an ancient video
a long time ago we had two cats. one of them, billy, used to love drinking tea from a mug. here he is in action. file 32KB in RealMovie format
April 2004
ancient webcam pictures
more history from my old computer – ancient webcam pictures from when i had hair and didn’t wear glasses all the time.
stylophone
here is a photo of my stylophone. the ‘styl’ was a play on words referring to the electronic ‘stylus’ pen you use to play the instrument. today it could stand for ‘style’ of course.
My instrument was played and signed by Rolf Harris himself. Click on the pictures for a proper look.
ooooh
i don’t generally do sound. but here is a sound i found down the back of the cooker (on my old computer):
Ooooooh.wav (85KB)
davescollections updated
if you are interested, i’ve just updated my found photo website to include the latest find and an old thing which i forgot to put up last year !
www.davescollections.com
old sign of a dog
here is an old dog which i found whilst searching through some old photos. it was taken in france last year. this dog would be a good friend for these two
Q2: who knows you best ?
jane (my wife) (20 questions)
face painting
sometimes face painting is deliberate. sometimes it’s not.
esther went yellow and kezia was a rabbit until she started eating a chocolate covered cake
marble fun
three play marbles
an old misery
i don’t often get angry about things or people, but this woman does cause me much mirth / annoyment (depending on my mood).
i have a standard response to her rudeness which generally works well in most situations of potential confrontation. i say “thank you, have a really lovely evening”. today she went too far and i didn’t say anything.
i approached, paid her my 40 pence, went to extract my paper from her claw-like grip and she looked me in the eyes and said “never do that again”.
“pardon ?” i said
“NEVER give me copper coins. i don’t want them. never do that again”
my mistake had been to include two 2 pence coins and one 1 pence coin in my money.
so, i shall save up all my 1 pence pieces and make a special purchase of my 40 pence paper next week. i may even be ready with my camera:
and here she is close up:
she is the complete opposite of this man
Adam Buxton on a bike
here is one of the blokes from Adam and Joe (not sure which one) on a bike.
minutes before i walked past Rhona Cameron. The streets were full of celebrities this evening
(updated 27nov09 as of course it was adam buxton – and also updated link to their BBC 6music page)
another handkerchief
another one. proves my earlier point. love is dead.
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“please can you tell me where i can find the dead man who has been taxidermied and put in a box” ?
a simple question which had an incredible effect on the person i asked. she creased up in fits of giggles and ran off to a back room. this was not an unusual response unfortunately.
another receptionist who overheard my question said “is he a student”.
eventually i found Jeremy Bentham in the South Cloisters of UCL. to save you the embarrasement of asking for him, here he is with some information:
more info for those that like to click and read:
a bit of a self portrait here:
and here is the pub sign and BT tower (again):
Q1: who am i?
the first question of the 20 questions is ‘who am I’ ?
the answer is probably ‘various’. but here’s a start.
i’m a pedestrian taking a different footpath.
do you like this sign by the way ? it’s very sturdy with its wooden support structure.
more hidden treasures
following the covering of st pauls and the BBC headquarters, the Marble Arch at, er, Marble Arch has now also been hidden.
it’s a giant game of tourist hide and seek.
follow the leader
this picture didn’t come out as nicely as i’d hoped, but here it is anyway. it’s about 50 joggers all running fairly slowly in single file through hyde park.
it’s a grown up game of follow the leader. when i took the photo i hoped the railings in the foreground wouldn’t cause a-fence (offence)
