This weekend I was lightly taunted by my step-daughter as she found a copy of Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road in my CD collection. You can understand that when an artist has produced nothing but crap for all of your lifetime (and more) then it can be hard to see that they ever did… Continue reading He Used To Be Good, Honest
Month: October 2004
With God on our Side
In today’s Guardian, Mark Lawson previews an interesting-sounding documentary that will go out on Channel 4 next Saturday. With God on our Side looks at the role of christianity in the lives of US presidents with particular emphasis on George W Bush. This quote raised a smile: The religiosity of American politics tends to be… Continue reading With God on our Side
Gastronomic Catastrophe
It seems that Pret have stopped selling the stilton and walnut sandwich that I’d been enjoying so much for the last few weeks. Perhaps I’ve eaten them all. But in better news, they’ve reintroduced their Thai Chicken sandwich.
Home Again
Got back from the “speaking tour” late last night. I’ll backfill some details over the next few days (and, hopefully, fill in some more about the Egypt trip). In the meantime you can look at my photos from the trip.
To Venice
Today we travelled to Venice to pick up the boat for the Geek Cruise. I keep calling it a boat, but it’s probably a ship. All of the Perl speakers from the Italian Code Jam were also going on the cruise so Randal Schwartz and Allison Randal travelled on the same train as Dan and… Continue reading To Venice
Italian Code Jam
So today I spoke at the Italian Code Jam in Ferrara. My colleague Dan and I flew into Bologna yesterday where one of the conference organisers met us and drove us to our hotel in Ferrara. Then in the evening all of the organisers and speakers went off to a local restaurant for dinner. There… Continue reading Italian Code Jam
Speaking Tour
Well, I might be overstating the case a bit, but for the first time I’ll be speaking at two completely separate events as part of the same trip. And as a bonus I’ll be visiting four countries that I’ve never been to before. Here’s the itinerary. Tomorrow I fly to to Bologna in Italy and… Continue reading Speaking Tour
Flickr
I’m not very happy with my online photo album. I’ve been thinking of rewriting it for some time. But then I saw that a lot of people had started using Flickr so I’m going to give that a try instead. Seems pretty good. Has all sorts of RSS/Atom goodness built in. And I can email… Continue reading Flickr
BBC News/Wikipedia Mashup
One of the best things about text on the web is the way you can link to other stuff. When I’m writing here I always try to link words and phrases to more in depth explaination or examples. Mainstream news sites like the BBC (see, there’s an example) don’t do that. The BBC often have… Continue reading BBC News/Wikipedia Mashup
Conservative Tastes
As every student knows, a liking for the Smiths, Radiohead and Pulp can be a badge of pride, confirmation of your status as a romantic intellectual loner. If you’re a Tory MP, however, it rather suggests that you’re either not listening to the lyrics properly – what do you make of all that stuff about… Continue reading Conservative Tastes