A Quiet Night On Twitter

by | Aug 5, 2009 | Technology

An interesting night was had on Twitter last night.@canongatebooks and @davesimps0n organised a “world’s first” Twitter based interview with former band members of The Fall to promote Dave’s book The Fallen. It started slowly but got into...

HTC Touch HD – A Slight Annoyance

by | Aug 4, 2009 | Technology

Ok, so you’re all gonna say, “should have got an iPhone”. Maybe so, but I couldn’t be arsed changing provider and, for the most part, my HTC Touch HD is a very capable phone.It does everything I need. I’m used to Windows Mobile so the...

Half Year Review

by | Aug 3, 2009 | zeitgeist

A little late, but here’s how I’m doing against the goals of the year so far.1. Throw Some Stuff OutStrike one! Having a skip in the drive for ages helped but I did throw out a lot of stuff. The garage has still to be reclaimed but progress has been...

Armstrong or Cernan?

by | Jun 22, 2009 | space, zeitgeist

Looks like the world is waking up again to the greatness of Apollo again. Perhaps my dull space related ramblings herein will be scoffed at less now. Perhaps not. Anyway, I was watching some of the various Apollo/Moon related coverage last night (who’s...

Attack Decay Sustain Release

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Technology

At risk of being accused of the geekiest blog post ever, I give you a very good punt at the title. (Although this is perhaps more autobiographical/social history than full-on tech gunk.) In the beginning there was only silence. As an 11 year old boy I sat at the my...