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Friday, 23 December 2005 |
 R-Aston
My steak was nice but Angela's duck breast turned out to be more like a
rugby ball. Having said that they do put on a good spread for the
money, even throwing in loads of party extras like cameras, balloons,
poppers (of the party type and not the sniffing variety) and hats!
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Saturday, 10 December 2005 |
Whilst listening to Jonathon Ross's Radio 2 show on Saturday,
they talked about a project that installs roundabouts for children to
play on in Africa. The magic part of it is that it also acts as a pump
that is extracting water from wells below. Very ingenious use of low
technology and human effort.
You can see more about the project's work in Africa here: Roundabout, The Playpump.
You can also donate, but there is no need to dig any extra into your
pocket as if you want a bottle of water, you can simply purchase the
ONE brand. All profits go to fund the project. Click for more
information on ONE Water.
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Sunday, 04 December 2005 |
 We shrunk the James A night of revellery was had by all. In other words, everyone got wasted, apart from those driving.
Click for Photo's of Gild House Xmas party.
The food at Bistro on the Beach was excellent as usual. The
entertainment was fun, although spoilt by some shoddy break dancing!
Did
not manage to leave the flat the next day as I was trying to gently
recover. Too much champagne, red wine, white wine, beer and Japanese
green tea.
If you missed all the Fong related dancing shenannigans you can see it here: Gordon Fong makes arse of himself, but doesn't really care is it only happens once a year at Xmas and everyone expects it. The world needs a Chinese David Brent.
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Friday, 02 December 2005 |
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Unfortunately it does work on my Mac OS X laptop as it is only for Windows at the moment, so I can still use it at home.
With Google Earth you get the capability to photgraphically navigate the earth and zoom right in. Although some places have higher resolutions than others, especially when you are trying to look at bombholes in Iraq!
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Sunday, 20 November 2005 |
 Ken Hassell
Nice to be back in the old place where I spent probably too
much time training and ended up a crap degree.
I even got the chance to teach on the Sunday morning session. Us Old Boys do have our uses after all.
Course photos with Ken Hassell, Frank Cope and John Barnes.
Why does everyone look so bloody young at uni!
和道流
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Saturday, 12 November 2005 |
A busy weekend of listening to my new shipment from Amazon.
Paul Weller: As Is Now -
I liked his last one which was an album of covers but now he has
returned from his songwriting break with a punchy and rocking affair.
Texas: Red Book -
I thought their last few studio albums were a bit luke warm as I much
prefer their Southside and Rick's Road albums. This one though does hit
the spot for me. The collaboration with Paul Buchannan from the Blue
Nile is great as well.
Nine Horses (David Sylvian collaboration): Snow Borne Sorne
- As with Texas, his last couple of albums were not as easily
accessible but this definitely brings him back to the fore. A much
fuller album lyrically and sonically.
The Observer seem to like it and have awarded it 5 stars.
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Tuesday, 08 November 2005 |
 The building where I am working will shortly have serviced office
spaces being made available for renting. The whole block has many techonology
and Internet based companies working there and is getting to be a small
hotbed of innovative IT businesses in Bournemouth.
There will be a mixture of small and medium sized rooms. Internet
connectivity should be easily accessible through wireless gateways.
Gild House is on Norwich Avenue West which isn't too far a walk into
town or Westbourne and is a minute or two's drive from the Wessex Way.
So, very handy in many respects.
Web site now available: www.gildhouse.co.uk
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Wednesday, 02 November 2005 |
 Couple of large ones in Prague
The food and drink were very good and excellent value, if you didn't
drink in Irish/English bars. Kathryn did have to have her cider fix for the day!
Link to Photographs of Prague
I'd really recommend the place and I loved the dark beer. Fantastic.
Review to come when I get some time.
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Monday, 24 October 2005 |
This is me mate Duncan's next bar that has just opened recently in Jesmond. I thought I would drop in seeing as he was getting the drinks in all night. You don't have to be up-yourself to drink here. Cool hangout for people to take in a few beers and listen to the live band playing jazz-funk or some tunes by the DJ.
Decor is retro-chic with chairs, settees, lampshades and brik-brak dating all the way back to the 70's and 80's. I even saw one of the brown spiky clocks that used to adorn our house.
Mr Lynch web site
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