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Playing through a power cut

Posted on August 21, 2015

Power cuts make me think about the end of the world. The more I think about the end of the world, the less I want to watch TV and the more I want to play the pi...

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Put down that shiny screen and pick up a book

Posted on April 11, 2015

It is getting harder to stop and read a book. I blame the digital world. My cellphone is turning me into a frittering hamster. I twitch at every online distract...

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Farewell Video Ezy

Posted on February 28, 2015

The screen is fading to black. The credits are about to roll. Brookfield’s Video Ezy, my local video store, is closing down.

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Why it took so long to get you these CDs

Posted on February 12, 2015

They live in a box in my wardrobe, safe from mildew and inquisitive toddlers. However, my wardrobe also contains a portal to another world (not Narnia).

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Here in the digital future with no CDs

Posted on November 29, 2014

... There are two types of people in the world: those who still listen to CDs and those who live in the future.

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Google Glass in your face

Posted on February 21, 2014

... In the distant future our fingers and thumbs will either be splayed out from all that swiping and zooming, or else we will have graduated to Google Glass an...

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