Talking Heads are/were one of my favourite bands. At one time they were my favourite, hands down. I could have gone with the first album of theirs I got into, Little Creatures, or the first one I bought, True Stories, but I’m going to go all muso-journo on you and talk about Remain In Light,… Continue reading 25 Albums – Talking Heads – Remain In Light
Month: June 2012
New Laptop Damage Photos
An update on this little saga. These are some photos of my new laptop and the box it came in, showing the cracked screen, and the lack of visible damage to the box. System76 are sending me a replacement, and they’ve raised a ticket with UPS.
New Laptop Decision Tree
The time had come to get a new laptop. My little Ubuntu-running Dell 10v just wasn’t cutting it, and Cassie wants her MacBook for her own stuff. The following chart illustrates my journey. First question was what OS I wanted. I definitely don’t want Windows for obvious reasons. I currently run Ubuntu, but the little… Continue reading New Laptop Decision Tree
Massively Important Website Subtitle Change Alert
The subtitle of this blog used to be “30ahem Englishman in California”. It is now “40ahem Englishman in California”. See if you can spot the difference. I can’t, my eyes the way they are. Ah, jeez. My brother tells me that when you hit this age, you no longer say you’ve “tripped up” or “fallen… Continue reading Massively Important Website Subtitle Change Alert
40th Party Playlist
Here’s the playlist I go on about here, with links to Last.fm if you feel the need. Paul Simon : Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Sparks : This Town Aint Big Enough For The Both Of Us 10cc : Rubber Bullets Kraftwerk : Autobahn (remix) Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music : Let’s Stick… Continue reading 40th Party Playlist
40 Years Of Top 40 Hits
I wanted to create a fun playlist to play at my 40th birthday do last weekend, so I came up with this idea. I looked around online and found this website which has a database of the UK charts back to the 1950’s. Then I searched for the top 40 from June in each year, starting… Continue reading 40 Years Of Top 40 Hits
Stuffed Weekend
Quite the weekend it’s been I think. Friday after work I met up with Cassie and our dear friends Alex & Jason at Bar 355 in downtown Oakland. It’s become the Friday joint of choice for us, because we always seem to be able to nab the nice table near the door, the cocktails and… Continue reading Stuffed Weekend
Promethean Chasms
*** Lots of spoilers, watch out. Last warning *** Went to see Prometheus on Sunday at the UA on Shattuck in Berkeley. Chose to see it in 3D – we figured this film at least would be worth it, and it was – for visuals at least. 3D or not, it looked fantastic. I loved… Continue reading Promethean Chasms