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A small collection of pieces — some about work, some about history, some just for fun.
Permissive Paradise: Apple Studio's first song?
Perhaps the first ever song recorded at the Beatles’ Apple Studio in Savile Row was a garage rock song called ‘Permissive Paradise’. It was performed by The Iveys and written by Jeremy Cox. The song…
Miscellaneous
Henry J. Heinz – born 11th October
Born on 11 October 1844 - Henry J. Heinz, the brainz behind the beanz at
Born on this day
Allen Lane – born 21st September
When Lane launched Penguin, many people thought that the venture would
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Penny Singleton - born 9th September
The voice of Jane Jetson in the animated Hanna-Barbera tv show 'The Jetsons', Singleton's talents and bravery went far beyond
Born on this day
Daniel Inouye – born 7th September
'Inouye's hand grenade "clenched in a fist that suddenly didn't belong to me anymore" dropped at his
Born on this day
Sunday 7th November 1802
The first in a series – Random Date History . I love history, and (up to a point) the more detailed the better. I also love the feeling of discovering things randomly and accidentally. Therefore, I'm…
Random Date History
Drupal vs Wordpress
A simple 3-stage comparison of Drupal and Wordpress, two very popular CMSs - last updated May 2021 Need to get your head around the arguments between these two popular Content Management Systems?…
Digital Marketing · Miscellaneous
Charities and the genius in the crowd
Here's a presentation I made back in 2014, hosted on SlideShare. I still think it's true that charities generally don't do enough to cultivate the creativity of
Charities
9 Great Things from Switch
Interesting and useful bits from a great
Books · Interesting bits
Supertat
A collection of extraordinary tourist souvenirs, aka
Silly
The Thatcherite Ratchet?
Are we living in a political epoch that simply cannot turn left -
Miscellaneous · Pondering
Getting unstuck: Douglas Adams and the judo principle
How to use your problem to solve
Miscellaneous