Author Archives: Jon

Questions Answered

You know I might not agree with The Sun on many things, but I really do agree with their campaign to try and save Christmas. Christmas is a fun celebration and should be kept that way. What sort of residents complain about charity Christmas lights?. According to this story, it’s the grumpy residents in Rayleigh who demanded the local council scrap a popular charity light display.

So, questions answered in The Sun: Christmas is good. Questions unanswered from work: Why do some Americans have a problem with Santa Claus? Question answered today: Thanksgiving is a religious festival in origin. Questions answered from this year’s BBC Children In Need: Daniel Powter wears a hat all the time.

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The Token Gay Friend

‘As we learn from Tom, talking to friends and family about equality isn’t always easy. In fact, it can be an adventure‘ [source]

or it can make you a bit of a prat. Tom should take a leaf from Will Young’s ability to chill out a bit. Funny, a little bit.

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2003: State Visit

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2003: State Visit

Switch Me On?

I do like Will Young’s new single, and I am not sure why. I kind of imagine that this picture might have something to do with it (but perhaps I am being unfair). According to gay.com, Will is now much more comfortable with his out gay profile in the UK which is good news for him and I think for the rest of us too and he’s a lot less of an angry young man.

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2004: Evening In The City
2003: Remember, Remember (I’m A Bit Late)

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2004: Evening In The City
2003: Remember, Remember (I’m A Bit Late)

Lazy

Working at home today, and I have been sitting in front of this computer for far too long. I think it’s time I went to the gym. I haven’t been for weeks. The whole gym buddy thing is falling apart. Help!

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Tracking The World

I wonder how the launch of Google Analytics will impact the other companies in the space? And what’s more, who knows what’s next. Nice, simple-to-use interface and as it’s tied in with their advertising programs, it could be very useful to some people. It certainly saves you from having to explain multiple systems to people. Perhaps I’ll sign up.

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2004: Grid Lock
2003: Last Orders at the Liars’ Bar
2002: This Is How A Thriller Should Read

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2004: Grid Lock
2003: Last Orders at the Liars’ Bar
2002: This Is How A Thriller Should Read

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is quite cool. I often think there would be parts of my memory that it would be very convenient to erase. There are always things that we wish we had never done or said. If it’s impossible to undo those things in life, it might be quite good to forget we ever did it. And Jim Carey is quite good at it.

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2004: links for 2004-11-13
2003: Thoughts on Helsinki
2002: Things That Make You Go “Huum”

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2004: links for 2004-11-13
2003: Thoughts on Helsinki
2002: Things That Make You Go “Huum”

1700 Tracks And Counting

How much music do I own? I have spent several days getting more of my music into my MP3 player. There are 1700+ tracks, and I still seem to have a stack of CDs around. So, anyway, the plan is to store the CDs away and only use the digital music version. It’s been an interesting task so far, but I don’t want to sit here for days doing it! Still, I’d forgotten how much I had, and I am hearing things I haven’t heard for ages. It’s quite interesting (to me), really.

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2004: links for 2004-11-12
2003: The Trench
2003: More Time Shifts
2001: Privacy Policy

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2004: links for 2004-11-12
2003: The Trench
2003: More Time Shifts
2001: Privacy Policy

Blog Madness

Well, it’s been a while. Tonight I have spent a few hours building and rebuilding this site, trying to get various parts of my Movable Type installation to work. I switched to the default templates for a few hours, thinking that this might make things easier, but, in hindsight, that was a very bad idea. When I switched to the default templates, a good selection of my settings was removed (like the way I name the archives). So, I then spent another hour or so trying out WordPress – which was very impressive and fast – but I don’t know if I have the energy to switch. I shall have to see how I feel tomorrow!