I’ve come to the realisation that most of my favourite tunes are building songs. Not so much manufacturing tunes, or even self-assembling songs, but songs which build from a small beginning to a huge finish. To a greater or lesser extent they all start softly and keep building and building to some kind of climactic [...]
Gosh, I’ve just noticed how long it’s been since I posted anything here. May 2009 is the most recent post before today. In my defence, I have been rather busy I married the very lovely Ruth on October 21st last year. In the Las Vegas Hilton. And oh my goodness, it was fabulous. We stayed [...]
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Posted 06 February 2010
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Easter Monday I went with selected friends and family to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert, a musical in London’s West End starring Jason Donovan. Everything about the show was completely fabulous! I haven’t had such a good time for ages Of course I loved the outrageous costumes, the fantastic footwear and the marvellous men, [...]
I’m pleased to report that the Benz Is Back! The Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG is in rather better shape than it has been of late Previously on Twin Peaks, the battery had become completely flat, mainly due to a complete lack of driving activity. I have been in the habit of taking it out for a [...]
This week I’ve been staying at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen. In fact it’s the only Hilton in Stockholm. I’ve been very impressed. There is an “Environmental Statement” 12-page booklet in your room which tells you how much the hotel has done to help the environment. So I can tell you that, for example, energy consumption [...]
Can I just say that there’s a photo of me on Joel’s blog? I attended the London episode of the FogBugz World Tour (more details on Dr Jan’s Tips From The Top). If you look at Joel’s recent How To Demo Software post, there’s a photo of the audience at The British Library. Those 6 [...]
Currently, my top 3 venues for afternoon tea, in reverse order, are: 3. The Savoy 2. Fortnum and Mason’s 1. The Dorchester You can see all my articles about tea here
I’ve started a new blog which features Dr Jan’s Tips From The Top – that’s things like restaurant recommendations, unix usefulness and anything else that comes to mind. Check it out here: http://www.dr-jan.com/tips As it’s a blog there are RSS feeds of the content and the comments that you can subscribe to. Check the Entries [...]
At the weekend I visited the Science Museum in South Kensington, London with my parents. I think the first time I went there was a school trip when I was about 9 or 10, and I’ve been quite a few times between now and then, but not recently. It’s fantastic! It starts off well – [...]
Here’s another Dr Jan’s Tip From The Top. If you have paper you need to recycle, tear it in half first. Then do the same thing again. Repeat until you get bored or the pile of paper is too thick to tear. This works for any kind of single sheets, but also junk mail, empty [...]