View from the Potting Shed

Information R/evolution: an inspiring video that explores the changes in the way we find, store, create, critique, and share information.
As spotted on The Information Architecture Institute e-mail list.

Last Wednesday my renal consultant (I have Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease) put me on ACE inhibitors, which are a drug that have the side-effect of reducing one’s blood pressure.
Today Jane picked them up from the chemist. But I’ve just read the instructions:
ONE tablet to be taken in the MORNING
Take 30-60 minutes before food.
What?!
They’ve […]

I’ve always voted Liberal Democrat — at election time I’ve always been places where the Lib Dems had the best candidates and the best policies (as far as I could see): David Steel, Simon Hughes, Charles Kennedy.
I’m also a big Richard Thompson fan. By which I mean that I’m a big fan of Richard Thompson […]

This is for all those who are hooked on Facebook: Facebook Song.
The song is by Rhett and Link, described by someone as “The Proclaimers crossed with Weezer“. There’s quite a bit of Barenaked Ladies in there too. The band, I mean, not actual bare naked ladies.
You can download the MP3 of their song from […]

Spotted on b3ta.com.
Armed with only an old Rover 600 and a projector Defying Darwinian set out to cause some mirth in those middle-class areas of town.
My favourite is the animated rain cloud.
See Drive-by projecting on YouTube if you can’t view the embedded version above.

On Friday evening Jane and I drove the 160 miles north to Inverness in preparation for Mark Strange’s ordination as Bishop of the United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness on Saturday morning.
That service, was without doubt the most joyful ordination service I’ve ever attended: what a celebration! And the most joyful and healing service […]

Why do the Japanese always have better TV game shows than we do?
The best we have at the moment is Noel Edmonds presenting Channel 4’s Guess-What-Box-The-Big-Number-Is-In. Meanwhile the Japanese are getting to watch Human Tetris.
Utterly genius!