Category: General

  • Directing our energies

    2012-12-19

    I can’t help but think that, if all the Instagram rage (including my own) was actually, say, poverty rage or climate change rage or… Hmm.

  • A Modern Nativity

    2012-12-19

    Was reading one of LICC‘s weekly emails today and came across this beautiful nativity scene painted by Brian Kershisnik. A modern but very down-to-earth take on the birth of Jesus. I love it.  

  • Observing the Shibboleth

    2012-12-18

    One nice thing about downloading all my Facebook data was that I got to see a few old photos and videos that I’d not looked at for ages. This little, low-res video is from a trip to the Tate Modern when an installation called ‘Shibboleth‘ was on. I just liked the way that people moved […]

  • Consolidating the Networks

    2012-12-18

    So it seems like the fuss about Instagram’s Terms and Conditions was over-hyped. It always seemed that way. But it has pushed me over a tipping point anyway. Yesterday and today have seen me starting to process of deleting data from Facebook and Instagram, and seriously considering what other social networking accounts I have.

  • A Fresh Paint of Coat

    2012-12-17

    Oh, bother, I said that wrong didn’t I? Well, here we are. After being pushed over the edge of dumping some social media services by Instagram’s latest terms and conditions, I’ve decided to focus more on the blog here. So, I’ve given it a fresh look, installed some whizzy new plugins, and…well…we’ll see how long […]

  • EXCLUSIVE: New, distributed, off-line social network launches in closed beta!

    2012-08-10

    First there were blogs which let you write your own messages to the world of any length. Then there was Facebook which let you communicate to just your friends. Then there was Twitter, which let you openly publish messages of 140 characters or less. We here at Wintle Towers have designs of our own. Shunning […]

  • Parenthood – the sum of my knowledge

    2012-05-05

    I found out the other day that a guy I know’s wife is pregnant. It’s funny how, as a newbie parent myself, it’s so tempting to offer advice. I also had a conversation this week with someone else who was talking about the dilemma of offering this kind of ‘help’. And the longer I am […]

  • Verso

    2012-04-25

    So…after much deliberation, and with a hint of guilt, we put a deposit on a new car today. It was not a quick or easy decision, but our old car is fast approaching 100’000 miles, is slowly generating a few faults, and with the arrival of Isaac, is just too small – once the buggy […]

  • Hats off to the Twitter Knitters

    2012-01-27

    [Note: If you’ve offered to knit a hat, please head to the Hat Knitter’s page – and THANK YOU!] I had a message from a friend of mine. Let’s call her Amy (names changed for privacy). Amy has a friend not-called Bea and Bea has a 4-year-old daughter, Charlie.  Charlie has recently been diagnosed with Leukaemia. […]