Summer's Coming...
…and with it some colourful fashions, according to the windows on the King's Road. About time, too…
Farmers Weekly: Rural Porn
I'm so proud to work here sometimes. This is the follow-up to the Farmers Weekly video I posted a week or so back:
The Family Album
I've no idea who the random kid on the left is. However, he adds a slightly creepy touch to the image and, with the square composition and the large empty space above (not to mention the slightly odd colours), this looks a bit like an LP cover.
Which is cool.
Here's another one from the same set:
QotD: You'd Never Believe It
What story from your wild-and-crazy youth would nobody believe about you today?
July 1992. Leytonstone. Nobody today believes that that's me at the front…
New Old Photo
This is one of the oldest photos I've ever taken. My models are my great auntie Joan and great uncle Jim, and my brother Mark. I'd guess that this was taken around 1978 or 1979, and is in a Scottish historic building of some sort. I wonder if Mum will remember where.
This is the best the picture has ever looked. The film was left in the camera for waaaay too long, and was badly colour-shifted when it was developed.
Now, through the wonders of modern technology, and a little work, it looks somewhat like it should have looked in the first place.
My Voxiversary
I just realised: I've been on Vox for one year now.
My, but a lot has changed in that year…
Tour of Dublin
A few weeks back, Karl and I went to Dublin, to visit the offices of Irish Medical Times. Michael, the mag's publisher, took us on a quick walking tour of the city after lunch, and I grabbed a few photos on my phone:
Cameraphone Letdown
There was that pic of a field of rape a few months back. And I've just found this snap left on my phone. It was meant to be of the wonderfully warm, rich, orange light I could see one evening from my office window.
And it looks, well, mundane.
Maybe I should start carrying my digital SLR with me everywhere,
A Windows Safari
Coffee Forecast: Monday 11th June
Today, I forecast three cups of coffee, because I'm a little tired.
QotD: In Case Of Emergency
Who is your Alert In Case Of Emergency person?
Why, the science pixie, Dr Evil herself, Lorna.
This isn't just squishy sentimentality, either. I would trust her more than anyone else to actually do whatever was needed should anything go horribly wrong.
Podcast of The Day: Media Talk
I commute for about an hour each way right now, depending on traffic and the time of year, and I use that time productively by catching up on podcasts. On Mondays I liste to The Guardian's Media Talk podcast, the latest episode of which is below:
Pretty much essential listening for anyone working seriously in media. You can subscribe in iTunes.
Anti-Ginger Nuts
Gingerism: is it racism? - Styledash:
According the BBC, red-head hating is still going strong around the world, but especially in the UK. Based on anecdotal reports, nearly every natural red-head has faced at least some kind of discrimination ranging from childhood taunting, to sexual rejection to violent hate crimes. (The most extreme case of anti-red-head sentiment, of course, being the 2003 stabbing of a red-headed 20-year-old man.)
Personally, I think this is all about lingering cultural prejudice against the Celts. They were the one-time rulers of the British Isles, who eventually got pushed to the very edges of the islands, and their distinctive characteristics became undesirable, as it marked you as one of the losers.
However, i have to be careful here, as my wife is very much a redhead…
Which reminds me, does anyone else think that there's something missing from this? In particular, that female redheads actually get an easier ride than male redheads? Certainly in much of the US, and the UK too, a red-headed woman is seen as an attractive proposition.
Why is it cool for women to be redheads, and embarrassing for men?
The Mystery Of Food
Brits in the dark over food production | Food | Guardian Unlimited Environment:
"Farmers produce 60% of all the food consumed in this country, yet many adults questioned didn't associated everyday foods with British farms.According to the survey, 35% did not know that porridge comes from a British farm.This is just depressing beyond belief. That our understanding of the link between food, farming and plant and animal life has broken down so badly is very worrying.The origins of bread were a mystery to 23% of people, and 22% did not believe that sausages and bacon came from British farms."
Today's Office Nostalgia
I used to love this when I was a kid, before I became a teenager and realised just how painfully uncool it was.
Looking at it now, I can see why I liked it so much.
Terry & June look disturbingly like my Mum & Dad did back then...