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Web Development on the Mac
Image: OmniTechNews I took the easy route into the day job yesterday, i.e., I got up at 9am, made some strong coffee and wholemeal toast, and then left the house so I arrived dead on 10. As I said, nice … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Writing
Tagged Adobe Dreamweaver, Alastair Darling, book event, Books, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Day Job, dialogue, Edinburgh Bookshop, Gordon Brown, iMac, Mac, RapidWeaver, Reading, web development, websites, wilderness, workshop, Writing, writing retreat
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Schoolboy Running The Show
Image: Mascarade Yesterday’s Word of the Day on the Dictionary.com mailing list was unbelievably topical; too topical, in fact, for it not to be a coincidence. Check it out: mugwump MUHG-wuhmp, noun: A person who is unable to make up … Continue reading
Coalition Commotion
Image: Stock I was a total waste of space yesterday. Having stayed up through the night until 6am I was woken at 9 by the postman and never managed to get back into it again. Three hours was all I … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Politics, Scotland, Sport, UK
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, Football, General Election, Gordon Brown, House of Commons, hung parliament, Labour, Lib Dems, Mike Crockart, Nick Clegg, Paisley, Politics, SPL, Sport, St Mirren, Westminster
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Leaders’ Debate Part 2
Image: Guardian I watched the second Leaders debate last night on Sky News. With two weeks to go until the GE and after Nick Clegg’s unanimous defeat of his rivals in last week’s debate, he woke yesterday morning to splashed … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Politics
Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, foregin policy, Gordon Brown, immigration, Labour, Leaders' debate, Lib Dem, Liberal Deomcrats, Nick Clegg, pensions, Politics, the Pope, Tory
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Chasing Rainbows
Image: Thor I think one of the best albums to listen to on a Friday morning on the way to work is Shed Seven’s 1994 album, Change Giver. It’s a work of art. It’s the kind of album that uplifts … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Politics, Reading
Tagged Albert Camus, Books, Change Giver, David Cameron, Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gordon Brown, indie, iPod, live TV debate, Music, Nick Clegg, Politics, Reading, rock, Shed Seven
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A Big Thanks
Image: vistamommy As is typical for an Easter Monday it rained all morning. No worries on my part because my holiday was officially over now and I was back to work, the beauty of that being it was now a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, UK, Writing
Tagged blog, Blogging, chapbook, Concervative Party, David Cameron, Day Job, Easter Monday, General Election, Gordon Brown, Holiday, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, readership, sales, Scottish Nationalists, Starbucks, Tories
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Facebook Farce
Image: Facebook So even if I wanted to close my Facebook account, now I can’t. And the rights to all the images I uploaded now belong to them, too? Can’t say I’m all that impressed with FB making the announcement … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing
Tagged Big Brother, Blood Ties, cancer, copyright, Day Job, Facebook, Fiction, Gordon Brown, Jade Goody, Labour, marketing, South Shields, Travel, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
EBS Event: Alistair Darling
Image: The Guardian Alistair Darling Alistair Darling was in town last night to promote his new book, Back From the Brink, “a first-hand account of the (economic) crisis of 2007, and a fascinating view of life inside the Downing Street … Continue reading →