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 makes me long for a 'Shut up' button — 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. Txt spk iz da bom.
Magic isn't dead
· 428 words (eats up about 2 mins)Magicians these days are a far cry from Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee of my era. It’s good to see that some of them still take their craft seriously. Enter David Penn.
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[1 comment] · 61 words (kills less than a minute)What has become of calculator art in the Internet age? Is there a place for it any more?
The great journalismo
[2 comments] · 458 words (eats up about 3 mins)Do the media have any ethics? Whether we like to admit it, we all know the answer to that one.
Is there a wedding on or something?
· 26 words (vacuums up less than a minute)Think maybe I missed something. Certainly the news has kept the event quiet if so.
Glastonboring
· 254 words (vacuums up about 2 mins)The Glastonbury 2011 line-up has been announced amid a thunderous cacophony of silence. Yes, it’s that good.
Game show music
[3 comments] · 1496 words (laps up about 7 mins)Though I code by day — and often by night — music is where my real passion lies. So when an opportunity comes along to write some music for TV it’s not something to turn down. Or is it? May I share a little story…
The march of Miss Goulding
· 393 words (sucks up about 2 mins)From seemingly nowhere, the UK pop market has delivered someone who can write their own songs. Who is this hitherto mythical creature and what’s she doing on my radio?
Paul Rosselhoff
· 85 words (devours less than a minute)When art and celebrity collide you can always rely on some jokers to take a topic and spin it.