A selection of my photos from Greenbelt 2009 are now online, at http://photos.goodge.co.uk/v/music/greenbelt/2009/
4 September 2009
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15 August 2009
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Ten of the most memorable experiences of my life
The day I got married The day my daughter was born Watching a total eclipse of the sun Going down a diamond mine at Kimberly Flying past New York at night Seeing U2 at Earls Court The first time I … Continue reading
23 July 2009
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FaceTwitR
FaceTwitR n. Generic name for the style of website design which attempts to mimic popular social networking sites.
17 July 2009
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Friend Connect
I’ve added a Google Friend Connect widget to my blog. Friend Connect is, supposedly, Google’s answer to Facebook, MySpace, etc, as it allows individual blogs to be connected through a similal system of social networking. I have no idea whether … Continue reading
17 May 2009
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European Citizens’ Consultation
As can be seen on my photo gallery, I’ve recently added some albums of photos from the ECC in Brussels. Since several people have asked me what it was all about, I thought I might as well explain a bit.
17 April 2009
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Terrorist bin
6 April 2009
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URL shortening, and bubble 2.0
Having recently started to use Twitter, I’ve noticed that a lot of posts use a URL-shortening system because of Twitter’s 140 character tweet limit. I’m already familiar with TinyURL.com as it’s useful for Usenet and email (and offline use, such … Continue reading
3 March 2009
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The random album meme
This has been doing the rounds of Facebook and mailing lists recently: 1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 – Go to … Continue reading
26 February 2009
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Another change to the photo gallery
My photo gallery runs on Gallery2, which I like as a storage and display system but it’s not one of the most flexible photo gallery systems out there. Other than changing the themes and templates, it’s hard to customise the key … Continue reading
19 February 2009
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APEVOCT: Big Cook Little Cook
(Note: APEVOCT = “A parent’s eye view of children’s TV”, the overall name of this series). Big Cook Little Cook is, as the name suggests, a programme based on cooking. This CBeebies regular is based in a cafe staffed by, well, … Continue reading