A bloke on the tube was wearing this Sid James shirt which I…
A bloke on the tube was wearing this Sid James shirt which I hadn’t seen before. We talked about it, and when he got off he gave a little Sid-laugh.
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Whale snot, and bats being very rude indeed
London delivered another of it’s rare and exciting opportunities into my eager grasp last Thursday night with the chance to attend the 2011 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK, to hear from Marc Abrahams of the Annals of Improbable Research in the Great Hall at Imperial College as he gave a presentation on the 2010…
The farmer takes a wife, the barber takes a pole.
Whilst perambulating about the lovely city of Bristol the other day we stumbled past a reasonably fetching barber shop. Stumbled upon isn’t quite the right word. We weren’t really stumbling at that point of the evening, so it’s not like we were stumbling and then went past it… it was more just that we were…
Even for a budget brand, you’d think they’d specify…
Even for a budget brand, you’d think they’d specify the species…
Mr Men book reviews
Mr Men book reviews: “In his third work, Mr Happy, Hargreaves takes us on a Jungian journey to the integrated self.”
Qype: Restaurant La Villa d’Este in Nice
Nice – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Italian & Pizza Whilst stuck in Nice recently due to a transport foulup, my partner and I asked our hotel concierge where a good place to go for dinner might be, and with no hesitation at all she pointed us at Villa d’Este. And in doing so…
The idealist’s view of The Digital World
Despite my recent move to the periphery of software development, I started life in the Computer Science department at Flinders University, and by virtue of associating with some Mighty Clever Folks had some of the hacker mentality rub off on me. Since then I’ve held a keen interest in hacking together software projects from time…
Qype: Chang’s Noodles in London
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Chinese There are so many little non-chainy food places around the British Museum/Bloomsbury area that occasionally curiosity gets the better of you and you think, “Well, surely this place wouldn’t still be here if it were *that* bad?”. So, feeling like a spot of Chinese food and…
Qype: Lupita in London
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Mexican Finding myself in need of a bite and in the Villiers Street area I figured I might as well go check out Lupita: any opportunity to check out a potential new source of burritos has got to be a good thing, right? In summary, “Okay”. What…