Published on 8 January 2020 in Life, brand names, branding
Greater Manchester consists of ten different councils. Each has their own different operator used for their council owned leisure centres. Let's look at how they brand them. Because the world has been waiting for this level of analysis.
Published on 7 January 2020 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Lake District, leisure centres, Scotland, swimming, Wales
Wales! England! Scotland! Swimming pools!
Published on 31 December 2019 in Life
Ten years have happened. This means we need to do a 'thing'.
Published on 1 November 2019 in Entertainment, Life, Television, Travel and Holidays, TV Programmes, Walking, Rambling Man, Video editing, YouTube
For a long time I made YouTube videos. I enjoyed making YouTube videos. But then I stopped making YouTube videos. For many reasons. But mostly due to them not having a title sequence.
Published on 17 September 2019 in BBC, BBC red button, BBC red button, interactive television, interactive TV
BBC Red Button may be closing down, but it's had a big impact on my life.
Published on 5 September 2019 in Life, holidays, Wales
When you rent a holiday cottage and find it is furnished with eight really strange things.
Published on 3 September 2019 in Food and Drink, Bods's Cookbook Collection, food, recipe
How one recipe proved to be one of the tastiest dishes I know, but I managed not to cook it for 20 years.
Published on 30 August 2019 in Work, Amazon, BBC, BBC Online, BBC red button, BBCi, clothes, fashion, LOVEFiLM
Buried in one drawer are some clothes I really don't know what to do with. Four t-shirts. Four branded t-shirts. Four t-shirts with the logo of an employer on them.
Published on 22 July 2019 in Internet, Music, music
With so much information at our fingertips, it’s easy to believe that the internet has everything on it. Well almost everything. You won’t find out how many pairs of socks are in my drawer. But near enough everything you’d want to know. So when you discover a gap in the collective knowledge of the internet, it feels rather strange.
Published on 10 July 2019 in Music, MP3, music
I recently had a mystery. An unknown MP3. But what was the MP3 of? And how could I find out? I don't know. Do you?