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How many apps do you need?
February 21st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
According to this article in the “New York Times”, Apple’s iPhone users now have a choice of some 140,000 applications, but the average owner of this smart phone only uses 5-10 regularly. I’ve just checked: I’ve downloaded 32. But I guess than I only use about half regularly.
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My 19th short story
February 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now posted on my web site my 19th short story entitled “A Lucky Escape”. It’s different from any of my other stories, so I’m interested to know if it works. Do let me know what you think.
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Happy Chinese New Year
February 14th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Today, as well as being Valentine’s Day, is the start of the Chinese New Year. Vee and I spent the day in Oxford visiting our Chinese ‘family’: Zhihao, Hua and their young son Joshua. Next month, we will travel to China with them which will be a very special experience. This is the year of […]
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How old is your cat?
February 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
According to this site, experts generally agree that the first two years of a cat’s life are roughly equal to the first 25 of a human. Thereafter, each additional year equals approximately four ‘cat years’. There’s a useful ready reckoner on the site and this suggests that our cat Honey is 88 in human terms. […]
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My 18th short story
January 29th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
My latest short story – the 18th in the canon – is called “Coming In To Land”. Please read it and let me know what you think.
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It’s that time of year
January 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Ask any relationship counsellor or divorce lawyer and they will tell you that January is the peak month for marital break-ups. It’s all to do with all that close family proximity over the holiday season of Christmas. My short story “The Dinner Party” is set about this time of year. I originally put it on […]
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My 17th short story
January 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
My latest short story – the 17th – is actually the shortest of all at only around 1,000 words. So you might like to give it a go and let me know what you think. It’s called “Nostalgic Reminiscence”.
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A snowy Manchester
January 9th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
My niece Saskia with her dad (my brother Ralph) and their snowman in Manchester
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A snowy Britain
January 8th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Britain this week as seen by a NASA satellite
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A snowy London
January 6th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
On the outskirts of London where I live, we had a heavy downfall of snow overnight, much of the snow is still in place, and now the problem is freezing ice. However, I managed to travel into central London where amazingly there was no snow. I went into the City Lit, where I did my […]
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