Duckett's Common
Still grey and cold in London. Dreaming of chocolate Easter eggs and four days off work. I thought they would be quiet days, but there's three gigs and a party. Dammit.
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Reading List
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Still reading it.G.W. Dahlquist: The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
It's long. I'm half way through it. Good so far. (***)Derek Raymond: Nightmare in the Street
The only one I've never read. I've been saving it for a long time. He's wonderful. (*****)David Allen: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
I am currently revising. (*****)
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Cross-eyed Mary
Jethro Tull: Aqualung: 25th Anniversary Edition
I always hated Tull. I must be getting old. I'll be listening to Tommy Dorsey before you know it. (***)Glorytellers: Glorytellers
Geoff Farina from Karate has a new band. And yes it's on Southern and yes I'm biased. But that doesn't take away from its brilliance. (****)Chrome Hoof: Pre-Emptive False Rapture
Not that I'm biased or anything. (*****)
People I Like
- Damon Allen Davison
He takes good photos. - Buzzfeed
Find your new favourite thing. - Freakonomics
From the authors of the book. - Lifehacker
Great productivity blog. - Lisa Katayama
Quirky blog detailing the weirdness of Tokyo.
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March 2008
20 March 2008
19 March 2008
This way to the office.
Tuesday passed without major incident. Still persisting in documenting My Days in Flickr. Here is today's selection for you. I don't think I ever noticed this on the way into work, but there it is. About 500 yards from our door.
18 March 2008
My Days.
Well I killed another camera. Yep, the Canon S80 is busted. Needs £150 worth of repairs -- about half what it cost. This has upset me because of course, I covet a better camera now. I am thinking it's time to step back in the real world and get a digital SLR.
Lovely, wonderful Damon bought me a new Casio supercompact to cheer me up. A new version of the one I used to have (and broke - actually I had three. Lost one, broke two.) This is nice because I can have it, literally, in my pocket all the time. The S80 was a little bit too big for that. In fact I think what killed it was having it in my handbag all the time. I do treat cameras badly. But then what's the point of having one if you don't have it with you all the time?
Anyway, to celebrate my devolution back to supercompact, I'm documenting my world. This is partly inspired by my friend Eric's snapshots of his daily commute over there in Pennsylvania. I think we may be attempting to inject excitement into a desperate and grey reality, but HEY. At least we're trying.
A full, unabridged and no-holds-barred version of My Days will be available on Flickr. You'll have to be a a friend/family of mine over there to see them all though. I think even my friends and family will wish they didn't have to see it after a while, so don't fall out of your chair to get there. However, to tempt you, by using Flickr's fabulous notes feature I will be offering insightful, exclusive, revealing and humorous commentary on my photos. For a thrill-a-minute tour of my desk, click through the photo above.
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