While I joined the Twitter service early (as an early adopter of most technologies) in 2008, it had only been running for a few short years up to that point, I did not fully engage with the service until perhaps a year to eighteen months later. Now, I cannot be separated from the micro-blogging service. […]
Touchscreen Paradise
Sharing a laptop with my other half is not that bad actually, even as a new age internet geek, I have much better self control to regulate my time online than say ten to fifteen years ago. Plus, I always have my mobile, if there was something urgent I needed to check on Twitter, Facebook […]
New Season, New Faces
There are daily rituals, weekly tasks and monthly chores. One of those for me is to read the fantastic ArseBlog every morning. I started reading many years ago and even listened to the first editions of the ArseBlog podcast (affectionately called the ArseCast). After the move into double-digits I gave up as I just did […]
All Grown Up
You have to go back to Chrismas 2008, when I made a major statement on life, the universe and everything. You know you are getting old when – could be the start of a popular phrase on Twitter (with users adding their own twist to the ending). Well four years ago on 22nd December the […]
The Teabag Mystique
Who am I? Difficult question to answer on my personal blog of almost a decade. Perhaps the answer is littered across some of the nine hundred and forty odd posts. However there are a few issues to consider. The person I want to be. The person I am perceived to be and ultimately how I […]
Chicken Life
As usual Doug Savage once again can summarize my current existence within the confines of a 3M Post-It Note. My wife, Michelle would wholeheartedly agree. I talk of grand plans to take on (and resolve) all the problems of our planet but instead just sit on my (now ever expanding) behind watching an endless amount […]
Picking Favourites
Most people are aware of their better half’s favourite everything (okay maybe not everything but almost everything) long before they get married. Michelle and I, are in this regard, playing catch up. Over the past few weeks, I have been constantly badgering my wife on her favourite song, movie star, television programme, advert or anything […]
The Heart Of Slow
One of the problems of no home internet access is that I now am unable to read the fantastic Diamond Geezer blog. Sure I could set up an RSS client on my mobile and pick up updates that way, but I actually enjoy reading the Blogger powerered blog live in full HTML glory. As I […]
A Savage Cartoonist
I cannot remember exactly when I first started reading the Savage Chickens cartoon strip. Perhaps in the middle of 2005. I am quite sure it was recommended to me, either online or perhaps even in newsprint. You can view all my Savage Chicken themed posts by searching for the tag. There are three blogs I […]
That Very Familiar Feeling
When do you know Christmas has finally arrived? For many years, it would be the Coca-Cola television spot, with the big US trucks (Holidays Are Coming). This year, it was as I drove home on Monday evening. I was joining the A419 southbound to join the M4 at Junction 15. I was listening to BBC […]