http://www.vvillovv.com/blog a diary writen by a sailorette for her loved ones to read after returning safely home from sea Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My new threadless t-shirt submission is up. It's a present for someone, so click the link and give it your best vote. And if you're so inclined, pass it on to your friends too. Vote for it http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/04/17/vote-for-it/ Photo from NY Times Up until today, Thomas Edison held the title for first recording of the human voice on a piece of tinfoil in 1877. Edison's breakthrough recorded sound through a stylus which moved in response to vibrations from a mouthpiece and made indentions in the foil. But now a ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/03/28/earliest-human-voice-recording/ "I asked if he would come up with a few options and he said: 'no I will solve your problem for you, and you will pay me. You don't need to use the solution. If you want options go to other people.' " A rather tactful Steve Jobs tries to ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/03/27/one-solution-no-options/ http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/03/18/excuses/ So today is the day I could propose, wearing a scarlet petticoat. If you said No, you would, by the five-year-old ruling of Queen Margaret of Scots, have to give me a kiss, a pound, or a silk gown. That's pretty astute for a five year old queen. x http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/02/29/a-kiss-1-or-a-silk-gown/ Drive: 3,937 mi (about 29 days 10 hours) Head south on A3212 toward Great College St 0.4 miles At Horseferry Rd, take the 1st exit onto A3203 0.2 miles At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A3036/Albert Embankment 0.6 miles Turn left at A202/Kennington Ln 0.2 miles Turn right at A202/Durham St 0.1 miles Turn left at A202 ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/02/22/london-to-new-york/ Yes, I know... First I'd like to apologise to my blog, and then to you, my three readers... Alot has happened in these last 3 months. I've left my work; gone freelance celebrated christmas in geordie style act as the sole remainder of my family in this country moved into a new studio ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2008/02/22/ive-been-a-long-time-coming-and-ill-be-a-long-time-gone/ Mr Nuzzaci pointed this out to me a while ago, but I just came across it again and it deserves another post. It's a passage by Paul Rand from his book A Designer's Art. What really hit me, was the scientific manner in which he picks apart exactly the things we ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2007/11/02/paul-rand/ Last weekend I went to visit my oldest friend's mum, Jane. She has a teeny cottage in bale, Norfolk, that is probably a third the size of her back garden. The intial reason for the visit started when I made Jane a blog. As a thankyou, Jane was giving me ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2007/11/02/lady-jane/ Photo from Steve Asenjo's flickr Last Sunday I went with Nico and Karl Ringman to see Ani Difranco at Shepherd's Bush Empire. It was my first Ani Gig. It was amazing. She is an extremely good performer - not just in a musical sense, but with a stage sense that really engages her ... http://www.vvillovv.com/blog/2007/10/26/the-snowglobe-effect/