Happy (Belated) Birthday Speccy!
It always takes me a while to catch up with things, but it was recently the 30th Birthday of the Sinclair Spectrum. Like many of a certain age, the Speccy was one of the computers on which I cut my te…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29
A new Joe's Jotting - http://t.co/gG0lZb42 #joesjottings #johnnycash # Powered by Twitter Tools
Variations on a Spotify theme.....
I found out tonight that there are over 70 versions of the Bob Dylan song 'All along the watchtower' on the online music service Spotify. I sort of worry that there might soon be a 'Watchtower radio'…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22
Whoops! Need to watch which Wordpress buttons I press!! # Last year, Osbourne said that UK would give no more money to IMF. £10 bn later....can we all say 'Bunch of lying cuntservatives?' # My later '…
Johnny Cash and me.
An early memory of mine is listening to my Uncle Idris play Johnny Cash songs on his guitar. Particularly he did a great rendition of 'Ring of Fire', though without the Mexican trumpets, Mexican trum…
The Competent Person....
The 'Competent Man' (or woman) is a character in literature who has a vast range of skills and abilities that make them appear to be capable of doing anything. Classic male examples are Jeevesor Angu…
Good Lord...it's Easter!
Or, as a Christian, I should really say "Good, Lord...it's Easter!" I have to say that I didn't expect to find myself writing a blog post today - it happened by accident after I'd approved a few comme…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09
The revolution begins at home - Opinion - Al Jazeera English http://t.co/WwXdAorZ via @ajenglish # Shame on BBC and Sky not reporting protests about NHS bill on Westminster Bridge #blockthebridge #blo…
"I heard the news today, oh boy..."
...which many will recognise as the opening line of the Beatles song, "A Day in the Life". Unfortunately, I had to change the next line to '...and was as angry as Hell' rather than 'About a lucky man…
...and yes, I saw Jupiter!
Well, I mentioned in my last post that I was going to haul the venerable telescope out of the garage, set it up and then take a look at Jupiter. And on the 29th September I managed to do that. (For a…