Bifurcated Rivets
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14 January 2011
13 January 2011
14:18:13
Just got a kindle 3G. Possibly one of the worst user interfaces I have ever had to use. Absolutely hideous. Reading on it is OK (but only OK), doing anything else is genuine nightmare. 5 years ago it would have seemed good, but after the iPad it is just inferior. Yes it is vastly lighter tahn the iPad which is good but it feels fragile and fundamentally rather cheap and throw-away. If you are travelling and don't want to carry a ton of books it will be useful and it is cheap enough that if it get lost or stolen it is not a huge issue. But a good user interface, no. Of course the fact that e-books are stupidly expensive and can't be shared does not help.
12 January 2011 11 January 2011 10 January 2011 8 January 2011 7 January 2011
10:04:07
RIP Brian Rust (Jazz and Blues discographer)
4 January 201119:27:04
RIP Gerry Rafferty
3 January 2011 2 January 2011 1 January 201100:04:01
HNY
31 December 2010 30 December 2010 29 December 201010:28:29
minor swing - nice tempo, not too fast
27 December 2010 26 December 201012:17:26
Hope you get all the boxes you were wanting.
25 December 201010:01:25
Insert appropriate seasonal greeting here.
23 December 2010 22 December 201019:21:22
RIP Brian Brocklehurst
21 December 2010 17 December 201022:10:17
RIP Captain Beefheart
16 December 2010 15 December 201012:52:15
No job too odd (and someone told me about a painter and decorator called "Mr. Bit")
14 December 2010 13 December 201019:04:13
RIP Smoky Smothers.
10 December 2010 9 December 2010 8 December 2010 7 December 201012:39:07
Gruesome photos and quite horrifying really (via Gromblog)
2 December 2010 1 December 2010 30 November 201012:34:30
RIP Maurice Wilkes
29 November 201007:39:29
RIP Leslie Nielsen
28 November 2010 24 November 2010 23 November 201012:38:23
Want a red one (via gromblog)
22 November 2010 18 November 2010 17 November 201009:05:17Driving Sideways - more FK (the video is a botch though)
08:44:17Throw/catch (via kottke)
16 November 2010 14 November 2010 13 November 2010 12 November 2010 11 November 2010 10 November 201009:57:10More madness - inundate them.
9 November 2010 6 November 201014:35:06
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5 November 2010 4 November 2010 3 November 201007:35:03
RIP Andy Irons
2 November 2010
14:28:02
tnatropmi!
1 November 2010 31 October 201015:37:31
Just back from my 40th school class reunion. Interesting.
29 October 2010 28 October 2010 27 October 2010
23:09:27
Comments should be working again. Go nuts.
15:40:27
Sorry for a link to the daily mail but these are good
26 October 201016:05:26
Stichin just died. Perhaps Planet X will now go away.
23 October 201022:06:23
Very nice Lautrec exhibition at MIMA. Also some stunning 1930s woodcuts of industrial scenes by Vera Talbot
21 October 2010 20 October 201016:09:20
I got spammed about this Virtual Cockroach, but it is rather good
19 October 2010 18 October 201018:29:18
RIP Jean-Claude Laprie
09:42:18
Interesting article in general but read the UX nightmare in the section called "Burnt by the Torch"
15 October 201009:19:15
But why does this work for a cell phone provider? (It's also teh same tack as the new Win Phone 7 ads)
14 October 201017:02:14
Crap Jazz Covers (via gromblog)
12:32:14Girl's Costume (NSFW language)
13 October 2010 12 October 201016:33:12
Rock stars via J-Walk
10:21:12Another Joscho Stephan MS (he's playing a grand bouche here too - note the same Chicago quote in the solo :-) )
10:14:12Minor Swing - interesting guitar and some nice solos
10 October 201010:55:10
RIP Solomon Burke
9 October 2010 8 October 2010 7 October 2010 6 October 2010 2 October 201008:16:02
good grief. : lasts a lifetime
1 October 2010 30 September 201012:02:30
RIP Tony Curtis
28 September 201010:57:28
My lack of USAns was resolved by a Greek :-)
27 September 201018:54:27
Why are there never USAns around when you need them?
22 September 2010 20 September 2010 17 September 2010 16 September 2010 15 September 2010 14 September 2010 13 September 201018:37:13
I never knew Ray Charles played alto
12 September 2010 10 September 2010 8 September 201016:38:08
Condiments of the season
7 September 201017:09:07Minor Swing - BL manages to avoid all the Django clichés whilst still sounding manouche. Excellent.
14:24:07
If you are interested in cycling and like arty magazines Rouleur is for you. The writing and images are both fantastic.
11:37:07
Sonny Rollins is 80 today
6 September 2010 5 September 2010 4 September 201001:19:04
The new William Gibson is very good. just finished it.
3 September 2010 1 September 201021:01:01
I had no idea Butch Baldasari had died last year.
13:37:01Sawing on the Strings - the short dobro solo is great. Tony Rice as always look like on eof the living dead. I notice that they all have long little fingers. Maybe I should work on my dobro playing - you don't need your little finger for that.
13:25:01
Here's some Jethro for good measure. (with Steve Goodman) Jethro has long little fingers too.
13:20:01More Paul Glasse (I am a huge fan - his CDs are fantastic)
13:17:01Paul Glasse - the man has freakishly long little fingers! His little finger appears to be as long as his ring finger. Mine is an inch shorter. (perhaps mine are freakishly short) Makes a big difference when playing the mandolin though. (Well, that is my excuse)
23 August 2010 20 August 2010 19 August 201015:49:19
I enjoyed Inception
14:44:19
RIP Edwin Morgan
18 August 201010:07:18
Real or not? How could it work?
17 August 2010 16 August 201010:06:16
From a couple of weeks ago, but there are some good new ones here (though I agree that bad album art is a bit overdone these days)
15 August 201021:38:15
RIP Herman Leonard
10 August 201022:28:10
Why are iPhone/iPad developers obsessed with naff wooden backgrounds? They look horrid. Why can't we have sleek and clean?
9 August 201023:07:09
Just caught up with the first episode of Sherlock on the iPlayer. An absolute treat. Wonderful stuff.
23 July 201020:41:23
The cone is being placed into position. There may be leakage though - especially with approaching weather.
22 July 201014:55:22
Funny translator : bifurcated rivets comes out as "complex spike"
13:03:22
Unpacking the cone handling equipment
10:22:22
HULC - one more thing to break. And who on earth coined the word "warfighters"? What is wrong with "soldiers"?
21 July 2010 19 July 2010 17 July 201011:38:17
Today is the anniversary of Coltrane's death
16 July 201012:54:16
Anyone know anything about shingling shed roofs?
15 July 201019:07:15
RIP Pete Morgan
15:38:15
I saw one of these (or similar) over 20 years ago and have always wanted one. But way too pricey
14 July 201009:26:14
Been loving Quicksilver's version of Minor Swing off their Live 07 album - don't know if there is a full version of it online anywhere though.
13 July 201016:10:13
BOPSECRETS (no not a formula for aspiring jazzers)
12 July 201023:24:12
RIP Tuli Kupferberg - 86, I always thought of him as younger than that
10:13:12
The Sunday Mail photo was rather dull : one of several photos on the cover and I am standing behind the person who is the centre of the image. I didn't even bother buying a copy or indeed look in a dustbin for a copy.
11 July 201010:09:11
Seems I appear on the cover of the mail on Sunday magazine today.
9 July 201017:01:09
So twones is closing down. I didn't think it would survive I have to say.
8 July 2010 7 July 2010 5 July 2010 30 June 2010 29 June 201009:55:29EP does Bill Robinson's stair dance (rather well :-) )
09:49:29Fascinating Rhythm, Eleanor Powell (and the Berry brothers) - entirely surreal
09:37:29
I was watching the Country Line Dancing video that has been widely linked but ended up at this great Fred Astaire clip which I can't remember seeing before.
28 June 201010:05:28
Whya re people in newspapers always "gobsmacked" as opposed to "surprised and delighted" or just "surprised"?
25 June 201022:00:25
Glastonbury on the box. Dizzee was excellent. Snoop was dull. Willie Nelson appears to be playing with a 4th rate pub band ; they are awful.
24 June 2010 21 June 201012:03:21
Number 970 in the Phaedon 1000 design classics dated as 1999 is a lampshade which is identical to one we made in the '70s for our flat
09:23:21
Tokyo Stairs (via quirky japan)
17 June 2010 15 June 2010 14 June 201013:38:14
Sorry about the weekend silence - was in Cambridge to watch daughter row for her college in Bumps (which is a sort of rowing time trial thing). Here's a facebook video of some of the action.
10 June 201013:47:10
GOd, I hate the background image on Google!!! And when I try to change it to white permanently the popup box comes up blank. Grrrrrr.
8 June 2010 7 June 2010 4 June 201014:02:04Ella - Lullaby of Birdland (which is another of my absolute favourite tunes)
11:16:04
There is a man on a rope drilling holes outside my 10th floor window.
3 June 2010 1 June 201010:31:01
Yay, my iPad has arrived!
31 May 2010 29 May 201019:15:29
RIP Dennis Hopper
25 May 201014:03:25
I've had to be away hence the silence.
20 May 2010 18 May 2010 16 May 2010
23:13:16
I must confess to never having heard of Ronnie James Dio
15 May 201021:38:15Interesting Minor Swing - not plectrum
14 May 2010 12 May 201008:54:12
Time for a new volume I think.
