2008-12-02UTC10:50:33Sounds like craplandMy aunt went to this Lapland in the New Forest thing at the weekend and said it was bitterly disappointing, and then I saw it on BBC Breakfast this morning. Read Angry mum's lapland photo diary from [[www.dailyecho.co.uk and a report here from www.bi... 2008-11-28UTC09:05:13Coldplay ticketsColdplay play Wembley, Hampden Park and Lancashire County Cricket Club in September next year, some very big gigs indeed, and Ticketmaster will have some special packages here. Regular tickets also go on sale at 9.30am today.ColdplayColdplayColdplayC... 2008-11-27UTC11:15:50Britney Spears is playing the O2!Britney Spears gig tickets, Britney Spears tickets Folkestone, Britney Spears tickets, tickets for Britney Spears, Britney Spears tickets, | sold out Britney Spears tickets, Britney Spears tickets London, | Britney Spears tickets here on Ticketmaster... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11762/Britney+Spears+is+playing+the+O2%21">Rated 5.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-27UTC08:57:54Someone else struggling with their Habitat Radius wardrobe doorsWonder if the person selling this wardrobe was planning to sell the wardrobe anyway, or if the doors not shutting properly has driven them mad and made them want rid? That's how I read it:This wardrobe was bought from Habitat around 3 years ago. It c... 2008-11-26UTC05:31:18Getting the weekend lined upOff to London, lunch in Wagamama, tea in Pain Quotidien, and no time for actual christmas shopping at all, SMART!Off to Munich in January too, me, on a business trip, whatever next! I can take my new business cards along and look at them and stuff.... 2008-11-26UTC01:41:38Thanks for this Chris, love this gig historyGot all of these gigs in the <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/16/The+Metronome/history">Metronome history</a> page, don't suppose you have the actual dates of any of those do you? <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11759/Thanks+for+this+Chris%2C+love+this+gig+history"><img alt="Thanks for this Chris, love this gig history" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2580404133_20a0bc8bb4_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11759/Thanks+for+this+Chris%2C+love+this+gig+history">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-26UTC10:30:29HA! I have no lavish lifestyleI thought of one place where money will be saved over the next year, if you buy any services were prices are quoted without VAT (IE I might get my heating looked at) then that could be a bill of hundreds or even thousands of pounds that I will be sav... 2008-11-26UTC09:09:58RE: Effect on the common man who owns a small shop: KERCHING!I suppose you're right, I must try to not be cynical. But it's hard, having worked for some of the banks that caused the trouble - and now I'm doing some work for the Tax Man so I'm a little too close to it all.People of the world, keep buying stuff ... 2008-11-26UTC09:02:05Lone Star Comedy, now with added German standupThe line up consists of Henning Wehn, Liam Mullone, Jim Smallman and a newcomer’s act.Henning Wehn is the German Comedy Ambassador to the UK. He calmly and clinically debunks the idea that Germans do not have a sense of humour.Henning does this by ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11755/Lone+Star+Comedy%2C+now+with+added+German+standup">Rated 5.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-24UTC04:26:29Ray's GigsI've seen quite a few bands, but not as many as this guy... Thanks to Richy for the story, see www.raysgigs.com for the gig goer mentioned in the story...... 2008-11-24UTC01:22:56Live pirate map!Missed opportunity, why use google's default map pins instead of little skull and crossbone graphics?This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008.... 2008-11-24UTC08:52:22Lone Star Comedy Club moves back to Lanterns in January!Update from Lone Star Comedy, rah they're moving back into the town centre! We can go, and we can walk home!New Venue: We are delighted to announce that in January we will move the monthly show back to our spiritual home, the Lanterns in Folkestone T... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11748/Lone+Star+Comedy+Club+moves+back+to+Lanterns+in+January%21">Rated 5.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-21UTC11:30:39Clare's hotpot recipeMaking this for tea tonight, thought I would share the recipe with you...* Heat the oven to 180.* Chop a biggish onion into thinnish rings and start to fry gently in large pan.* Meanwhile make a start chopping up your veg - 2 or 3 large carrots, some... 2008-11-21UTC11:08:04Emma's office makes a music videoNot quite sure why, they're running a competition encouraging people to make their own version of his video I think:www.moneyinmypocket.tv... 2008-11-20UTC03:34:19Pizza Express offersEveryone's doing vouchers at the moment, Got a Pizza Express discount voucher <a href="http://www.pizzaexpressoffers.co.uk"> here on this site</a>, 20% off, Sunday - Thursday only though. <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11698/Pizza+Express+offers">Rated 6.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-20UTC12:49:52Dad, did you say you were after a new phone?<a href="http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/index.php/2008/11/20/buy-gran-a-4999-mobile-phone-for-christmas/">How about this one</a>? <br /><br />A chum just sent it, they're made in Folkestone apparently...2008-11-13UTC01:31:16Bar Below opening night Friday 14th NovemberJust seen a poster at work. Actually this was open ages ago, we went there for New Years once when Chambers cancelled. Some kind of relaunch then. There will be a DJ and live entertainment:Opening Friday 14th November @ 18:00 – 23:00 with; DJ JDP spi... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November"><img alt="Bar Below opening night Friday 14th November" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-11-06UTC03:53:28wahey, thanks for letting me know it is now the Marlowe!I didn't know which venue the Odeon was. One of those nights you'll never forget? You forgot the date! Have you seen the photos that were taken that night? They're linked to from this site somewhere, some ace live shots...UPDATE: Here's that picture,... 2008-11-05UTC02:06:50Non political newsAh, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th... 2008-11-04UTC01:37:40You need an itunes store account to make that work thoughCheers anyway though, yeah we are good hope you are too.2008-10-31UTC10:22:14Happy Halloween<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeresig/2981496331/"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2981496331_d61451fd80_o.jpg\" /></a><br />Is there a geekier pumpkin out there?2008-10-24UTC08:37:19AC/DC's new video in ASCIIOriginal on youtube, in case that didn't work.Via Musically, download the original Excel spreadsheet there, cheers Stu.Don't forget your AC/DC tickets... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11654/AC/DC%27s+new+video+in+ASCII">Rated 5.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-20UTC06:41:14Elizabeth and Raleigh - Late but LiveCool, I agreed to go to this (our company are sponsoring it) before realising it was a Stewart Lee effort, this will be great! I hope we still agree tomorrow night, going out for dinner after it too, this is not normal behaviour for us on a school ni... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11643/Elizabeth+and+Raleigh+-+Late+but+Live">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-16UTC07:52:03Lone Star Comedy Saturday 1st NovemberThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton – on Saturday November 1st The line up consists of Quincy, Ed Aczel, compere David Whitney, plus a newcomer’s act. Quincy Quincy is a remarkable ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11633/Lone+Star+Comedy+Saturday+1st+November">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-15UTC01:03:17Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev... 2008-10-09UTC03:57:20Feeling the credit crunch in Folkestone? KCC apparently areLittle old Kent county Council got a mention on this morning's Guardian Daily Podcast. Apparently Kent County Council had rather a lot of (our) money invested in an Icelandic bank that just went bust :-(<br /><br />Sources etc when I get home.2008-10-07UTC06:47:26Mysterious young entrepreneur secures local supportHmm got emailed this today and thought "I recognise that chap", he used to work at our place. Read the whole press release though, have you any idea what the business is? The accompanying pictures show our Dan stood next to a painted lady (literally,... 2008-10-07UTC12:46:55it's definitely cheaper than a webcam and a dedicated serverbut yeah it's not working very well yet... it will be handy for security, see if anyone comes to the door etc, it should email me when it motion detects, so I can point it at the telly and get a video email if the telly falls over or anything like th... 2008-10-03UTC02:49:07A handy guide to how tall stuff isimgs.xkcd.com/comics/height.pngFrom xkcd.com. Wow this makes the blog content nearly as long as the ad-stuffed sidebar! Still haven't heard back from Ebay about their new affiliate scheme. I'm chucking free links to them left right and centre to them... 2008-09-29UTC12:26:23Splendid weekend of comedy, food, double dinners, and everythingGreat weekend. As an intro though, specifically for the people from work who mentioned they had found this page recently - at no point did I drink too much and become annoying, I am a fine upstanding member of staff. Probably you can go back to work ...