I got 26 – how many can you get in this nice little flash game that tests how many elements from the periodic table you can guess. I failed dismally.
They also have games that test your knowledge of US States, European Countries, US presidents and deadly sins!
Much better than the MacBook air – Dell finally releases a cool computer:
Count me in – I’m a getting me one! Oh, that’s right – I already have one…
Popped out from my hotel this morning to buy a few CD’s, managed to find some interesting bits, but listening to them is much harder than it should be.
I mean – how difficult is it? You come home, get a fingernail under the cellophane wrapper and then pop open the jewel case to get your new shiny silver disc out – and away you go… right?
Wrong – not in the US, because here – they put ANOTHER sticker, with a barcode over the top edge of the CD – like in the picture above. This is a different kind of of wrapping to get access to…after 3 minutes trying to lift an edge up with my non-existent mans finger nails, I then resorted to a pen, which promptly broke. I ended up making a tear in the sticker with my nail-clippers and then painstakingly peeling the sticker off.
How BLOODY stupid is that extra sticker – why do you need two layers? Grrr…
I daren’t open the Lizz Wright CD pictured above, in case I lacerate myself and bleed to death in the Hyatt.
After years of awkward speculation – Michael Stipe finally comes clean…
It was time step out of the fog of uncertainty – well done Michael.
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 lag does have its benefits – and its usually the little things that you see at 4am or 5am when you wouldn’t be up…I was up and working at 5am (listening to British Sea Power) when I looked out of my hotel in downtown Bellevue – and across to the other big hotel.
I estimate that 10-15% of the hotel room lights were on – and it suddenly occurred to me that apart from very early risers, most of the rooms that showed signs of life…were people just like me.
Jetlagged to buggery!
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 guess there are some music artistes who I would buy material from without even listening to it first, and there are definitely authors who I would buy a new book from without even reading a review.
So I guess, for those artistes and authors – I’m part of their sustainable income…however, I’m betting that like most others, the people I am a ‘true fan’ of are actually quite mainstream so they are further away from the poverty line.
Are you a ‘true fan’ of anyone, who would you buy ‘sight unseen’ or without even a listen or a review to guide you?
Read Kevin Kellys article here
I know exactly how Cesc Fabregas feels here, as he wheeled away from the penalty box to celebrate after scoring from 25 yards, I wheeled around the front room arms aloft.
That’s why I’m a football fan – AC Milan 0 – Arsenal 2 (in the San Siro!)
They’ve done it again – after ‘Yes We Can’ another host of celebrities have stepped up to the mark and contributed to a very cool Obama campaign video…
I don’t know all of the faces in there, but I recognise the Black Eye Peas, Jessica Alba, George Lopez and I think Forrest Whitaker towards the end.
I’m reading ‘The Audacity of Hope’ at the moment, and I think that now after reading that and watching the guy speak – I’d probably cast my vote for Barack Obama.
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