Posts Tagged: Web, Blogging and Computers

Shared interest

Posted by Alan McLeod on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 in Me and Mine, Web, Blogging and Computers - 3 comments

I like the beginning of things. I noticed not too deep into my teens that the best part for me of a first date was often the walk to the girl's house - before being distracted by aspects less thrilling than a common interest: her family, the "us" and the eventual prospect of getting the boot …

CB Radio for Today

Posted by Alan McLeod on Saturday, May 3, 2003 in Radio and TV, Web, Blogging and Computers, Music and Sound - 2 comments

Jevon has recently written about egos and blogging. This made me consider what writing on these things is like and I keep coming back to that wonderfully dead-end technology of the 1970's - CB radio. • In both, you get on the medium, yap about what ever comes into your head and use funny names …

Why Gen X at 40?

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, April 25, 2003 in Me and Mine, Web, Blogging and Computers - 16 comments

I just turned 40. I am not obsessed with either being 40 or being someone born between 1960 and 1966, but I am wondering where the hoopla is. I lived through every anniversary of Baby Boomers hitting 30, 40 and 50 as worth of TV news and Time covers but for the slacker gen - zip. • So … read more »