The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Neologisms
Polypill - cocktail of 5 non-patent drugs to counter heart disease (30/31.3.09 reporting of article in medical journal)
Virtual reality financial products - the labyrinthine 'products' that brought about the Credit Crunch (31.3.09 Rowan Williams on BBC Radio 4)
Virtual reality financial products - the labyrinthine 'products' that brought about the Credit Crunch (31.3.09 Rowan Williams on BBC Radio 4)
Thought for the day - the nature of creative work
They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations.
Francis Bacon (essayist, philosopher, and statesman 1561-1626)
More compelling than Mark Twain's rather glib:
"The secret of success is to make your vocation your vacation."
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sinead O'Connor at the Pigalle Club, London, 30.iii.09
Theology acoustic
Days without end
If I had a Vineyard
Dust and ashes
I have the universe inside of me
The Emperor's New Clothes *
Black boys on mopeds *
Bunch of junky lies **
Nothing Compares 2U
Stretched across your grave
Thank you for hearing me
++++
Paddy's Lament
The glory of Jah (Sinead's favourite of her songs)
Rivers of Babylon
Keyboards (Kieran K), Guitar (Steve P)
Roddy, Adie Dunbar
Days without end
If I had a Vineyard
Dust and ashes
I have the universe inside of me
The Emperor's New Clothes *
Black boys on mopeds *
Bunch of junky lies **
Nothing Compares 2U
Stretched across your grave
Thank you for hearing me
++++
Paddy's Lament
The glory of Jah (Sinead's favourite of her songs)
Rivers of Babylon
Keyboards (Kieran K), Guitar (Steve P)
Roddy, Adie Dunbar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Old school joke
[To be spoken aloud with Irish accents]
An Irishman pitches up at a building site in Dublin looking for work. The foreman says "First you'll have to prove you know your stuff. Do you know what the difference is between a joist and a girder?"
"Sure, that's easy," says the builder, "Joyce wrote Finnegan's Wake and Goethe wrote Faust."
An Irishman pitches up at a building site in Dublin looking for work. The foreman says "First you'll have to prove you know your stuff. Do you know what the difference is between a joist and a girder?"
"Sure, that's easy," says the builder, "Joyce wrote Finnegan's Wake and Goethe wrote Faust."
Monday, March 23, 2009
Starspots #45
Tony Robinson, Christopher Biggins (Channel 4 11.3.09)
David Steele (Whitehall 18.3.09)
David Steele (Whitehall 18.3.09)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ship shape & Bristol fashion - yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry
Glimpses of Bath including at sunset
Chairing an enjoyable speaking gig at Crossing the Void (Watershed, Bristol) - a multiplatform case study of Sexperience - with Andy Bell of Mint Digital, Iain Dodgeon of STV and Kirsty Stephenson of Cheetah TV
Watching Ireland-Scotland match with my technicallly Irish son on Paddy's Day
Chairing an enjoyable speaking gig at Crossing the Void (Watershed, Bristol) - a multiplatform case study of Sexperience - with Andy Bell of Mint Digital, Iain Dodgeon of STV and Kirsty Stephenson of Cheetah TV
Watching Ireland-Scotland match with my technicallly Irish son on Paddy's Day
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Today's Happiness Experiment entry
Watching Ireland play rugby, especially Rob Kearney
Playing tennis with N at Waterlow Park - first game of the year - beautiful crisp sunshine
Reading 1602 which I got from Alfie Dennen yesterday
yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry
drinking Badoit from a wine glass
having a run before work
Digital Britain discussion at NESTA with Charlie Leadbeater, Mark Earls, JP Rangaswami et al
Rules of the Movies 3
Butlers are always as evil as the people they work for
(by N age 12 - inspired by Terry Thomas in How to Murder Your Wife)
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
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