December 2010
28 posts
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld...
– Popularised by Robert Burns
After 5 days with swine flu and 2 days without water I’m going to my parents’ house in Castlederg. Despite temps of -18 they’ve got water.
To the Etruscan Poets
Dream fluently, still brothers, who when young
Took...
– Richard Wilbur
One day, I will see Newgrange on the winter solstice http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12018432 #futurereminiscing
Now light one thousand Christmas lights
On dark earth here tonight,
One...
– An old Christmas Carol that feels right on the Winter Solstice
Why You Should Reminisce About the Future: http://bit.ly/fVtkd3 #hbr
Correction: Belfast -8, Castlederg -18.
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there...
– Margaret Atwood
The beginnings of a cold at the end of an exhausting week. #surprise!
RT @TheELsite: Word Lens: Where Translation and Augmented Reality Meet: http://on.mash.to/hajYZm
Flew in from London just as snow was starting. Quick hospital visit then supermarket. Half the shelves were stripped bare. #snowjoke
RT @DalaiLama: A spiritual practice is a constant battle within, replacing previous negative conditioning or habituation with new positi …
So much for early to bed. Non-negotiable early to rise tomorrow - off to London for a few days.
The important thing is that there should be a space of time, say four hours a...
– Raymond Chandler
Snow - missing you already…
Baby pandas. Snow. A slide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4dMnAPZu70&feature=related #unbearablecuteness
“@GrahamBM: My £10 Million MBA - a personal story about how we learn from failure http://t.co/1QNixg9 #wise2010 #lwf11 « loving this!
RT @siliconrepublic: Google reveals Android ‘Honeycomb’ tablets coming in 2011: The big news of yesterday was the first look at Andro… …
RT @4nd: Was very impressed with @Shhmooze at last nights #momo #belfast, They definitely deserved the win.
RT @GrahamBM: Perhaps a backlit mobile device with 1,000’s of books & access to the world of learning might be better than solar powered …
I am getting so good at walking on snow. #olddognewtricks
Worried about travel arrangements for tomorrow. Planes and trains and snowmobiles. #sneachta
Where’s my Friday going? *Swooooosh*
RT @MehdiElGueddari: Any recommendations for good front-end web design / development companies in NI or ROI? Project starting Jan 2011.
On the dark chocolate digestives to help fuel several massive projects. God be with the days when it was whiskey that worked ;)
Read this letter from Mohammed Barry. He’s been living with AIDs since he was 7 years old. He campaigns for others: http://bit.ly/hehfi7
Probably not a good sign that the train has stopped god knows where and switched the engine (and heaters) off?
Dublin train stuck in Central station because of a power failure in Lisburn. Makes a change from a security alert I guess.
November 2010
41 posts
Off to Dublin in the morning. Because of the weather we’re taking the train. Had sworn never again after the security alerts last time.