Thanks for asking anyway.

I love this composite. The picture on the left was taken in May 1966. It shows Bob Dylan in Liverpool with some local urchins, and was taken by Barry Feinstein.

The shot was recreated in 2007 by Ged Murray, minus Dylan but with most of the people, now grown up, who were in the original. These sorts of then-and-now shots are fairly popular nowadays, but it's rare enough to see one with so many people from different families. It's a lovely shot, and a shame they couldn't get Bob along for the ride the second time around.

Back row: Michael Meadows, Bernadette Gill.
Second row: Billy Meadows.
Third row: David Meadows, Stephen Williams.
Front row: Margi Meadows, Laurence Williams.
Seated: Gerard Meadows

If you're a big multinational company and you have a feedback/contact form on your website, it makes sense that the form will work and will send messages to helpful people. Customer service, right? Shouldn't be that difficult, especially with simple enquiries. Continue reading →

I have a general dislike of using the phone. I rarely make any calls - most of them are to my wife. I have a mobile, landline at home and a fixed line on my office desk.

My mobile phone bill is almost non-existent. I've thought about ditching it altogether, but there are times when it's useful for making/changing last-minute plans. However, I would one day like to do away with a gadget that I don't really need. Continue reading →

Continuing my efforts to reduce plugin usage, I was looking for a way to present audio in WordPress posts and pages without too much unnecessary code. Continue reading →

There's a curious sense of detachment that comes with observing a spat between a group of people you've no involvement with. This afternoon I've been enjoying Brendan Dawes' rant against sycophancy in UK web design circles. Here it is. Continue reading →

Two weeks ago my wife and I moved to a small village just outside Cardiff, Wales' capital, after many years of city-dwelling. Out of curiosity and (more pressingly) in need of a new watch battery, I ventured back into the city on Saturday.

Although I'm English, I've lived in Cardiff for 14 years, since I was 19. I stuck around after graduating from the uni because of work and relationships (in no particular order). In that time it's changed a fair bit, although not always for the better. Continue reading →

Oh my. I began this blog to note down some thoughts as I developed the Beatles Bible website. I thought it would be helpful - to me, and anyone else who happened to search for relevant terms - to keep a record of findings in case they came up elsewhere. Continue reading →