So Christopher Lee has finally been knighted, appropriately the day before Hallowe’en, given his Hammer House of Horror career. Lee is now 87. He walked with a stick when attending Buckingham Palace to receive his honour, although he is clearly very fit for his advanced years. But he is still a very old man by [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Honours
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Driving in Arizona
Posted in Videos, tagged Arizona, Driving, Route 66 on October 28 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hazardous driving along the Historic Route 66 during an unexpected duststorm
Punishing the prisoner
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The case of Baby P caused much public outcry and thus to most people reading the news today that Jason Owen will now be released from prison in just two years might seem unjust. Jason Owen was the lodger in the house where Baby Peter lived with his mother and her boyfriend, who is also [...]
Celebrations
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23 2009 | 1 Comment »
Halloween is big, Christmas is even bigger and then of course there is Labour Day, Thanksgiving and New Years! All these holidays are a time to have fun. Maybe the Americans have it right after all. In Scotland we are very big on Hogmanay, although a little more restrained at Christmas, traditionally a family time [...]
Careers advice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged careers, Technorati on October 22 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Go to Technorati to get my latest post about changing careers……
Farmers’ Markets
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh, Farmers' Markets, Porridge, San Francisco on October 21 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing how we do similar things no matter which city we are in at the time. On many Saturdays I can be found wandering up and down at the Farmers’ Market on Castle Terrace in Edinburgh. The quality of the food is very good indeed, even though the prices can be noticeably higher. [...]
U2 go global
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California, Music, U2, Youtube on October 21 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U2 are in California this weekend with their 360 tour. I saw them back in July in Paris and the whole show was just fabulous. The Stade de France is huge but the circular stage arrangement called The Claw lends itself to giving you the best musical experience, both acoustic and visual. Now you can [...]
New Technorati site goes live today
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14 2009 | 2 Comments »
The guys over at Technorati have redesigned their site and it goes live today. This is what Wikipedia has to say about Technorati :-’Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. By June 2008, Technorati indexes 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media. The name Technorati is a portmanteau [...]
So where would you rather be on a Monday morning in October?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BBC, Mondays, office, Tiree, windsurfing, work. on October 12 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There you are just about to go off to your nice cosy office for another hard day at the coalface. You are glad to have a job, but at the same time you wonder if life could perhaps be a little bit more exciting. Well it could be – watch this video on the BBC [...]
BBC Scotland expenses and Freedom of Information
Posted in Freedom of Information, tagged BBC, BBC Scotland, Expenses, FOI, FOISA, Freedom of Information, Griff Rhys Jones, Heather Brooke, MPs expenses, THe Daily Telegraph on October 9 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forgive me, but I do not really believe that this is a scandal of any proportion. Is it therefore newsworthy that BBC Scotland have responded to the FOI request made in July by The Herald, and have now handed over details of expenses claims made by employees of BBC Scotland? The expenses claimed over the [...]
Krakow
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another wee article in the World Architecture News today – front page!
Chicago Riverwalk
Posted in Uncategorized on October 7 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been published again on the World Architecture News website so you can read my article there.
The Silent Beehive
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bees, EU, Neonicitinoids, NFU Scotland, Pesticides, Pollination, Rowse Honey, The Potato Council on October 2 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yet another day when bees are mentioned in the press. It is a problem that requires an answer and soon. If we do nothing about the vanishing numbers of bees then there is every danger that we will have nothing to eat in the not too distant future. The link is to an announcement about [...]
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