More tree info and photos coming later today<a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/img/oldClarkes/">images all moved to here now</a>...ah, it's the anniversary of the Titanic going down today innit...Darkness Album arrived todayso back in the office to pick it up... tasks:Admin and reviewing and news story preparing for popexExtracting content from The Fly magazine for use in linking to them from popex, generating page impressions and thatFurther chasing of ringtones deal, ... Two task lists todayOne for lunchtime:Buy an exercise bike - Lillywhite's number is 0870 3339600, seems to be an old number listed all over the web, including their own website, bit slack... ALSO, 118 118, got their number, they offer to "connect you", then all the time... 6.5k on the exercise bike todayI'm pleased with that, it's up from 5k every day since we had the bike...Someone seems to be playing a saxaphone outside, it's so bohemian round here. I could be hallucinating that because of the heat though. 37 degrees today, should be about 10 degr... Todays tasksHad a big meeting. Worked on popex stats. Integrated Google ads into popex. Worked on the Barfly admin system, including making a "public" version of the "show artist" page. Ready to go any day now, as I've been saying for weeks...... Jobs for todayHalf popex admin, including reworking stuff for the redesign, and half the artist profile pages and daily email for Barfly...Today's tasksMore tweaks to the Band Bible, including a "quick add a thing to the system", that'll be used across all projects eventually.Jobs todayBarfly integration, and mail shots and one off reports for them, half the day, popex admin the other half... Off to the Lucas Arms now!Bed arrives todayAnd tickets for The Cure go on sale this morning, getting ready on the refresh button. Priced from £35 up to £150 quid and likely to sell very fast indeed. I'm only after standing tickets, they'd better be the cheapest options or we're not going. I h... Today's tasksHalf a day of <a href='http://www.popex.com'>popex</a> admin, and half a day of <a href='http://www.barflyclub.com'>Barfly</a> development, the artist pages (with added <a href='http://www.the-fly.co.uk'>Fly</a> content) are coming along nicely.Further work on listings highlights todayShould there be a highlight without an associated gig? Quite possibly, but need to check... need to check up the listings for Order Mag today too...Decided NOT to have a highlight without a gig, can add it in later if need be... news stories don't ne... todays tasksMostly popex, but a panicky couple of hours of Barfly things, as the venues are being listed in the wrong order (somehow went back to an old mailshot script) and IPC want the listings a day earlier than everyone else...Complicated day todayLots of confused explaining of stuff and things... work on the Barfly calendar, work on PopEx, work on Supervision's calendar, about a quarter of a day of each... hmm, doesn't quite add up, have been doing some thinking about meetings tomorrow, have ... Todays tasksTweaked the calendar now so that when an event is added, you're returned to the calendar with the focus on the day of the the event you just entered... Also done the popex charts for the week. Got to put the calendar for supervision on a new domain f... 736 emails todayProbably all spam, still at least no problems getting into work today... nice to see my lover started on her weblog, though the search keywords that should appear in the sidebar haven't done, will check...Launched the Supervision Artist Management Ca... Very frosty todayWorking more today on the development of the new listings format for Barfly that should meet all their needs... still need to to get more graphics into it though, and then get them all using the calendar properly.We're out of tea bags in the office, ... Trains are not so good today...Heading down to Folkestone after work, will skip lunch to get out early...Been sent details for a dead cheap flat, surely too small, and a modern town house type affair, probably also too small, but it has an integral garage, might be worth a look...... 92 years ago todayThe Titanic sank... found this interesting "this day in history" thing here too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15. I've just added en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Valentine_Clarke and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Maria_Clarke in there too, more links back h... I saw that today...... I felt slightly intimidated. Then I walked down Oxford Street and just felt depressed. Then I bought a shiny silver stereo, and felt good. Another day on the emotional rollercoaster!I went to the zoo todayI was in training all day today at Port Lympne, and what was the most exciting animal I saw? Yes a squirrel!OK I did see rhinos and a red panda on my lunch break, and monkeys by the truckload, more pictures to come. Also they messed up my lunch again... Hopefully they're waiting for me at work todayI have a bit of a mix, but mostly they're recorded at 192... glad to have you back!So iTunes Europe launched todayThat's nice, apple.com/itunes/ isn't responding right now, how odd. Still pleased with the bits I installed yesterday, GoogleGet is synching fine when the computer's turned on and the IPOD's plugged in... Clare tends to check for tube delays and thin... Not much going on todayVery quiet in the office today, and no plans ot go out tonight, it's recovery day. Mark's birthday drinks tomorrow lunchtime, then off to Folkestone just in time to have missed helping Clare's bro' move house... feeling a bit guilty about that, as he... The internet's all gone a bit rude todayAs if it wasn't bad enough not being able to avoid seeing Abi Titmuss' home videos at every click, link of the day on memepool is dog toy or marital aid, it's one of those b3ta type quizzes... So, trying to keep things clean, it seems some of my blog... A different journey in todayGot busses all the way for a change, as my travel card's run out and we're off to Folkestone for an extended weekend... Walked past the Stags Head on the way in, and it's partly demolished now. Haven't been in there for years, it was very small, but ... Nothing to say todayBeen a bit busy, so no skiving off to watch the football today. I did watch England just about win yesterday, missed the goal. It did make the afternoon go quickly not stopping for lunch until 4pm. Have seen bits and pieces like Italy going out, out ... No post yet todayI wrote this morning's blog entry on the 106 on the way in this morning, it's mostly unreadable but I'll transfer it later... Very hot again today, stormy and that though.Goldie Lookin' Chain update: There's a full tour going on, including Portsmouth... Mate is having trouble todayBut I am in just fine now... I think it was problems with connections to Google's various servers, and the problem is shifting round the country, like some massive problematic tour.Todays Popular BookmarksColdplay<strong>Coldplay</strong> <strong>Barfly session</strong> was today, <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7358/Coldplay+at+Barfly+yesterday">I was there</a>... cosy.Beauty contestThe first ever beauty contest in the world was held today in Folkestone!Opening DayThe new shopping centre opens today, some nomark from Big Brother will be unveiling the new HMV at 4pm...Hythe Festival programme for todaySaturday July 5th: 1. Club Musicale de Berck – returning after the Parade to the area opposite The Globe PH (Mackeson Square) to play until 12.30 pm approx. 2. Diapason, from Poperinge - returning after the Parade to the area outside “Bathtim... Sonisphere Festival 2010 in KnebworthSonisphere Festival 2010 in Knebworth tickets Sonisphere has put together a line-up that brings together the best rock and metal acts of today. Heavy metal legends, Iron Maiden and German...What is Spirit doing today?, Bill Johnson, Sons of Korah & Freddie Kofi, Pentecost Festival10.50The DealersOne of the hottest unsigned folk bands around today. Only a matter of time! First time @ Chambers. Visit - http://www.thedealersonline.comProfessor GreenMOBO winner doing two shows today.Lost and Found in FolkestoneNew exhibition opens todayLeas Lift Ale launchLocal fund raising ale, on sale already but launched at lunchtime today. See you there (as I am on holiday)