How to offend random Londoners #1 - grab a newspaper
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in London, adayinthelife | No Comments »As I got on a random London bus this morning, I grabbed a copy of freebie newspaper The Metro which was lying on a bus seat. As a freebie newspaper (supported by advertising, given away across London and other major ...
The play’s the thing…
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Media Musings, adayinthelife | 1 Comment »About a decade ago, I had my first experience of Hamlet, via Kenneth Branagh's full-length sumptious cinematic adaptation in glorious 70mm. I remember at the time, thinking the following: - blimey, 70mm is gorgeous - I can't follow everything that's going on, ...
New feeds!
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in adayinthelife | No Comments »Just a reminder, in case you hadn't noticed, that the RSS feed for this site has now changed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/AlmostWitty If you have no idea what I'm talking about, but would love to get the latest posting from this blog in ...
The last 24 hours of Twitters
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in adayinthelife | No Comments »These are the Twitters I sent over the last 24 hours...18:57 is spotting David Duchovny in my workplace. Shame I just left work. # 20:16 is watching the best Top Gear episode. Evah. # 06:48 New blog: Links for 2008-07-29 ...
The last 24 hours of Twitters
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in adayinthelife | No Comments »These are the Twitters I sent over the last 24 hours...12:18 is surprised that the British way of spelling judgment is shorter than the American way! # 16:57 Is watching british people quibble over the softball rules # 22:37 is ...
Me and Ewan McGregor
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Films, adayinthelife | No Comments »In the late 1990s, inbetween freelance web jobs, I spent a day as an extra, being a Singaporean stock trader in the film Rogue Trader, a film about how stocktrader Nick Leeson managed to bring down the United Kingdom's ...
The last 24 hours of Twitters
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in adayinthelife | No Comments »These are the Twitters I sent over the last 24 hours...06:48 New blog: Links for 2008-07-22 [del.icio.us] tinyurl.com/5wqggb # 11:44 is wondering whether this update will make it onto Facebook # 17:54 Is feeling slightly guilty that i would rather ...