It’s that horrifying time of year again when Big Brother returns to our screens in the UK. I’m pleased to say that I’ll be employing the strategy that has worked so well in previous years and completely ignoring it! I can’t believe this bunch of fatuous arse is still broadcast. Have they really rendered the [...]
May 19th, 2008 - 2:29 am
Tags: grumbling, insomnia, touring
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I have an early-ish start tomorrow and, as usual, this means I’m still up at 2.27am. What is it about preparing and packing that renders me incapable of sleep? You’d think I’d be used to travelling so much by now….
May 11th, 2007 - 3:16 am
Tags: trumpet, web
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The other day I found out about a competition being run by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band; the Big Phat Jam.
It’s been going on for the last 7 weeks or so and is now in the last (8th) week. Participants are encouraged to record themselves soloing to various backing tracks taken from the most recent [...]
October 20th, 2006 - 1:00 pm
Tags: web, Web Design
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July 17th, 2006 - 9:35 am
Tags: computers, humour, web
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I just came across a link which you may enjoy. If you’ve ever wondered how the internet works, this may paint a clearer picture for you. Or something…
February 9th, 2006 - 3:40 pm
Tags: humour, web
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Inspired by the eminent Mr Meyer, I give you “Unfortunately Bryan“.
For the uninitiated, the current craze is to search your name on Google, prepending it with “Unfortunately”. Try it for yourself…
Unfortunately, Bryan was one of those. Of course, at this time, we did not know that or realize just how deadly this was for him.
Why [...]
February 3rd, 2006 - 2:58 pm
Tags: web, wordpress, wordpress plugins
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I’m pleased to announce version 2 of my “Show/Hide Links” plugin for Wordpress. The principle is the same as the original except that now it runs with a DOM-based Javascript which keeps the outputted code a lot cleaner. It will now also work in XHTML sites served with an “application/xhtml+xml” mime-type.
I’ll be posting a page [...]
January 12th, 2006 - 3:18 pm
Tags: hotels, touring, web
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In a turnaround from my post a couple of days ago, I’m now enjoying a fabulous experience with the wireless network at the Hotel Ambassador in Antwerp, Belgium. It’s free!!!
Funny how simple things like that can make your day…
January 11th, 2006 - 12:05 pm
Tags: grumbling, hotels
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I just finished writing a post about being back on tour and, upon submitting, found that the bloody hotel wireless network I’m on had signed me out. Consequently, 10 minutes of typing lost…
*#!!?#**!!!
Right, now to rewrite it….