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Monthly Archives: January 2007

Playa Proverbs

One of my gifting projects at Burning Man for 2007 is going to be some brightly coloured, personalised fortune cookies for my nearest and dearest. But those given to random Burners needed that little something extra. I hit upon the idea of inserting Playa-related proverbs but was surprised to find their presence on […]

Armour clad rhino!

Went to the cinema this evening for the first time in ages.  I saw a trailer for the film version of Frank Miller’s 300.  I have a vague memory of the graphic novel but never got around to buying it.  The trailer looks amazing and I was jumping up and down in my seat at […]

Online personal book catalogue: just what I’ve always wanted

I came across librarything.com today and signed up straight away. I have always loved books and was brought up to value them. I remember my father saying to me, “if you can read a book then you can accomplish anything”. As a result of this bookish upbringing, I can rarely walk past […]

Do dolphins?

Do dolphins dream of walking with humans?
There’s a tee-shirt somewhere in that thought.  I really must start screen printing this year and stop using iron-on transfers.
I’ve only been swimming with dolphins once and that was in very deep water out in the ocean.  I was scared of them because at the end of the day […]

I’m Internet Drunk!

One can spend too long on the internet. No honest, one really can. Where, exactly did Sunday go? I’ve been sat at this computer for most of the afternoon and evening polishing this here blog. Still I know a lot more about blogs, RSS, Creative Commons and coding than I did […]

I am Alan. Hear me roar!

Roar? About all I can muster on this New Years Day is a muted meow. I had a very good night last night and, as is the custom, drank a lot. This year my main drink was a gallon of Apple Pie (shared by three). It was not traditional Apple Pie […]