Weekly Web Trawl – NYC, iPhone 3.0/3GS, Wired UK, Cheesecake, More Malcy
Apple’s flagship, open 24 hours Manhattan store = nerdgasm. NYC Disillusionment Alert Following other people’s and my own comments here about our dreams of living in New York, Penelope Trunk, whose blog is an addictive combination of excruciatingly personal revelations and interesting career advice (mainly for slightly younger and more go-getting peeps than myself), suggests ...
The Cottage (a personal video)
At the weekend we went over to visit my dad and relatives over in Derry in Northern Ireland. We also visited the cottage where I lived for 3 years (between 11 and 14) in a very small village called Culoort or Killourt (depending on how you want to spell it) which is in Malin Head ...
New York Travelogue
“All of us had such a fine time wining and dining around the city that I have no recollection of any daytime hours, and even my recollections of nighttime are foggy.” Suze Rotolo, A Freewheelin’ Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties Okay maybe that isn’t a completely accurate description of our New ...
The Big Apple

On Thursday Mel and I are heading New York City for the first time ever for five days. To say we’re excited is something of an understatement. We’ve both discussed going there many times since the day we got together – and we’ll be celebrating 11 years since that fateful day while we’re there (yes ...