May 2004

Ooh! Pictures!

May 14, 2004

OK, so this time round I actually did take my camera, but it was so dark in the venue that I couldn't see a thing through the view finder and had to rely on guesswork instead. This is the one and only picture I took: Heiko, Hugh and Loïc Loïc has uploaded a bunch of […]

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Megabloggerparty

May 13, 2004

Whoo, lots of people at The International last night – too many really. Didn't get to meet everyone I wanted to meet, so sorry if I missed you. Had to leave earlier than expected, but nevertheless it was a great evening. This time I even managed to take a whole one photo – it was […]

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Ooh! Finished!

May 11, 2004

Just finished 1200 words on how content affects web design for new online design magazine, Design In-Flight. It's come out rather well, I think. I'll let you know when it's published.

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One of those days

May 11, 2004

You know, one of those days where absolutely nothing on your über-long to-do list seems even remotely tolerable, let alone interesting. I have no urgent tasks, nothing which can't be put off til tomorrow (or rather, Friday at the earliest as I'm off up to London again tomorrow). I have lots of things that I […]

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It's almost too early for things like this, but…

May 11, 2004

A new and impressive invention which I think people* should be utilising more often: iShower. *That is people I consider cute, not just any old people. And not me, obviously. You won't catch me broadcasting from the shower. (First person to say 'camgirl' gets a slap.)

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Let down

May 10, 2004

I've always loved Gary Turner's blog, but I was disappointed tonight to discover that he's actually been using Autoblog – an autogenerator that parses RSS feeds and creates posts based on keywords and pre-selected phrases. I captured this screenshot – I'm sure he'll have fixed it before you go take a look. What can I […]

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Pretty templates do not an update make

May 10, 2004

As reported by Boing Boing and the BBC, Blogger has updated its service and user interface. But not very much. The first incarnation of Chocolate and Vodka was hosted on Blogger and it was the first blog writing tool I ever used. It wasn't long, though, before Blogger's unreliability drove me over to Blog-City who […]

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SP1 ver 2.0 up on Zoe

May 9, 2004

Spent all day reading and reviewing scripts so that I could post my rewritten first screenplay, known here as SP1, on Zoetrope.com. The worst ones to read are always the easiest to review, and the easiest ones to read are the worst to review. When there's lots wrong with a script, it's a fairly simple […]

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More Duran pictures

May 8, 2004

As they always do, more pictures from the latest Duran tour have surfaced. There are some really nice shots there, although I am alarmed and disturbed to notice that JT wasn't wearing socks in Cardiff. Although he did have a nice red shirt on, so all is forgiven. If you know of any more sources […]

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A polymath in an age of specialists

May 8, 2004

“You need to be more focused, less mystified,” Hugh MacLeod said to me recently after a long conversation about the possibility of earning money from my blog. It's a message I've seen echoed around the web time and again. Every discussion about blogs becoming revenue streams for the writer, usually via ads, makes that same […]

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It's a cool kid thing, apparently

May 7, 2004

I have gmail. You can gmail me if you like. Once the novelty has worn off I shall probably not bother with gmail, the same way I don't bother with hotmail or any of the other webmail accounts I have. I already have enough email addresses and I am way, way too lazy to go […]

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Response to the New York Times

May 6, 2004

After talking to Joi and the other guys in #joiito, I decided that so appallingly inaccurate was Seth Schiesel 's piece on IRC, that it warranted an email to his editor, Kevin McKenna. Below is my email to Mr McKenna, and the incisive response I received from the New York Times. Dear Mr McKenna, I […]

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IRC: home to l33t haX0r pir4t3z

May 6, 2004

Ross Mayfield blogs about the New York Times article that lays into IRC as the next big internet evil (registration required). Apparently IRC is a hotbed for illegal file swappers, hackers and child pornographers: It is “the place where people with something to hide go to do business”. The angle taken by Seth Schiesel, author […]

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Duran Droolan

May 5, 2004

Finally and at last, some photos of the recent Duran Duran tour have surfaced. Not sure if any of these are from the gigs I was at, but John had the same red shirt on at Cardiff, so that's good enough for me. After all, the inside of one venue looks pretty much the same […]

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CLIPDAQ

May 5, 2004

GT excels himself again.

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