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369 posts published since September 2003
- 30 April 2012: My View: Cambridge City Council Elections 2012 – Queen Edith’s Ward
- 1 February 2012: iTunes Match – what happened when I tried it
- 23 December 2011: Cineworld: run by robots who just don’t care
- 14 December 2011: My Top Ten Movies of 2011
- 15 October 2011: Why you shouldn’t leave your passwords in your Will
- 24 August 2011: Our Experience of Moving House in Cambridge
- 9 August 2011: Virgin Media “Customer Service” lives up to its reputation
- 24 June 2011: In Defence of the Olympic Tickets System
- 19 April 2011: Brit Floyd, Cambridge Corn Exchange, April 2011
- 3 April 2011: The Unthanks, Cambridge Junction 2, April 2011
- 13 March 2011: TV Comedy Spin-off Books From The Eighties!
- 27 February 2011: Spamalot: my favourite scene
- 23 February 2011: Big upload speed increase from Virgin Media cable internet
- 8 February 2011: Album of the Year so far
- 19 December 2010: My Favourite Apps of 2010
- 17 December 2010: My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 2)
- 16 December 2010: My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 1)
- 15 December 2010: My Favourite Gadgets of 2010
- 14 December 2010: My Favourite Online Videos of 2010
- 13 December 2010: My Favourite Websites of 2010
- 12 December 2010: My Favourite TV Programmes of 2010 (Part 2)
- 11 December 2010: My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 3)
- 10 December 2010: My Favourite Live Performances of 2010
- 9 December 2010: My Favourite Radio Programmes of 2010
- 8 December 2010: My Favourite Movies of 2010
- 7 December 2010: My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 2)
- 6 December 2010: My Favourite TV Programmes of 2010 (Part 1)
- 5 December 2010: My Favourite Magazines of 2010
- 4 December 2010: My Favourite Albums of 2010
- 3 December 2010: My Favourite Tweeters of 2010
- 2 December 2010: My Favourite Podcasts of 2010
- 1 December 2010: My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 1)
- 23 November 2010: How to get the screen locked in position on your iPad
- 14 October 2010: Delete and move to the next message with GMail keyboard shortcuts
- 11 October 2010: A nice juicy Grocer’s Apostrophe example
- 25 September 2010: A list of brothers who have played football in the First Division (or Premier League)
- 31 August 2010: Hat tip to Nintendo
- 20 August 2010: Photo highlights of our Canadian holiday
- 2 August 2010: Ten Things I Liked About The Folk Festival This Year
- 21 July 2010: Texaco Championship Fantasy Football 2010/2011
- 12 July 2010: Building a tiny bookcase/bookshelf hi-fi
- 28 June 2010: I’d rather have listened to James Corden
- 30 May 2010: First thoughts on the iPad
- 23 May 2010: New website for Essex golf teacher
- 20 May 2010: New Panasonic Breadmakers launched
- 3 May 2010: Why I’m voting for Julian Huppert
- 18 April 2010: Environment, Sustainability and the Food Supply Challenge
- 17 April 2010: Oh no. I’m going to miss the Doncaster match.
- 25 March 2010: Half Man Half Biscuit, The Junction, Cambridge review
- 3 March 2010: 6Music: get it while it lasts
- 27 February 2010: The odd tale of Alphascript Publishing and Betascript Publishing
- 19 February 2010: Your prospective MP’s vision for Cambridge
- 18 February 2010: Woo. Just had 50Mb/sec internet installed
- 28 January 2010: So, it’s the iPad is it?
- 27 January 2010: Apple “Tablet” Launch – live blogs and coverage
- 19 January 2010: Exclusive: full details of Apple’s forthcoming launch
- 18 January 2010: Cambridge University 800th Anniversary Finale Lightshow
- 17 January 2010: Cambridge Constituency Boundaries for the 2010 General Election
- 10 January 2010: Cherry Hinton Hall Park in the snow with my GH1
- 2 January 2010: People don’t read any more
- 1 January 2010: I can’t escape (my music in 2009)
- 31 December 2009: The Decade’s 20 Most Memorable Moments in Sport: Part 5
- 30 December 2009: The Decade’s 20 Most Memorable Moments in Sport: Part 4
- 29 December 2009: The Decade’s 20 Most Memorable Moments in Sport: Part 3
- 28 December 2009: The Decade’s 20 Most Memorable Moments in Sport: Part 2
- 27 December 2009: The Decade’s 20 Most Memorable Moments in Sport: Part 1
- 26 December 2009: My 5 favourite movies of the decade (finally)
- 25 December 2009: My 10 favourite movies of the decade
- 24 December 2009: The ones which didn’t quite make the top 10 of my movies of the decade
- 23 December 2009: The middle 10 of my favourite movies of the decade
- 22 December 2009: Another 10 favourite movies of the decade
- 21 December 2009: My 50 favourite movies of the decade
- 20 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.1
- 19 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.2
- 18 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.3
- 17 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.4
- 16 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.5
- 15 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.6
- 14 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.7
- 13 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.8
- 12 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.9
- 11 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.10
- 10 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.11
- 9 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.12
- 8 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.13
- 7 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.14
- 6 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.15
- 5 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.16
- 4 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.17
- 3 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.18
- 2 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.19
- 1 December 2009: Albums of the Decade: No.20
- 26 November 2009: Fix for Google Reader “You don’t have permission to view this feed”
- 22 November 2009: My 20 Favourite Albums of the Decade
- 30 October 2009: A little bit of artistic magic
- 23 October 2009: Review: Monty Python at the Albert Hall: Not The Messiah
- 15 October 2009: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
- 4 October 2009: Another “Eureka Moment”. Can they do this?
- 27 September 2009: “Your AdWords Account Suspended Due To Repeated Site Quality Violations”
- 13 September 2009: Documenting a clean install of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- 11 September 2009: Natalie Williams at Alimentum, Cambridge
- 2 September 2009: Prefab Sprout – new album (September 2009)
- 23 August 2009: Learning to paint and take photos in France
- 12 August 2009: Why I bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
- 30 July 2009: Stage 2 gets under way
- 29 July 2009: Sandwich Toaster deals at Amazon UK
- 4 July 2009: Michel Thomas Foundation Course in Spanish – 52% off!
- 26 June 2009: Steven Wells RIP goes out with spooky Jacko reference
- 14 June 2009: Dawn on the Telly!
- 14 June 2009: Jason Dozzell returns to Portman Road
- 13 June 2009: “Thriller” at Elvyn Richards Hall Cabaret 1984
- 6 June 2009: Most embarrassing Labour result of the day
- 31 May 2009: Who are the ten best cricketers of all time?
- 23 May 2009: GeekChart – more pointless fun
- 23 May 2009: A Decimal Point
- 20 May 2009: Cheap Wii MotionPlus? Looks like Amazon’s the place
- 17 May 2009: Morrissey at Cambridge Corn Exchange gig review
- 11 May 2009: Apple Time Capsule – cheap at the price
- 10 May 2009: Sky HD remote control and Yamaha YSP receiver
- 7 May 2009: Star Trek movie – great. Mainly.
- 17 April 2009: All Aboard the MisGuided Bus at last!
- 15 April 2009: In The Loop – hilarious
- 10 April 2009: Looking for the best sit-down Chinese restaurant in Cambridge?
- 10 April 2009: Peter Alliss – probably fatter than Pavarotti
- 10 April 2009: The Boat That Rocked
- 8 April 2009: ABC at the Royal Albert Hall review
- 27 March 2009: The Damned United
- 21 March 2009: Tweeting from Portman Road
- 10 March 2009: 4-20mA Aerospace Widgets news
- 9 March 2009: VAT, the Flat Rate scheme, AdWords, AdSense and confusion
- 1 March 2009: Champion Larch Ditherers
- 14 January 2009: MacBook Pro power cable splits and frays
- 8 January 2009: Compilation of 2008
- 22 December 2008: Sky HD box shows FAILED a lot, and broken picture
- 22 December 2008: 2nd Gen iPod Nano Red gets red hot
- 21 December 2008: Best of 2008. No arguments.
- 17 December 2008: Best live band in the world
- 10 December 2008: Say it with Tommy. Or Ben.
- 27 November 2008: Engineering articles from the 1990s
- 11 November 2008: Mini Coyote Speed Camera Detector
- 9 November 2008: Our favourite Chinese takeaway in Cambridge
- 4 November 2008: Business cards to get you noticed
- 23 October 2008: Your complete Half Man Half Biscuit information solutions provider
- 27 September 2008: Dr Who: What Are You Doing Here?
- 6 September 2008: Philips Warm Intimate Massager review
- 4 September 2008: Google Analytics integration with Adsense data
- 3 September 2008: One month away…
- 13 August 2008: GB Olympics Medals Totals
- 7 August 2008: Whale watching in Victoria
- 13 July 2008: Acer Aspire One – Sunday Times recommended
- 5 July 2008: Friends Provident Trophy Final 2008 tickets and details
- 2 July 2008: Hot new album alert
- 2 July 2008: QD – where I buy my flat caps
- 25 June 2008: SEOClass Edinburgh
- 22 June 2008: My music: I really don’t know what to say
- 31 May 2008: Broooooce at the Emirates
- 28 May 2008: Harry Potter and the Big Coincidence
- 27 May 2008: As many questions as answers, probably
- 10 May 2008: Ebbsfleet Utd’s Big Day Out ends happily
- 6 May 2008: Some statistics about Ipswich Town’s season
- 24 April 2008: Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite going cheap
- 27 March 2008: Cult of Apple? Cult of Freebies, more like.
- 19 March 2008: Yay! CSI: Ambleside!
- 16 March 2008: Nintendo Wii Fit: review and UK pre order
- 15 March 2008: Some of the images we use to indicate our commitment to “green”
- 28 February 2008: More taxpayer-funded misGuided Bus PR puffery
- 27 February 2008: First news on Cambridge Folk Festival 2008
- 19 February 2008: Namechecked in the Eurostar Ebbsfleet advert!
- 15 February 2008: As Opposed To “Quite Fast”?
- 1 February 2008: Stephen Bywater says the c-word: video
- 27 January 2008: Sunday Times spellchecker replaces Mitt Romney with a more roomy candidate
- 24 January 2008: First Amongst Last Tracks
- 11 January 2008: Modern Pop Is Rubbish
- 9 January 2008: How to broadcast an event live on the web
- 8 January 2008: Kevin’s a lucky man
- 20 December 2007: What’s happened to the Danny Baker podcasts?
- 20 December 2007: Brooooooooce at the O2: Magic.
- 19 December 2007: 10 Things About The Spice Girls’ London Gig
- 6 December 2007: The Best Singles Ever.
- 1 December 2007: Spice Girls asking for trouble
- 26 November 2007: Blade Runner: “The Final Cut” at the cinema
- 22 November 2007: Bruce Springsteen European Tour 2007 Setlist
- 21 November 2007: In-car phonograms – the next big thing?
- 19 November 2007: Importing to WordPress from a text file
- 9 November 2007: Born to Jump
- 9 November 2007: The case of the disappearing login items
- 8 November 2007: Discount Booze at The Local. For selected tramps.
- 4 November 2007: They won’t thank their parents
- 2 November 2007: The true cost of that OS X Leopard Upgrade
- 30 October 2007: Web 1. Everything Else 0.
- 25 October 2007: I Useta Lover 2007-style
- 19 October 2007: How to convert email to RSS for your phone
- 15 October 2007: Radiohead trounce allcomers on Last.fm
- 11 October 2007: Radiohead In Rainbows. In 1997.
- 27 September 2007: The (Best) Little Fest in the West
- 24 September 2007: Led Zeppelin in Scotland?
- 18 September 2007: The Perils of Procrastination
- 9 September 2007: Music download services compared: a Mac user writes
- 6 September 2007: Colchester Golf Club
- 23 August 2007: Wemberlee
- 20 August 2007: Danny Baker’s All-Day Breakfast Show
- 20 August 2007: A man likes milk, now he owns a million cows
- 9 August 2007: Half Man Half Biscuit lyrics
- 8 August 2007: Mitre Championship Video
- 1 August 2007: Simpsons Avatar: Web App of the Week
- 30 July 2007: Cambridge Folk Festival 2007
- 27 July 2007: Cambridge Folk Festival – Thursday night
- 15 July 2007: Oliver Fisher lights up Loch Lomond for me
- 11 July 2007: Woo. Of course the iPhone had to go in the blender.
- 9 July 2007: Spinal Tap at Live Earth: all the links
- 3 July 2007: Best piano for a child…
- 2 July 2007: Exclusive: the iPhone Shuffle
- 30 June 2007: Pitching for the lucrative tourist market
- 27 June 2007: Imagine a film of your life soundtracked by an iPod
- 20 June 2007: Educate the voters back to the polling booths
- 13 June 2007: Effective banner ad design
- 11 June 2007: Hands-on Review: Panasonic SD-255 breadmaker – Beat the supermarkets’ cash extraction strategies
- 9 June 2007: And another thing that annoys me…
- 8 June 2007: When something’s just not important enough…
- 7 June 2007: Loopallu here I come
- 16 May 2007: Smarter smart playlists
- 14 May 2007: Children’s faces and dogs’ faeces
- 8 May 2007: Ipswich Town FC: the unofficial season review
- 24 April 2007: Motorola Surfboard SB3100 cable modem not up to 10Mb speed
- 20 April 2007: The Ipswich Town website: cost effectively maximising income and reach, of course
- 9 April 2007: Business Class, direct from London Stansted to Las Vegas: it does exist!
- 5 April 2007: All you need is Love
- 4 April 2007: Liza Minelli in Vegas: oh the glamour, darlings
- 2 April 2007: Spamalot in Las Vegas – review
- 2 April 2007: What happens in Vegas
- 15 March 2007: It’s not in Google yet.
- 14 March 2007: The Beard will be no more.
- 8 March 2007: The Kitchen Extension – Roll the Credits
- 19 February 2007: Blimey. A Letter Bomber.
- 9 February 2007: One of those seminal father-son things I guess
- 9 February 2007: That made a big difference!
- 29 January 2007: How to make a web site for your small business
- 25 January 2007: Habitat web site: the worst retail site ever?
- 21 January 2007: The Appliances of, er, Sciences
- 13 January 2007: The Extension is Finished. Now the Kitchen begins…
- 6 January 2007: The 2006 Music Anthology
- 21 December 2006: I’m not sure this guy understands the rules
- 19 December 2006: There’s a hole in my kitchen
- 14 December 2006: Google does not want structured points of reference on the web
- 14 December 2006: We hit the roof
- 9 December 2006: It’d never happen in Milton Keynes
- 1 December 2006: Up, up and away
- 1 December 2006: All the way from Tuam
- 1 December 2006: Half man, half robot
- 25 November 2006: Sweetest. Note. Ever.
- 23 November 2006: Things begin to take shape
- 18 November 2006: Webmasterworld Pubcon Las Vegas 2006: a strange world
- 8 November 2006: Where’s the grass gone?
- 2 November 2006: Quick. Fill in the hole while nobody’s looking.
- 31 October 2006: Cherry Hinton at War: brilliant!
- 30 October 2006: The Man from the Council he say …no.
- 28 October 2006: We’re having the house extended.
- 21 October 2006: Anderson and Wakeman: an odd couple
- 16 October 2006: You have reached the end of iTunes.
- 14 October 2006: Spamalot London Review*
- 11 October 2006: Wow. A quote from my publication by Charlotte Green.
- 29 September 2006: What is Magilton putting in their half-time cuppa?
- 28 September 2006: We have to hear that question from them, now
- 25 September 2006: Healthy Start
- 19 September 2006: Don’t take Google for granted.
- 7 September 2006: MisGuided Bus: a sad day for democracy
- 5 September 2006: 43 inches – I think I got away with it
- 31 August 2006: Disneyland: still the best
- 25 August 2006: JCB Dieselmax: a landmark for new media
- 25 August 2006: Andy Green: Sports Personality of the Year!
- 22 August 2006: HD = Highly Desirable
- 18 August 2006: My new favourite online game ever
- 14 August 2006: Put yourself on a plinth yeah?
- 11 August 2006: A New Web Site Host
- 11 August 2006: Why WordPress?
- 11 August 2006: The Blog is Back!
- 24 May 2006: Gigfest!
- 22 May 2006: Eurovision, so much to answer for
- 12 May 2006: Joe Royle leaves Ipswich.
- 5 May 2006: Restaurant 22, Cambridge has a website!
- 25 April 2006: She will put us all to shame…
- 24 March 2006: Cambridge Folk Festival 2006 lineup announced
- 9 March 2006: Real-life Simpsons intro
- 4 March 2006: More British than a British thing
- 26 February 2006: Sky+ …too noisy for the bedroom?
- 11 January 2006: Cambridge Folk Festival on Google Earth!
- 9 January 2006: Baby Tips are back!
- 7 January 2006: Best Educational Items for Toddlers …Ever!
- 27 November 2005: In-car iPod – let’s do one properly!
- 23 November 2005: It started off as a match report…
- 21 November 2005: Best CDs of 2005 – a definitive list
- 20 November 2005: Onsite Advertiser Sign-up: P45s for the Ad Sales team?
- 14 November 2005: George Bush Speech cut up
- 10 November 2005: Explorer Destroyer – Switch to Firefox, Make money from Adsense
- 16 October 2005: Oneforall remote control and Sky+
- 16 September 2005: A night of shining torches
- 24 August 2005: Google Talk IM is here
- 19 August 2005: Mo Mowlam
- 8 August 2005: Robin Cook
- 7 August 2005: Ipswich Town 1 Cardiff City 0
- 6 August 2005: One more ticked off on life’s checklist
- 1 August 2005: The Girl Who Couldn’t Do Any Wrong
- 28 July 2005: Woo. Cambridge Folk Festival is back.
- 7 June 2005: Pneumatic grippers
- 5 June 2005: AutoCAD 2006 software review published
- 31 May 2005: Well I’m not exactly skinny but…
- 15 April 2005: I’ve just been told who to vote for, on the web…
- 26 February 2005: With Rupe on My Side
- 24 January 2005: Good work, Sky One
- 15 January 2005: I love clever mathematical tricks…
- 20 December 2004: Blobs? Cosmic Blobs!
- 4 December 2004: Things to make the world a better place
- 11 November 2004: Jesusland
- 11 November 2004: Steve Satan is back
- 8 November 2004: Top Three Least Favourite Footballers
- 4 November 2004: Time to go, Tony
- 29 October 2004: Naughty naughty Charlie Brooker
- 10 October 2004: Deep Joy
- 28 September 2004: No need to show Bouncebackability yet
- 25 September 2004: Bouncebackability …what else?
- 13 September 2004: We’re always top of the league, Dad
- 26 August 2004: Crappy Chicken
- 16 August 2004: One Thousand Reasons
- 10 August 2004: HR-V: top marks from me
- 10 August 2004: Solidworks 2005 review
- 5 August 2004: Visiting websites without typing
- 26 July 2004: Enter the googleDork
- 23 July 2004: Health Club update
- 20 July 2004: Ooooh I’ve joined a health club
- 15 July 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11: scary
- 7 July 2004: Comic Sans is not a font
- 6 July 2004: And then there were… not enough, actually
- 1 July 2004: Throwing out the CDs? Maybe
- 28 June 2004: Astonishing service
- 25 June 2004: Launch of CAD-Reviews.com
- 25 June 2004: Top attractions for Toddlers at Disneyland Paris
- 24 June 2004: The iTunes Music Store is good but…
- 15 March 2004: The Wheels On The Bus Cost £86 million
- 8 February 2004: iPod: cool but where’s the crossfade ability?
- 20 January 2004: Woo. Yay. The best of b3ta.
- 12 January 2004: Include RSS news in your website!
- 22 December 2003: Let them sing it for you
- 22 December 2003: Time to Smile
- 6 December 2003: Missing iDVD in Panther? No, actually
- 25 November 2003: Woo, and indeed, hoo!
- 17 November 2003: New iMac, same old lack of customer care
- 9 October 2003: Wuuuergh! Alien Invasion!
- 1 October 2003: Good work, Councillor fella
- 15 September 2003: Cinema at the end of our road
- 12 September 2003: Internet Vulnerability Profiling
- 9 September 2003: Fat Man on a Bicycle
- 3 September 2003: RSS – A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers
- 1 September 2003: Too promising to be true?
- 29 August 2003: Usable UK Railways Live Departure Boards!
- 29 August 2003: A Postcode Finder which works!
- 22 August 2003: The Case for re-opening the Cambridge to Huntingdon Railway Line
- 21 August 2003: Cheapest directory enquiries calls
- 17 August 2003: Laundry Guide for men
- 16 August 2003: Boot out the Bus
- 15 August 2003: Take the train from Cambridge to St. Ives!
- 9 August 2003: Ordinary start to the season
What else is new?
- My View: Cambridge City Council Elections 2012 – Queen Edith’s Ward
- 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
Me Tweet quite a bit
- RT @AndrewMaleMojo: Dexys 2012 live were astonishing. But this, this is... *mouth moves, words do not come out*: http://t.co/S2UjCkKQ <- Yes 2 hours ago
- Glad I work from home, vol. 45,193: interesting-sounding Dexy's doc on Radio Four later this morning: http://t.co/q8emwHHQ 3 hours ago
- Headline of the Day. Oh yes, it all happens here in the Fens. http://t.co/2YeUDWEY 4 hours ago
- "Enough placebo politics. Vote for the geeks" by David Aaronovitch (Times subscription required) http://t.co/kimmfgMY 4 hours ago
- Aaronovitch: "perhaps we shall see a day (with) a cabinet presided over by Stella Creasy, Therese Coffey or even Julian Huppert". I wish. 4 hours ago
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