Archive from September, 2005
A night of shining torches
16 Sep 2005: “The Storr: Unfolding Landscape” was a remarkable ‘environmental animation’ created this summer on the Isle of Skye, which four of us in the Pro-Talk team (Jackie, Laura, Tony and I) were able to take part in. Participants – there were up to 200 each night for seven weeks – trekked 1500 feet up a rocky hillside, in the darkness at midnight, to a Skye natural landmark, The Old Man of Storr. On the way, the walkers experienced a number of sound and light installations designed to add atmosphere to this unusual opportunity. Of course, at night there’s no sense of scale, and very little sense of distance. But you can probably get an idea of what it’s like from this [...]These ones got people talking
What else is new?
- iTunes Match – what happened when I tried it
- Cineworld: run by robots who just don’t care
- My Top Ten Movies of 2011
- Why you shouldn’t leave your passwords in your Will
- Our Experience of Moving House in Cambridge
- Virgin Media “Customer Service” lives up to its reputation
- In Defence of the Olympic Tickets System
- Brit Floyd, Cambridge Corn Exchange, April 2011
- The Unthanks, Cambridge Junction 2, April 2011
- TV Comedy Spin-off Books From The Eighties!
- Spamalot: my favourite scene
- Big upload speed increase from Virgin Media cable internet
- Album of the Year so far
- My Favourite Apps of 2010
- My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 2)
- My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 1)
- My Favourite Gadgets of 2010
- My Favourite Online Videos of 2010
- My Favourite Websites of 2010
- My Favourite TV Programmes of 2010 (Part 2)
- My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 3)
- My Favourite Live Performances of 2010
- My Favourite Radio Programmes of 2010
- My Favourite Movies of 2010
- My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 2)
Me Tweet quite a bit
- .@Stuart_Watson Hmm, it appears the #itfc customer charter ("best in league" says press release) is one of those not mentioning abandonments 1 hour ago
- http://t.co/DwSbxqVY Blimey, even the Telegraph thinks our council's crap. 5 hours ago
- Being joined at the football this afternoon by @tonyrand - 'twill be just like the old days. Although we were mostly crap then too. #itfc 5 hours ago
- Wha-hey! If anyone was in any doubt, Suarez IS a complete git. 7 hours ago
- Can I say that the ground staff at #itfc must be absolute miracle workers? 8 hours ago



