almost witty

Work recently asked me to send in a photo of me for their files. Alas, I meekly did a wacky pose against a wall, when what I should have done was done a screengrab from a randomized face at monoface. Over 7000 combinations of photographs of eyes, hair, nose and mouth combined to create some strikingly ridiculous faces!

Way way back in the mists of dotcom time (1999), I worked for beeb.com - basically the website for the commercial arm for the BBC. Unfortunately, it eventually became the victim of a rather bitter squabble between public service BBC and BBC Worldwide, and the public service side won.

I’ve just stumbled across this article from The Economist which succinctly goes into the history of beeb.com. Unfortunately, it’s been put on a Facebook forum which isn’t exactly accessible, so without any copyright permissions whatsoever, I’m putting it up here.
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I’ve been on the Internet for nigh on 15 years, and in all that time, I’ve always had an email address. Admittedly about 20+ of them but they all go to the same place. Some people change their mobile phones for vanity, I change my email address.

But lately, the amount of personal email I’ve had from friends, old and new, has shot up. But strangely, to my Facebook in-box.

I’m not sure whether I’m the only one to notice this, or the fact that old schoolfriends, who have had my email address for eons, now exclusively communicate with me via Facebook instead of email, or text. Even when I email them directly, they’ll reply back via Facebook. *scracthes head*

Has anyone else had this, or is it just me?

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 much more deserving of your vote. Anyway, it’s rather bizarre to be a lead contender. So vote for them!

Apparently, that much-anticipated event in the Welsh blogging calendar is here again, and it’s time to vote for me (for the last time!) in the Welsh Blog Awards.

I’m up for Best Media Blog, Best Specialist Blog and Best Eclectic Blog, apparently. And all you have to do is email the awards organiser. Which is nice.

Shame I don’t live in Wales any more