By mattr on March 22, 2008
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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By mattr on March 22, 2008
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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By mattr on March 21, 2008
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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By mattr on March 20, 2008
The end of commercials mid race when you are watching F1 – BBC wins F1 back!
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By mattr on March 20, 2008
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.
Posted in music
By mattr on March 19, 2008
Is x down for everyone – or just me? Use this site to test…
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By mattr on March 18, 2008
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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By mattr on March 17, 2008
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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By mattr on March 16, 2008
"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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By mattr on March 15, 2008
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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