November | 2011 | Nathan Nelson

From the monthly archives: November 2011

Pain, misery, Armageddon and jam

On November 30 2011 · 1 Comment · In Diary, Photography, Video

Just read this on Twitter:

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New address, same catalogue of unmitigated bilge

On November 17 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

It’s time I finally took responsibility for this site, so the address has now changed to my name. The contents are still as disappointing as ever.

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Olympic deterrent

On November 14 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Been running a search of Twitter for ‘Britain’. These two tweets came up back-to-back. Is the second an explanation for the first?

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I Remember Syria

On November 11 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Audio, Diary

Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has been urged to spare himself the fate of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya by taking up an offer of asylum elsewhere in the Arab world.

MP3 collection just threw this album up for the first time in ages on shuffle. I Remember Syria – interviews, [...]

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Two Ways to Curate Yourself a Better Twitter

On November 10 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Words, phrases and styles enter the Twitter lexicon, and stick like glue. When you start seeing them it seems like it’s all you’re seeing. There are currently two that leap out at me – I certainly hope they’re effective with someone because they set off my ‘hackneyed crap’ alarm whenever I see them.

So here [...]

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