London Have you ever wandered into a restaurant because you were getting really hungry, were in a rush to be somewhere else, and the place had (lots) of empty tables? Well, in this case, the best advice would be to
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Ramen Rankings
I love ramen. One of my life’s side-quests is to find the perfect bowl. This is my attempt at tracking and ranking the places I’ve had it. Bristol, unless otherwise indicated. The Gold Collection Kanada Ya (London, Central St Giles)
Web Development? Sure. Server? Turns out, not so much…!
Having recently changed jobs to work for a fairly sizable UK-based web hosting company, I found myself considering my web hosting setup. The bulk of the websites I tool about with in my spare time are WordPress, just because of
Jacket potato
As you get older, life serves up certain inevitabilities. In 1994 I was contacted by the Boy Scouts of America to inform me that I’d been successful in applying to be a summer camp counsellor, and would be heading off
The Hateful Eight
This was an exercise in completism – I recall starting this a few times in the last 10 years, and never quite getting through it. In hindsight it probably wasn’t worth bothering, although some of the performances made it worth
The Northman
What a weird film! I think we got drawn into this by seeing Alexander Skarsgard on a chat show and selling the idea so fully. And yet when you watch it you find yourself thinking, “Well, this isn’t what I
Great British Menu 2022
The best way to consume this, I think, is to have it on in the background & dip in and out periodically – otherwise you’d lose your mind. Notionally interesting due to the regional heats/finals nature of the contest, the
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Rewatch of an “old classic” partially for the sense of comfort, but also to see how affected Tarantino’s work is through the lens of present context (mistreatment of various people, dangerous stunt situations on other films, etc. – y’know… this
Will & Grace – Seasons 1-3
We decided to pick up the late-90s comedy as a formative favourite of Liz’s, and see how such a thing might weather today. To start with it seemed VERY dated, owing to a 4:3 aspect ratio alongside the fashion &