Monthly Archives: September 2008

I phone, you phone

So, I’ve got an iPhone. I walked into the O2 shop near work the other day, and came out half an hour later with an 8 GB phone and a £30-a-month contract.

The device itself is a thing of beauty, in both hardware and software terms.

iTunes, however, is an ugly piece of dingbat’s kidneys.

Don’t [...]

Mad bampot on a rope

Went to see “Man on Wire”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/ last night, the documentary about Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. It’s a great film. I was a bit worried that it would be kind of dull, since we already knew the story. But it’s paced like a [...]

Exciting times

These are exciting times in Hackney. Not only has my son just started secondary school today (where did those eleven years go?) but it seems that we are getting a new bookshop near the top of our road.

This is big news indeed. Our little corner of Lower Clapton is characterised more by chicken-based [...]

Watermelon Sculpture




Watermelon Sculpture

Originally uploaded by devilgate.

My son’s first sculpture. Clearly Halloween can’t come soon enough (though watermelon is a lot easier to carve than pumpkin)