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Tim on CRM
Interesting thought by Tim over at stealthisbrand. He ponders what would happen if corporates were subject to the same restrictions as governments in dealing with their customers (CRM–discrimination by another nam...
Siena
Just had to say that I changed CU-1’s nappy this afternoon on a bleacher in the Piazza del Campo in Siena with pre-Palio mud on my shoes. The Palio is this crazy horse race they have here, and the central square w...
Dirt
Most excellent shortcut to the pool through the guarded truffle-picking field. Unexpected 4WD fun actually, a very steep hill with tight s-bends on loose shingle and clumpy (is that a word) earth. I haven’t had to...
Tuscany
Finally got here this morning. The girls fly in to Pisa tomorrow–am off to pick them up so might have a look at the tower first :-)
France Inter touche à mon pôte
So I was happily listening to a worthy program on Inter on the way through France the day before yesterday and was surprised to hear the following comment:
On Seacat
On the eight o’clock boat to Calais. Left home at quarter to five and got to Calais fourty-five minutes early grrrr (could have slept more…). Our little clan is heading to Italy for the next two weeks–Nicki is fly...
Oldies but goldies (badly translated, I forgot to mention)
Name the artist–ok, just this once as I’m gonna here all night ;-)
Ve fuck you up?
Just got an email which looks like a lot like spam asking me to publish a link to www.growabrain.net which claims to be a blog but looks a lot like like a ‘viral’ from a California estate agent? Anyway, funny link...
Is it a well known fact
The man in the off-license on Haverstock Hill has just pointed out to me that no matter which way I stand in front of the security camera, I still look fat.
Have been trying to set up a seller’s account on Ebay…
…and have discovered a few things (and no, I don’t have OCD):
V.O.
I was reading this post about the Qur’an and it got me thinking, how cool it is that Muslims get their text in version originale (or is that wrong?). I’ve never been a big Bible reader, but if I were, I probably w...
Is BT shit as well?
Just thought I’d post BT’s customer care number here for use by any and all switchboard-jamming anarchists and angered housewives whose membership of ‘Friends and family’, ‘BT Value plus’ or ‘Triple-Talk’ have dri...
Shit
OK, so everyone is going to link to this, but I liked it–so here goes: http://www.internetisshit.org (posted at Costa’s via the T68)
Fambly alert
So I’ve been feeling a bit un-blogged this past couple of weeks. I’m constantly thinking of stuff that i want to say, but when I get to the keyboard I get all blue and decide not to post–not sure what’s going on, ...
Avertising
And while I’m on the subject of ads and advertising, I’ve been soaking in the Charlie’s Angels “Full Throttle” poster campaign. The photography is fantastic–as you’d expect from a big Hollywood number–but the art ...
Optimism is alive and well in .tw
Got this piece of spam yesterday and I’ve been staring at this image ever since then. The expression on the models faces just grabs me. Not sure what’s going on–is it a dating service or a mobile ISP? I just know ...
Mail stuff
I recently lost a couple of people’s email messages–they were eaten by my spam rules. Please don’t put “dug” in your message subject (though that is my name) as messages with my name in the subject get deleted aut...
Tim is live
Tim Kitchin is now online over at Blogspot. He can be completely hermetic–obscure beyond the black-holian point of bending light–and very funny. I shall be visiting often:-)
Car advertising
I was reading about a new campaign by a small ‘hot-shop’ that claims to ‘own’ the feeling of excitement. These guys reckon that their client’s cars are just so ‘exciting’ (and conversely, our lives so dull) that t...
Écoutez et répétez (part deux)
Several of you requested a translation of Plastic Bertrand’s “Ça plane pour moi” (is that cedilla right?) after I posted the lyrics a few months back. Being a helpful sort of chap I said ‘sure’ but as is so often ...
…and you thought I was fociferous
more warm feelings about netsol at http://www.publicfiles.com/–I particulary like the sound loop;-)
Easycar is a rip-off
Just thought I’d share with the world that I am about to be fucked up the arse by Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
Noise
Have just spent the morning hanging a twenty-thousand-dollar sound meter off the edge of a top floor balcony at the Docklands Hilton. Not exactly “fun” but definitely interesting–I was helping my mate Ben who is i...
Perfect day
Moments I’ll remember forever–16:00 sitting on a bench in the courtyard of the Royal Academy having just taken CU-1 to see the Summer Show, her on my left knee seriously focusing on the bottle of milk I’m holding ...
Comment
Got this lovely note yesterday (I know, I know. I need to enable comments–I’ve just been too busy. I should have Donkey on Moveable Type soon)
D-Day
You know, I’ve been so busy today that I totally forgot that it’s the 6th of June. I spent a lot of time on the Normandy beaches as a child with my family (I grew up in France) collecting shrapnel, bits of cartrid...
Re: contact from donkey web log
Got this interesting comment in the post today re the Sony shock and awe story from outlaw.com
Office
Have just moved Pumpernickle into desk space at an architecture practice called muf. Their web site has this to say about them:
So CU-1 is a year old
On Saturday (31 May) little CU-1 was one year old. I can’t believe how quickly this year has spun by, seems just yesterday Nick and I were holed up in a room at the Royal Free, me trying to give her good news as I...
The Accident Group
The accident group went belly-up today after sacking its employees by text message(?) I mention this not because it’s good news–I feel for those thousands of unemployed–it’s just that I find it encouraging that an...
Greetings to the person from Singapore…
…who got here searching for “koran osx”. As Barry Norman claims he never said, and why not?
Conceptual ARRRRRt
If you wanted to find out what you call a naked pirate in a room with a wolf you’d have to read this page at ftrain.com
Norvege, nul points
Except this time round it was UK nul points. Has to be the first time–not a single point…