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A Scottish Summer Solstice

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The Herald Summer Solstice Today is the Summer Solstice. In astronomical terms it’s when the sun’s apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost extreme, and appears to come to a standstill before reversing in direction. In Scottish terms … Continue reading →

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Leith School of Art Turns up Trumps

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: FindHow.com Scottish Election Day I voted. I walked through the pissing rain and cast my vote, making sure to use my right to take part in our democratic process. It wasn’t as exhilarating as it sounds. Normally the party … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin: American Ambassador

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The Periscope Post Sarah Palin is for Real Twitter throws up the most amazing things sometimes. Occasionally you pick up something someone has said and it totally connects, other times you feel like you want to throttle someone for … Continue reading →

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Like a River in Spate

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: TheHindu.com Coffee Shop Chronicles Yesterday represented the only day this week I’ll get the chance to write into my notebook and enjoy a coffee before I hit the day job. Today, and for the rest of this week, I’m … Continue reading →

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A Fruitful Diversion

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Anders B. My weekend went nothing like I planned it. It all went wrong on Friday night and the crisis lasted until late last night, and yet – and YET – I still managed to have a highly productive, … Continue reading →

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To Kill A Mocking Bird Is Still Relevant Today

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Mike Baird My tickets for the Edinburgh Book Festival arrived yesterday, all 35 of them. Holding the bundle in my hand brought it home just how busy August is going to be. And of course, there’s still one very … Continue reading →

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Pit Stop

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: TRF1 I started to feel quite run down towards the end of last week and after my last blog post on Saturday felt really quite rubbish. So I downed tools and took a pit stop, a little time out … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Doing Nothing

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Alan Levine It would appear that TweetDeck is a pretty good thing – thanks Devon for leading the way. I installed it this afternoon and within five minutes had overloaded my API allowance and had to turn it off, … Continue reading →

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