http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/ music, language, life and leftovers en-us Copyright 2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:27:53 +0000 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:32:52 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Went to see Happy-Go-Lucky last night, which was great fun. The kids particularly enjoyed the important supporting role played by our house as Poppy and Scott toured the neighbourhood during her driving lessons. Holly’s car also did a bit of... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014172 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014172 Adventures with the Clark family Mon, 05 May 2008 12:27:53 +0000 Don’t get excited. I’m not saying I’m going to get back to posting regularly again. I’m still prioritising life over blogging ;-) But I thought I should log that I just witnessed a crow attacking a heron in Regent’s Park.... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#014160 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#014160 Life of Billy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:47:21 +0000 Bicycle Film Festival - London, October 17-21, 2007 This looks good, even though their website doesn’t work properly on my safari. B-)... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/cycle_loving_speccie/#014035 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/cycle_loving_speccie/#014035 Cycle loving speccie Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:29:14 +0000 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/film/#014032 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/film/#014032 Film Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:09:26 +0000 I’m a big fan of Brakes ever since I saw them supporting Belle and Sebastian and then started receiving their emails. They’re always playing gigs in people’s living rooms and things. I’ve never won one of those competitions but... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/music/#014031 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/music/#014031 Music Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:54:43 +0000 Who’d have thought the author of a rant like this: ‘AND THERE’S NO OFFLINE MODE!!!! A SmartPhone that insists you have a SIM card in at all times? Just bugger off Sony Ericsson, you’ve lost my respect. You’ve had thousands... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/internet_culture/#014030 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/internet_culture/#014030 Internet culture Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:47:26 +0000 We’ve been taking in a lot of culture recently, since I went through a phase of grabbing those cheap or 10 squid special offers, but Apoa and I think this might be the most exciting cultural event we’ve come... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014027 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014027 Adventures with the Clark family Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:21:14 +0000 With our usual tardiness, we finally took Kiloh to the optician’s on Saturday and confirmed her need for specs. It’s not a strong prescription. It was explained to her on a different system from the one I understand, but ‘a... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014007 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/adventures_with_the_clark_family/#014007 Adventures with the Clark family Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:04:38 +0000 All the linguists I spoke to were early adopters and big fans of Jamie Oliver when he first started off as a young lad zipping around London on his scooter picking up ingredients and drumming with his mates. He’s... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013998 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013998 Life of Billy Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:19:19 +0000 Education Guardian - Literary Boredom ‘Academics love a dull read’ according to Jonathan Wolff. I totally agree with him but would point out that Kurt Vonnegut recommends the following for short story writers: ‘Give your readers as much information as... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/education/#013994 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/education/#013994 education Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:43:02 +0000 I just got back from a really fun week teaching a residential course on linguistics to A level students. The course was called ‘The Language Detective’ and themed around the idea that linguists are investigators, looking for clues, etc.... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/linguistics/#013904 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/linguistics/#013904 linguistics Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:15:42 +0000 ‘Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language’ - Ludwig Wittgenstein Just saw this nice bit of syntactic ambiguity from Wittgenstein on quotes of the day B-)... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/linguablogging/#013895 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/linguablogging/#013895 Linguablogging Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:38:19 +0000 This makes me very sad. I was in Fopp last week when they were taking cash only but didn’t realise it wasn’t just a blip with their card machines. B-(... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013894 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013894 Life of Billy Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:00:50 +0000 Met Tim in the pub and lent him the excellent the damned utd which he hadn’t read yet. He revealed to me he was living next door to Brian Clough when he was winning the league with Derby and... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013888 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/life_of_billy/#013888 Life of Billy Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:03:25 +0000 Alex James is talking in London next week. The Lecture List is giving away free tickets B-) Tags: alex james, alexjames, blur... http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/internet_culture/#013873 http://blogs.mtengine.com/billy/internet_culture/#013873 Internet culture Wed, 30 May 2007 14:33:20 +0000