Writing
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London Review of Books, 5 August 2004
Contents page online here Only one review really grabbed me this issue, which I paraphrase here.…
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The Art of Fiction by David Lodge
I read this when it was a series of columns in the Independent on Sunday. Nice to read it again.…
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Let’s live today, anyway. Change me, change me, change me once again
It’s not often you get a chance to see characters in a film genuinely age ten years. ‘Before Sunrise’ gives you this and much, much more. Magic.
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London Review of Books, 22 July 2004
Contents page online here ‘Stainless Splendour’ by Stefan Collini It’s not just…
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St Pancras Chambers
Yesterday I went on a tour of the elegant building at St Pancras station, currently derelict, soon to be converted into a new hotel and apartments, and took some photos.
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Anyone for a greasy?
Mourning the passing of the New Piccadilly cafe in central London and celebrating other simple caffs.
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London Review of Books, 8 July 2004
Contents page online here ‘Reasons to Be Miserable‘ by James Meek Lengthy quotes, but…
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Big head
Those cheeky chappies at Poke stuck my big face to a wall.
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Disk Inventory X
Playing with the utility that gives you a brighly-coloured treemap (a la Market Map or Newsmap) of your Mac’s drive, showing exactly what’s eating all that precious space.
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Inaccessible Odeon
Odeon has forced Matthew Somerville to shut down his accessible version of their site. All the more amazing when Odeon’s official site is completely invisible in some browsers.
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What webloggers are reading this summer
I asked a bunch of webloggers what they’re reading this summer. Because I was more interested in that than what celebrities are reading this summer.
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Blogloops
Bloglines’ first birthday revamp introduces public blogs, shrinking the incestuous blogging cycle a little further.
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo by Saskia Sassen
While the book is undoubtedly oriented around cities, very little of it is about the structure or…
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RCA and CSM degree shows
My highlights of the Royal College of Art degree show and a brief comparison with the Central Saint Martins show.
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Byliner stats
A graph showing the rate of new registrations at Byliner (on the up), and the most popular search requests.
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New and improved Jamie Oliver
This year, when I haven’t been coding TheyWorkForYou.com I’ve been employed at the lovely Poke working on the new Jamie Oliver website, which launched yesterday. Here are a few highlights.
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Beach hut photos
Photos of the brightest beach huts on the Essex coast.
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Bishopsgate Goods Yard demolition
You can’t see much of the demolition from the street, but from a few stories up you get a better view of the brick mountains. Photos here.
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We’re gonna need a bigger pipe
I’ve been grabbing music from Mostyn’s Music Page for some time, but I only recently realised that a whole MP3 Blog scene has been blossoming out there. It’s official: I am now several weeks behind the bleeding edge.
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Upgrading to Movable Type 3 (or not)
I upgraded to MT3 on my development site, but haven’t rolled anything out live, having hit some problems. I’ll wait for them to be fixed officially, rather than spend time hacking…
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Installing DBI and DBD::mysql on Mac OS X Panther
A guide to installing DBI and DBD::mysql, which I completely failed to find anywhere online (or at least, in a form that worked).
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TheyWorkForYou.com
Our new project launches today after several months of work… track your MP’s most recent appearances in parliament, search all the speeches and written answers, comment on proceedings…
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London’s Elections - The Designers
Analysing the London mayoral candidates based on their grasp of design. Few have any.
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Less metadata, more music
Having thrown away my to do list, I recently finished transferring 342 songs taped from the radio to MP3.
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Dabbling
Last summer I tried my hand at painting, after nine years of doing none. It went OK, and I did three paintings I was quite pleased with, but damn, it’s hard work.