arcade gamesWalked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ... Chinese MushroomsMushroom recipe from Neil:Big load of mushrooms (about 1/2 a pound), quarteredgarlic (several cloves)3 tsp five spice powder1/2 tbs grated fresh gingerlarge onion, sliced thinly2 tsp veggie gravy granules1 tsp soy sauce1/2 tsp hot pepper sauceoil for... PEACE!The nephews have gone home, it's been a fantastic week, but tiring... haven't spent that much time with them both, EVER! Looking forward to our family holiday we've just booked for 20 of us in Greece somewhere.Today; washing, tidying, sitting, watchi... Fuzzy Artist MatchingNice, got my Barfly public facing artist page working now, so that a URL like foo.bar/who/is/the+darkness will work, no matter who the band is who, and a certain amount of fuzzy pattern matching will work too, like foo.bar/who/is/darkness, foo.bar/wh... I noticed someone searching for Clarke and Rainey the other dayit showed up on the logs as they clicked on one of these pages, was it yoU?Insane in the ChainI muchly enjoyed Goldie Lookin' Chain at Metro last night, here are some pictures:[UPDATE: 7 years later, pictures long gone, I hosted them on popex.com also long gone... see the my pictures link over there --> where the gig pics probably still exist... Chinese kids wok-tobogganing<a href="http://www.chiseen.com/vidshare/sm/wok_boarding.html">http://www.chiseen.com/vidshare/sm/wok_boarding.html</a> UP: Chinese homeysI was passing through Elephant & Castle the other day, and the Weatherspoons was rammed with young (teenage/early 20s) (British) Chinese folk. They were spilling out all round the roundabout and shopping centre, chatting each other up, fighting, spr... Japanese vending machines are goThere's even one that sells used knickers of schoolgirls. <a href="http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/index.htm">Here</a> are quite a few.<br /><br /><img src='http://www.szanalmas.hu/upload/bateman/73xu8wxjakasxaa.jpg' alt='vend' />RE: Japanese vending machines are goi saw one selling cheeky japanese porn last week, but beer vending machines also exist. the only bad thing - most vending machines shut down after 11 at night.Subservient ChickenFinally, somebody in a chicken costume who will do whatever you want.RE: Subservient ChickenThats Awesome!Kerching!So Roger De Haan raised more than a billion yesterday, by selling Saga to Charterhouse... Staff will receive a £1,000 cash bonus for every year of service, which is nice for them, and that nice for the town, where some of that money will be spent... ... MySQL Pattern MatchingI like realising things, been using % symbols everywhere in mysql for too long...Missed Lovejoy Cowboys last night, I was tricked into watching Buffy instead... It's not even out on DVD yet, we'll be getting it when it is, oh yes...Busy at work, roll... Eating chicken gives you cancerSomething like that anyway, according to this story on the beeb... Property prices appear to be unaffected by this news if this 3 bed flat on our street is anything to go by... that's Folkestone by the way.Bit cold today, croaky throat too, might be... Damn dirty carnivoresFox got into my nephews' chicken and duck enclosure and killed three birds, bah. Not that I condone the keeping of animals as pets, but look, see the hurt and upset caused by the eating of meat?Hmm my blog to twitter stuff is still not working.... BroadCatching using RSS & BitTorrent to automatically download TV shows - Engadget - www.engadget.comChinese TakeawayFollowing IBM's selloff of their PC dept, are they going to buy Apple? Could they afford it?"Instead, an even better and more audacious speculation is that once publicly free of the PC division IBM will either buy, or form a close joint venture with ... How-To: Make a cheap portable espresso machine - Engadget - www.engadget.comSam's ArchiveChitty Chitty Bang BangWell, great weekend in London with all the family, though it got off to a bit of a damp start for me... Left work at 5, picked up some beers and headed to our hotel to meet Clare, and got caught in the FIERCEST downpour ever! Frantically tried to dry... Folkestone GeocacheSo what's a geocache then? Seems to be an online treasure hunt, with real world things to find... See this map of our area...... Chin ChinHer chin really disturbs me although not so much in that picture as she's face on. Keira in profile thogh fills me full of the heebie jeebies. Guess I'm in the minority... am I the only one who finds her chin a bit scary?Sorry about all that chinese spam flooding the siteGot it covered now!A chilled and chilly weekendWent to Canterbury yesterday, christmas shopping, as we couldn't quite face the crowds at Bluewater. Did quite a bit surprisingly, and had a splendid luncheon in Nandos. Saw massive haired rock leg end Brian May in Dixons, he was buying a printer I t... RE: A chilled and chilly weekendAh, when you asked him was it a case of "Brian may, Brian may not?". I still think you should've told him that his last Brixton gig was exceedingly poor..RE: A chilled and chilly weekendhow annoying - i was down castle street on saturday morning getting my teeth done. you could have had a picture with me instead. *tsk*Things I have yet to achieveBah, was far too confident about how well things are going yesterday, I completely forgot our central heating is a mess at home. We have heat, and we have water, but we have no control about when it comes on or off, so I'm constantly in fear of humun... RE: Things I have yet to achievejust thought i'd wish you a happy new year. have to concur on the ipaq - took me a while to get mine sorted as windows pocket pc wifi interface is a pile of crud.so, are PSP's really as good as everyone's been making out? and question of the day is..... Cheers for chipping inYes we went to the Clarendon again this weekend, just briefly though. There were rumours of it shutting down, the brewery squeezing the landlord and the landlord unable to make enough money on it.Also heard this week that the Sandgate Hotel is to clo... Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...KISSplus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden.... Catherine WheelWith God Machine... Says "Meterodome" on the website.Faith No MoreSetlist: Chinese, Faster, R'n'R, Crab, Care, Sweet, Blood, Spirit, Bowen, War Pigs, Grade, Anne, Bother, Jungle... not sure where this gig took place.Daniel LyonsThe Sinden presents the world premiere of a new musical drama DANIEL LYONS. Written by BAFTA award winning author Roy Apps from his best-selling children's novel. Music by Steve Pusey.TravisWith <strong>Starsailor</strong> and <strong>Ryan Adams</strong> and I think <strong>Remy Zero</strong>. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate.Here and NowSpandau Ballet, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Howard, Toyah and China Crisis. Don't laugh!Tigerplus Chicks, at <strong>Camden Falcon</strong>. Probably a <strong>Barfly</strong> thing, but when it was at the Falcon... anyone remember such days?Chilli FiestaSome sort of chili event on this weekend in Chichester... best we keep the weekend free though I think...Club Chicken RoyaleCheap drinks! live bands! guest DJs!<br />DEREK ACORAHTV "psychic"... we get too much of this at the LCH if you ask me.Harvest chillis!The chilli plants are likely to die off at this time of year, that's just what they do apparently! So, remember to harvest them all now...The Chariot+ Architects + Bound By Blood + two more bands TBCThe Seventh Cross+ Ella + Clone The Fragile + A Story At Three + The Arcane War MachineTony StockwellPsychic... is it time for me "I'm a medium" joke again already?Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...Pretty Things (Acoustic), MalchicksMendeedA night of metal. Mendeed, Burning Skies, Architects, Fallen Grounds (Fallen Grounds possibly replaced by Moesaboa now)Chicory TipSensational 70s chart toppers back for another great night.Kabuki feat. Ebizo Ichikawa XI6 - 52Puppetry of the PenisAnother bizarrely recurring event at Folkestone. We like blue comedy, psychics, and cocks apparently.China Crisis - Christmas ShowChicago the Musical25.75 - 59.75Mouth Of The Architect, Mire8.50Indochine in ParisIndochine est l'un des groupes franais qui a vendu le plus d'albums dans l'hexagone. Rcompens de plusieurs prix et distinctions, ils connait le succs d'abord...Chix Wiv PixProbably The Best Girl Blues Band This. Side of The Mississippi. 8.30pm FreeJohn Mayall's Bluesbreakers+ Chicken Shack, a welcome return for this UK blues legend and Clapton collaborator.Chicago in London?Celebrating a decade of decadence?, Chicago The Musical enters its tenth year in London?s West End and remains one of the hottest musical tickets in...Children Of DarknessRage Against the Machine