Monthly Archives: August 2008

A day of Metallica on TV, visitors we never saw and Jane in hospital

Nice bucket! Well, that’s been an interesting day. It began with me staying up far too late (past midnight, no less) to watch Metallica perform at the Reading and Leeds Festivals on BBC 2 and ended with me leaving Jane … Continue reading

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From London to Inverness

The view from my hotel window in London last week. Last week, from Sunday to Friday, I was in London on a course: PHP Programming and MySQL for Web Development with StayAhead Training. The course was a good introduction to … Continue reading

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New Metallica song: The Day That Never Comes

Another new Metallica song — their first single — from their forthcoming album Death Magnetic: The Day That Never Comes. To me it sounds like a combination of songs from Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, … And Justice For … Continue reading

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My ideas for Casualty

In the UK there’s been a long-time medical TV series called Casualty; the YouTube video above shows you the opening titles from Series 15 (2000-2001). The show is filmed in Bristol, but is set in the fictitious town of Holby … Continue reading

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New Metallica song ‘Cyanide’

Spotted on the Metal Hammer website: Metallica played a track that will appear on ‘Death Magnetic’ at their Ozzfest debut on Saturday night in Dallas, Texas in its entirity, the first all-new material from the band in half a decade. … Continue reading

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Mum’s here!

This is my Mum on 12seconds.tv Mum’s visiting us in Anstruther right now, hence the slightly quieter than usual blog. I’m being more sociable than simply sitting in front of my PC all evening … he writes on his PC, … Continue reading

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Saying farewell to Tim Morris

This morning Jane and I attended the farewell service of The Revd Canon Tim Morris, from his position as Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. He’s retiring from The Scottish Episcopal Church and heading over to … Continue reading

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