Well, after our biggest Amazon Christmas yet (there's been a delivery every day for the last week thanks to Amazon Prime) the time is finally up and the last...
I expect I am the last person in Britain to find Kosheen, but I saw a replay of the "Later..." appearance they made in 2001 and immediately had to go hunting...
[http://tinyurl.com/2k3rbu] I'm on decaf at the moment for reasons I'll write about some other time, and the only decaf that's bearable is Illy. My coffee...
[http://astore.amazon.com/webmink-20/detail/0143038583/] I've been meaning to mention that I finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma [UK]during December and...
I ran into Wax Poetic the first time when I found they were the band that Norah Jones started with before she was famous, but this newer stuff is much more...
[http://www.guggenheimgrotto.com/] I'm not sure what drew my attention back to them, but I bought an album (for the benefit of those who have been asking...
I think I'll be going along to listen to Bryn Haworth tonight locally, a guitarist I've not heard live since the early 80s. The friend I was talking with...
Well, we all know how phenomenally successful the Celtic Woman (www.celticwoman.com) tour has been over the past couple of years, especially here in the USA. ...
Another free taster has done its work and I've now got Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on rotation, specifically their album This Is Somewhere [UK]. The free...
I agree that this is in the continuing tradition of promotion, but I disagree that web presence is no different. Grateful Dead were able to remove obstacles to...
I'm not sure how I missed it, but Flickr has implemented a statistics tracking for all photos. I noticed in the metadata smallprint for today's upload that...
Hey, lazyweb: I bought a tube of boxwood japanese-style (non-dipped) incense from Banana Republic back in 1999. It is my absolute favourite incense but it has...
Last week I decided to give mobile broadband a try while I was away from home in London for a few days. After looking at the various plans, I decided to pick...
Sitting in the hotel (right next to Herr Nielsen's Jazz Club) last night in Oslo I realised that the music I was listening to on my laptop was just track after...
[http://www.snapfish.com.au/viewsinglevote/contestname=House%20In%20Focus/contestentryoid=1122720/a=133187293] You may remember last year my posting about...
I spent a little time at the weekend reading the newspaper coverage of the campaign started by David Davis here in the UK. Davis was until Friday one of the...
[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html] I posted a link to this TED talk last week but I keep showing it to ...
Looking through my Adsense account I noticed Google has now added units of YouTube videos as an option for display. I've added a block of them to the...
Browsing around on iTunes a week or so ago, I spotted a music video for sales called C.S. Lewis Song. Pretty intriguing title, so I sampled and discovered...
Fig FlambeOriginally uploaded by webminkTurkish figs are back at the local supermarket and I've been cooking Fig Flambe again this weekend after a long break,...
I've been attending A2K3 in Geneva, and it just so happens it got me here on LHC Day (the day that CERN turns on the Large Hadron Collider). Since it is just...
This post relates to Very Good Taste » blog » The Omnivore’s Hundred. The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred list for me (with things I have eaten in bold and things...
Autumn AcerOriginally uploaded by webminkAfter a lousy, grey, cold, wet summer in the UK, this weekend has paradoxically been gorgeous. The sky has been blue,...
Morning RoseOriginally uploaded by webminkWell, we had a delicious lunch in the garden again today, under blue skies and kissed with warm sunshine. The trees...
The Honorable Derek HanekomOriginally uploaded by webminkAs a personal aside to my trip to South Africa, I had the pleasure and honour of sharing a table at...
It was 3Hive that put me on to Swedish duo Club 8 ages ago. I sat and listened to them this weekend and thought it was time to pass on the goodness. According...
While I was delighted to see the UK's morality police at the Internet Watch Foundation show a laudable honesty in backing down over their censorship of a...
Just a brief note for those unfamiliar with some colloquial English. Two usages have sprung to mind this week as I have gaped in wonder at synchronicity.The...
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