Blogging and all that Malarkey

This morning when I opened my inbox, I found a flurry of messages discussing the Britpack and what it is, could and shouldn’t be and about whether or not the wider perception of it was elitist and somehow harmful.

The end of this week sees web design masterminds, mobsters and even petty criminals heading to Austin for SXSW. It’s like Parkhurst for design geeks.

I haven’t watched television on a regular basis for a year now, preferring instead to watch TV series on DVD on my Mac at the end of the day. Over recent months I’ve been going to bed with Jack Bauer, watching 24 from seasons one to four.

I joined Amazon’s DVD Rental service recently, which so far has turned out to be (not unexpectedly) brilliant. I’ve been filling up my rental list with half-forgotten classics as well as the occassional bustblocker and along the way have developed a penchant…

I am the one, orgasmatron, the outstretched grasping hand My image is of agony, my servants rape the land Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name Hypocrisy made paramount, paranoia the law My name is…

So Web Directions North has wrapped and tomorrow we head to the mountains for a spot of cold weather sports activity (or probably in my case, my lips around a nice hot chocolate). But first, other news.

Packed: Passport, toothbrush, Mac, pants, socks, toasted sandwich maker iPod. I think I’m ready: Web Directions North here I come. I’m heading out on Sunday.

I have been meaning to establish a new backup regime at Stuff for months. But unlike some of the other things I’ve been doing, sorting out backup isn’t sexy, isn’t exciting: so it lay whimpering for attention on my to-do list.

Plastered all around the walls on London Underground are Apple ads for Apple ads. Specifically ads for the new UK versions of Apple’s I’m a Mac, I’m a PC ads.

I had thought that months of solid writing Transcending CSS would have left my ink a little dried out. But an offer to write a series of articles for Informit on Creating Inspired Design was one that was too good to pass up.