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Phoning Smarts

July 11, 2007 in III. MY LIFE | Leave a comment

Blackberry 8800 Series Well, half-way through 2007, I am officially upgrading! My amazing Nokia 6600 and my Sony Clié SJ33 are going to both be replaced by a smartphone: the Blackberry 8800 ! The iPhone was tempting, but lacking in some features ultra important to my workflow. So — the 8800 it is. Within one hour, I was synching and completely up and running on my mac!

Matisse: The Piano Lesson

July 7, 2007 in Paintings & Drawings, Quality of Light | Tags: Matisse | Leave a comment

Henri Matisse. 1916. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

The Piano Lesson, Henri Matisse, 1916. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Arts, New York, NY, USA.

One of my favourite modern paintings.

Doonan Quote

July 3, 2007 in Wisdom in the Words | Leave a comment

“It’s your life; it therefore behooves you not to bollocks it up.”
Terence Sydney Doonan

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Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan November 7, 2009
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's surprise idea of a financial transactions tax receives a lukewarm response.