Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley
I was recently prompted to pay a long overdue visit to the Horniman Museum, round in Forest Hill, south east London. So last Sunday morning Oliver and I set off for the day. Wow, it had changed incredibly since my last visit, back in the days when I was working Read more …
The Daily Mail is today reporting “Attack of the super weed hits Olympics” and suggesting that clearing 10 acres of this pesky little plant could cost £70 million. They go on to say: Surveyors have discovered that the aggressive weed has taken over 10 acres of the proposed sites for Read more …
I bought a newspaper for the first time in ages yesterday, an early edition of the London Evening Standard, on my way back from finishing the Christmas shopping. I was struck by the way the stories were arranged, and am left asking myself this question: why is it that all Read more …
Much to the annoyance of the Other Half, I seemed to spend every spare minute last week doing a mass listing on eBay. Having bought many more vintage photos at auction than I could possibly want (or afford), it was time for a clearout of the surplus stuff, the ones Read more …
Nope, nothing to do with ‘taking care’ of your spouse, or even a jealous ex-girlfriend, but the title of an email I got yesterday from British Gas or, more specifically, from house-287147-293549@house.mx0.net. In it they tell me: “For just £12 a month*, HomeCare 100 provides an expert maintenance and repair Read more …
/etcetera/blog/DSCF0136calender.jpgHere’s a quick Christmas present suggestion (from the king of festive shopping – not!). Charity calendars are not exactly new, after all the WI having been baring all for years and I now see that even a bunch of British female athletes have jumped on the bandwaggon with their own Read more …