Letting Go
Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the road lest...
View ArticleNew Forest
Bike on train to Soton, cycle to hosp for my eye checkup (all fine), then headed into the forest for a bit. “A bit” turned into “a while” as the faeries switched all the paths around behind my back;...
View ArticleAmbition
I don’t have many ambitions. In fact I try to leave the Future well alone these days, since it tends to have no basis in reality. But there is one thing that I want to do — on such a deep level that I...
View ArticleBelief
“Do you believe in God?” she asked. The trouble is, “God” is such a loaded word/concept. So is “believe”. My current quest is for experience. Belief is, by definition, outside experience: it’s an...
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Opening a Door to reminiscence of times past
One of my favourite places in the whole world: Durdle Door, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. Well actually, the Door itself I can take or leave, although I quite liked being able to catch sunset...
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Me v Wordle
Of all the lame excuses, I’ve been putting off registering for this year’s JISC Dev8D conference because the registration form says they’ll be using Wordle to make badges for everyone, and there’s a...
View ArticleNotes from M25 London Orbital
This is a transcription of some notes I scrawled, somewhat drunk, in late 2002 while sitting in the audience at the Barbican Centre for London Orbital – an evening of readings, music, and sundry...
View ArticleCreativitus interruptus
Listening in the car to an old tune of mine called “Funkmuppet” (subtitled “Dance Like A Muppet”) I suddenly realised that it’s in need of a rap. I’ve never written one before, but I immediately knew...
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