Apture

OK, built a sprout this week, which was surprisingly successful, apart from being unable to upload the thing. 

I chose to do mine on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, the BBC's antidote to panel games, which gave me an opportunity to listen to a load of clips and chuckle away to myself. It's a bit like having an awkward friend though - I want to explain to my American mates that it's really funny once you've listened to a few of them and know that it's just silly fun. But I imagine listening to Mornington Crescent for the first time would just be baffling and weird. Somehow I need to instill the radio culture of daft gags and piss-taking here. 

Another good thing was meeting the chap who set up Apture, a handy-dandy site which lets you check links without navigating away from the page you're on. Tristan Harris was his name, and basically it was like looking into the future; Minority Report or something. It's pretty amazing - I'll try to load up the next post with a few examples.

Other than that, little to report. I'm a bit concerned about the whole financial situation (mine, selfishly, not the world's). But I'm having a word with the financial people here tomorrow to see if we can work something out. Might be a bit of belt-tightening on the horizon, but I'm a big boy, and I'm sure I can deal with it.

Also lots of job applications coming up. Somewhat worrying considering the woeful state of journalism and the amount of people who're being binned from their jobs, but hopefully I can sort something out. If not, I'm sure I can work out a few back-up plans by the summer.