercial shop-building application) and the front end (a complete redesign). We are doing the back end… Continue reading Dotcom Memories
Tabloid Broadsheets
The Times announced today that it is going to follow The Independent in experimenting with a tabloid version. I’m guessing that The Guardian can’t be far behind.
Digital Guardian
This is pretty cool. Don’t tell them I told you about it :)
BBC2 The Buffy Slayer
Are you watching season seven of Buffy The Vampire Slayer on BBC2? Is it making much sense to you? Do you find yourself thinking that the plot is a bit disjointed and confusing at times? If so, please don’t blame the writers or the production company. The blame lies firmly with the BBC. They BBC… Continue reading BBC2 The Buffy Slayer
Inventing Conspiracy Theories
[posting delayed by some days due to server outage] I’ve invented a conspiracy theory. I reckon this telephone conversation took place some time on Friday. “Hello?” “Sophie, hello, it’s Philip, listen the Family needs a favour. When’s your baby due?” “In about a month. Why?” “Damn. Too far away. Ah well, that needn’t matter. It… Continue reading Inventing Conspiracy Theories
You’ve Lost That Living Feeling
Tried hard, but couldn’t resist the pun! Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield has died.
Procrastination
Two days running without any progress on NaNoWriMo and I’m out with london.pm tonight so I won’t get any done today either. Looks like there will be a lot of catching up to do over the weekend :( Last night I found lots of things to do on this web site that were far more… Continue reading Procrastination