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I took these Movember photos at work

A great cause and a also good excuse to try out some portrait photography

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DumbPhone

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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.

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Tickets nostalgia #7: Terry Hall

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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Easy, perfect rice

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My dad’s recipe. It really works.

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Working life’s a Gas

My degree included a year’s work experience, which I spent quite enjoyably at British Gas in Staines (this is long before Ali G). It had not long been privatised, and in hindsight it was a fascinating time to be there.

Note in this picture that I didn’t have a PC on my desk. I did have a Lever Arch file and a copy of the Guardian though. Des was my boss (a top bloke who I saw the Pixies with).
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Here’s a shot down the office. Everything looks quite beige now.

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I liked Pat. She was quite spunky and unlike anyone I’d met before. Note the PCs in the background running Lotus 1-2-3 (a precursor to Excel). I totally bossed that programme.

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Amazingly, we had a clocking in/out system. You could build up half hours here and there to easily earn days off. People routinely had 30-40 holiday days a year

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Steve Jobs

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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.

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Never expected this to be my album of the year

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Ashbrow Juniors FC c.1977

Taken on the school pitch with my granddad’s house almost in the background. Look at my pose. and haircut!
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Thank you Mr Price – you made a lasting impact on me.
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My stereo and telly when I was a teenager

This was totally state of the art in the early 80s. 

Graphic equaliser! 
Dobly C! 
Linear tracking turntable!

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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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.

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Film quiz III

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What am I watching on this iPad?