Writing
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My name is Phil and I am an…
I was going to write pages today. Screens full of dense text. Rich with insight and laughs. New…
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Late to the party
I really must write things down when I think of them, and not leave them hanging in the boxroom at…
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Here, have some email
I have other things to say, but, as usual, it’s too much effort to compose them into coherent…
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IJWLTS
I can’t be bothered to expand on anything. Is this why weblogs are so popular, because they…
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Top Ten Email Correspondents (by volume)
Trying to avoid thesis-writing without stepping into the dripping hot air outside lead me to do two…
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Bah humbug
Me: Hi. I paid a cheque in pounds sterling into my account at the end of May and after speaking to…
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Going under
I’ve only seen it maybe three times but, yes, I am addicted to Big Brother. It wasn’t…
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FutureFocus 2000 part two
It’s all over now, and it was exhausting. Although that was more to do with overly-long days…
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FutureFocus 2000 part one
Today was the first day of the World Future Society conference (or “FutureFocus 2000”…
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Back in the land of the free
I’ve returned to Houston for the rest of the year. It’s very strange to be somewhere so…
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Nothing much
This is not, by any stretch of the definition, daily. Really busy at the moment, and not much to…
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You have the power of wormholes
Last night, after the not-as-thrilling-as-it-once-was This Life we switched over to see Letterman.…
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Sun(SeaAndSand).com
While wealthy Silicon Valley tech stars spend their money and leisure time on fast cars and extreme…
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Fully connected with foray into network arena
I’ve been feeling so damned connected this year. Perhaps it’s because I was living so…
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You’re only young once or more
On Saturday two of my best friends were married after nearly ten years of coupledom. Is that a lot?…
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The end of the, erm, thingy
So I was reading this article at McSweeney’s, while our SQL server was rebooting, giving me…
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Not enough time to think of an original title
This networked life thing is fantastic, but it takes so long to just run my life these days. I feel…
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Hi
When I moved to suburban Houston last summer, the cynicism and grumpiness I had nurtured during…
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Back in Blighty
I’m now sat on the train from London to Braintree, a town at the end of a branch line off the…
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Clear Lake
Back in Houston for a few days, just enough time to wash clothes, shop, catch up on a few days of…
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Seattle
Things I didn’t do: visit Fremont or the University District; go on a ferry; get out of the…
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San Francisco
I’d forgotten how tastefully pretty the city is. Going to the same old stores was kind of…
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Sunnyvale
Endless sprawl and strip malls, just like “home” only different. Being driven…
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Santa Barbara
Sun, sea, people, blue skies, distant mountains. Bars, restaurants, shops, trees, cyclists,…
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School’s out for, etc.
No, I’ve really finished all my college work this time. And just in time to head off to the…