Having just survived the first working week of the decade and with my beloved away for the evening at a fashionable gig I figured I owed it to myself to binge on a double bill of westerns. Luckily this boy knows how to self-indulge and so I picked The Professionals (1966) followed by The Wild […]
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10 books that made an impact on me when I read them
The item below is taken from a 10 day thread I published in Facebook following a nomination by a chum of mine. It is a surprisingly difficult thing to do, choose merely 10 books. How to play it? Look at me, I’m such a boffin! Look at me, I can’t read! Look at me, I’m […]
We all love a VLE
That’s Virtual Learning Environment to mere mortals, or online learning to us mere plebs. Recently I have begun to review various online learning platforms for work. One of the constants is just how in love they all are with themselves. Of course, this is sales talk. There is no substitute for having a go as […]
This snippet tickled me
It’s Friday afternoon and I am taking a short breather. The below tickled me so I thought I’d share. Covent Garden London Underground’s standard £4.80 single cash fare for the journey between here and Leicester Square equates to £29.81 a mile, making the fare for this particular journey more expensive per mile than the […]
The medium has betrayed the message
I thought I’d repost this little bit of fun as it still amuses me. (First posted 4th April 2013) With February being designated Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) month our team has been asked to undertake an hours’ worth of continuing professional development (CPD) by engaging in some online learning. I did mine last week, […]
Memories of Trevor Baylis
Jon Rea, Trevor Baylis, Alan Carter-Davies – Early Summer 2002 The only time I actually met Trevor Baylis in 2002 at the Broadway Cinema at an innovation conference that my good friend Jon Rea and I were exhibiting at. Trevor was a true gentleman. He was attending the exhibition in the capacity of patron/mentor and […]
Jonathan Pie: Back to the Studio
Let’s get this straight, Jonathan Pie is not funny. Yes, it’s true that he makes me smile, sometimes laugh, but in the way that absurdism is funny, that ridiculous is funny, that our everyday impenetrable Kafka lives are funny. They are not really but it is difficult not to smugly smile in recognition. Recently I […]
Adventures in Movieland ~ Dirty Harry
Christmas is forgotten. January already is a distant memory and spring is still a million years away despite the ever-hopeful snowdrops putting in their customary early appearance. If snowdrops were party guests they’d arrive just as the carpet was being rolled back and the other half was at the supermarket for the booze. I digress. […]
Preacher Season One: Soap Opera with rednecks and a vampire
Preacher Season One is a hoot but not a riot. If you read the original books then stand warned, it’s different. This is to be expected, of course. Comics and TV are different (and that’s a real fact). The series is made by the TV company that bought us Breaking Bad and it shows. This […]
Tips For Better Writing
Plan Your Content If you’re considering adding a blog to your site, you’ll want to have a plan beforehand. Planning your blog will help your subject matter remain consistent over time. It’ll also help you determine whether or not there’s enough material to maintain a steady stream of posts. One pitfall many new bloggers run […]