News broke this evening that Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56. Apart from the fact that she was only a few years older than me, she was an important part of the soundtrack of my late teens and early 20's. Her first album "The Lion and the Cobra" was released in 1987 when I was 14. Troy was the first single from the album to be released. It's a powerful piece based … [Read more...] about Sinéad O’Connor Troy
I Sometimes Yearn For Simpler Times
It's 2023. The watch on my wrist has more computing power than the desktop PCs that I used to write up my thesis in university 20 odd years ago. I've got more storage space on my wrist today than I had on my full size desktop 20 odd years ago. Actually I'll go further. The watch on my wrist has a faster processor and more RAM than the first server I got back in 2001. I'm … [Read more...] about I Sometimes Yearn For Simpler Times
French Football Ad With A Clever Twist
French telecoms provider Orange is a sponsor of French football, so them pushing an ad related to their sponsorship is to be expected. They're not spending all that money just for fun. But watch the ad all the way through, as it has an interesting twist. The video's title roughly translates to "the crazy actions of the French team we all forgot about": This week the … [Read more...] about French Football Ad With A Clever Twist
Wine Is Confusing
I'll admit it. Wine is damn confusing. You go into a restaurant and the waiter gives you a wine menu. In some cases the choices are limited, so that makes the entire process fairly simple. But in many cases you are dealing with page after page of choices. And realistically I suspect a lot of us are just overwhelmed and end up going with something vaguely familiar. I … [Read more...] about Wine Is Confusing
Concerts and More
So far 2023 has been a busy year and I've been travelling quite a bit. But unlike pre-2020 the bulk of my trips have been more personal in nature and not just work ones with the odd extra day pegged on. Back before 2020 I had started travelling a little more for fun, but I still prioritised work over everything else. I might have taken the odd long weekend to go to a … [Read more...] about Concerts and More