Apr
30
Rent or Buy?
April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I had a conversation with my neighbour on Sunday across the back garden wall. It went like this. Neighbour: “Did Will and Carols’ Mum and Dad give Ana the house?” Me: “No they rented it to Ana.” Neighbour: “So are you renting or buying? ” Me: “We all rent?”
Apr
9
Hunt the Cluster Bomb
April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m always ready to listen to opposing arguments about the rights and wrongs of any international political situation. Lets face it, working on the world’s greatest talk show means it’s unavoidable. But using the Easter tradition of hunting for eggs to make a point about the global arms trade by having your kids hunt the […]
Apr
8
Naoko Kondo
April 8, 2007 | 3 Comments
Did you know Naoko Kondo? She had black hair, was about 5,5 feet tall, with a slim figure. Her bicycle was an old mountain bike and silver (or metallic gray) in colour. She cycled to Docklands everyday on Clapham Road. I never met her but the information above I gleaned from a flyer posted up […]
Apr
4
Please call us “Krauts”, not “Bratwurst”
April 4, 2007 | 2 Comments
Christiane Link guest blogging: When Paul asked me if I could write a blog entry about the word „Krauts” I was a little bit surprised. I’m one of them, I am one of the Krauts. I am German, has been living in London for three months. I know that some of the Brits call us […]
Apr
2
EMI heed Uncle Pauly . . .
April 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
. . . . well, not quite but it’s nice to see that days after my rant against DRM, EMI have announced they’ll make high-quality unlocked tracks available for purchase. This is a step in the right direction but as the article mentions, only 5% of all music sales are currently online. The next step […]