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November 2003

here i still sit

here i still sit, 15 hours after i started this morning, still working on those presentations. one is pretty much done, the other is still some way off.
i’m in meetings all tomorrow so probably won’t get a chance to update the blog (or the presentations) until tomorrow evening (UK time).
yeah – finally finished one presentation and nearly done the other. It’s 23:41 so i best get to bed as it’s nearly time to get up for tomorrow :-/

weebl anb bob

whilst searching for a picture of a weeble for my presentation i found the weebl and bob site. these clips appear on MTV2 sometimes and are excellent (though not always family friendly). This one is my favourite. works best with sound on.
i also found this bonkers thing ! you’ll be singing it all day.
if badgers aren’t your thing then maybe potatoes are.

ancient watches and calculators

here is an excellent site for lovers of 1970s/80s technology. loads of calculators and digital watches. even a TV watch from c1982.
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click picture to go to site
i used to have this watch when i was a lad. it played the james bond theme tune and i would set it off and run around the playground.

it’s another working from home day

i’m working from home today, so no exciting london street finds today i suspect. i’ve gone for a 5am start as my mind is more active at this time of day. and the house is absolutely silent.
the downside is that it’s very chilly and i’d still really like to go back to bed.
i’ve got two presentations to give this week (to the NICC Open Forum and the Oftel Internet Forum). [the oftel website seems to be quite broken at the moment and even spells my name wrong which is nice]
Today i dedicate myself to their construction.

burke

i walked past Buckingham Palace this evening on the way back to the station. Michael Burke, the newsreader was outside the palace recording a live bit for the BBC evening news.
he was probably reporting on the Prince Charles thing which all international (non UK) readers of this blog can read in their local papers, but we in the UK can’t. but that’s alright as we’re not bothered.
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i have some nice Royal commemorative items i could show you sometime. i might take a few pictures of my favourite Charles and Di items tomorrow. you can look forward to that if you want (optional)

street technology

here is a misfunctioning BT multimedia payphone. the pattern is hypnotic encouraging us to buy more cheese (i suspect)
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and here is an ancient public payphone which has seen better days
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found photo !

exciting morning – found a photo in the street which i can add to davescollections later. (i generally obscure the faces when the picture is obviously of a child)
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no parking

there’s no parking here. there’s 6 seperate signs on the same sign post to tell us. unfortunately, the driver of this car is so rich he hasn’t noticed
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more junk

here is the answer to lack of storage space for the homeless. it’s part of the government’s scheme called ‘drawer for the poor’ (sounds more convincing when said with a Yorkshire access ‘draw-er for the po-or’
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meanwhile the outside heating concept (also for the homeless perhaps) is proving so popular they’ve also provided more radiators and a television set (as i suggested for a different application last week)
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strangest dog sign

i spotted this sign on a door to pub which doesn’t sell food on a sunday night in Hartley Wintney on our way back. we were dissapointed by the food, but over the moon (non eclipsed) about this sign-spot.
a bloke behind the pub asked for the URL of the website, so maybe he’ll leave a comment and tell me the name of the pub so i recommend it to dog sign spotters everywhere ?
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phone box

here is a phone box on the beach
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ferry sign

here is the sign coming back on the chain ferry. i used flash to get the photo as it was dark and for some reason the camera totally ignores the background !
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ash

here is a tree called ash. i have a colleague called ash. they are not the same
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corfe castle

here we are at corfe castle. it was deliberately knocked down by the Parliamentarians after the civil war, hence the mess
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it’s in a ideal location for castle – on top of a little pointy hill with great views in every direction.
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here’s jane looking cute and lovely (she is) in her rain coat. behind her is the local stream train line
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here is a view from the village overlooking a pub (click for big version)
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more bournemouth

Jane’s parents kindly offered to look after esther and kezia for the weekend. we couldn’t believe our luck and quickly booked a weekend away in Bournemouth using lastminute.com.
it was excellent to spend time just jane and I (no Internet or children). we missed the kids of course, but had a great time. i highly recommend this to anyone – go on holiday with your partner for a few days without anyone else. just have some fun and forget about everything else.
esther and kezia had a good time at their grandparents, and jane’s parents enjoyed it too. hoorah !
(we’re already looking forward to our next weekend away to Stockholm next summer …)
here is jane by the seaside:
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old toilet

here is a luxury old fashioned toilet we saw in a museum.
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