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Wittering On
Image: fotolog.com Slept in a touch yesterday morning. I think the sushi I ate in the cinema for my dinner followed by the late night leftover pakora I’d stashed in the fridge from Monday night, may have had something to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, I.T., Music, Reading
Tagged Apple, cinema, crime fiction, dodgy stomach, dreams, eBooks, iBook, iPhone 4, iPod, London, Mark Billingham, Microsoft, pakora, Popbitch, Rememberance, Rick Witter, Shed Seven York, Soho, Sushi
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Looks Like It’s Hell For Me, Folks!
Image: Boston.com I found myself wandering around Portobello yesterday mid-morning with my wife and father-in-law looking for a coffee shop. We’d gone out to buy floor tiles but the place wasn’t open yet, so we nipped into Portie for a … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Writing
Tagged Apple, church, coffee shop, computers, Editing, Fiction, Greener is the Grass, hard drive, Heaven and Hell, manuscript, Microsoft, novella, PC problems, Portobello, Religion, Ten Commandments, Windows Vista
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What If…?
Image: BigMamaCass All that stuff about Leith in yesterday’s blog post has been building for a while. I had to get it off my chest. I go through good periods and bad periods with Leith (and to a lesser extent … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Leith, Travel, Writing
Tagged Adrian Mole, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, GDR's, laptop, Leith, life choices, living abroad, Microsoft, MSN Messenger, opinion, Sue Townsend, Travel, World War II, Writing, Writing Process
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Sleepless In Leith
Image: PlaidCreature Spare a thought this morning for my good friend Devon Ellington. One of her beloved cats, Elsa, has been sickly of late and last night she found out the reason why: the onset of cancer. Devon’s cats have … Continue reading
Unwinding
Image: Woodley Wonderworks I watched an excellent film from Lovefilm last night. Once is a “modern day musical” about an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant, who come together on the street and end up recording some music before going … Continue reading
PC Correction
Image: PC Repair My family loves pizza. It’s official. When Gail was given the choice of where she wanted to go for her birthday meal she chose Pizza Express on Leith’s Shore. She made her decision shortly before we left, … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged birthday, computer, Domino's pizza, Excel, ezine, Family, lit-mag, Microsoft, PC, pizza, Pizza Express, Ranfurly Review, software, Vista, Word
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Devon Ellington Day
Image: Top Banana I hope Devon doesn’t mind me naming today in her honour, but after the Sunday I’ve had I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate. When I went to bed last night everything was fine in computer land, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T.
Tagged Apple, computers, Devon Ellington, Dominos, Football, GDR's, Ink in my Coffee, Mac, Microsoft, PC problems, pizza, plans, Windows, Windows Vista
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Freedom from the Mundane 
A Thank You to Steve Jobs
Image: Unknown RIP Steve Jobs Woke up to the sad news that Steve Jobs died in the early hours of the morning. Shocking to hear it come through although not entirely unexpected; it was public knowledge he had been seriously … Continue reading →