Archive for May, 2007

Goths and the Punks…..

I wrote a blog the other day about how my eldest daughter and I sometimes collide on musical tastes, which are moments I enjoy…….. 2 reasons 1. My daughter’s a teenager now and the fact that we collide on anything is a miracle so they are moments to savour and 2. It makes me feel [...]

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Endemol Follow-Up….

Well I’m loathed to say the threat of the Endemol program seems to have done the trick, it got plenty of coverage on the TV and Radio, and clearly got the desired reaction. The great thing is that most of the coverage ignored the show and focused on the issues and helped raise [...]

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Endemol Strikes Again ……

I came across this article today and heard briefly about it on Radio4 on the way into work.
Has the world gone completely mad? I’m trying for the life of me to step out of the box here and see the big picture, but I cant, I’m just shocked.
I can understand a documentary detailing the [...]

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A Moment to Savour ….

I bought the latest Linkin Park album yesterday (Minutes to Midnight). I’ve heard a bit about them but never spent any time really listening, the only place I’d heard them before was on the sound track of the original XXX film, and I love that sound track. Anyway, despite what I expected before [...]

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Back on the Vibrogym….

I’m really frustrated this week, after managing such a good time in the St Albans 10k (or at least good under the circumstances) I’ve gone and damaged a tendon in my ankle. Probably the tibialis posterior…. anyway it’s painful. I went to athletics on Tuesday and did the warm up bits (stretches and 800m [...]

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Forums/Bulletin Boards and Social Networking …..

I’ve been in the IT Industry in some shape or form over the last 20 years (fat and thin) and it’s one of those great professions/trades that is constantly evolving and changing. Social networking has become “the thing” over the last few years and things like youTube have really catapulted it to [...]

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When is a Metric not a Metric…

JP Commented on his blog about the inspection/repair culture. I did reply however I suspect it was seen as a naïve response. Let me clarify what I mean when I say “when is a metric not a metric”
In my last job I spent more time justifying (badly I hasten to add) why we [...]

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An Addendum …..

I was picked up on by a comment on the JWF forum about my blog and how a comment had come across….. let me try and clarify..
I suppose I did appear to criticise the after care on my blog about Post Kidney Cancer… . I hope it came across as an observation rather than me [...]

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The Joy of Statistics ….

Statistics, aren’t they a marvellous thing. The Wikipedia explanation goes like this..
“Methods to summarise and describe a collection of data”.
I’ve basically got to learn to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to sifting through all this data on RCC. I spent my entire time before the Radical Nephrectomy and pre diagnosis of [...]

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Yikes……

I had my follow up today with my urologist. I had suspected that I’d have quaterly or semi-annual CT follow ups for the first couple of years, but no, nothing. I had to push to get an annual chest x-ray, but at least she’s agreed to an ultrasound and blood test in one year. So [...]

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Archive for May, 2007

Goths and the Punks…..

Endemol Follow-Up….

Endemol Strikes Again ……

A Moment to Savour ….

Back on the Vibrogym….

Forums/Bulletin Boards and Social Networking …..

When is a Metric not a Metric…

An Addendum …..

The Joy of Statistics ….

Yikes……

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