It is sometimes shocking to sit and think how quickly technology has come on in just a few short years. Photography is something I have always enjoyed, being brought up on Dad’s slides and even his own attempts to create a dark room in the attic. I remember my first Kodak camera with its stacked, [...]
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Kodak: harking back to a golden – or rather silvered – era
Posted in culture, history, science, tech, tagged culture, film, history, kodak, tech, technology, the light farm on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Poems, Prayers and Promises… Do they still write them like this?
Posted in arts, entertainment, history, music, personal, tagged entertainment, history, john denver, me, music on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have an eclectic musical taste that roams the genres and I can find myself listening to anything from Finzi and Mozart, to Counting Crows, The Jayhawks, Guns N’Roses, Linkin Park and Sick Puppies, all via the Pet Shop Boys, “Ibiza dance” and Lady Ga Ga. Not forgetting of course Led Zeppelin, U2, Nightwish, The [...]
More violent food stuff advertising – this time with muppets
Posted in arts, culture, entertainment, history, popular culture, television, tagged ads, adverts, entertainment, henson, history, muppets, television on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You could be forgiven for thinking that part of the appeal of “Never say ‘No’ to Panda” is the peculiar novelty of seeing pretend animals acting in unexpectedly violent ways. However, I was shocked to discover possible antecedents in the early work of Jim Henson and an era of “muppet ultraviolence” that hitherto had passed [...]
Population 51,201 and Waldo the bird is dead… It is gloriously bonkers and I am glad to be back home
Posted in arts, history, personal, review, television, tagged arts, history, review, television, twin peaks on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The owls are not what they seem…” I remember it vividly. 1990 and Twin Peaks had been the subject of fevered classroom conversation for weeks. There had been teasers and trailers. Deliciously, it was airing on BBC2. Mark and I were in our final year of sixth form, enjoying a friendship that had been long in [...]
Boys, Beer, Birds and Bingley: the randomness of a perfect afternoon
Posted in environment, history, natural world, personal, tagged conservation, environment, history, me on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I meant to write this some days ago, but I am discovering that work is eating the hours as never before. It’s not only when you are having fun that time flies… But last Sunday afternoon was perfect for late March. I spent the best of it at The White Lion in Fobbing, drinking jars [...]
A familiar ache… And so a ranger prepares to return to Norrath #eq2
Posted in arts, gaming, history, internet, personal, tech, tagged computers, eq2, everquest, gaming, history, internet, me, tech on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“He is as Autumn shadows, stealing soundlessly beneath the vaulted arches of the Moon-burnt sky, the deadly promise of a winter’s blade in the dark watches of the night. Relentlessly he pursues Her. Defiantly he loves Her.” Keredh Windryder, Ranger Gaming is either something you get or something you don’t. For some of us, the prospect of immersing [...]
Amiga nostalgia – one for Stringbean if he’s reading… #amiga
Posted in arts, gaming, history, personal, tech, uncategorized, tagged amiga, gaming, history, me on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So there I am, thinking about a post I want to write on my imminent return to Everquest 2, when absent Googling throws up this little gem. 100 Amiga games in ten minutes. What a trip down memory lane!
Lest we forget: Holocaust Memorial Day 2010 – The Legacy of Hope
Posted in comment, current affairs, history, international, national, politics, tagged bosnia, cambodia, darfur, history, hmd2010, holocaust, holocaust memorial day, international, nazi, nuremberg, politics, rwanda, sierra leone, world war two on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It was more made more striking by its ordinariness: a standard-issue Council desk with a signing book and cheap pen placed neatly in the middle and little yellow booklets strewn about. The foyer of the BasCentre bustled, but the space around the table was poignantly empty. Sitting at the desk, words failed me and I [...]
A History of the World in Objects – a brilliant idea from the BBC #bbc #history
Posted in comment, history, personal, tagged bbc, history, me on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As part of my recuperation I spent a morning out walking in the hills, enjoying the bleak beauty of the Langdon ridge in winter. As I tramped I listened to Radio 4 – a regular vice. One of the programmes advertised was A History of the World in 100 Objects. Narrated by Neil MacGregor, director [...]
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A Month To Remember: June 2010 is Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month #grthm #gypsy #roma #traveller
Posted in arts, comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, tagged arts, gypsies, history, human rights, politics, roma, sinti, travellers on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
June 2010 will be the third year that Britain has celebrated Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. There is a shocking amount of ignorance about the historic and cultural identities of the travelling communities in Britain. Few who are concerned about the impact of travellers on the greenbelt will pause to think about traditions that extend [...]
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