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Winter holiday reading

Posted on January 4, 2012 by blogmywiki

A quick wintery ‘recently read’ roundup… Just My Type by Simon Garfield. My favourite of the bunch – an inspired Christmas present from @gwithiansunset. Apparently this was serialised on Radio 4, which is a bit odd for a book about … Continue reading →

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…which was nice.

Posted on November 28, 2011 by blogmywiki

In the dark days of winter it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of one’s achievements. This is just a personal list of things to remind myself that I’m not utterly useless or unlucky. S39 – a new ‘flagship’ studio for … Continue reading →

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November spawned a monster

Posted on November 26, 2011 by blogmywiki

Or, My NaNoWriMo Hell It was a mad, spur-of-the-moment decision. I hadn’t thought it through. A couple of friends were doing NaNoWriMo – and I thought, what the hell, why not? 50,000 words in a month, 1666 words a day. … Continue reading →

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Circus Peanut Butter

Posted on November 6, 2011 by blogmywiki

I’ve been clearing out my locker at work and found many iced gems on reel-to-reel audio tape. Perhaps oddest of all was a reel of American advert jingles from the 60s and 70s that I have no memory of – … Continue reading →

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I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times

Posted on September 25, 2011 by blogmywiki

Ian Jack has written a very interesting piece about the death of newspapers – in The Guardian. Printed papers, he argues, are going to become a niche, luxury product like artisanal (awful word) cheese. I’d prefer to think of them … Continue reading →

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