Summer in Scotland
Woke up. Sun blazing. Hot already.
Shorts on. Off to gym.
Lunch then through to my parents. Shorts a good choice.
Until an hour go. Raining now.
Ahhh summer in Scotland.
What was I thinking…
Month: August 2002
Repeat (AKA Looped)
I laughed out loud at this when I read it. It seems that Vaughan and I, and others, share an affliction. I too just ‘click’ with a song or two and play them repeatedly. The funny bit is, well I’ll hand you over to Vaughan for that:
I strongly suggest you read the rest of what he has to say on this curious phenomenon (I’ve paraphrased it here, and probably strangled the life out of it…)
AA Gill
Another day, another wonderful quote at hydragenic. This is the power of ‘blogs’. On the strength of Stuarts references I have ordered AA Gill’s book “AA Gill is Away”, and I have registered at The Times website (where AA Gill writes a column).
The main point here is not a simple recommendation of a book, which in fact Stuart never did, but the fact that, having read hydragenic for some months now, day in day out, and absorbed the things Stuart has posted about (whether I’ve agreed or not) I am much more likely to value his judgement over, say, the people who post reviews at the Amazon website.
Maybe this is something Amazon should be looking at, especially as they have recently extended their API. Possibly a way to find reviews or commentary about books by people you ‘know’. Obviously there are flaws with this idea, but there are better people than me who can probably polish it up (in fact I’m not entirely sure that Mr.Kottke hasn’t already suggested this? Or was it Meg, damn can’t remember…)
999
Did you know that, even if you have your keypad locked, you can still dial 999 from your mobile?
Try it (well don’t actually CALL the number, I’m not advocating prank calls!).
Lock your keypad.
Bash in 9 9 9.
The things you learn (although I’m sure it’s probably in the user manual somewhere but who reads those?)
Plenty of Food for Thought
I’ve heard of these books before, but this article from Business Week might just prompt me to buy them.
- What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
- What Einstein Didn’t Know: Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions
- What Einstein Told His Barber: More Scientific Answers to Everyday Questions
You never know when that kind of knowledge will come in handy.
Kids? Erk!
Michele gives me all the ammunition I need to explain why I will be a terrible father. Mind you, how would you answer the question Mommy, what’s a blowjob?
For the record I thought she handled it very well, I think I would resort to just turning the radio up. WAY up.