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April 30, 2004
worrying behaviour
The 2001 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Copenhagen and Aqua did a megamix with Safri Duo. I am listening to it despite it being Aqua because of the Safri Duo bit. Worrying? I think so...
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April 27, 2004
Comment Spamming
I was resorting to banning IP addresses to prevent the comment spamming on the site but have now installed MT-Blacklist which is a cool plug in for MovableType
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April 26, 2004
my restaurant rules
While I was in Sydney (yes I know I have mentioned the trip a few times) they had a dodgy reality TV show called My Restaurant Rules. Now Sam & Catherine were perhaps the most annoying couple. They kept whining on about wanting to learn Italian etc etc and nothing really about the restaurant. The location was perfect, so it couldn't possibly fail. Practically opposite The Colombian and next to Wagamama. Shame then that it's the first one to close ;)
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Love is in the air
It's so wrong on so many levels yet since Harbour Party, The club remix of Love is in the air (Milk & Sugar vs John Young) has been one of my favourite tracks on my iPod. It's going to be my song of the summer I think.
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train trauma
Today I was a tad late due to train trauma. Who said London had the best transport network in the world...
I usually get the train (with lots of colleagues) from Clapham Junction to Kensington Olympia at 09:08 but as the previous train (08:38) had been cancelled it was packed to capacity with people in with the driver ten minutes before it was scheduled to leave. So a few of us from work waited for the 09:25 sadly this though was cancelled. So the next train was due to leave at 09:38 and guess what... it was cancelled too!
Then the 10:03 was delayed so I was a late. Grrrrr
I did get to have a coffee and croissant and a long chat with some people from work I don't see enough of though. So that was nice.
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April 25, 2004
lion king
The first two minutes of The Lion King took my breath away. As soon as you realise you need to look all around the theatre, above you and behind you to take in the full effect it overwhelms the senses.
I was always going to like the score. I like my beat music. Safri Duo are one of my favourite bands. So the fact that the percussion and drums were above us on both sides in what were once boxes was amazing.
The costumes and masks that are really hats are great. Scar's was cantilevered, so that it swang forward menacingly. The other animals are brilliant too with wheels, masks, extensions to body parts and traditional costumes all pulling together to make a great effect.
I hadn't seen the movie so didn't know the story but quickly realised it was a kids musical. Shame then that the prices were so steep. Tickets not discounted for kids and extortionate pricing of drinks and snacks spoiled what was otherwise a magical evening.
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brighton
was really cool - and rich was really horny. Enough said I think.
Seriously though lots of beer, nice company and a great day out - almost like summer has satarted early!
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April 23, 2004
Hubba Hubba
Gazza has a new obsession - only he stupidly broadcast it and now has competition. Now I'm not normally one to obsess (oh wait who am I kidding)...
HELLO Steve :o) He stars in Latter Days - and I was trying to get to see it while I was in the US but Northern Virginia being very conservative and all...
There has been much hulabaloo around the film in the US, Utah particularly.
Looking forward to the DVD release so that we can use the freeze frame :o)
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April 21, 2004
London Bloggers Revisited
I'm going through some of my code and favourites in order to tidy up for the planned redesign.
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April 20, 2004
meme of 2004?
Mark told me to:
Grab the nearest book.
Open the book to page 23.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal/blog along with these instructions.
And because I obviously do whatever anyone tells me to do, you’re reading this post. Mark also pointed me in the direction of A9 so you should be able to doa quick search and find the book I had to hand:
In point of fact, as he told Kester the next day over sandwiches by the river, Alan Harkness was also facing hunger of the more everyday kind.
What you got? Not what A9 think it is anyways ;o)
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me breeding? whatever next...
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April 13, 2004
Washington DC
So Allan and I have spent the Easter weekend in Washington DC doing the usual tourist sights and staying at the Hyatt. It's been a lovely weekend and I've introduced him to the delights of A&F.
We've spent a few nights eating and playing and discovered Lizard Lounge last night which was excellent and made a change from the cowboy hell that was Remingtons.
Just dropped him at the airport and come back to Reston to check into the lovely newly refurbished Hyatt Regency. Work for the rest of the week and then heading back to London for Saturday morning.
It's been really lovely. Lots of pics which I'll sort out when I get back.
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April 12, 2004
comment spamming and ip banning
As if getting spam mail isn't enough I've just had the first (and hopefully last lot of comment spamming happen. so the following IP addresses are now banned - I'm thinking of setting up a global list for people to subscribe to.
64.159.65.78
212.58.24.202
212.179.154.242
204.90.130.25
200.105.136.20
209.36.127.4
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April 06, 2004
stupid airlines :(
They would make much more money if people knew how much flights cost. instead of changing the price based on the time of day and if it's raining.
I know easyjet are notorious for making it more expensive on a flight based on how many tickets had sold - so some people get them cheaper to start and then the last few pay a fortune. I had no idea BA did the same though.
Grrr I posted about eurostar doing the same a while back.
I tell you when I have my airline it will be clearly priced. No need to shop around either. The price you see will be the price you get!
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April 02, 2004
:( poor cube
Last night I got a call from Matt asking me to come home. I returned to a scene of carnage. My glass desk had shattered (reason still unknown) and so what was left was a pile of computer equipment and shards of glass.
My Cube no longer powers up :(
The insurance people have decided to send someone from PC World to attempt a repair. I'd laugh if I didn't find it so worrying. PC World in my experience don't know their iMac from their eMac or their G3 powerbook from their G4 iBook.
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