about 5 months ago - 1 comment
Google Street View has thrillingly – and rather scarily – managed to scan 95% of the homes in the UK. Which means that most of my childhood haunts are finally on Google Maps for an easy trip down nostalgia street. However, when I try to go down this street in Tywyn and then move forward,
about 11 months ago - No comments
So it would seem, according to the learned judging panel behind the UK’s first ever “City of Culture” competition. 29 locations – including “The Countryside” are nominated. Not one of them is in Wales. The closest you get is Chester, which is very un-Welsh. Announcing the list, Ben Bradshaw, Culture Secretary, said that it proves
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
I recently had a work meeting with someone senior who turned out to be from Wales. Thus one small tangent of the conversation involved me saying I was from Wales, and stating that I had a Welsh GCSE certificate. Second language, of course, but who’s counting? Of course, what happens? I get back a short
about 1 year ago - No comments
A work blogger I respect recently made a joke about their local Chinese takeaway mixing their Ls and their Rs when making a mythical dish. The in-house work magazine recently pointed out a menu slip-up meaning that a dish was described as “Lice” instead of rice, not noting that the two letters are very very
about 1 year ago - No comments
Pink Hat – Cardiff Originally uploaded by © Maciej Dakowicz Maybe this is where my slight fear of Saturday nights started, after I spent five years living in Cardiff City Centre and seeing sights like this most Saturday nights. And Friday nights. And Wednesday nights, for that matter. And, of course, hearing teenagers sobbing and
about 2 years ago - 3 comments
apparently my former neighbour Rhys – at least according to Blogstorm, a figure they somehow managed to arrive at after analyzing rankings from Alexa and Technorati. Which means that theoretically, Rhys’s blog – while full of good anecdotes, isn’t exactly brimming with unique content that’s applicable to the human populace – has beaten the likes
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
Despite having left Wales a month ago, I still seem to be in the running for the utterly unprestigious Welsh Blog Awards. Without having done any campaigning whatsoever, I appear to be the lead contender for Best Media Blog and Best Eclectic Blog (whatever that means) – both against two leading Welsh-language blogs who are
about 3 years ago - 5 comments
Somehow, I’ve managed to be the winner of the Best Media Blog and the Best Eclectic Blog in the Welsh Blog Awards. However, given I only got 22 votes in the first category and 8 votes in the second category, I won’t be quitting my day job *just* yet. But *sob sob* thank you all
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
I didn’t even know there was a Welsh Blog Awards, and I didn’t even know I was in the nominations – and yet, somehow, you can theoretically vote for me as: – Best Media Blog – Best Specialist Blog – Best Eclectic Blog – Best Looking Blog (They have *got* to be kidding!!!) Like Woody
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
There’s an election today, to elect members to what is effectively the government of Wales. And finally, after 20-odd years of following politics and voting, I happen to live in a marginal constituency “with bells on” (along with Rhys), where the votes actually count. I’ve always imagined that during election times, marginal constituencies become a
