Look at this fella on the left, his name is Howie Mandel - and he’s unfortunately become an object of hatred for me this week. Its probably not his fault, he’s probably a likeable and affable kind of guy. He probably took the job he is most well known for because the money was cool [...]

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After years of awkward speculation - Michael Stipe finally comes clean…

It was time step out of the fog of uncertainty - well done Michael.

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Slightly dramatic post card from Anchor Head in Weston Super Mare - which is contradictory to all those thoughts that Weston is just a huge expanse of flat sand.
Sent in 1911 (I think) to Abingdon in Berkshire - which is interesting because I thought it was in Oxfordshire (so there you go - it used [...]

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The end of commercials mid race when you are watching F1 - BBC wins F1 back!

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Machine Gun is the first single to be released from the marvelous new Portishead album - Third, the video is now on youtube.

Portishead - Machine Gun (found on Tuneage)

It isn’t the greatest video - but that drum track never gets boring.

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Is x down for everyone - or just me? Use this site to test…

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I’m a bit late posting March postcards - my scanner went a bit crazy - but I start the month off with a beautiful photograph of the Esplanade in Weymouth sent in 1956 to New Road, Chippenham in Wiltshire. Click more to see the message sent.

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Flew to Seattle from London yesterday afternoon - nothing like 9.5 hours on a plane to focus you on what’s ahead for the trip (5 day training course, meetings, then another 2 days management development course). Also nothing like a 9.5 hour trip across 8 timezones to really screw up your circadian rhythm.
Of course, jet [...]

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"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Seen on Metafilter)

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I really like Kevin Kelleys idea that if you can find 1000 true fans, you can lead a sustainable life from your art, music, films, books whatever - and that the current way of buying and selling (Amazon, Ebay etc) enables this.
It got me wondering about who I was a ‘true fan’ of, I [...]

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