Last month, writing about Led Zeppelin, I mentioned my radio highlight of recent months, Robert Plant talking about Elvis Presley on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. The show was available on the iPlayer until 11 November and I wrote, “If I’m organized enough I’ll transcribe the audio so that you can… Continue reading Robert Plant, transcribed
As predicted yesterday, in this piece (“Typing one-handed”), I am experimenting with dictation and am currently speaking these words to my laptop. It is surprisingly easy, although I still have to go back and amend the punctuation, one-handed. Over the years, on numerous projects related to software upgrades, I have tested various versions of Dragon… Continue reading Voice Recognition
I have injured my left hand. Nothing serious, no broken bones, just some “soft tissue trauma”, in medical parlance. It means that I am resting it as much as possible, wearing a splint for the first time, and typing these words one-handed. Usually I touch-type, both hands resting on the home keys, and don’t even… Continue reading Typing one-handed
Last night, courtesy of my son’s godmother Angela, I had a most enjoyable evening watching the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Coriolanus” at the Barbican. This means that I have now seen at least two different stage productions of every Shakespeare play. I make no apologies for making lists and crossing things off them, on… Continue reading “Coriolanus” and completing the set, twice
Last week (“Things we might never do again”) I mentioned a Quiz Night at my daughter’s primary school. It took place in October and was the last such event that I am likely to attend. She is due to move to secondary school (senior school or High School if you prefer) next September, so our… Continue reading Played 3, Won 3
Last Saturday I stayed up late watching “The Chase”. For once “The Chase” in question was not the ITV quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh, which has had plenty of mentions on these pages this year (starting with this piece), but a movie from 1966, starring Marlon Brando. Brando has also had plenty of mentions… Continue reading “The Chase” (1966)
Most of the words published on this Blog have been drafted on a Mac Book Pro which, all being well, will celebrate its fifth birthday early next year. It has had its troubles, mostly related to hard drives, documented in this piece from last year. In September the charger started playing up. The thin white… Continue reading The price of things (November 2017)
If pop trivia is not your thing then read no further. If pop trivia is your thing, here are a few facts and challenges for the weekend about songs that have made it to #1 in the UK charts. Same Artist and Song Name at #1 We’re not looking here for an artist releasing a… Continue reading More #1 Pop Trivia: Same artist and song name, same title different song
Earlier this week I took several bags of small change to the bank, the contents of each one counted carefully so that there was exactly £1 in 1p or 2p coins, £5 in 5p’s or £10 in 20p pieces. Having never worked in a shop, or been involved in any business that uses slot machines,… Continue reading Things we might never do again
Back in August, in this piece, I wrote about some dialogue from a couple of Debra Winger films that I first saw in the 1980s, “Black Widow” and “Terms of Endearment”. Recently I watched both movies again, as planned, to check if I’d remembered them correctly. I can report that the scene that originally prompted… Continue reading A Debra Winger Double Bill
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