Archive from December, 2009
Albums of the Decade: No.20
1 Dec 2009: Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand “Ich heisse superfantastich!” Times 100 Best Albums of the Decade: No.60 Pitchfork Top 200 Albums of the Decade: No.101 eMusic 100 Best Albums of the Decade: No.33 Uncut 150 Albums of the Decade: No.148 So we kick off my list of favourite albums of the past ten years with one which received “universal acclaim“, including the Mercury Music Prize, in 2004. Franz Ferdinand didn’t disappoint any of us whose introduction to the band of that ilk had been Take Me Out – “audibly the best single by a British guitar band in years”, according to Alex Petridis in The Guardian. My abiding memory of that single was one of those very rare WTF moments on [...]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 2 hours ago
- http://t.co/DwSbxqVY Blimey, even the Telegraph thinks our council's crap. 6 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 6 hours ago
- Wha-hey! If anyone was in any doubt, Suarez IS a complete git. 8 hours ago
- Can I say that the ground staff at #itfc must be absolute miracle workers? 9 hours ago



