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28 days later

This is the car driven by the woman who pulled into the parent and child space I was about to park in. She drove in at a sharp angle at quite high speed. Couldn’t see any children in her car. … Continue reading

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Life on Mars (2)

For the last few days I’ve been wandering around in a bit of a daze, feeling as if everything was a long way off. As if I were in an episode of Life on Mars and would wake up in … Continue reading

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Dreams come true

I kept dreaming of a new kind of laptop. I kept drawing it and doodling it. It would be about the size of an A4 sheet of paper, have Wifi, run some kind of Linux and – crucially – have … Continue reading

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Life on Mars

One of my favourite TV shows, Life on Mars, returns next week. I can’t wait, but I’m a bit worried about discussions I hear about whether Sam Tyler has really gone back in time, if he’s in a coma or … Continue reading

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I Love Macs

Charlie Brooker has written a very funny article in The Guardian about how he hates Macs, hates the people who use them and even hates the people who think about using them. (Ironically the web version is surrounded by the … Continue reading

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