2008-11-14UTC02:54:07Something to push my desperate ticket touting from the top of the blogTerrible day of trains yesteray, have been training it in most of the week as my friend and neighbour who gives me a lift in has been off. Yesterday, morning train in CANCELLED! Started walking to look for a bus with a fellow commuter, and luckily we... 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... 2008-08-20UTC06:19:52It'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...... 2008-07-18UTC03:36:01Four videos on the blog at once, that's not what it's all aboutJust tried to give blood, and after waiting for an hour, I had to give up and come back to work, bah. So now I am bursting with an extra pint of blood that I wasn't expecting to be carrying around with me! It's going to take a real extra effort to ge... 2008-06-15UTC09:07:02Famous people who have lived in FolkestoneI'm looking for help online with a puzzle that a friend at work has set, it relates to a famous grave and plaque in Folkestone somewhere. No joy yet, but I did find this PDF of Folkestone Town Crier (the newsletter of the town council). It has a cros... 2008-03-03UTC08:56:29Canterbury, but not house huntingNot a bad weekend. Started on a bum note, with a death, my sister's ma-in-law passed away unexpectedly on Friday, so thoughts with all the families involved obviously. Saturday we stayed local, didn't go to Canterbury as Clare was having lunch with h... 2008-01-15UTC09:12:04Apple AirbookThere's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ... 2007-12-28UTC10:48:23A festive update from HibbettHmm, this newsletter is called "The Last Working Day Of The Month" (from one of his songs), but he's practically a civil servant and finished work for the year a week ago at least, I'm still working...welcome to this SUPER CHRISTMASSY edition of our ... 2007-06-01UTC09:22:29RE:To all concerned with Knotweed Pulling - be very careful.You may well increase the spread of the plant by pulling it out of the ground. It is not a recognised method of control.Not wanting to dampen the enthusiasm of the local community, but trust m... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10276/RE%3A">Rated 5.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-05-15UTC12:06:21Canterbury weekenderHad such a great weekend, it's taken me days to recover, and I've not fully gathered my thoughts. I'm in danger of forgetting everything though, so It's time to blat out a mini review.Friday started how all our Fridays used to start, with a trip to C... 2007-05-08UTC08:38:01"Only" three more series of Lost after this oneI'm still really into it, but don't entirely believe anything the producers of Lost say so will see how this report from Yahoo pans out. Apparently there will only be three more short series of sixteen episodes each of Lost after this one.Really enjo... 2007-02-03UTC04:34:54RE: It is all work work workAnd now all the muggers who do their research on the internet know:1) Where you work2) That you carry a nice spanking new Mac PowerBook Pro in you bag3) That you walk alone along a country lane in the dark from the train station (and therefore your r... 2007-01-09UTC12:01:58Morrissey to represent UK in EurovisionOK, not actually, just potentially, in theory, someone is trying to generate a bit of press here I think. Nothing is confirmed, this sounds a bit rubbish actually, but the BBC do have a quote from himself:"I was horrified but not surprised to see the... 2006-12-01UTC12:24:22UpdatesTravel update: twenty minutes late today, eitehr track circuit failure, or track surface failure, I was a bit too asleep to hear it. How can the surface fail? Must have been circuit. Why couldn't it have been another ten mins delay, taking us into re... 2006-11-10UTC11:34:08Transport updatesJourney times have been much better since Monday. If I race out of the door here at six, I get a train at Cannon Street that gets me home without changing for eight fifteen. Bit boring travelling on my own, but I'm plodding on with these book, and re... 2006-11-03UTC05:18:11Damp and other delightsThis spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi... 2006-10-13UTC07:07:57That all seems like a long time ago nowYeah, I didn't post anything yesterday, was off in London. How can Justin be leaving the band? Is it something to do with contracts? I know Dan's a great guitarist, but how on earth could they carry on without Justin?2006-10-06UTC08:42:43RoundupInterview yesterday was good, but it's a small company and I'm still after more money than they can afford. It wis great to work on interesting projects, but I'm still holding out for a higher wage too right now, we have a mortgage and want a new hou... 2006-07-12UTC11:32:42Not much to say for a few daysBeen watching quite a lot of Due South (we forgot to update our Amazon list) and doing some work on my Folkestone maps when I've had a few minutes. Now weather.I've sort of been enjoying the weather. Monday daytime I thought was fabulous, around lunc... 2006-06-23UTC01:16:10Web 2.0Thinking about myspace again today, as I looked at it yesterday, there was some piece in the guardian today about how Q Magazine "hilariously" made up a band and generated a buzz about them using myspace. I am a bit out of touch with modern pop music... 2006-05-30UTC11:37:16Welcome to Miami!Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M... 2006-04-13UTC08:53:27American rock band indeed...The brothers of the band were born in Scotland, but raised in Australia, and the rest were Australian. The singer now - Brian Johnson - is a Geordie, and there might be other international types added more recently. Check out more AC/DC history.Just ... 2006-02-21UTC10:10:41Working from homeI think this is the fifth attempt to get some decent reception and extra channels at home, with a day spent out of work for someone each time. It's only the second attempt from the current aerial and satelleite services supplier, and I have every con... 2006-01-20UTC07:39:52RE: Pete Dohertypete mate u really blown it. I think u want too get nicked so u keep ur 'celebrity habit'. I been stopped in my car about 15 times always carrying white or brown and only got one conviction for possesion of crack (plenty of others though) but seriou... 2006-01-12UTC10:59:29PSP firmware 2.60 hackedIf you can ignore the hyperbole about "accomplishing the unthinkable", and the fact that you have to abort a game of GTA in order to load a game of Tetris, this PSP update about hacking is interesting. No really - it opens the door to getting unautho... 2006-01-10UTC01:50:12RE: I thought it was only the 1.0 or previous that could do the unauthorised stuff?Anything upto version 2.0 is downgradeable (is that a word?) anyway it wont be long until 2.6 is cracked...although 2.5 is taking a while.My friend has hacked his and now has pretty much every game for it! Although at the present he cant play GTA as ... 2006-01-03UTC02:13:31Fitter, happier, more productiveI'm not falling into the trap of making resolutions, but I am going to try and get a few more things sorted. Had a fairly productive Christmas, so why not continue in this vein? Oh yes, spurred on by my new toilet seat, here's what I'm achieving...We... 2005-10-12UTC10:07:44La Vue Halloween PartyMissive from La Vue:We Have a great Halloween party on the 29th October it's a Saturday. It's a fancy dress competition, £10.00 per person to include first drink, buffet, D.J downstairs and entry into the competition. First prize is a weekend for tw... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4023/La+Vue+Halloween+Party"><img alt="La Vue Halloween Party" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4023/La+Vue+Halloween+Party">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-09-28UTC03:48:23Woo!The Clarke family tree and the Mahon family tree are now linked, since Clare and I got married on the 12th August... tree pages still to be updated!Please note really important if you're looking at this page for Clare you'll see there's not much fami... 2005-06-29UTC09:39:12Satellite spy pictures of the UKWoo, Google Maps is up to date with satellite photos of the UK now, you can zoom right in... this update has caused a slight problem with my own interactive map, something's stopping it initialising properly, but once the map's redrawn (just pick a n...