After a few years of not going to any open house events, we had a few we wanted to visit this year. As usual we had zero luck in any of the big attraction ballots. Then the weather hit. Basically yesterday (Saturday) and today were just too hot to wander around London. Yesterday we visited …
Author Archives: David
PULP at Finsbury Park
Nearly two hours of music from Jarvis and co, not quite the entirety of Different Class, but close, with a few newer tracks and a couple of older ones too. Excellent fun. And we found out which of the neighboring fans lost their virginity to Sorted for Es and Wizz.
Writing Tools
I don’t think I have unreasonable expectations of my writing tools, I just want to keep what I write in one place accessible from anywhere I have a computer, and with some sort of index or some way of searching what I’m writing. I’ve tried a few different systems, the one I’m using at the …
Flickr
I’ve had an account on Flickr since 2005, in the early years it was my main form of social media. There were conversations in groups, photography challenges and games and the like, then Twitter came along and yahoo bought flickr and my account sat unused. I would occasionally upload photos specifically to share with a …
Vermeer
27 of the 37 universally recognised Vermeer paintings on display in one place, for the first time. Tickets have been impossible to get for months. Luckily, my Icom card got me in. Stunning painting, I’d be very happy if I could take photos half as good as some of the paintings on display. Your chances …