I attended my first WordPress event in Glasgow last Saturday, ‘WordUp Glasgow 2012′. I will not review the event here as others have done this far better than I ever could ( see http://idea15.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/review-wordup-glasgow-2012/ ). As a ‘newbie’, however, I think it would be useful to share my thoughts. So here they...

MY Albums of the year (I only bought a couple of new releases after July, so the choice is a bit limited) King Creosote and John Hopkins – Diamond Mine Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi Beirut – Riptide (including best track of the year ‘Santa Fe’) Joan as a Police Woman – The Deep Field PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Single (and...

Just how low have we fallen? In Scottish football it seems these days that every game is a ‘tough game’ against a ‘difficult opponent’, both nationally and at club level. Now I don’t have a problem with teams in the Scottish leagues having hot and cold spells; in fact I wish it would happen more regularly, particularly when it comes to...

Listens John Grant – Queen of Denmark Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back The Besnard Lakes – Are the Roaring Night XX – XX Jim Moray – In Modern History Amiina – Puzzle Promo Video Amiina Sicsac Reissue King Crimson – Islands Gig Jane Siberry – without a doubt (and no, the rumours are still not true!) Film Can’t...

So embarrassed by Scotland’s performance that I found myself being happy that the Czechs won. “IT WAS football, but not the type many could say they were familiar with. Scotland left a yellow stain on the beautiful game in Prague last night and Craig Levein could not even claim that the ends justified the means.” Full article...

“The US has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself” I knew there must be some reason for being there. Full article –...

 ”I think you’ll have a full screen that that you’ll carry around, and you’ll do dramatically more reading on that… and then you’ll have something that fits in your pocket… in your [home office], you’ll have something that looks a lot like your desk at work.” Bill Gates 2006 (now you know where Apple really got...