July 2005

A funny thing happened on the way to the boarding gate

July 20, 2005

Strange things happen in airports. I'm sitting at Gate 100 at San Francisco International Airport (aka SFOhdear), watching the fog roll in. I haven't properly blogged about the fog yet. Fog here is not like fog elsewhere. It has character. Purpose. Speed. Above all, the fog here is fast. But that's not what this post […]

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And now I'm leaving I want to stay

July 19, 2005

Had a great meeting this morning with Chris Messina and Creative Commons. Why is it that the coolest things happen just when I am about to leave? Guess this is just another on a long list of reasons to return. Off to the airport now. See you on the other side of the pond.

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Paradoxical tattoo conversation

July 19, 2005

Him: Hey Suw! Waiting in the airport? Me: No, no, don't fly til tonight. Getting ready for a meeting w. CC Him: Ooh, sounds like fun Me: Had no sleep last night at all. Well, 3 hours Him: Oh dear Me: It means I'll sleep tonight on the plane, though Him: Or you'll crash out […]

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Sleep deprivation as preparation for changing time zones

July 19, 2005

Why is it that on a day when I have to get up early for a meeting, and then have to fly back to the UK, that I find myself not going to bed til 2am, and then waking up at 5am and being entirely unable to get back to sleep again? Sod's law? Dawn […]

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Times

July 17, 2005

I've just realised that my blog still thinks I'm in the UK, so all the times on my posts are wrong. Can't decide if I should go in and edit them to fit, or not bother. I think… on reflection… I just can't be arsed. I'll be back in the UK soon enough and then […]

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A plan! A plan! My kingdom for a plan!

July 17, 2005

I've just spent three hours mapping out my alleged career and thinking about what I want to do with my life. I think I've actually been fairly clear on that last point for a while, but putting it all down on paper (or rather, in pixels) just helps me to clarify that what I think […]

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Seven words

July 16, 2005

All children should be aware of these seven words. (Thanks Nat.)

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The complexities of the evil that is Coke (and I don't mean the snorty type)

July 16, 2005

You would, upon first glance, imagine that soft drinks are simple. You make them, bottle them sell them and hopeful at some point someone drinks them. Not so. I'm no Coca-Cola aficionado, but I do know that Coke comes in many grades. In the UK, as I understand it, there are three: syrup that's mixed […]

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Moving on

July 15, 2005

Almost every American I have met since last Thursday has asked me about the London bombings, or drawn parallels between 7/7 and 9/11 (they never care that we think of dates as 7 July and 11 September, they just assume that we do it the way they do it). I've kept in touch with the […]

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Missing England

July 14, 2005

I've never really been one for homesickness – I live too much in the moment for that. Usually when I bugger off to foreign climes, I barely give 'home' a second thought, because I have my home with me, on my laptop. But right now, I really miss England. London. I missed the two minute […]

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Terror alert level

July 13, 2005

Next level up: A pint of best. PS. I should make clear, as I posted this in a hurry yesterday and didn't, that I didn't make this image. Someone far smarter than I did, but I have no idea whom.

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Steve!

July 13, 2005

My mate Steve has a new blog. Ace!! Go pay him a visit.

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Ouch^2

July 12, 2005

Today I drew two erroneous conclusions: 1. That my heels were sporting thick enough calluses that a half-hour walk in my new-ish sandals wouldn't cause pain and blood loss. 2. That because the sun here in SF had caused me no problems thus far, it wouldn't burn me this afternoon. Sadly, I have both bleeding […]

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London stands

July 12, 2005

Some excellent T-shirts on sale for an excellent cause. I just wish there was room on the roundel for 'London is deeply unimpressed', or 'London would like to tell the terrorists to fuck off', or even 'London goes for a pint'. It'd be nice to capture the chirpily bolshie nature of real Londoners more accurately. […]

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I'm a what, now?

July 11, 2005

Best description of my 'type'. Ever.

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