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... 2008-09-13UTC07:42:22Terry Pratchett's Nation limited edition.I've got one of these a Nation special edition, I think. Dad queued from early this morning to secure one of these, and got it signed, good work!Had a great day in London where we also saw Terry Pratchett, he helicoptered between Hayling Island (wher... 2008-08-20UTC06:19:52It's Fareham, it's a squirrel, it must be the Daily MailA squirrel carrying a coconut.UPDATE: The Sun has it too. I don't read either of these papers, but The Guardian news podcast seems to have missed it...... 2008-07-13UTC10:59:19Gone ApeWent to Go Ape at Leeds Castle on Friday, bit of a work jolly. None of the pictures or video really came out that well, but here is me on a zip line / death slide / flying fox.It was great! Some pictures to come too.As a reward for watching my video... 2008-04-14UTC02:52:52Run Terry, RUN!<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/darryl_se7/2411056051/"><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/2411056051_ab29bb8bb2.jpg\" /></a>2007-11-22UTC07:53:08New JSON feed of my blogOh that'll come in handy for all those mashups based around me you've been planning... Not a straight feed of what I post every day, it searches the content of the site, probably seven or eight years worth of postings now. JSON is "javascript object ... 2007-11-16UTC10:38:21Swim Terry, swim for your life!<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7096816.stm">Ace red squirrel story</a>, or should that be "tale" (TAIL, GEDDIT?!?!) Thanks Dave.2007-11-06UTC07:04:50Squirrel in St Eanswythe's churchyardTaken on Sunday, with the new camera.Neither the face detection nor the smile shutter works on squirrels, you can do manual focussing with the touch screen though.... 2007-08-06UTC12:58:48Cool bagThis bag is a strictly limited edtion from a local shop in Folkestone, it's made from leftover (unused) London tube train seat material:Retro and recycled and local and cool, all in one, nice. Via keetsa.com, some sort of enviro-blog I think.While I'... 2007-08-05UTC08:37:20Hot weekendHad a good week, lots going on at work, including the aforementioned rowing trip and picnic meeting in Hythe, very nice, then also a Harry Potter themed barbecue at work (I'm still plodding through the audiobook, don't tell me how it ends), and a pub... 2007-06-05UTC11:00:01Mods and rockers all over againYesterday I saw a turf war in Folkestone, a ferocious battle between six magpies and three squirrels, in our back garden. I have misled you, these are not gang names, it's really magpies and squirrels. I think they've all been displaced from the gard... 2007-01-17UTC01:19:29There is another UK Skink doing the roundsThis from a press release from January last year:LONDON: It needs a brave soul and a strong stomach to have dinner with Arthur Boyt.For he is a connoisseur of roadkill flesh, and among the dishes served in his kitchen are casseroles made from squashe... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-10-17UTC04:48:57History in my dayAnother bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I’... 2006-10-10UTC05:17:01RE:Zombie squirrel, like it.Yep. Shame no-one was willing to make the same kind of investment in popex. Perhaps you should suggest to Google that they buy the rights from Channelfly & hire you as head programmer (host the code on a decent machine).. Do ... 2006-07-10UTC10:22:14ZZ blows his topSo what was said then? Must surely have been something racial. Man alive it's a dirty game.Cream-crackered today, don't feel like I rested for a second at the weekend, not only did we stay up far too late on Saturday, but we went OUT on a FRIDAY! Thi... 2006-06-13UTC09:36:52Tax the squirrel farmsBad news from CBBC:People who shoot or trap grey squirrels should be paid, a member of the Scottish parliament has said.Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser has called for the Scottish Parliament to introduce the bounty to protect red squirrels from their g... 2006-06-05UTC01:17:49What I done on my weekendHuge weekend then, we really packed quite a lot in. Started off with a Friday off, though still a commute up to London, we had our trips to Admiralty House and Number 10, through Clare's work.Instead of snoozing on the way up to London I took the opp... 2006-05-16UTC09:53:06G'n'F'n'RGuns 'n Roses are playing Hammersmith Odeon on the 7th of June, tickets go on sale Friday 9am... As previously mentioned we can't make it to the Dublin gig, got a wedding that day...What else is new? Not sorted through my pictures from Croatia yet - ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8332/G%27n%27F%27n%27R">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-05-02UTC10:14:12Squirrel plants super walnut treeA lovely gardening story, not that much squirrel content actually. Now onto the weekend review!We went to Rye, and it is nice. We mooched around some very very old buildings and shops and things, and had a look inside Henry James' house, and did all ... 2006-04-26UTC11:03:07RE: Squirrel stamped to death and set on firei'm also trying to gain access to that thread which has your links for ipaq software websites...but i can't get to it...any ideas? 2006-04-26UTC10:49:54RE: Squirrel stamped to death and set on firemesh had some good deals last time i look. obv you need dual core. but anyway, i should have thought that a man of your abilities could make one from scratch!2006-04-26UTC10:11:38Squirrel stamped to death and set on fireDon't worry! It wasn't a real squirrel! Oh, it was a person. Marcia Squirrel, 56, was stomped to death at her home in April 2005, and her body was set on fire. On Monday, jurors convicted her son, Ruben Warledo, 37, of one count each of first-degree ... 2006-04-20UTC01:32:38It's evolution in action I reckonWould the same people who're encouraging the extermination of greys to protect the reds also call for the death of all rock musicians so as to protect bagpipe music? Hmm, yes, probably.Perhaps if I saw more reds, I would like them more. I went on a q... 2006-04-20UTC08:55:33RE: I prefer the greys to the gingersI doubt you will get more squirrel related traffic from my site... www.itseasytoremember.co.uk. Grey squirrels as someone said are "rats with good PR". Red Squirrels are the natural inhabitants of the UK. Long live the Red Squirrel!... 2006-04-20UTC08:28:18I prefer the greys to the gingersBut TA for the link, and the link to me, I will gird myself for an onslaught of squirrel related traffic!2006-04-20UTC07:59:16RE: Double squirrel updateGood morning Pauly, I did see the squirrel and thought of your interest.Did you know that Formby (near Liverpool) has a Red Squirrel reserve? http://www.redsquirrels.info/formby_squirrels.html.It's a lovely place where I grew up and shall be going to... 2006-04-20UTC06:34:07Double squirrel updateUpdate to recent squirrel news (whereby a squirrel stole a student's ID), said squirrel felt remorse and returned the ID, possibly in response to all the publicity on the internets. Also did you see the squirrel that disrupted the Arsenal game last n... 2006-04-06UTC09:57:21Six Feet UnderSearching for Folkestone news I found this story about a guy who got drunk and woke up in Africa, a bit sensationalised, it was Tunisia rather than the wilds somewhere, but it looks like he might have been from Folkestone. Anyway, point is, that's no... 2006-04-01UTC01:57:55RE: PortentousIt's odd blaming squirrels and other furry woodland creatures for acts of evil. Donnie Darko had a gory looking rabbit telling him to burn things down. The world says he must have been mad because he saw a rabbit. Terrorists, and the prime minister ...