Archive for 'London'
London Air Ambulance pops down gracefully in the rose garden next to our flat
Posted on 25 Apr 2010 in Daily, London
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London Marathon start line from Bruces lounge room window
Posted on 25 Apr 2010 in Daily, London
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London Marathon 1 mile marker near the flat – race tomorrow
Posted on 24 Apr 2010 in Daily, London
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Skinny home on market for GBP525k
Posted on 30 Aug 2005 in Daily, London

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4196436.stm
Only one day of snow in London in 2005
Posted on 01 May 2005 in Daily, London

samknows.com: The Broadband Resource
Posted on 09 Mar 2005 in Daily, London
Fantastic detailed resource on broadband exchange statuses in the UK. Enter your telephone number to locate your exchange and get relevant technical details including available DSLAM ports etc. Enter your phone number and post code and get a distance in metres from the exchange and likely service speeds your line will support. The upgrade to 2mbps hasn't gone smoothly for me unfortunately, I'm gettings lots of connection drops out.http://www.samknows.com/broadband/
Twisted Melon @ Jamm Brixton
Posted on 20 Feb 2005 in Daily, London
Had a great night at Twisted Melon @ Jamm in Brixton on Saturday. It's been a long time since I've gone to a club with such a nice friendly unpretentious crowd and has renewed my faith somewhat in London clubs. Brixton is a bit of a hike, and well dodgy, but that's part of the fun right.. getting home in any unlicensed mini-cab whatever the cost. With so many clubbing events on each week it's quite a challenge to find a good night, it really comes down to personal recommendations.http://www.twisted-melon.com/
Streetcar
Posted on 31 Jan 2005 in Daily, London
We signed up for Streetcar on the weekend. This member service lets you book and use Streetcar cars conveniently parked all over London. There's at least one parked down the road from our flat. After reserving a car on the web site you go to the car and swipe your card on the card reader under the windscreen to unlock it. You then enter your code in the cars computer, get the keys out of the glove box and you're off. It's GBP4.95 per hour for rental. Great for short trips zipping around London and only GBP25 to join plus GBP50 optional insurance excess reduction. The cars are all nice new VW Golf's.http://www.mystreetcar.co.uk/
Magic Roundabout Preview at Leicester Square
Posted on 31 Jan 2005 in Daily, London

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Posted on 05 Jan 2005 in Daily, London

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/ticketshop_feat_cuckoosnest.asp
A Life In The Theatre
Posted on 16 Nov 2004 in Daily, London
Patrick Stewart star of television smash hit Star Trek: The Next Generation is to appear together in David Mamet's A Life In The Theatre at the Apollo.http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/82298
Kelkoo.co.uk
Posted on 16 Aug 2004 in Daily, London
Quite decent price comparison engine for the UK. Very comprehensive. We've been looking at TV prices and this has been the best site so far for comparing prices and getting the best deal.http://www.kelkoo.co.uk/
Tube Temperatures Forecast
Posted on 09 Aug 2004 in Daily, London
Riding the London Underground during Summer is something else, none of the trains have air conditioning and most of the stations lack any ventilation, it can easily hit a stiffling 35c+ underground on hot days. Add to that the mobile greenhouses (London Arriva buses), many of these buses are the brand new replacements for the classic Red Bus RouteMasters, and yet they lack airconditioning! London really isn't geared up for hot weather, love this site:http://metcheck.com/tube/
New Pictures: Regents Canal and Camden Markets
Posted on 02 Jul 2004 in Daily, London

http://anthonyjhicks.com/ajh/pictures.nsf/albumview!OpenView&Count=999&RestrictToCategory=regentscanal
New Pictures: Chelsea Flower Show 2004
Posted on 02 Jul 2004 in Daily, London

http://anthonyjhicks.com/ajh/pictures.nsf/albumview!OpenView&Count=999&RestrictToCategory=chelseaflowershow2004
London Expo 2004
Posted on 15 May 2004 in Daily, London
Excellent, London Expo is on again this weekend. There's a few Star Trek and Buffy actors going so I might take a look.http://www.londonexpo.com/
Orange Mobile’s robotic adherence to idiotic rules
Posted on 13 May 2004 in Daily, London
Cory Doctorow explains the joys of the British utility bill game and discovers the hassles of shopping for mobile phones in London. On a side note, I wonder if the guy who walked past me in Leicester Square last Sunday wearing a blue Blogger pullover and lined up at the Odeon ticket window was Cory. Hmmm.. just Googled up some pictures of him.. thinking back there might have been a resemblance, and there's even one with him in a blogger t-shirt, perhaps it was him. I almost stopped the mystery Blogger to say hi, but we were in a rush to make our movie. I guess I should have. Ah well, next time.http://www.boingboing.net/2004/05/13/orange_mobiles_robot.html
Transport for London Disruptions Map
Posted on 11 May 2004 in Daily, London
Nice way of presenting the information for quick digestion.http://map.tfl.gov.uk/realtime.asp
London to get unbundled video-on-demand
Posted on 06 May 2004 in Daily, London
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/05/video_networks_llu/
11pm closing
Posted on 01 May 2004 in Daily, London
I still can't come to terms with the 11pm closing time of London pubs. Extremely frustrating when you're having a good night.National Insurance fun
Posted on 29 Apr 2004 in Daily, London
The NI tax saga continues, after days of leaving unreturned messages on an answering machine, presumably at the Paddington DSS office via the Glasgow call centre I call back Glasgow and force one of the operators to talk to me rather than routing my call. After a long chat with a surprisingly knowledgable and helpful person, and a chat to their supervisor they realise that the Paddington office probably isn't returning my messages as they no longer handle NI interviews for W2! After further discussion between the operator and her supervisor, they say I should now call the Bloomsbury office for interviews. Feeling like I've made a major breakthrough I call the Bloomsbury office, and of course, they have no idea they are handling W2 interviews and refer me to the Paddington office! I call back the Glasgow call centre, they put me on hold, go chat with the supervisor again and realise that the Bloomsbury office probably hasn't been advised they now handle W2 interviews. They suggest trying another office that handles W1 interviews. I call the W1 office, begging for an interview but they just refer me back to the Paddington office. I call Glasgow again, and they suggest waiting a week or so to see if Bloomsbury gets the "stencil" (not memo!) advising them to take W2 interviews. So until Bloomsbury get the "stencil", no one seems willing to take W2 NI interviews. What a fucking joke -- btw, Glasgow call centre people are quite helpful as long as you talk fast right after giving your post code preventing them from putting you through to the local DSS office: 0845 377 0002.http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/robdian/obor/nis.html
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Posted on 20 Apr 2004 in Daily, London
Guess who else was at this private party at RAH last night, us! Thanks for the invite M. More details when I get a chance to write it up.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/20/1082395830842.html
Mystery Solved
Posted on 17 Mar 2004 in Daily, London
Didn't look like a Nimrod to me, I guess I was too far off.http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004122119,00.html
Commercial airliner escorted by two Tornado’s over London
Posted on 16 Mar 2004 in Daily, London
At about 12:45pm today while eating lunch in the 10th floor cafeteria I spotted a commercial airliner (737 or 767) being escorted over the City of London by two RAF Tornado fighters. Of course, while almost everyone else sits there obliviously eating their lunches, I'm glued to the window to see what going on (bloody planespotters). The Tornado's stayed in close formation the whole way, one on each wing. I'd guess it was some troublesome suspicious passenger or a down radio that lead to a fighter escort being called in. Interesting to see anyway. Gee they must have scrambled those Tornado's pretty quick to catch up with the an airliner in the city. No mention of this on any of the news sites yet. Doubt it could have been a training run. It could have also been a VIP under special protective escort.UPDATE: No mention whatsoever of this event in the news. Perhaps fighter escorts of commercial airliners over major cities are considered a common occurence now. Or was it simply hushed up so people didn't panic, as yet another terrorist attack was silently and skillfully averted by MI6.
When Harry Met Sally
Posted on 02 Mar 2004 in Daily, London

Forgetting reviews by precious west-end theatre critics decrying this as further evidence of the Hollywoodisation of London theatre through the use of Hollywood names to attract the unwashed unworthy masses to west-end plays, I really really enjoyed it. Luke and Alyson were great, although its hard to be objective when you're seeing two well known actors you've watched for several years on TV perform live.
Our seats were in fifth row centre and gave a great view. Alyson looked exactly like she has looked all these years on Buffy, and Luke looked, well, like Dylan. It was great to see them both up close in the flesh. Although after a while it started to feel like we were watching them on telly. Anyway, if you're in London, and you're a Buffy fan, this play is an ABSOLUTE MUST.




