It’s that time of the year when many writers see one of their seasonal offerings thrust out into the world. I’m talking of course about today, June 30th, being the halfway point in the calendar year. It’s a good opportunity to pause and reflect and, as every ex project manager knows, it pays to review …
Month: June 2011
Ghosts in the Machine
I don’t profess to be particularly technically minded; I still don’t understand how to get more than a hollow sneer out of my Adsense account, for example (or Absense, as I’ve lately thought of it). And I also haven’t got my head around the finer points of improving the rating on this blog and my …
Weird science
Okay, so this blog post is a little bit of a cheat. I’m doing my best impression of an editing octopus at the moment, but fellow writer David French sent me a youtube link so extraordinary that I feel compelled to share it with you. Yes, just you, sitting there reading this – never mind …
A Grave Undertaking
So there we were, watching the telly last night. Jo Brand was on fine form, hosting the last of the current series of Have I Got News For You. And slap bang in the middle of the programme, Ian Hislop mentioned a new word to me (not to me personally, I’m aware there are many …