Jase has changed his site (and seems to have moved his RSS feed). It’s a great new look, but I hope this change of focus doesn’t stop him from posting!

There’s so much I would like to do on this site right now: so much to write and a few design changes I would like to make. When am I going to find the time to keep up?

I did notice that Gillian McKeith has a new recipe book out, and I am so tempted!! Despite the fact that I could never stick to her diet, I do love her TV show. I’d love to spend a day with her!

On this day…

• EE Times -Mobile expert predicts a brain storm
  The smart phone is clearly going to be a major driver in all multimedia computing. In a few years we’ll have 3 billion cell phones out there, and they will all be smart phones eventually
  (categories: palm smartphone pim)
• treocentral.com >> Stories >> Commentary >> The Treo’s Future
  there’s an entry I have to write about this at some point
  (categories: palm smartphone pim)

On this day…

2005: For The Love Of London
2003: Hooked on LBC
2003: In News
2003: Low Low Cost

• Guardian Unlimited | Today’s issues | Sulking
  the unedifying sight of an obese old mute racing tipster, skulking around the house in big pants and a deerstalker, refusing to say a peep after being denied his favourite sugar-free fizzy drink
  (categories: media television grown-men-sulking)

On this day…

2006: links for 2006-01-12
2005: Garden State
2004: Hiddent Stuff
2004: Make Me Write
2003: Entitlement Cards

• Hypergene MediaBlog – The Bastardization of Beta
  It seems that every new web application now sports a ‘beta’ tagline. Furthermore, it seems to stay that way for an indeterminable amount of time.
  (categories: media software web development beta)
• Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The trouble with fruit and veg
  Secondly, fruit and vegetables are an important source of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, which we have recently come to understand much better.
  (categories: diet health)
• A Brief History of Writing Instuments – Ink and Letters
  The history of writing instruments by which humans have recorded and conveyed thoughts, feelings and grocery lists, is the history of civilization itself.
  (categories: society)

On this day…

2004: Wigan Man with Knighthood

• BBC NEWS | Technology | The future in your pocket
  If you are a geek or gadget fan, the next 12 months look like they are going to be a lot of fun
• Freedom of Information
  So, right now, the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 gives a general right of access to all types of recorded information held by public authorities – but will it mean any change?
  (categories: information freedom 2006)
• Vote on a prediction for 2005
  More predictions for 2005 – fewer trains, fewer MPs and a charity walk. I can’t wait. Honest.
  (categories: 2006 media predictions)
• BBC NEWS | Magazine | An act of God?
  How could a God, or some other force for good, have orchestrated a natural disaster with such dreadful consequences? It’s a question many are asking.

On this day…

2006: Coffee To Get Me Going
2005: Now We Know
2003: Chicago
2003: The Grand Old Duke

• Walk reduces festive heart harm
  Glasgow University research for the British Heart Foundation found it could help reduce the damage done by too much Christmas pudding.

On this day…

2003: Armistead Maupin

Interesting to note that Tom has left his tax return until this point in time. I don’t know him or anything about him – other than what he writes on his site – but I know what he must be feeling right now: where on earth did I put that certificate of tax deduction from my bank. Why do I leave it until so late in the day to do my taxes!!

On this day…

2006: Our Masks
2005: All Change At Capital
2005: Civil Partnership: Update From Scotland
2004: Gary Lucy’s Birthday
2003: Pop TV
2003: Linguistic Sensitivity

Alright, it might be months old but I never mentioned it!

I Found Some Of Your Life: In my possession is one memory card from a digital camera. This memory card was found in a taxi in New York City. I have no idea who the owner of the camera is.

Fascinating and slightly scary, don’t you think but interesting nonetheless. One of the more interesting possibilities resulting from the rise of digital photographs [via Photo Matt].

Maybe Hewlett-Packard’s “privacy protection system” for cameras would have been useful [via Tom].

On this day…

2005: Civil Partnership: Westminster City Council Survey
2003: Snow is Oslo?
2003: Happy Thanksgiving

I trust all my American friends and colleagues enjoyed their Thanksgiving. In previous years I have looked at what Thanksgiving really is all about (see here) but this year I thought I would look how you were all celebrating by checking the Flickr tags. All the tags representing Thanksgiving seem to be about food or family – which I think seems like a pretty good notion to me.

On this day…

2005: Civil Partnership: Elton To Marry
2004: Does Remote Storage Work
2003: At A Newsagent Near You

• WackyLabs.Net – Flickr Screensaver v2
  a flickr screensaver – how cool
  (categories: flickr photos)

On this day…

2005: Boxes Everywhere
2005: Civil Partnership: What’s It All About?
2004: Celebrity T-Shirt Auction
2003: Coolest of 2003
2002: Stuck On Me