Posts from 2006

All this talk of how the internet is revolutionising mankind gets a bit much sometimes. So recently I’ve been: – playing with Line Rider- finding out celebrity bra sizes- doing cube roots of 9 digit numbers in my head- looking at the largest insect in the world- admiring the Suspicious Looking Device. It’s a pleasant [...]

Reuters, 11 October 2006 In a landmark legal case, a 7 year old Aberystwyth boy won his challenge to a court ruling over his custody. The boy, with a history of being beaten by his parents was originally told he could stay with his sole surviving Grandfather in keeping with child custody law and regulations [...]

I wrote something for National Poetry Day last Thursday, based on the idea of “ekphrasis”, as covered by Amy Newman. Some Google detective work will help you find the original inspiration. Love Lasts Forever This cruel negativeIs the taxidermist’s brutal revenge:Your bonesOffering symbiosis in deathTo refute our plain mortality. Rendered inside out but   (so as not [...]

I don’t like the word seminal. Besides its dual meaning, it’s a lazy, overused shorthand. But I would grudgingly apply it to Scott McCloud’s ‘Understanding Comics‘, which I’m currently reading after many months on my ought-to list. It’s as excellent as I’d heard, with some fascinating concepts on abstraction, graphical representation of time and motion, [...]

Coming home is often the biggest surprise. Not only did I get a chance to relax and visit somewhere new, but I feel my independence has been turned up to 11. New York has certainly mellowed my antipathy towards large cities, to the extent that Nottingham is starting to feel ever so slightly insular. The [...]

This has really made my day. TechCrunch reports that Facebook is in acquisition talks – $1bn to Yahoo! Whoopee. Then, they pick out a fabulous quote about Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old CEO of Facebook: At one point in the Yahoo! negotiations, the talks extended into the weekend, says a person familiar with the matter. Mr. [...]

I can’t believe it’s only my third day here, it seems like weeks since I was at home. My feet are sore, so is my head, I didn’t pack enough clothes, but I’m loving every minute. I’d say the thing that’s made me smile the most has been tipping bartenders. Really. It’s makes it so [...]

It’s a boy! My chocobo hatched and promptly fell asleep for days. Fortunately he’s awake again and eating his San d’Orian carrots. Anyway, he’s called GrooveBat, and I wub him vewy much. Most of my time has been spent finalising my New York schedule. Found a reasonably grotty hostel in Upper West Manhattan (one block [...]