Week two in the “listening to classic albums” music club. This week it’s Bob Dylan‘s 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited. Some Historical Context This album was released just before my third birthday so, unlike last week’s album, I have no memory of the album coming out. In fact, I can’t really remember when I first… Continue reading Highway 61 Revisited
Month: July 2012
Week Notes 29 and 30
Blogging Two blog posts in two weeks. I’m still not doing very well here. Health I’m still losing weight slowly and surely. A week or so ago I reached the lightest weight I’ve been since I’ve really been concerned about it. And that was in 2005 after several months of quite debilitating illness. Yesterday’s blog… Continue reading Week Notes 29 and 30
Fitbit and Friends
Recently I’ve been using technology to help me lose weight. Actually, I have a bit of history of being most successful at losing weight when helped by technology – my last reasonably successful period was when the Wii Fit was launched. This time my technological friend is the Fitbit. It’s really just a supercharged pedometer.… Continue reading Fitbit and Friends
A Night at the Opera
I’ve joined a music club on Facebook. It’s a bit like a book club but instead of reading a book you listen to an album. This week we’re supposed to listen to Queen’s A Night at the Opera. Here are my thoughts. Some Historical Context I had this album soon after it came out in… Continue reading A Night at the Opera
Week Notes 28
Blogging Two blog posts in one week! One celebrating the tenth anniversary of this blog and one about how Bose keep giving me free stuff. Health My running shoes arrived during the week and after a few days of prevarication I went on my first run this morning. I’m following a pretty conservative program aimed… Continue reading Week Notes 28
Loving Bose
I bloody love Bose. I never owned any of their equipment – it’s always seemed a little overpriced to me – but their customer service is great. They keep giving me stuff. My wife has a pair of QuietComfort 3 headphones. She thinks that they’re great. But we often need to get replacement parts for… Continue reading Loving Bose
Ten Years in an Open-Necked Blog
Can’t be anyone in the London NooMeeja scene without a blog. So here’s mine. Welcome to the New Blog in Town – 10 July 2002 That was the sum total of the first post on this blog which was made ten years ago today. I like to think that some of the subsequent posts were… Continue reading Ten Years in an Open-Necked Blog
Week Notes 26 & 27
Week 26. Must be halfway through the year. I know I said that last time – but I miscounted. I’ve corrected that. Blogging A couple of posts in the last couple of weeks. One about licensing photos (something that I worry about periodically) and one pondering when the new series of Doctor Who might be… Continue reading Week Notes 26 & 27
Doctor Who Series 7
As far as I can see, the most detailed information that we currently have about the broadcast dates of series 7 of Doctor Who is in this tweet from @bbcdoctorwho. There will be 6 episodes this year, including the Xmas Special. Then 8 next year. Jenna’s character will first be seen at Xmas. But it… Continue reading Doctor Who Series 7