• Recently Written

  • Remembering Anthony Bourdain
  • Let’s Get the Blockchain into the London Design Museum
  • La Scozia — Scottish Italians in 1908
  • World Have Your Say — Top 5 moments
  • Technology: capability v expectation
  • Rediscovered track of the month: Nov ’16
  • Rediscovered track of the month: Oct ’16
  • Rediscovered track of the month: Sep ’16
  • 70mm Panavision — BBC World Service
  • Rediscovered track of the month: July ’16

  Search

I just tried to install the WordPress 2 app for the iPod touch. I’m running 2.2.1 of the iPiod touch OS and itunes tells me I need a newer version of the iPod touch software. I go to iTunes and update and it tells me the current version is 3.1.2 for £2.99. Annoying.

A school in the US bans tag, dodgeball and touch footy. I first encountered the weird concept of ‘touch’ sports on my first trip to Australia — the last place on earth I would expect any sport not involving pummelling to gain any sort of traction. Still, times change and if touch football skills up the […]

• Articles, Interviews and Films

  • UPEACE for The World Service
  • UPEACE for The Guardian
  • The World Today promo
  • Blogging Primer
  • Harry 'Buckhead' MacDougald
  • Des Brownlee
  • Carole Tongue
  • Computerworld #1
  • Computerworld #2
  • Slow Food
  • Novell #1
  • Novell #2
  • Majid Farzi

  Pals

  • Angus - Serving member of the Tartan Army
  • Jon - An Ulsterman adrift in Hong Kong
  • Pete - Pete Connolly

  Blogfather

  • Alistair Cooke - the original blogger