I think it’s words for me because I seem to have been born with a predisposition to use them, in spite of not being a prodigious reader. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve read quite a lot of stuff, but I don’t devour. Actually, it would be my observation that those who devour tend not to [...]
The finest, and they’re playing the Astoria in London from 1st to 4th December, performing all four of their albums consecutively, in their entirety: http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/oct/16Coheed_and_Cambria_Neverender_Tour.shtml. I’ll just have to imagine myself going, but given the choice there’s very little I’d rather do. Take in some London vibe during the day, show in the evening, couple [...]
Health warning – only for those who have needed to get out more for the last fifteen years… http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7707016.stm Came onto the scene at about the same time as my friend Hank was teaching me the basics of DOS (still comes in handy occasionally). My first successful home network setup was using Windows for Workgroups [...]
I think I’m concluding that sound quality is more important to me than picture quality. Don’t get me wrong: I like both. But it’s a bigger deal breaker if the sound quality is crap. Decent sound equipment stands the test of time much better than video equipment too. My front speakers are more than twenty [...]
Symbolically burning all that was worthless and all the vanities that were dragging me down. I guess it grew in my mind over the last week or so, having seen in B & Q those galvanised incinerators that I remember from the garden at Broad Oak Lane. For quite a few years running when the [...]