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
Licensing Photos
I like taking photos (although I seem to have rather got out of the habit of doing so). I like it even more when people want to use my photos. For that reason, all of my photos on Flickr are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike licence. This means that anyone can do… Continue reading Licensing Photos
Week Notes 25
Blogging One blog post this week. I got angry about the ridiculous way that politicians refuse to have an intelligent discussion about drug policy. Training and Speaking Still trying to plug Perl School. It’s amazing how much difference a fee (even a small one like £30) makes. I’ve started to plan next years courses. Looks… Continue reading Week Notes 25
Talking About Drugs
There are many things that make me angry in British politics, but I don’t think any of them make me angrier than the way that most British politicians refuse to have an intelligent conversation about drugs. Here’s a case in point. The Commons home affairs select committee are holding an inquiry into drugs policy. Yesterday,… Continue reading Talking About Drugs