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Watching the first couple of series of the West Wing from 1999-2001 and it already looks dated:

– what once looked like a manic tempo of corridor conversations is now standard or pedestrian compared to today’s offices

– some social issues such as controversies around gay marriage seem WTF

– the tech is comical. Mobiles are hardly ever used and monitors are massive (apart from black PowerBooks with upside down Apple logos)

– the tight news agenda of “It’ll be in the papers tomorrow” has been blown apart by Twitter

– they bask in economic growth

Spurred me to break the ice and send Christmas cards to a couple of
people I’d grown apart from.

I wonder how many of my songs it will recognise.

A mix of solo songs and Gorky’s favourites. Euros was both angelic and goofy.

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I’d like an iPhone app called DumbPhone which would alleviate
distraction and overuse of the interweb by blanking out all apps other
than the actual phone.

Probably my favourite singer. Everything he’s done has been great and I’d love him to release more solo stuff – it’s been ages.

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My dad’s recipe. It really works.

It seems strange to read this biography just a couple of months after
his death. Even slightly disrespectful.

But I devoured the 570 or so pages. Steve lived a quite extraordinary
life and it’s a tale that will be read for generations.

It’s not easy to be near a genius. The products are beautiful and the
success stellar, but the book makes it clear that he was a dick
sometimes too. Nobody’s perfect.

Read this pretty much in one go on a flight to San Francisco.

Was expecting a tale of a fearsome Scottish schoolmistress, whereas it
turns out Jean Brodie is something of a liberal rebel, ignoring the
curriculum and educating her girls in more worldly matters of art,
music and relationships.

Indeed it is so drenched with adolescent longing that I fancied it
ought to be accompanied by a Belle and Sebastian soundtrack – probably
Judy and the Dream of Horses.

What am I watching on this iPad?