Lately my music listening has been totally dominated by Riot Control NYC, a series of online mix-tapes from New Yorkers Burt Fox and Sonny Noir. I would recommend anyone to check these guys out - the range of styles they cover is enlightened, with soul, electro, hip-hop, 80s b-boy, latino, dub… and all the bits […]
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Posted 13 November 2008
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Almost all the spam we receive is very very obviously spam. So do you find yourself wondering, just how many people actually take the bait?
Well, apparently the answer is: 1 in 12.5 million people.
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Posted 11 November 2008
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I’ve got a review up at DailyInfo for Johnny’s Midnight Goggles, a rather strange show put on by cellist Matthew Sharp.
North Wall Arts Centre, Sat November 1st 2008
Matthew Sharp is a critically acclaimed cellist who has performed with the likes of the Royal and London Philharmonic orchestras. According to convention, Sharp should content himself with […]
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Posted 04 November 2008
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Obama has been chosen as President in an absolute landslide result. He has been elected by a margin of 81-19, as voted by over 50,000 people from around the globe. No, I don’t mean the citizens of America - I mean the citizens of the world, voting in the Economist’s global election.
Unconfirmed Reports officially endorses […]
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Posted 04 November 2008
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One of the most convincing pieces of share-market analysis I have read recently:
The 10-year price-to-earnings ratio tells an incredibly consistent story over the last century. It has averaged about 16 over that time. There have been long periods when it stayed above 16 and even shot above 20, like the 1920s, 1960s and recent […]
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Posted 30 October 2008
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The new generation of mobile computing is about to arrive…
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Posted 30 October 2008
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Back in England again. Cold and frosty - beautiful clear crisp mornings, but already we need to crank the central heating in the evenings.
Cold, frosty people as well. Decent, hygienic people.
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Posted 29 October 2008
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Sunday, 23rd March 2008 [but took me seven months to type it up]
Flurries of marijuana smoke mixed with heavy gusts of snow as I squinted my way through the streets of Amsterdam this afternoon. The outstanding tolerance of other peoples’ tastes here makes me feel like humans are not so bad after all. At the […]
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Posted 25 October 2008
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Yesterday’s big news - Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama - took the election one step further towards an Obama victory. Many pundits are saying that McCain can only win this now if he pulls off some sort of masterstroke before November 5th.
Powell’s endorsement gave me an idea of what that masterstroke might be.
Here’s the deal, […]
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Posted 20 October 2008
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A couple of years ago I wrote a screenplay for a short film. It then got made, by Growing Brain, thanks to the outrageous talents of director Alex Scott.
You can now see it on PooTube.
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Posted 16 October 2008
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