Miscellanea
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Shindig!
Some notes from my dinner with the bloggers and assorted hangers-on last night, hosted by Robert Scoble (who may think I’ve been stalking him at these gatherings, having shown up at one in New York last month) and Hugh MacLeod: [Scoble, a cornfed American boy if ever there was one, notes tech differences between the…
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Travelling ten
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I’ve been a bit quiet the past week, so here’s a very random top ten from my just-completed trip to North America (New Jersey/New York and Toronto). In no particular order, except for number one: My sister’s wedding — Congratulations and Mazel Tov to Allison and Chris! The skeleton of the new Daniel Libeskind extension…
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First we take Manhattan
I grew up with this view over the Hudson River from my family’s apartment in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The George Washington Bridge is on the left; the Empire State Building is a tiny speck toward the right. Update: a better version of the montage, and an even bigger one is available by clicking on…
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Downtime warning
Yet again, the servers will be off this weekend: from about 6pm BST Friday 15 April through 8am Monday 18 April. Get some fresh air.
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Comin’ back from Cali
First, sorry if you tried to access the blog the last couple of days: the power was down in the building over the weekend for some pretty serious periodic maintenance. Some day soon I plan to bite the bullet and transfer over to an independent host and my own domain. A few highlights, culinary and…
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New name
I’ve decide to change the name of this blog — look up! Also, for those of you who subscribe to my RSS feed, I’m now using Feedburner to publish them (see the little “XML” icon at right, and note that the name of the feed carries a remnant of this blog’s old name…). For what…
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Waverley Sunset
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(Extraordinary Popular Delusions and) The Madness of Crowds
I arrived at Paddington Station this evening on my usual commute, to find a cluster of thirty-odd young people, swaying and dancing… silently. Looking closely, they were all listening to headphones, dancing to their own music. Onlookers were befuddled, smiling, snapping pictures with their camera-equipped mobile phones (like my jerky attempt here). A couple of…
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Boosting the economy
The London Evening Standard: Huge rise in cannabis use. Adam Curry, back in the UK!
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Sustainable Island
I live on the very small Osney Island on the River Thames and last night I went to a meeting of the Osney Sustainable Island Group (OSIG). We’d like to take advantage of our location and set up a “micro-hydro” station to produce electricity. But we’re only at the beginning: we need to find funds…
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