Archive for May, 2006

Wearing overalls And for once and for all What is the dream? I’ll tell it: To live like they do in the movies. (Red Angel Dragnet, by The Clash) A bunch of kids were walking up the street as I parked the car the other evening. One of them was talking out loud, but not [...]


Work today has proceeded to the accompaniment of Hello Waveforms, the latest album from William Orbit. My mate Andy introduced me to William Orbit’s music in 1993, when Strange Cargo III came out. I fell in love with that album, and its two predecessors. Since then there has been a steady stream of interesting music [...]


The City and Guilds of London have been going around surveying how happy people are in their work. I didn’t think work was about being happy. But then, IT Specialists aren’t anywhere near the top of the happiness league table, so I wouldn’t would I? But it’s alright, because we have a lousy work/life balance [...]


I thought this was rather sad. Hope your heart isn’t getting broken this weekend…


Chris Wetherall has an online Hobbit name generator, should you wish to waste valuable minutes of your life finding out what your name would be, were you a Hobbit. And you do, don’t you?