Yesterday was the (almost) annual OpenTech conference. For various reasons, the conference didn’t happen last year, so it was good to see it back this year. OpenTech is the conference where I most wish I could clone myself. There are three streams of talks and in pretty much every slot there are talks I’d like… Continue reading OpenTech 2013
Author: Dave Cross
Liverpudlian MPs
Back in the day, when I grew up on my Liverpool council estate every member of Liverpool City council was Conservative. The city had eight Conservative MPs. This is Nadine Dorries writing on Conservative Home a couple of days ago. She should really learn that if she doesn’t check her facts, then someone else will.… Continue reading Liverpudlian MPs
Doctor Who News
I’m getting bored of the number of media outlets who are taking the slightest of comments that someone makes about the upcoming Doctor Who anniversary special and spinning it into a story packed full of completely unsubstantiated nonsense. Headlines like “No Doctors To Return For 50th Special” which, when you read them turn out to… Continue reading Doctor Who News
Money From HMRC
I got a letter from HMRC this morning – to my company, not to me personally. It basically said “we’ve been looking at the PAYE you paid in 2010/11 and it looks like you’ve overpaid by [a surprisingly large number of pounds]”. Now 2010/11 was the year that I was having some difficulties with my… Continue reading Money From HMRC
Week Notes 3
Blogging I wrote a piece about the ECHR and Christianity. The kind of thing this blog used to be about all the time. Health My weight is still stalled at around 14 stone. I lost a bit last week but then put it back on again over the last couple of days. I know exactly… Continue reading Week Notes 3
ECHR and Christianity
Today was the day that the ECHR published its verdicts on the four Christians who had claimed that their human rights had been violated by their employers preventing them from acting in ways conducive to their faith. The four cases were as follows: Nadia Eweida works as a check-in assistant from British Airways. She wanted… Continue reading ECHR and Christianity
Week Notes 2
Blogging A review of the gigs I saw last year. And a new classic album post. Health Weight is slowly coming down. Annoyingly, it has stuck as 14 stone for the last two days. Need to start doing more exercise. Speaking and Training Haven’t done enough to prepare for all the training that is coming… Continue reading Week Notes 2
The Beatles
Still catching up on classic albums. Here are my thoughts on The Beatles by The Beatles (that’s the album we all know better as The White Album). Some Historical Context I was six when this came out. I don’t remember it being released, but I have vague memories of singing Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da when I was… Continue reading The Beatles
2012 in Gigs
Here’s an overview of the gigs I saw in 2012. I saw 36 gigs during the year. That’s quite a lot down on 2011, but that’s partly because I broke my leg and didn’t go to gigs for six weeks. I saw some larger gigs than in the previous year. I saw Radiohead, The Killers… Continue reading 2012 in Gigs
Classic Albums 2012
I thought it might be interesting to have an index of the classic albums I reviewed in 2012. So here it is. Album Artist Rating A Night at the Opera Queen [rating=2] Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan [rating=5] The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff [rating=2] The Specials The Specials [rating=2] LemonJelly.ky LemonJelly [rating=3] Led Zeppelin… Continue reading Classic Albums 2012