angry neighbour
a sign appears in this street about once a year asking neighbours to not leave their rubbish out. i just love the effort that must go in to creating these signs.
alpine blowey instrument
(from last february)
baron’s court station
a photogenic tube station
fancy chair
i wonder if the chap (or chappess) buried here asked for a chair on their grave.
it’s a great idea though. a bit like one of those benches with a little name plate on ‘in memory’ of someone. but more extreme.
frogs crossing
here are some frog crossing signs on a country lane
it’s not clear whether these are warnings to frogs or people. they could be outlines of previous incidents.
cool music art festival thing
there’s some fancy music thing going on in Reading’s forbury gardens at the moment. you get to borrow MP3 players and wander round the gardens listening to different compositions in different locations.
at one point a choral ensemble ensembled themselves near the lion and sang a special piece which was really good. kezia was transfixed
we got to stand behind the major too
it was everywhere
i’m not a sports fan (other than the bingo, which isn’t really a spectator sport). yesterday there was no escape from football which seemed to be playing on tellies in every cafe and bar in town. to escape the misery i took kezia on a tour of electronic shops, but it was no good as banks of televisions were tuned to the same channel and people (mostly male shopping-widows) were stood watching.
page 25
i’ve been collecting photos of the posters in paddington station which all seem to have page numbers on. The posters are usually huge (A0 sized ?) so they must be from a very big book.
however, this one was A4 sized (‘legal’ page size minus a bit if you’re not from round these parts). what can it mean
better funkypancake podcast
i revamped my first attempt with this. it was quite a lot of work coordinating the flying words so i’m not sure if i’ll do that bit again. i’ll just have to see. i think it also looks like an early experiment in powerpoint or an early 1990s website.
but i’m much happier with the intro and outro and i’m exploring software options too, so if you have any smart ideas let me know. this was done using a demo version of Ulead Videostudio
video podcast
ipod version (8.8MB): m4v ipod version (use quicktime or itunes to play)
mp4 version (13.2MB): mp4 version for windows