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Entries from July 2008

Free Book from Penguin?

July 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Get yourself over to ‘Blog a Holiday Read’ courtesy of Penguin and register yourself smartish. You can receive a free book, on the provision that you blog a review of it.
I got ‘The Great Gatsby’ – and I’m looking forward to reading it this summer!

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Tags: books

New Facebook Design

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Logged on to Facebook this morning – and found I had a new design for the Homepage

Everything looks a lot more spaced out – more white space – and the news feed feels much more prominent on the left had side, the sidebar is now on the right and again feels a lot less [...]

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Tags: internet · other sites

AdCenter picking up the pace

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft AdCenter has been working hard to pick up the pace, looks like the industry is starting to notice!

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Tags: microsoft · work

Booked for Friday – The Dark Knight

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m all booked up for Friday evening– babysitter booked, god is in his heaven!

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Tags: movies · random

Mercury Music Prize Nominations

July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The nomination list is out for the Mercury Music Prize…

Adele – 19
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Burial – Untrue
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Estelle – Shine
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Neon Neon - Stainless Style
Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - The Bairns
Radiohead - In [...]

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Tags: music

Live Mesh Updates

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Some small Live Mesh Infrastructure updates today – no outages.

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Tags: asides

Princes Chamber, London, 1926

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Sent from London to Buenos Aires in Argentina in 1926. There are two things I love about this post card; the provenance of a card being bought in London then sent to Argentina and being bought (by me) back in the UK, and the beautiful handwriting – which makes me jealous. Click more to [...]

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Tags: postcards

Snackr

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Snackr - Good Adobe Air news ticker that scrolls RSS feeds – works on dual monitors!

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Tags: asides · random

House – Season 5 (Trailer)

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

 
The first trailer is on the air – House Season 5 is back in September!  (thats House – Series 5 for us Englishers)
I’ll be in the US in September – maybe I’ll catch the premier!
The song on the trailer is called – Love me Dead by Ludo btw (that’ll catch a few searches for sure!) [...]

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Tags: TV · music

Leonard Cohen – The O2, London (Review)

July 18th, 2008 · 26 Comments

I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

At 73 – many men would be settling down to a life of repose, but Leonard Cohen has been on a comeback tour – taking in festivals and arenas all over the shop. Last night he took [...]

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Tags: music