There’s a lot of ways to travel these days. I just can’t keep up with all the different types of tourism and all the neologisms people have invented to describe things that are amply covered by existing words. (Take the arrival of “gocation”, the opposite of “staycation”. That one hurt). However, I keep my ear [...]
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Canadians: A Brief Yet Reliable Guide
The really great thing about embarking on a career (travel-writing) that you are supremely underqualified for (untravelled, misanthropic, irreverent view on the world, fear of flying, fear of knowledge etc.) is that every Foreign Person is truly an adventure to know. Not only are they a new person to learn all about, which is always [...]
BASIC Instinct: Going Loopy In Doorways
Yesterday, I wandered into a visual FOR-NEXT loop. It’s not a kind of roundabout. It’s also not a trap made by nimble-fingered Boy Scouts (although it is a kind of snare, shaped exactly like your brain). It’s much more dangerous than that.
BNPwned
This is delicious.
…and Attempting Something Novel.
I don’t know what stage my book is at. (Except that it’s before all the other ones). I’d use the phrase “brainstorming”, except I think “barnstorming” is far more accurate – all I’m doing is filling a notebook with lofty ideas, blue-sky thinking and as many pointlessly dangerous Immelmans as my imagination can handle. (I [...]
SQ1: Breaking Ground – Day 1
*A rented conference room, five minutes into the future. Everyone looks expectant* Okay, people. Shall we go round the table? We’ll start with me.
Twitter Kills The World In One Hour
On Wednesday, 13th May 2009, at 12 noon PST, Twitter went offline for an hour – and triggered the end of the world. Here’s the timeline of how it happened.
