Posts Tagged ‘musings’
El Pub
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 23rd March, 2007
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Subject: Elpub2007 Open for Registration Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:15:31 +0000 To: JISC-REPOSITORIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Registration is now open for the 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, hosted by the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 13-15 June 2007. I was quite excited for a moment, there, by the prospect of El Pub 2007 – my first [...]
A Message To You, Jerry
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 6th August, 2006
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dolls 196b Jerry likes this photo. Not only is it full of those eponymous iced cherry and almond tarts, but the young lady in the picture is the spitting image of another old friend and confidante, Rosemary Hill. Maybe it is her, Jerry, at least per procurationem, sending a not-so-subliminal message to who else but [...]
Who Let The Nogs Out?
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 9th June, 2005
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Hurrah, and thrice agayne Hurrah! It looks like Noggin the Nog is finally about to make his appearance on DVD. According to the Dragons’ Friendly Society, The Sagas Of Noggin The Nog DVD is due for release on 30th June. Looks like it might cost a bit more than the £5 I paid for my [...]
First Chapters
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 4th October, 2004
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Very few books are as good as their first chapters, so save yourself a few bob, and maximise your literary hipness by reading just the first chapter: http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/befirst/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/chapters/index.html
The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 8th August, 2004
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FRIDAY How I abhor candid people! Today a candid friend told me that this Diary was drivel. What is the diary of any man likely to be but drivel? How many of us are able to record a deed of daring every day, or a ponderous reflection on the nature of the universe? How many [...]
A hygienic way to get rid of a corpse
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 28th July, 2004
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I heard a slightly startling contribution to a dull Woman’s Hour Phone-In this morning, on the subject of funerals. It clearly took the presenter by surprise too, when a caller started talking about the problem of how to get rid of her father: she’d obviously put a lot of thought into it, which you may [...]
That Biscuit Tin In Full
Posted by: Richard M. Davis on: 24th July, 2004
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The tale of the obscene biscuit tin is worth hearing: here’s the Guardian article about it.
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