God Is Bored Of You, originally uploaded by Tom Coates.

We all see the world in different ways but it amazes me that some people remember to capture it. I think this picture that Tom posted at the weekend is superb.

And while I am on the subject of capturing things, I must note a piece of news that I missed yesterday: The BBC intends to bring back the 1990s drama This Life for a 10th anniversary special next year [source]. This is fantastic news although I have had the This Life videos sat on my shelf for ten years and not watched them at all. Still, I’ll be watching whatever appears next year.

On this day…

2005: Fleet Street editors Back the Bid
2005: Countdown is Progressing
2005: Powered By Rotting Fruit
2002: Did They Make It Up?
2002: It’s All Queens on 4th July!
2002: Amazon A-Go-Go
2002: Finally – CSS

Continuing coverage while I have been away of Zach’s story (here or here for example) (previously mentioned here) but I do wonder what life will be like for him when he gets home. I have no idea what his whole experience will be like for him but there’s plenty of publicity surrounding what’s been going on that he’s had no say in. Most people who blog only imagine that a few people are reading their words. I wonder …

On this day…

• The very model of a modern labour minister
  A tribute to Charles Clarke and his id cards – a rather amusing way to pass two minutes
  (tags: idcards uk politics)
• Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect
  If, like me, you’ve ever wondered exactly how all these carbon emissions cause global warming and future sunburn for us all then the BBC has a helpful diagram.
  (tags: greenhouse gas pollution global warming)
• Nude Big Brother upsets Australia
  Seriously, who wants to see any big brother – anywhere – contestants nude? Still, I would have thought there were other things to worry about in this world.
  (tags: bigbrother television Australia naked)

On this day…

2005: You Make Me Sweat
2004: Online Customer Service Ratings
2002: Shopping Madness

photo originally uploaded by Blaise K (https://www.flickr.com/photos/blaisek/12517037/) no longer available.

Sitting in the sun this afternoon looking at some of my pictures on flickr I decided to do some random searches of the images stored over there. This one – a busy NYC bar at night – seems so far away from where I am right now and yet strangely uplifting.

On this day…

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

• ‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says
  Everyone may be linking to this but, if you haven’t read it, you should.
  (tags: speech stevejobs apple inspiration life)

On this day…

• Aanthems: Of Youthful Follies And Changing Teams
  When did you know? Some interesting articles follow.
  (tags: gay comingout)

I’ll start. Third grade talent show. I must have been eight. Me, in a blonde wig and white dress that I found on the bottom of a neighbor’s closet, looking like I mixed up the instructions by brushing the dress and ironing the wig.

• DangerMouse – He’s The Quickest – He’s The Best!!
  You should always have room for Dangermouse! It’s been years since I have seen any of these cartoons.
  (tags: television uk dangermouse)

The DangerMouse episodes we have all come to know and love first aired in 1981. Since then it has built an audience over 6 Million strong! And for 2 years beginning in June of 1984, he started entertaining millions more in the US on the Nickelodeon channel in the afternoons where almost overnight he shot into their highest ratings.

On this day…

2005: Mr and Mrs Smith
2004: Football Crazy

• Eric’s Blog: What JFK Might Tell Our Leaders
  A friend of the late President’s considers the importance that his words have even today. (tags: President Kennedy)

On this day…

2004: Excuses To Show Semi-Naked Men

• BBC NEWS | UK | Sisters give birth at 12, 14, 16
  “I don’t care what people say about me. I blame the schools – sex education for young girls should be better.” And not a word about parental responsibility?
  (tags: news teen pregnancy UK England)

On this day…

2003: End of The Week

• Hide Until Page Finishes Loading
  A little javascript I want to remember
  (tags: web javascript coding)

On this day…

2003: Fly Away
2003: Violent Lyrics

• St. George: England’s Patron Saint
  St Georges Day in England. I can never remember what he’s all about so I’m bookmarking this. (tags: england patronsaint stgeorge)
• Why I never get cross over St George
  They say that national celebrations are for nations that are chippy and insecure. But I don’t agree. (tags: england stgeorge dragon)
• National Holiday Call as England Celebrates St George’s Day
  The clamour for a national holiday to mark St George’s Day grew louder today as England celebrated its patron saint. (tags: england stgeorge dragon)

On this day…

2004: Join Me In The Bath?
2003: Oslo, Norway