It’s not often you get to write about running and books at the same time. The few running books I have are quite technical books, dealing more with the actual process of running and providing a reference point for my questions. They’re not so much in them about what it is to actually be a [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted any ‘new gadget’ reviews, so felt it was time to put that right. I’m very pleased with my iPod Nano, and the Nike+ pedometer is proving a great success (more here). However, until recently I’d been carrying my iPod in my hands, which wasn’t very good - it affected [...]
This is a post from Frances, which makes a nice change! I’ve seen other postings from people with the same problem, and still haven’t been able to find an answer through any searches (the list I got the answer on doesn’t seem to show up on google searches, and the other places I’ve seen it posted [...]
A mailing list I’m on drew my attention to a phone interview on Radio 5 last night by Stephen Nolan, with Philip Pullman (author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, my review here). What follows is probably one of the most unbelievably rude treatments I’ve heard of a well respected author by somebody who seemed [...]
Excuse the extended absence these last few days, but I’ve been down in London working (mostly), and catching up with friends. Busy busy busy as they say. Anyway, to the point, via neil, comes cute overload, and they’re really not kidding. Somehow the creatures nicking food appeals to me most: The bunny with the biscuit, and the [...]
We’ve spent this weekend tidying up, emptying boxes, and generally working out what needs to go where. It’s time consuming work, and things like unpacking clothes (very much Frances’ realm) takes time and doesn’t actually feel like you’re progressing much. Putting up pictures - the few that we have - takes less time and adds [...]
Podcasting is a new term that is being used with increased frequency. It’s essentially a combination of RSS (used for desktop news headline aggregation) and mp3’s. The content is entirely dependent on the feeds you subscribe to. One of the very best is the BBC’s Podcast of “In Our Time”, where Melvyn Bragg discusses matters ranging [...]
When I first bought my iMac G5, I commented that a TV tuner meant that the iMac couldn’t take over in the living room. Since then Apple have launched the Mac Mini, which I think sets out a plan to get in on the living room market. So a TV tuner would make a lot of [...]
Yesterday I bemoaned that the UK government had pledged a paltry £411,000 to the disaster relief effort in Asia. That’s less than 0.7p per person in this country. Well, the good news is today they have increased that to £15m (approx $28.5m), which is almost as much as the US government ($35m). A country four times [...]
Regular readers will know I’ve been something of a Mac head for the last couple of years. Ever since I received a Powerbook as my work laptop (the only one in the company), I’ve found myself able to reap the rewards of a well designed and considered system, and focus on work rather than underlying [...]
