Just heard that TV actor Dennis Weaver (aka ‘McCloud) has passed away. In the US they are wondering how come Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, and Dennis Weaver all died this weekend gone? But for me it’s just another funny coincidence. Why?
Well ’cause back in 2003 I went to a nerdy conference in Portland [...]
Stuart Glendinning Hall
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McCloud (Dennis Weaver) Dies
Mind your language
Liked this amusing ad for Berlitz language services featuring the German coastguard.
Epicentred design
Like the concept of ‘epicentre design’ for the web - knowing first what is the key element of the page first and foremost and designing with that in mind; not so far removed from my earlier blog on what is the ‘dynamical key’ in terms of macro systems.
Stuart Hall lookalike competition
Will the real Stuart Hall please stand up:
And then you say, “Shall I stop talking about identity,” but how can you stop talking about identity? (Stuart Hall, above)
1969
For myself 1969 was a big year as I had the chance to work on my scrap book on the moonlandings, made a touch more meaningful by the fact that according to family legend my father had worked on some diode or switch for the programme.I like the coincidence of the fact there is a [...]
Boycott Bond!
Oops. Looks like some Bond fans don’t like the choice of Daniel Craig as 007. But at least they’ve got a sense of humour about it, with these lookalikes:
Profile of Semir Osmanagic - a Bosnian American
Semir Osmanagic, who describes himself as Bosnian American, is becoming known as the person who discovered the existence of pyramids in the Bosnian town of Visoko.
Unconference
Liked the concept of the ‘unconference’ talked up on Geek TV by Chris Pirillo and Ponzi in promoting Gnomedex in Seattle this July, where not too much in the way of topics or speakers planned in advance (”they tell us why Gnomedex is not your father’s geek conference, etc..”)..