Logos and Snooker

June 30, 2009

Today I have been mostly… incorporating new logos into my workplace’s stationery and other paraphernalia. I wish I could say it was interesting. The designing of the logo part was great, but the slotting of said logo into various documents is boring.
Tonight I’m gonna have a proper play with Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Snooker – an iPhone [...]

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On/Off to be published

June 29, 2009

A week or so ago I got an e-mail telling me a piece of Flash Fiction I’d submitted to Every Day Fiction had been accepted for publication.
The piece is called “On/Off”.
I’m not sure when it’ll appear on the site, but I’ll be informed – and paid – nearer the time.
Go me!

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148apps

May 20, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I saw an article on 148apps.com asking for writers. For those who don’t know, 148apps is an iPhone app review website, and, given my love of my iPhone and my desire to write more, I decided to write a quick review of one of my favourite apps (Stanza), send it [...]

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Spam

April 30, 2009

Isn’t spam great. The thought and effort put into them is sometimes staggering. Take this one, for instance:
Subject: coaches
cause
spittle 11b799f
That is simply brilliant. The subtle nuances in wordplay, the stirring descriptions, the emotion.
I can barely resist the urge to click on the heavily disguised link to rip-offs-ville.

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Let There Be Light!

April 16, 2009

Human ingenuity is amazing. When necessity dictates, a solution can be found. OK, so the light emitting bottles may look a bit odd, but they certainly work. Although, I do wonder how well they would work in Britain on a dull, grey, miserable day?

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1990

April 14, 2009

Wow.
I’ve spent part of last night going through a diary I started (note: started – I rarely finished a diary) in 1990. It’s incredible to re-read and re-discover how much of an idiot I was then. The things I cared about, the things I talked with my peers about and, more importantly, the way we [...]

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