May 24th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Fashion, Web/Tech, Weird
They’re trainers that Michael J Fox wore in “Back to the Future 2″. I got an e-mail today from a guy called Al Cabino, an international sneakerographer, asking for help in getting Nike to start making these trainers available. They were only produced for the movie and never made available to the public. Al’s started [...]
May 24th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Photography, Uncategorized
I was browsing around the net today at work (still bored!) looking for something to help someone with a PC make a Life Poster (I’ve done a couple for friends) when I came across Photojojo. It’s a great little site which has loads of easy ideas on what you can do with digital photos to [...]
May 23rd, 2006 | by Simon | published in Apple, Internet, Mac, Technology, Web/Tech, iTunes
In what I think is a pretty interesting link, Apple and Nike today announced that they’re lanching a new ‘sports kit‘ for the iPod nano. Basically, it means putting a little sensor in your Nike+ shoe which then talks to a receiver attached to your iPod nano. The sensor then transmits data about your run [...]
May 23rd, 2006 | by Simon | published in Family, Travel
I’m off to Scotland this weekend, for my sister’s wedding. It’s taking place at the St Andrews Bay resort (above) which is really nice. It’s kind of like an American resort transplanted to Fife, which is a bit weird, but it’s plush!
I can’t believe my little sis is getting married - just seeing her in [...]
May 23rd, 2006 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Work
I think I have had one of the most boring weeks ever. Basically at work, they don’t know what programme I’m working on next, so I’m just coming in every day and twiddling my thumbs. Then I’m going to the gym half way through the afternoon, and then I’m going home. It’s a pattern being [...]
May 18th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Apple, Mac, Music, Technology
I had an iTrip for my old iPod, which wasn’t compatible with my new one, and I used it quite a bit whenever I was on a long drive for work. It’s basically a wireless transmitter which plugs into your iPod and transmits music to an FM frequency you set on a radio - be [...]
May 18th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Travel
Well the Airbus A380 landed at Heathrow for the first time today. I fly quite a lot, but I think I’d be a bit nervous about getting on a ‘plane this big - it is MASSIVE! I have to admit it kind of intrigues me though in a man and machine kinda way. You can [...]
May 16th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Clothes, Shopping
I don’t know whether it’s a good thing, or a bad thing, but in an annual report published today on Abercrombie’s corporate website, the company Chairman announced that London will open an Abercrombie flagship store in Spring 2007.
Time I find someplace else to buy clothes when I’m in Dallas that no-one else will have over [...]
May 16th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Books
I’m reading a great book at the moment which I thought I’d point out. It’s called “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and it’s all about a guy at high school in the US. It’s just written in a really nice way, and bits of the book (by no means all of it though!) remind [...]
May 16th, 2006 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Film / TV, Work
Well on Friday, I produced my first live outside broadcast from the Balmoral Show. That’s me with the presenters, Karen Patterson and Jackie Fullerton in the picture above. This was taken after the show, and we’re all smiling, which I guess is a good sign!
It all went really well, and I have to say I [...]
