I agree with the Londonist about the boring reality behind the BBC headlines yesterday for the prevention of a multimillion pound bank robbery. I was imagining prevention being closer to the police’s actions around the Millenium Dome diamond robbery, with them lying in wait to pounce, but no, this was cybercrime – behind the scenes. […]
Musicals
They’ll make musicals out of anything these days. First we have Acorn Antiques in London and now we have Spamalot from Monty Python on Broadway
St Patrick’s Day
It’s St Patrick’s Day; to celebrate, we get free Guinness and pretend racing in the bar. The pretend racing is the on video – one of thoese event companies that allow you to bet pretend money on videoed horse racing (not quite Cheltenham). Our team proved quite good at picking the winners and ending up […]
New Books
I bought some books today…looking at them now they appear to be a rather mixed bag. The Earth by Richard Fortey – a geological history The Middle Mind by Curtis White – a examination of popular culture The Art of Intrusion by Kevin Mitnick – hacking stories A Devil’s Chaplain by Richard Dawkins – evolutionary […]
Broadband Connections
BT have quietly upgraded my connection speed over the last week and it’s now sitting at a 2Mb, or just under it when I run some tests. I’m not complaining on the speed, they’ve even dropped the price for a few months.. Unfortunately they’ve put a cap on monthly usage of 30GB of download. Don’t […]
Red Nose Day
Fun Nose – far too difficult to wear.
The Blogger’s Disco
Looking for my suggestion for the Blogger’s Disco, I asked my colleagues at work. I wish I could say that it took some debate, but no, they were straight in there with their choice – I’m in the Mood for Dancing, by the Nolan Sisters. They’re in the picture below…- I’m having nothing to do […]
Friends…with Dodgy Music tastes
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Oyster Cards
So one problem with owning a travel card is that you don’t actually get to travel for free when the whole system goes down as it did this morning. And because everyone had to go through the same exit, the queues were longer 🙁
in house entertainment
My neighbour upstairs plays in a band and practices a lot from home. Most of the time this does not bother me – I’m not here that much, butover the last few days I have noticed. The music he plays is not too bad, sounds like original rock stuff. However, practice seems to involves playing […]
slowly going insane
I’ve spent the last 4 days in the house with this cold….although I’ve spent the last 2 days sort of working, or at least attending telecalls with a croaky voice. There’s definitely only so much I can spend here..time to go back to work 🙁 One thing I have been doing is looking at holidays…definitely […]
Second Geek Dinner
Went along to the second Geek Dinner, organsied by Lee Wilkins, in London last week and had a great evening. The venue this time was a lot more casual, the Tapas bar Salvador and Amanda’s, near Leicester Square. There were fewer this time, with 8 people, some new ones and some returnees. But that meant […]
it is spring really..
Despite the snow and cold weather in the last week, my one gardening effort (a window box) has decided it is spring. Bright yellow daffodils to cheer me up.
Winter Colds
I feel miserable today. I started a cold on Wednesday and it’s following it’s usual path, just slightly worse than normal. The first day i get a runny nose and a cotton wool head. It then progresses to blocked sinuses and a cough. But today, i’ve got a sore throat, glands swollen so I can’t […]
Ice and Snow
As noted below, the snow melted quickly and I did not have to watch it go grey and slushy. By the time I got out of the office it had all gone. as the sun had been shining most of the day. The clouds had gathered, slightly warming the place, but by the time I […]
Let it Snow, let is snow, let it snow
Snow hit London with a vengeance today, with falls throughout the morning commute. And of course, as soon as I get into the office, it stops!
Hospitality
Came into work this morning to an email from a colleague – ‘Help’ – it said. ‘I’ve arranged a whisky tasting session this evening, there are 30 people turning up and I’m not there (he’s currently in Miami)..can you do it?’. Given the numberof favours he’s done me in the past I had to say […]
Working Late
I’m going to have to stop working late. Working late means that it takes me a while to wind down, therefore I watch TV, therefore I end up watching random Channel 5 shows on the US porn business and Floridians who do extremely silly stunts to try and get themselves killed!
BBC
Onthe news it’s saying the BBC license system looks like it will be extended for a further 10 years. Count me as someone who is perfectly happy paying this fee to allow me to get advertising free viewing. Saves me keep hitting the fast forward button to skip the ads on any commercial channel I […]
More airports
I was in Dublin yesterday for a meeting, just a there and back trip. The Irish airport security have big signs up and procedures and have people helping you get things ready for the Xray machines. So why can’t the US. I keep intending to spend some time in Dublin, as over the last few […]