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William Perrin, on the (highly likely) severe disruption due to those of us who work in Holborn during the Olympics: Every day about 5,000 journalists will trek from Russell Square mainly out East to Stratford and back again. This will no doubt be good news for local pubs and
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Bill Murray, interviewed by GQ: People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed — you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different. Wonderful piece.
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Fantastic, in-depth reportage from Chris Ziegler about the sad, downward slide of Palm: A great tale, well told. I’m sad about their demise. I think WebOS and their hardware could have been better than what Apple is doing now. It would have been amazing to see how this kind
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Some pictures of the clouds this evening, after quite a storm ripped through fair Colchester. Cool, fresh air after a few weeks of muggyness; and topped up water butts too. Marvellous. [gallery]
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When I tell people I live in Essex, they assume it’s grim urbania. The reason I live here is that it’s not. I have access to some of the most beautiful countryside you could ever imagine. With a desire to make as much of this as possible, we
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This post also features on the delightful Colchester Chronicle I’ve either lived, studied or worked in Sunny Colch for almost all of my life. Whilst I could happily point you in the direction of the finest watering hole (The Brickies, Bergholt Road) or the highlight of the cultural calendar
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Kate Bradbury writes: I spent the majority of last week trying to identify the solitary bees in my mum’s front garden. For about three weeks each spring there are clouds of them, all buzzing around frantically looking for somewhere to nest (usually the lawn and borders). I used to
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Thanks to Jason Kottke for finding this utter gem. A little story about bad backups, rm * and how a need to work from home saved Toy Story 2 from being a distant memory. Lovely stuff.
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Its a common refrain from many Twitter biographies, designed to protect you if what you say doesn’t quite fit; but it’s worth thinking about what protection it really gives. If what you do means you have to think or speak on behalf of someone other that just ‘you’
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A bit of googling inspired by a magnificent spread of Dandelions on the lawn this weekend threw up a tantalisingly easy sounding recipe for wine; amounting to boiling up a load of dandelion leaves with some crushed raisins, adding some yeast and fermenting. A visit to the in-laws yielded some
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In response to overwhelming demand [1. Read: A few, relentless, questions at work] here is the first post about my Butts. Bought in an attempt to stave off the hosepipe ban [2. Which was announced the day after we finished the laborious task of making our raised beds] these two
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1. Ketchup for Bacon. 2. HP for Sausages. 3. Toast your bread. 4. Fry your egg. 5. Make the tea first.