I’ve thrown together a couple of pages with thumbnails of most of the websites I have worked on. Those on the first page are sites I work on in my job, those on the second page are family blogs I have designed.
The Gluetrain Manifesto
Whilst I am a great fan of The Cluetrain Manifesto, (to the point of quoting it top right of the page), I am also a great fan of satire. This old mickey-take of the original is hilarious: The Gluetrain Manifesto
people of uranus…
A powerful inter-galactic conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to waste time at work, download naughty pictures, and build pipe bombs.
…
“The glue train stopped there four times a day for ten years, and they took a sniff every time.”
Michel V and Cafelog Back
I’m sure there will be lots of people as pleased as I am to hear that Michel Valdrighi, cafelog.com, and the b2 forums are back.
Linkin Park – Meteora: Number 1
I’m pleased to see Linkin Park – Meteora has reached number 1 on the official UK album charts. Of course I expected nothing less. 🙂
Thanks to Steve for the heads up.
Linkin Park Searches
It looks like I was wrong! People are searching for “lincoln park meteora”.
Currently search terms involving linkin, park, and/or meteora make up 10 of my top 15 search terms, since I started collecting those stats.
The album is still bearing up! I must have listened to it more than 75 times now and I still love it. That’s got to be the sign of a good album! It’s not exclusive anymore, I’ve listened to the other two as well — LOL!
I also watched the DVD over the weekend. It was pretty interesting. I was surprised at just how much work they put into the album. Quite incredible.
New Mobile Phone Anyone?
This is a good one from the BBC! 😉
Shock tactics for anti-social mobile use
Happy Birthday Carole!
It’s my sister Carole’s birthday today. Yes she was born on April the first!
Happy Birthday Carole!
Lots of Love from Mike, Jan, and Jamie
XXX
‘Muggle’ Makes the OED
From The Sunday Herald:
“Harry Potter has magicked his way into the English language: the word ‘muggle’ is to appear in the Oxford Dictionary.
Coined by author JK Rowling, the word was originally used in her bestselling Harry Potter series of books to mean a person who cannot practise magic. It has since passed into popular culture as a way of describing anyone who is clumsy or unable to master a skill, such as computing. “
An interesting article which mentions some of the history of fictional words in the OED. Unfortunately Toby McDonald’s research is attrocious! This paragraph:
“Last year the author won a high profile legal battle after US-based writer Nancy Stouffer, who wrote the Worst Witch series, claimed Rowling was a plagiarist who had stolen her material. Stouffer argued the word ‘muggle’, now credited to Rowling, was used by the student witches in her own fiction to the same effect.”
is completely wrong!
Jill Murphy wrote The Worst Witch books. Nancy Stouffer wrote “The Legend Of RAH And The Muggles”.
