Tygernet was moaning about this the other day. Actually moaning is not the right word: he was quite belligerent about it really. Anyway, I have been wondering about this for a while, because I really am not very expert in the inner workings of MySQL/php. I know the reason why a spammer would want to […]
Entries from July 13th, 2006
Chris Oxlade
July 13th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I was quite shocked and surprised to see the news in today’s Crawley Observer that Chris Oxlade is leaving Mercury FM. They say he has been ‘sacked’ or ‘axed’ although Chris hasn’t commented on it at all. I will admit that I hardly ever listen to Mercury FM and I don’t think I have ever […]
Blogs and ‘old media’
July 13th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
There has been a lot written lately about the relationship between new and old media. I have been keeping an eye on the debate but don’t feel involved: I don’t have aspirations towards being a ‘citizen journalist’ myself, or indeed any sort of journalist and I know that my readership is dwarfed by even the […]
Tags: Blogging·Broadfield Forum·Internet·Local Papers·Newspapers
Vive La France
July 10th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
Zidane may not have set much of an example at the end, but the rest of the team really showed the rest of the world how to lose a penalty shoot out with dignity. They did not kick off like spoilt children (Argentina) or cry like babies (England) but just took it on the chin. […]
Tags: Football·World Cup 2006
Foreign accent syndrome
July 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
Although it has featured everywhere as the light-hearted news item, it can't be much fun for Linda Walker, the 60-year-old geordie woman who woke up from a stroke with a Jamaican accent. However, the condition may be more widespread than we thought, with an epidemic inside the Labour party. The government benches are full of […]
Tags: Labour Party
World Cup Stars
July 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on World Cup Stars · Life
FIFA have named their ‘squad of the tournament‘ and there is actually an English player in it – John Terry. I think Rio actually did better than him, but never mind. The whole squad is: Buffon (Italy), Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal); Ayala (Argentina), Terry (England), Thuram (France), Lahm (Germany), Cannavaro (Italy), Zambrotta (Italy), Carvalho (Portugal); […]
Tags: Football·World Cup 2006
Synchronicity
July 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Synchronicity · Life
The other day I bought a pain aux raisin from the Whistlestop in Waterloo station. The girl at the till had a name badge which said Sultana.
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Croydon World Party – PS
July 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Croydon World Party – PS · Life
I almost missed the fact that the Croydon World Party also features the Old Palace Clog Dancers. Brings back fond memories of Bill Tidy‘s famous cartoon strip… I do hope they attempt the now legendary Triple Arkwright.
Only one week to go
July 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Only one week to go · Music
Just a week to go until the Croydon World Party on July 15th and Mela on July 16th. I think I will give the Mela a miss. We have our own in Crawley later in the month so I shall go to hat instead of making the trip up to Croydon two days running. For […]
Tags: Concerts·World music
Bloggers4Labour recommendations
July 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Technology
A little over a week ago Andrew at B4L started a sort of experiment with recommendations for blog posts. It seems like it might be a good idea as long as it doesn’t lead to Woolworths record department syndrome. Some people may not have heard about WRD syndrome because it is something I made up […]
Tags: bloggers4labour·Blogging
