One Man's Notes

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.

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.

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.

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

When pigeons attack

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

And here's a rather nice one of the QH Starbucks:

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.

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...)

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.

Something I spotted on the way into the office the other day:

Sutton's little problem…

What are your plans for the weekend?

I'm spending time with Mum before her operation on Tuesday.

Tell us about your first kiss.  Who was it with?  How old were you?

I was a late starter with girls.

I was 19, and it was with an American girl called Jen, who was an exchange student at Imperial College at the time. We kissed on a street corner in South Kensington, and all I can remember about it is how odd her teeth felt and how much she tasted of cigarette smoke.

Who says romance is dead?

What do you do to get rid of a cold or flu? 
Submitted by ashenflowers.

Stay in bed, drink plenty of fluids, and then knock yourself unconcious with hot whisky drinks last thing at night.

I've no idea if the last suggestion helps, but it sure makes you feel better.

So, what have I been working on, that's keeping me so quiet?

Well, as of tomorrow, HJi will be live, with a blog. For hairdressers. And I get to spend the morning at an exhibition for hairdressers. Hmm.

More seriously, we have the Road Transport Blog for truckers and van drivers.

Oh, and something on Biofuels. We haven't had time to put a pretty face on that yet, but it'll come in next week or so.

More to follow…

Which of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, hearing, or smell) do you value the most?
Submitted by Elisheva.

Probably sight. I'm an intensely visual person, and I really can't imagine being blind.

Of course, that could be because I was, essentailly, blind for the first three years of my life. While not actually blind, I am so intesely short sighted that people actually assumed I was stupid as a small child, until my Dad finally twigged that the reason I wasn't responding to certain things was that I couldn't see them.

I think unexpectedly learning to read books, while being unable to read posters was the give-away.

Show us something you can't live without.
Submitted by awkwardidity.

Bear in a boat

How did you meet your best friend(s)?

The best friends I have are either people I used to hang out with at university, or people I've met through work since.

Show us your desk or wall calendar.

My calendar at work

    Do you play any musical instruments? </p></blockquote><p>

I can still play a handful of bars of the Skye Boat Song on a recorder.

And, uh, that's it.

How many pets have you owned in your lifetime? Tell us about them.
Submitted by jennajellopy.vox.com.

I've not been much of a pet owner. My parents had a dog called Dusky when I was very young. After that came a couple of goldfish called golfclub and ball, if I remember correctly. There may well have been another pair, but I can't remember their names for the life of me. And that's it, I'm afraid.