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13 August 2008: Hope for the North

The story today that a think tank believes some Northern cities are beyond revival and that those living there should move to the South East is one that fills me with some interesting conflicting emotions.

10 August 2008: The Balcony Food Zone

Regular readers will know that I like my food, and I’m keen on quality. I’ve baked my own bread for around two years now (and indeed, as I type, there’s a malthouse loaf proving in the kitchen), and I like to eat good quality food.

6 August 2008: Heritage Lines and random railway memories

When you find out a normal part of the National Rail network is called a “Heritage Line”, it puts certain phrases in mind.

6 August 2008: Phew! It’s live!

Just a few weeks ago, I didn’t think I’d be writing this post. I thought I’d be I’d be writing something more apologetic.

2 August 2008: Safety on the tube

Every now and then you come across some statements that are quite interesting.

16 July 2008: Food, glorious BBC food

By chance I noticed the an interesting case of BBC related database overload. And it’s in the form of recipe databases. Boy, is there a lot…

13 July 2008: The Pit

Anyone following my microblog updates yesterday may have noticed a certain anger with the trauma centre that is iTunes. I’ve never been a huge fan of iTunes (bloated, slow, klunky), but after yesterday I now hate, loathe and despise it.

5 July 2008: Remember the physical before we regret it

I like technology. Technology is cool. I like the convenience of my MP3 player. My photos have never been better since I got a digital camera so that I can see what I’ve taken, and improve instantly. My PVR hoovers up TV programmes and gives them to me in a nice menu.

1 July 2008: Music sounds better with you

Well if my Rio Karma wasn’t broken enough already, one suspects it’s in a worse state this morning. I was casually putting it away outside the office after the morning commute, walking at the same time as I have done hundreds of times before, only for me to drop it, where it then bounced on the floor, straight into the water at the bottom of the fountain.

1 July 2008: Fishy cables - new post at the BBCi Labs blog

Over on BBCi Labs right now, you’ll find my first contribution to that blog.

30 June 2008: When you’re out to con, there is another way…

Roughly 50% of all the spam for bods.me.uk consists of phising attempts for NatWest customers, repeated over and over and over again.

28 June 2008: The end of my karma

After three and a bit glorious years of usage, it looks like my beloved Rio Karma MP3 player is on its way out.

27 June 2008: Dear Curry’s

Thank you Curry’s. You have reminded me why I don’t do much of my electronic based shopping in stores any more. It makes me annoyed. You have made what should be a pleasant experience, a plain awful one. You have made me annoyed.

25 June 2008: Without Wimbledon

So Wimbledon started on Monday, and not being a tennis (or indeed a sport) fan, all Wimbledon really means to me is that I miss out on most of my favourite TV shows. The ones that aren’t being disrupted by Euro 2008 anyway…

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