I earn my living—the food I eat, the apartment I sleep in, the books I read, etc. — bypushing plastic buttons all day long.
I don’t know Amit Gupta personally - I just randomly started following his updates on twitter - so it feels a bit strange to first-name him in this post. What’s the etiquette on that?
Speaking of twitter, you can find me here and I’m always keen to find new people to follow / be followed by as I think the real appeal of apps like these is the community aspect.
I emigrated to the USA in June this year, as my wife and I decided our future lay on this side of the Atlantic. It’s been a wonderful transition for me personally as I’ve only ever lived in England - and let me just say, the contrast is vast, this is a fantastic country with a real sense of community, the lack of which in England could so easily explain many of the social problems being experienced there.
We’re currently living in Missoula, a mid-sized city in the state of Montana
- here’s a particularly nice photo from Flickr of the city and it’s impressive scenic surroundings:
Now that we’re settled, I intend to get back to blogging - so if anyone’s still reading, I’ll be back real soon.
Television viewers in the UK can tonight see a live advertisement during regular programming on Channel 4:
The programmes that surround them might habitually rely on cliffhangers to maintain attention, but advert breaks are not normally known for their sense of jeopardy. That could all change tonight when Channel 4 and Honda stage the first ever live advert on British television, featuring a team of skydivers leaping out of a plane over Madrid.
During the first ad break of the reality show Come Dine With Me at 8.10pm, the 19 skydivers will have three minutes and 20 seconds to spell out the word Honda, inspired by the car manufacturer’s new advertising strapline: “Difficult is worth doing”.
I can’t say it’s enough to make me watch Come Dine With Me, but I may try to time it right to switch over…
UPDATE: Well that was pretty cool, some funny moments and overall a pretty impressive feat. Apparently it’ll be available to watch online soon at honda.co.uk but at the time of writing, it’s not up yet.
I hate to feel that I’m behind the times, but I’d never watched The Apprentice prior to the current series. I’ve been watching the UK version, as that’s what is on TV here… surprisingly enough.
Needless to say, I’ve become hooked on it and the last couple of episodes have been especially good. It’s immense popularity has ensured it’s going to continue for at least another series and to that end, they are now recruiting for applicants who’d like to have a chance to hear those magical words “you’re fired”.
