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Category: Observations

Where’s Durstan?

21st March 2005

Couldn’t find him in Iceland back in 1998. Can’t find him on the cover of his forthcoming book. Know who I’m talking about? Where’s Durstan?

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Pictures of ladies in frocks

7th March 2005

In aid of Breast Cancer Awareness and the Terrence Higgins Trust, renowned fashion designer Kevan Jon hosted a fine, boozy ball in Elland, Leeds last night.

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Review: The Apple Powerbook iDecay

16th February 2005

Customized by a combination of backpack, heat, hard work and prolonged use, Apple’s limited edition Powerbook iDecay model was only available in Nottingham back in 2001.

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You know you work too hard when…

27th January 2005

You know you work too hard when you end up documenting the fact that you’re working too hard. We’ve a lot of new sites to release over the next few weeks, but getting them finished is taking a lot of graft. Here are ten true ‘time for a rest’ symptoms I’ve noticed over the last two weeks.

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A rant about the state of blogging

13th January 2005

A few loud voices in the web community are bemoaning the lack of fresh ideas, new techniques, and a drought of constant exploration and innovation from A-list, up-and-coming or guru-like bloggers and writers.

There are 29 responses | Read on, there is more →

MacExpo, Ostrich and facial surgery

22nd November 2004

Busy as the proverbial bee. Aside form verbal fisticuffs with the Inland Revenue, appalling drunken behaviour in dressing rooms, and too much time on trains, I have actually been hard at it of late. If you are interested in either Mac Expo, split or splitting pop bands, eating South African wildlife or WW1 regenerative face surgery, then do read on. Otherwise, you’ll find the following quite self-indulgent…

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Che Guevara and a Sunday sausage

30th August 2004

After a fat-man’s meal at restaurant/bar Sausage (more on that later) in mega-entertainotropolis The Cornerhouse, Em and I belched our way up the escalators to see new film The Motorcycle Diaries.

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Three-match ban! What for Guv?

23rd June 2004

I’m absolutely appalled that Andy Clarke and Lee Hickman have colluded to give me a three-match ban from the Brit Blogger Squad.

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Atop the Blogger’s League

18th June 2004

Enjoy the moment, they say. Rutter, Scrivens, Hickman, Malarkey and Tebbutt are all lagging behind in the Euro 2004 Fantasy Football Blogger’s League.

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The Monthly Style Magazine - R.I.P

14th June 2004

The state of magazine publishing in the UK is in serious limbo. People simply do not need to pay four quid a month to find out what’s going on - not now we have the web at our fingertips.

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