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• Not much happens here

  January 31, 2010 in Thoughts, Uncategorized

  I don’t often post on my blog I am afraid. Stuff for my friends is on FB and even there I have decided to increase the privacy settings and delete the photo albums after realising that people I hardly knew had access to years of personal information and images. Not the most riveting read on [...]

• We are all on earth to help others…

  December 15, 2009 in Thoughts

  We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for, I don’t know
  via audensociety.org
  W.H. Auden at his finest

  Posted via web from Alex Walker

• Rory Bremner’s one-man world summit

  December 15, 2009 in Thoughts

  via ted.com
  Ignore the first few minutes and then the best impersonator in the world gets going!

  Posted via web from Alex Walker

• London Marathon 2009

  May 1, 2009 in Thoughts

  I have put some pictures on Flickr I took of the runners at the Flora London Marathon 2009.

• HEC, Paris

  January 15, 2009 in MBA

  In January I started a 16 month MBA course at HEC, Paris. The snow has finally melted after two weeks and the social ice-breaking has run its course; now the real work begins with an 80 page case to read…

• Drench

  May 22, 2008 in Marketing, Music

  Great piece of marketing with the classic 90’s SNAP dance tune and Brains from Thunderbirds! It seems to be trying to tap into the success of the near-cult Cadbury’s ‘Gorilla’ advert which also featured a strong retro anthem and a non-human character.

• Shell Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2008

  January 21, 2008 in London, Photography

  The Natural History Museum once again plays host to the Shell Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2008 exhibition. A truly delightful way of spending an hour of your time. The above photograph by Wesley Cooper, was a favourite – creative and captures the essence of the animal without showing its face.

• Merry Christmas

  December 21, 2007 in Thoughts

  Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bring on 2008.

• Airfoil

  September 13, 2007 in Music, Software

  We have just got a AirPort Express in the new Indigo office. Considering these things were out a couple of years ago we are hardly pioneers here, but this great gadget that allows us to play our iTunes music on Roland’s old HiFi, which sits on top of the boiler cupboard. This cool ‘white plug’ [...]

• London plus Eating Out equals Expensive

  September 13, 2007 in Food

  London is apparently the most expensive city in the world to eat out in:
  According to the new Zagat guide, the average meal in the capital now costs an eye watering £39.09, up 2.9% from last year. In Paris the cost is £35.37, Tokyo £35.10, New York £19.30 and Los Angeles £15.63, for three courses with [...]