When Apple introduced the iPhone, it was like Steve Jobs reached through a mysterious wormhole and pulled from within it an object from five years into the future; its design and user interface were like nothing seen before.

With the iPad, it’s like Jobs picked up a five year old magazine article about what Apple might have in store for the future, and based their new product on that. It’s even called iPad.

Many of us who are underwhelmed, however, may remember that the iPod was met with similar disappointment (and derision for its name) when it was first released.

Or maybe we’re all just Apple obssessed idiots.

It looks as though there will be a total ban on fox-hunting, and about time too. I did some documentary photography work at a pro-hunting rally once and I can safely say that the hunt supporters I met there were – stereotypically – a bunch of useless arrogant toffs. Hard luck ladies and gents, I’m afraid you’re not going to have the enjoyment of chasing a defenceless fox around fields with a large pack of ill-treated dogs, only to watch as they eventually rip their quarry to pieces. Shame.

The so called ‘train crisis’ in the UK is really not as bad as the media is making out. I travelled from Newcastle to Crewe [a 4 hour journey requiring 2 changes of train] without any problems at all. In fact, the trains were completely empty [in the run up to Christmas!?].

As a result of my slightly hectic lifestyle, travelling is the only opportunity I get to have a good think and develop some ideas. During yesterdays journey, I had a good idea for a novel I will never write, and I made some plans for a few personal new media projects I wouldn’t mind getting off the ground.