QotD: Heartbreaker

What's your favorite heartbreak song?
Submitted by esta86.

My favourite is probably Here's Where the Story Ends, by Tin Tin Out.

Depending on my mood and the girl in question, Ordinary World by Duran Duran, Locked Out by Crowded House or even I Quit by Hepburn have all been soundtracks to heartbreak for me.

You'll not that my heartbreaks are very mainstream, very pop-y. How very teenage.


The Car Takes a Hit

This is what some charmer did to my car overnight:

The Megane takes a hitCracked Bumper


Thanks. Oh, and thanks for not leaving your insurance details.

Eva Green's Premiere Style


Talking of Casino Royale, did anyone see the Premiere pictures from early in the week? Eva Green, who plays the love interest in the movie, was wearing an outfit that really blew me away.

It's really eye-catching, very sexy, yet a million miles away from the "slinkly cocktail frock" approach that usually seems de rigeur for these events.

Despite showing less flesh than any movie star ever at a premiere (Judi Dench was showing more skin, for goodness' sake), she still managed to make the front page of several newspapers. Good work, that lady.

Eva Green 1Eva Green 3



Off to the pictures...

Off to see Casino Royale tonight. I'm more excited about this than any Bond film I've seen in years.

007 James Bond - Casino Royale Trailer



Back in LJ land (sorta)

You may have noticed that my Livejournal posts have dropped to almost nothing since Vox launched. I'm finding posting there a more satisfying experience.

Well, now I can cross-post to LJ from Vox, so you should be hearing a little more from me.


QotD: I Rock The Mic

What song makes you rock the karaoke mic?
Submitted by Ann.

No song does that. I last did karaoke about 14 years ago, and am in no hurry to do it again...


Mum at Sutton Hoo.

Mum has wanted to go to Sutton Hoo for years. On Sunday we finally went. More pics to follow…


The photographer at work


How to tell you're in the countryside...

The only business mag in the local supermarket is Farmer's Weekly.


The RBI Brighton Experience

We had our annual Editors Conference in Brighton a couple of weeks ago. I was hoping to pull together some video of the event, but  I had precious little time, as it turned out. So, I've pulled together what I did shoot in this silly little video:

RBI Editors Conference 2006


QotD: OS Preference

Windows, Mac, Linux - What's your preference and why?
Submitted by ramblingsbymark.

I'm pretty much a Mac man and it's pretty much because they're pretty machines.

I'm actually quite serious about this - I find the aesthetics of the Mac OS and the machine design to be more conducive to productivity than the aesthetics of the Windows environment. Of course, this being an aesthetic judgement, it only holds true for the value of me.

Linux? Waaaay too techie for me.


QotD: My Dream Career

What's your dream career? 
Submitted by Something.

Oh, probably as a multi-media reporter given the freedom to travel, and cover stories with words, pictures and movies as I saw fit. And the freedom to go out and find those stories for myself.

What I'm doing right noiw comes a pretty close second…



QotD: They Play My Jams

What's your favorite radio station, past or present?

Rather sadly, I'm pretty much a Radio 4 man these days, althought I have had period swhere Radio 1, Capital Radio and Jazz FM were my favourite stations.


QotD: My Vox Name

How did you pick your Vox name? Does it mean something? 
Submitted by LeendaDLL.  

Uh, well, Adam is my first name, so…

Actually, I was just delighted that I was "in" a new service early enough that I was actually able to bag my first name. I'm chuffed about that in a pretty immature way.


QotD: Ghost Story

Do you believe in ghosts?  Have you ever seen a ghost? 
Submitted by Nancy.

In the sense of "restless spirits of the dead still walking the world", well, no. I do think there are phenomena which are at the root of the ghosts legends we have which remain to be explained by science, but given enough time, they will be.


When pigeons attack

I was walking through Trafalgar Square earlier when this happened. Wasn't Ken meant to be getting rid of them?


Friday Afternoon Fun

WoW The internet is for Porn
Song from Avenue Q, graphics from World of Warcraft.


This is work, honest

So, I've been testing a new phone with digital camera for work purposes. Here's some pictures of the merry Business Development gang:

Paul's readingKarl posesAnthony at work
And here's a rather nice one of the QH Starbucks:

And, lastly, here's some less successful ones of a presentation yesterday. I need to do some more testing of the camera's utility in dimly-lit places.

Karl's NotebookA salesman performsPreparing the presentationKelley



QotD: What I Love About Vox

In honor of Vox's launch tomorrow, what's your favorite feature or aspect of Vox?

I just love the ability to pluck media into Vox from other sources: movies, pics and the like. I love rich media websites and Vox makes it so easy to bring your blog to life.

(Although, it would be quite nice if it worked with your YouTube account like it does with your Flickr account...)


QotD: All My Computers

How many computers do you have in your house? 
Submitted by Foomper.

Usually, just two: the iMac and the iBook. Currently we have an old Performa 6400 kicking around which I'm gonna flog or trash.

Right now, though, I'm at Mum's, and we have 5 computers in the house: Mum's iMac, my iBook, my work PC laptop, Jo's work PC laptop and Mark's iBook.