Posted in Life | November 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
Our baby girl was born on Sunday (7lb 10oz). The birth was fairly complicated but Katie (as she’s known to her friends) is fit and well. At night she’s sleeping for about 45mins at a time which means our sleep is rather disturbed but, as we’re both on leave, that isn’t too serious. (Em’s mum is here looking after us which makes things easier)
There has been a veritable slew of congratulations and status updates – most of which I haven’t replied to (really sorry!) but I’ve (sometimes literally) had my hands full.
There are now baby photos on my Flickr page and I suspect there will be a number of baby-related Twitter updates (so count that as fair warning if you want to unsubscribe).
Posted in Technology | October 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
Radiohead seem to be the first large, mainstream band to release an album (In Rainbows) in a Magnatune-esque way: in mp3, over the internet with a customer chosen variable price.
With 1.2 million copies sold and an average price of about £4 (according to one survey) that has to be classed as a success. iTunes, with the majority of the music in DRM-format, has never appealed but if a model like this takes off then it seems a lot of us (me included) will be buying music via the internet (in the meantime I buy most of my music on CD).
If the model does take off then there will probably be alterations; I can’t see the big labels allowing a variable price that goes all the way to zero and the charts will have to adapt or die – as other people have pointed out people have been talking about the last.fm chart. I’m much more cheerful about the future of music distribution now than I was a year ago.
Enough about the distribution – what about the music? I have a few Radiohead albums – I tend to listen to them a lot when I first get them and then rarely play them later. It’s too early to tell whether that’ll happen to this one but I think it won’t, I’ve listened to it a lot and it has really grown on me.
….and if you want to support (in multiple senses of the word) a band that has been pioneering internet music (and you have recording equipment) then check out Brad’s request
Posted in Life, Technology | September 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
If I can’t have a robot butler then I want a Roomba 530 (Luis should be on commission).
Unfortunately, we only seem to be able to get the older models in the UK at the moment and the official UK distributor’s web site isn’t the most confidence inspiring thing in the world so I think I’ll wait for a bit
Hackable robotic hoovers….. woo!
Posted in Life | September 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. –
Thomas Grey
Em’s had a tough couple of weeks, being sick all the time started to get her down a bit and the world seemed a little grey. She seems to have been a little better the last couple of days though and we’ve made the most of it. Yesterday we went out for dinner followed by a film.
The film we saw was A Mighty Heart – hardly a feel-good film but absorbing and moving. This isn’t the first time we’ve been out recently; as well as coping at work Em came to see Kent Duchaine (who was excellent live) and we also recently saw Run, Fat boy, Run
Posted in Life | August 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Things have settled down a bit after the wedding. Em is still very morning sick, 6 months into the pregnancy but she seems to be coping. I’m nearing the end of a project at work and, as always when the end is in sight for a software project, there seem to be lots of rough edges to be smoothed.
I’m enjoying life at the moment – this week saw a few trips to a coffee shop with a friend trying to teach me me cryptic crosswords and one evening found Em and I being taught to fish for mackerel by my parents. New experiences – and that’s always good, especially when it results in fresh fish for supper.
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| From left to right, Mum, Me and Em – and yes that is the Needles |
The sunset was extremely pretty |
