by Jack Barrow | Jan 3, 2019 | Social Media, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I can now reveal, it’s official, Facebook are actually evil. I’m not just talking about the misuse of your personal data, possibly allowing foreign powers to interfere with democratic processes or even all those pictures of cats. Worse than that, if you allow them to,...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 15, 2018 | General Blog, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
I don’t visit my friends any more. When I were a lad we used to have callers. We had a living room with the TV and the coal fire, it was somewhere to live and entertain. When people arrived, the TV would be turned off and the kettle would be turned on. Years ago,...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 17, 2018 | General Blog, Travelogue, Writing
I’m in music hell! There was a guy who lived in New York in the fifties and sixties called Moondog. He was a street performer and composer, a busker I guess. He was blind, at one time homeless although he later had a country retreat, but he made his money by selling...
by Jack Barrow | May 26, 2018 | General Blog, reviews
Before we set off on the Scotland Tour at the beginning of May I had the thought of writing a travel blog each day as I did when I went on my travelogue tour some years ago. That idea turned out to be a little ambitious when it was pointed out that I didn’t want to...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 24, 2017 | General Blog, Politics, Thoughts and Observations
News came in recently of a tragedy about to befall residents of Hogwarts Well not Hogwarts exactly, but… Hemel Hempstead It starts with H and it’s not far from the Barrow residence, so it’s the best I could do. A footpath through Hemel Hempstead,...
by Jack Barrow | Dec 21, 2015 | General Blog, General Silliness, R2D2
I bought R2D2 about 10 years ago. He’s made of old car parts. I’m thinking of taking him to see The Force Awakens. I bought him (it) in the mall from a bloke who made all sorts of sculptures from Alien to Predator, all bits of scap metal. I’m not...
