After this year’s festival wash outs at Beautiful Days (not so beautiful in all that mud) and Bestival (certainly some of the best mud I have ever personally witnessed) I have had a think, and it is with much sadness that I’m announcing my retirement from camping at music festivals. I’ve been doing this quite [...]
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Pavement marking
I spotted a couple of guys marking up the pavements around our office today. Presumably the road and pavements are going to be dug up and these guys mark all the subsurface cables and drains. The whole thing looked very cool. As though the pavement had been attacked by mathematically inclined graffiti artists. Apparently the [...]
20/20 World Cup Winner’s Curry
A comfortable victory for Morris in the 20/20 World Cup Fantasy Competition was celebrated last night at Rajmoni on Upper St with the presentation of the Desmond Dekker Memorial Cup. However tragedy struck soon after with Morris accidentally breaking the cup in half as he enthusiastically put it down on the table. All’s well though [...]
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Reading list
The books I have read. The most recently read is at the top of the list. Voodoo Histories Agile Software Development with SCRUM The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest The Girl Who Played with Fire The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Dead Famous A Year in the Merde Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The Big [...]
My top 20 albums
Paul and I have been discussing our top 20 albums of all time, a difficult list to compile. What’s the criteria for getting onto the list? For me it’s the albums I keep going back to time and again, and no matter how many times I listen to them they never get dull. So here’s [...]
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Desmond Dekker Memorial Cup
Last night was the first presentation of the Desmond Dekker Memorial Cup at the Rajmoni on Upper St. I claimed my prize of a free curry, with beer for winning the fantasy cricket against Paul. The trophy now stands pride of place on my mantlepiece at home.
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Speedway star
I can’t say I’m a fan of speedway but my friend has setup rather a nifty site for all those people who enjoy watching men on motorbikes go around in circles, on dirt. Those who enjoy the sport can get their fantasy speedway kicks, for free at Paul’s site speedwayleague.net.
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That’s a bad hangover
Iain looking completely out of it at breakfast after a large night in Dick’s Tea Bar, Val d’Isere
Eating in Lyon
On the way back from Val d’Isere this Christmas we’re staying in Lyon for one night at the Hotel Carlton. Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France. Last time we ended up eating in one of the tourist traps on the Rue Mercière. This time I’m hoping we can find something a little better than [...]
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