Gordon Barr
Old buildings fan, ex-scientist, software dev, old cinemas buff, occasional boffin & cow-wrangler.
Too many books, too few bookshelves.
Co-Editor of @scottishcinemas and works at @archhfund-
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Good Ideas
As it’s the end of the year, I’ve been thinking, as you do, idly over a glass of wine while sitting in the house where I grew up, of how to best help solve the world’s trickiest problems. And while … Continue reading
Title Post
The name of a film is a carefully chosen part of its marketing, of its atmosphere, of telling you what it’s all about. In the very old days, of course, when you bought your cinema ticket, it was probably dispensed … Continue reading
Lost in a maze of twisty-turny passages all alike…
Moving home involves updating a lot of information with a lot of different companies. Some make things easy. Some make things as complicated as possible. Some are just astonishingly inept. At least one is clearly downright evil. So my Changing … Continue reading
Jam Tomorrow: Trying to get BT to activate my broadband
“No, of course you can’t speak to the people at BT Wholesale that are dealing with the problem; they don’t talk to customers” ! Sigh. Why is nothing ever simple ? Nearly a month into our new house, and we still … Continue reading
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