by Scott | Feb 12, 2007 | zeitgeist
Driving home tonight listening to XFM we were pleased to hear the sudden appearance of This Charming Man by The Smiths. Clearly, a classic, but not often heard on the radio. Silence fell in the car, all talking stopped and, after a brief moment of listening, we sang...
by Scott | Feb 11, 2007 | Technology
It wasn’t one of the most exciting things I have ever done, but I have just about finished ripping all my CDs onto hard drive. Something close to 40GB of the stuff. It took a long time but it has been worth it for a whole number of reasons.Firstly, and...
by Scott | Feb 9, 2007 | zeitgeist
Many silly, pointless things get nominated for the Turner Prize.I think art should be a thing of beauty, something that affects you emotionally, fills you with awe and wonder.Therefore, I’d like to nominate Denis Bergkamp’s goal against Argentina in the...
by Scott | Feb 5, 2007 | Technology
Have you ever sat and watched ants at work? It’s fascinating. Drop a small pile of sugar. Word soon gets round. Then they all appear, forming nice ordered lines, one in, one out, until all the sugar is gone. But that’s an easy task. They can build enormous...
by Scott | Feb 3, 2007 | Technology
Signed up for Google Analytics recently, you get quite a lot of cool stuff for free. And, for the record, I don’t subscribe to the “Google are the next Microsoft, taking over the world, yada, yada” thing. The do some very useful stuff.Anyway, in...