Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people writing #incomprehensible #twaddle u n me l8r lol @knickerlicker erodes my will to live — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Yay, I've joined the SpaceFace / MyBook revolution.
N.B. The views expressed herein are not my own: they have been carefully shaped by a barrage of mainstream media propaganda and fill-in-the-blanks guesswork. Also, I'm prone to lying for the sake of entertainment.
Friends that aren't real?
· 258 words (eats up about 2 mins)When is a friend not a friend? In Facebook’s eyes, it’s when you dared to acquaint yourself outside of the online social sphere.
Don't look at the camera
· 543 words (laps up about 3 mins)Turned up to a film set on Sunday as a “runner” which is movie parlance for “general dog’s body”. Imagine my surprise when I ended up being in the film.
Map musings
[1 comment] · 656 words (wastes about 3 mins)My old map book is falling to bits, but I have a suspicion I soon won’t be able to buy a replacement. No, I don’t have sat-nav. There’s a jolly good reason for that.
Le Cygne done wrong
· 315 words (eats up about 2 mins)Cello and piano: a gorgeous instrument combination when applied to such fantastic pieces as The Swan. At least, in most cases.
All-knowing Facebook
· 86 words (sucks up less than a minute)Oh woe is me. Facebook have got me pegged down to the most minute detail, it seems.
ED-209 librarian
· 761 words (devours about 4 mins)Please scan your books. Not there… there. No, THERE. Error detected. Eject. You have twenty seconds to comply.
The ebook revelation
· 571 words (devours about 3 mins)Are ebooks really the saviour of the printed word or are the corporations and standards bodies doing their level best to screw it up?
Keys to the future
[1 comment] · 359 words (wastes about 2 mins)Exclamation mark: check. Hash: check. Tilde: check. Parentheses: check. Weird upside-down-L thing that has no seeming use: check. Braces: ummm…
