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So there I was watching BBC News last night, when they showed Fred Goodwin‘s house1. I was somewhat shocked to realise that not only did I know the house, I’d already taken a photo of it many years ago. I quite like it, it’s a modest looking mansion. 2 And the window that isn’t at [...]
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9:09am must remember to put my headphones in a place I can find every morning. [#] 1:05pm just realised I can break my fast with pancakes. Win. [#] 2:17pm pleased to see on reviewing the forms that the hospital was using Pentax optics. I’d dare say I can’t swallow Nikon or Canon… [#] 6:48pm top [...]
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Thanks to various of my colleagues but possibly mostly the rather lovely and ever more missed SJP, I’ve always associated certain publishers or titles with certain songs. This largely revolved around singing Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart when a certain publisher was mentioned (clue: they’re not called bright eyes). Anyway, I’ve had a [...]
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Many years ago I took this photo just to try and capture the cool pattern in the snow. I came back to develop it a few weeks later and noticed the heart shapes. I’ve even been able to get a similar photo in recent snow. Amusingly there are enough photos on flickr to warrant a [...]
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As the American stimulus plan progresses whilst we encourage the former bank chiefs to self flagellate in public1, I figured I might as well point you all to a few American media pieces I’ve read or heard in the past year that have really helped me make sense of what’s going on. By far the [...]
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