Monthly Archives: July 2008

2008-07-29 Digital Breadcrumbs

@wilw … is it your birthday? Grin. Happy Birthday Mr Wheaton. Without you, the internet would be rubbish. # Trying to organise my thoughts about some very bad news I got last night. # Spaced@ComicCon – Edgar Wright just said that Raising Arizona was the film that made him want to direct. Man, I need

What’s Needed Is A Wake… With Music And Food And Stories

It’s all mad, of course, none of this process of life and death and what happens around it works the way it should – seeing the loss of someone shimmering across your family’s Facebook status reports, or reading the grief of strangers in your cousin’s MySpace comments is too abstract, too much a sign that

For Phil – Keep On Keeping On

I got a call at a time last night that is never a good sign. My big little sister called, and after a few seconds of greeting, broke down a little bit a lot. Through the worry and noise I managed to piece together a broken version of the story that she had an only

2008-07-28 Digital Breadcrumbs

Office is new hardware heaven/hell? It’s like Christmas. Graphic cards, headphones, webcams for all, & 2 IT techs of our own all morning. # Road-testing new headphones – http://tinyurl.com/56whht – Lovely sound, but all weight rests on ears & is achey on glasses. Which seems odd. # Oh iTunes on our work network, why dost