View from the Potting Shed

I’ve never really been one for seizing opportunities.
If it’s a choice between sitting at home watching TV or nipping out to the jungle for 48 hours to investigate why the bison are restless, then I’ll probably still be looking up the TV schedule on my PC when you get back.
Or presented with the opportunity to […]

I’ve just watched a television advertisement about “animated screensavers” for your mobile telecommunications device, and quite frankly I’m disappointed.
“Amaze your friends with these new moving wallpapers,” the advert claimed.
NO!! Clearly not!
First, there is a difference between “screensavers” and “wallpapers”, which the advertisement clearly fails to recognise.
Second, who in their right mind is going to […]

I was saddenly to learn this evening on Planet Rock radio that Pink Floyd co-founder Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett died last week of complications related to diabetes; he was only 60 years old. To be fair, I would have felt sad no matter where I learned that news. Sad Barrett?
I love the first Pink Floyd […]

This morning I waved goodbye to Jane. It’s the last time that I’ll ever see her again. Until Saturday. Saturday 22 July. (2006, in case you were wondering.) Can you feel my pain?
This afternoon Jane flies to London (to see the Queen) and then on Friday she will be joined […]

One evening last week I came home from work to discover a package waiting for me on my doorstep. “I don’t remember ordering anything from Amazon,” I said to myself as I ripped open the Jiffy® bag and pulled out a Digital Versatile Disc. It was a film called Metal: A Headbanger’s […]

Yesterday evening, in preparation for watching the World Cup finals Final (France v Italy in Berlin) I connected our Philips TV digibox to Jane’s LCD projector (InFocus X2) and to the stereo giving us a massive 73″ screen.
One of the problems with our living room here is that it is so narrow. It’s less […]

I’m loving YouTube just now. Sure it has its fair share of rubbish, but there are some absolute gems. Like these:
Yngwie Malmsteen — Your local guitar god

This is a fantastic parody of the shredding, Bach-esque guitar hero from Sweden. I once spent an enjoyable summer’s evening in a homeless hostel in London with […]