Ingredients
Methods of consumption
Greatest Hits…
...Although none of these were ever Number 1s in Azerbaijan, Japan or on college radio.
* On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country
* Why it's important for The Beatles to make their songs available digitally
* A visit to Peleliu, home of some fascinating WW2 relics and origin of the phrase 'thousand yard stare'
* Five ways to beat writer's block and get words going
* On Holbein and Shakespeare
* The 2011 BHAG, trying to cycle 2,011 miles in 12 monthsFrom which department?
This is the past
Category Archives: Creativity
The Wired Jester 2.0
Picture caption: The road to the future, yesterday. Lots of concrete and white light. No robots in sight. It’s been a while since there’s been a longer post on the Wired Jester, so I thought I’d drop one in, partly … Continue reading
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Most Hated Words
“Teh internetz” are not always the best friend of the English language. Not that I subscribe to the idea that all this chatting on forums is ruining the kids’ ability to use language – after all, a language is a … Continue reading
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Flickr definitions: is an image worth a thousand words?
The phrase ‘in the dictionary, next to X, there’s a picture of you’ (where X is a negative term like stupidity) is a bit of an old comic standby – there’s a brilliant Simpsons episode based around it – and … Continue reading
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David Mitchell on writing
Unlike a lot of novelists, David Mitchell doesn’t do a lot (if any, actually?) journalism, so the lulls in between his novels can be hard for rabid entirely reasonable fans of his like myself. Having just finished his latest book, … Continue reading
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Barry Miles and International Times: ‘The invisible insurrection of a million minds’
Last week I went to a panel discussion on magazines; although I took notes on all three speakers, I ended up with loads from the talk by Barry Miles, co-founder of 60s underground paper International Times (Wikipedia). He talked at … Continue reading
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Holbein – real, unreal, super real
[This was originally posted on Treacle Down, my London blog] Finally made it to Tate Britain’s ‘Holbein In England’ exhibition, which I’ve been desperate to go to since the end of the Summer! It was brilliant, but because pretty much … Continue reading
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A Worm’s Eye View: Some site updates and more
Some brief site updates: thanks to Blogharbor support, I’ve fixed the site’s URL so that www.thewiredjester.co.uk works properly (i.e. it no longer just does a simple re-direct). This was done using a CNAME setting at 1 and 1, where I … Continue reading
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Writing: In Cold Blood, In Hot Blood
Half way through the film Capote, I did find myself wondering if ‘In Cold Blood’ would have happened had Capote had a weblog, because for most of the film he’s not writing. (Of course, I’m assuming the film’s depiction of … Continue reading
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