Those of you who have seen me at some point this year will know that I’ve had a pretty bad cough since christmas. A couple of weeks ago it got to be too much and I finally went to the doctor. She diagnosed tracheitus and prescribed a course of anti-biotics. After a few days, that… Continue reading Hospital
Author: Dave Cross
Identifying Terrorists
It seems I completely missed this wonderful letter when it was published in the Guardian earlier this month. We were wondering if perhaps Hazel Blears couldn’t help your overworked police force to identify terrorist suspects, by making dubious peoples wear some form of easily recognised symbol, for instance a yellow star. We have read this… Continue reading Identifying Terrorists
Labour Phone Calls
Later on, my wife also got the same call from the Labour Party that I mentioned yesterday. Unsurprisingly, she gave pretty similar answers to me. One thing we both noticed when discussing the calls afterwards was that the party didn’t seem particularly interested in our specific reasons for not voting Labour this time. I think… Continue reading Labour Phone Calls
Political Vignettes
Two short political stories from yesterday. Firstly I got a phone call from my local Labour Party. They were interested in my voting history and voting intentions. The conversation went something like this: LP: Can you tell me who you are going to vote for this time? Me: To be honest I have no idea.… Continue reading Political Vignettes
Me and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
The tale of my stepdaughter’s iPod rumbles on. After much hassle we finally got it all working last week. Or so I thought. I’d tested it by copying files from her large (legal, I’m sure!) MP3 collection onto the iPod using AnaPod. This worked fine. The next step was that she wanted to rip her… Continue reading Me and Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Doctor Who – A Review
If you don’t want to read spoilers about the first episode of the new Doctor Who series then you probably shouldn’t read this article. You have been warned. One of my earliest memories of Doctor Who is the image of Autons coming to life in shop windows and shooting people with the guns in their… Continue reading Doctor Who – A Review
OSCON in Europe
I knew that it was likely to happen. I’d even heard strong rumours of the location. But in a blog entry yesterday Nat Torkington confirms that the European OSCON will be taking place in Amsterdam from the 17th – 20th October this year. Hope to see you there.
Diddly-Dum Diddly-Dum
Looks like the new series of Dr Who will be starting on March 26th. Expect increasing amounts of media coverage over the next couple of weeks. An early entry is this piece from yesterday’s Observer. I’m getting very excited. Update: Due to some unscrupulous people on the internet I now have a copy of the… Continue reading Diddly-Dum Diddly-Dum
The Icicle Works
One of my favourite bands of all time are The Icicle Works. I first heard of them when they briefly entered the UK pop charts in the early 80s with Love Is A Wonderful Colour and Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) but I dismissed them as just another average pop band until I saw… Continue reading The Icicle Works
Me and Steve Jobs
I’m convinced that Steve Jobs hates me. There’s something embedded in every piece of Apple hardware and software that checks who is using it and if it’s me then it does everything in it’s power to make my life as painful as possible. It’s the only possible explaination. Everyone else seems to think that Apple… Continue reading Me and Steve Jobs