Settling in
Two months in. The new flat is a balm. No matter how stressful it gets in the outside world, we can retreat here for quiet, calm and a glass of wine.
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Soutpiel: Personal writing, news, pictures
Crapbucket: Snippets from the web. If it interests or amuses me, I throw it in here.
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The relaunched website. And using Posterous.
So maybe you noticed this website looks a bit different. Sure you did. Where it says 'Soutpiel'? That used to be in a different font, and in a kind of blue-green rather than an olive green.
But the more significant change is that I've changed blog services altogether, from Wordpress to Posterous. "Who cares?" I hear you ask. Well I'll tell you why. It's not that I've gone off Wordpress. It's still the world's number 1 blogging platform (I'm guessing here, but it pretty much has to be, right?). No, it's because, while Wordpress is stupendously packed with features and plugins, Posterous, although relatively new, is packed with one killer feature: simplicity. For a quick and dirty comparison, think Windows vs. Apple. Geekery aside, this means that posting new entries is now ridiculously simple (via email, as well as 'traditional methods') and it's easy to grab web snippets while browsing and post them on the fly. Previously my blog was a rattle bag of web snippets as well longer items written by myself, sometimes about myself. Now, since it's easy to do so on Posterous, I've split these two strands into two blogs: this one, the good old Soutpiel.net flagship blog you've come to know and love, packed with personal news, observation, pics and the occasional video, all 100% original premium content; and then then there's Crapbucket (if you need a way to remember it, think of a bucket full of crap) which comprises the other strand, the bits that were usually labeled "Life feed" or "Fresh from Twitter" etc., the re-hashed web snippets and quotes, bits cannibalised from all the RSS feeds and websites I trawl through, all 100% recycled content, and hopefully 100% fascinating and amusing. Anyway, that's enough for now. I'll come back to this again later. I don't want this post to become so long that you have to keep scrolling down and down and down and you end up thinking, 'Christ, I'd rather be watching a YouTube clip called "Dog farts a symphony" or some such'. Oh, one last thing, though. About the use of the word 'rattlebag' two paragraphs ago. It's the title of a poetry anthology, I've no idea the origins of the word, or whether its use here was appropriate. Feel free to enlighten me. I've had another sleepless night and, as I said elsewhere, my judgement may be impeded. (See what I did there? Totally maximised my click-thru potential with hyperlink cross-pollination. Dude, blogging rocks.)
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An indulgent Saturday
B takes me out for birthday treats. Amazing lunch at The Draper's Arms, Islington. The Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy. Champagne and fried chicken at B's place.
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