You Get What You Give

by Paul Parry | Mar 11, 2019 | 0 comments

I heard from Barclays this morning, in my ongoing argument with them (in a nutshell, I think they’re rubbish and greedy, and they’re looking into it) and it wasn’t long before the red mist started to descend. I told the lady on the phone that she and...

Our House

by Paul Parry | Mar 10, 2019 | 0 comments

Shoelace and I went to a gig last night: Fun Lovin’ Criminals at the Forum in Kentish Town, which was a lot of fun. “Make some noise!” the support act shouted from the stage. No one’s ever needed to say that in our house. It’s always got...

Time Is Tight

by Paul Parry | Mar 9, 2019 | 0 comments

A few years ago, I wrote a book about the internet of things for the CEO of a London tech firm. As I interviewed him, he told me that “we’re at the beginning of the beginning”, adding that the point we’re at now is similar to where we were 15...

Now I’m Here

by Paul Parry | Mar 8, 2019 | 0 comments

I’ve already written a post about my ill-fated trip to the North to watch Watford play at Chesterfield, a day that would’ve been dramatically different had mobile phones been around then. Now they’re here and everything’s changed. I reckon...

I Met a Girl on Myspace

by Paul Parry | Mar 7, 2019 | 0 comments

I’d dropped Mischa off at school and was sitting in rush-hour traffic on my way home, listening to Shaun Keaveny on 6 Music. It was Shaun’s last day hosting the breakfast show and I heard loads of people’s messages packed to the gills with sadness...