I will freely admit to having been a bit of a swot at school. I can remember, even at primary school, reading through science books in school holidays, and taking some interest in the different types of clouds, and how they formed. Even so, I had never heard of mammatus clouds until I came across […]
Entries from July 14th, 2005
Canvassing again
July 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Canvassing again · Politics
Went out again this evening, for the third Wednesday running, and again found it very relaxing and encouraging. There is no election looming, no pressure, and no rush. Its the political activists equivalent of low-impact aerobics, just a few people (unfortunately) doing a couple of roads for about an hour. There is time to talk […]
Tags: Canvassing
Bye Bye Hair
July 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Bye Bye Hair · Life
In the past few days the Union Flag has been reclaimed from the BNP, so I thought I would do the same for the skinhead hairstyle! Its too hot for hair at the moment, so tonight I shaved it all off and am now lovely and smooth – apart from the inch-long scar on the […]
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The Piccadilly Line
July 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on The Piccadilly Line · Work
On Wednesday I was given the job of taking over programme management for an overhaul of the Piccadilly line’s train radio system. Basically this is just a re-alignment of all the base stations and the trackside repeater amps. On Thursday one of the Picc line trains blew up taking with it, probably, quite a bit […]
Tags: Railways
Stevie Wonder
July 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Stevie Wonder · Music
After watching the coverage of America’s Live 8 concert early in the week (yes. It does seem a lot longer ago than a week doesn’t it?) I decided to check that I had all my Stevie Wonder CDs ripped to the computer (and therefore the iRiver) I had the main albums on there already, but […]
Reporting by mobile phone
July 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Reporting by mobile phone · Life, Technology
There has been some comment after the bombs on Thursday about reporting by mobile phone. The general ubiquity of mobiles with cameras and video capability now means that whenever something happens it is much more likely that there will be video footage of it, even if it is grainy and poor quality. All I know […]
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Best speech of the year?
July 8th, 2005 · Comments Off on Best speech of the year? · Politics
I thought that Tony Blair’s speech yesterday was good (especially compared to George Bush’s response in similar circumstances in 2001) but Ken Livingstone has topped it with his in Singapore, especially the end: Finally, I wish to speak through you, directly, to those who came to London today to take lives. I do know that […]
The streets of London
July 7th, 2005 · Comments Off on The streets of London · Work
The roads outside our office are eerily quiet today, without the constant queue of taxis for Waterloo which are usually outside (where the signs say “no taxis to queue here”) and without the bendy buses. Even cars and pedestrians seemed scarce – but then most of the pedestrians are commuters coming from Waterloo station. The […]
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Compulsory voting
July 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on Compulsory voting · Politics
So Geoff Hoon suggest compulsory voting. Is he mad? I am all in favour of having turnout at elections increased – in Broadfield we have seen turnouts at elections as low as about 12% – but I don’t think that making it compulsory is the way to go. The Guardian has a list of countries […]
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Make the G8 leaders do what you want
July 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on Make the G8 leaders do what you want · Politics
I am guessing that I am the last person in the world to find this site, but I just discovered it while looking through the I Am Bored website, and can’t stop playing with it.Some of the more pornographic suggestions won’t work, so its only good clean fun, but still a good giggle.
