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Who will buy my Stereophonics tickets

Slight repost from Folkestone Gerald and my blog / forum there:I can't decide whether or not to go to Stereophonics next Tuesday, we have messed up a bit in arranging a lie in the following morning so it's not really convenient now. Do you want my s...

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Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

Glastonbury pictures

Thinking about Glastonbury, Mum asked at the weekend if we had any pictures of us there, bearing in mind we may never go again. And I thought LAWKS, no I don't! I found a few luckily, but they're rubbish, andn none that make it look like we're having...

BBC4, they're sure to repeat it

Ricky Gervais XFM radio show MP3s

Do you have any? Been listening to lots of Ricky Gervais recently, old radio shows from XFM, and they're great (if repetitive). Now we want more, and we want earlier. The oldest show we have is from November 10th 2001, which I think was an officially...
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Should everything be a black box though? And WHY can't you fix my IPAQ?

It's just the battery I think, it won't keep a charge now...OK not everyone is building a clock out of voltmeters but the people who are trying to do this sort of thing have got to feel happy about it, I know I would if I could get more stuff for fre...

New JSON feed of my blog

Oh that'll come in handy for all those mashups based around me you've been planning... Not a straight feed of what I post every day, it searches the content of the site, probably seven or eight years worth of postings now. JSON is "javascript object ...

Hacking the WidePod

OK, I have not actually hacked the new ipod Touch yet, I do not have one and have not seen one in the flesh, but I wanted to have a post on subject anyway. I love the idea of being able to go online on the device, but if it's all geared towards just...

Ooh lightning strike!

No trains from Folkestone for the forseeable, because of a lighting strike over night, we do get all the action here don't we. They can't put on any replacement busses until after the school run as they're all in use. I'm getting a lift in today so I...

Hot weekend

Weekend was ace wasn't it? We started with a lunchtime pint with work at a nice pub called The Drum, then a few drinks just the wife and me. Saturday we headed to The Whole World Cafe, and what do you know it was actually open this time? We were a bi...
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I was looking for a job, and then I found a job

No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ...

Chik chik chik and Dirty Pretty Things

gigsta.co.uk has it that !!! are playing Folkestone three times over the next week, did they err? It is a the band name that properly ballses up computer type things. They're not at the LCH on Friday 15th, that's for sure, because Dirty Pretty Things...

Monday morning roundup

I'd heard of this before, but didn't know the reason why some councils are refusing to recycle shredded paper, that's pretty poor.Commercial director John Collis said: "The small pieces of paper tend to get trapped in the conveyor belts and cause a f...

RE: They're sure to

oh dear. reckon it'll be a good day for the touts!

got your email btw, thanks. just signed up.

They're sure to

Did they all really sell out? They did a little show at the 100 Club on Oxford Street to promote this new stuff I think, that would have been a bit good... I don't think I've ever seen them, but I really like them too.Actually 50 quid a pair is not b...

Dirty Pretty Things tickets on sale now

Dirty Pretty Things tickets are on sale now, they're coming to us on the 15th of December... this is former Libertine Carl Barat and it's sure to sell out like *SNAP* that.I got mine, see you there. Unless you are Pete Doherty, then that's not very l...

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My last things

My last day at this job started with my last delayed train on the way in to this job, fifteen minutes late, though I hardly noticed as I slept quite well on the way in. I suffered the grimness of the last blocked train toilet on this commute too, ble...

Drought, in the fields, the fighting's just begun...

How irresponsible are Amazon right now? They're advertising this 'domestic' high pressure washer (400 litres per hour) and this upright high pressure washer (530 litres per hour) on their home and garden homepage. I went there looking for things to a...

Evacuate

Not sure if there was some kind of emergency today at Charing Cross, there was a log jam of commuters trying to get out of one open exit - if it was an emergency evacuation it was a very slow one. The other exit is possibly closed for a refit of a sh...

Baby baby, where did our weekend go?

Aciton packed weekend, yet again quite literally TWO daytime trips out of the house that were not just to the shop or the pub, what is going on? We had such a full weekend that I had just about no time for larking about on the computer or even sittin...

Welcome to Miami!

Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M...

The buildings aren't ugly!

Some are run down, but they're being fixed up surely... I think the buildings are one of the best features of the town.

Trains and IPODs

Our train ground to a halt this morning at Orpington, and had to be rebooted. That's the most interesting non-TV thing to have happened so far this week. I am still aching a bit from Sunday's gardening. Looking forward to a restful weekend... OH NO!J...

Spoiler alert!

Got something I want to say about Lost, so trying out a new "spoiler" bbcode type tag, so I can post things and you only read them if you really really want to:Haha was just expounding this same theory about Lost at work, my colleague googled for the...

Ticket to Rye

we are going to Rye on Saturday, for an afternoon / evening, a look round, drinks, dinner and that... Will make a nice change, and we're going by train, so can relax (ie get boozed up). On the way back because of the way the trains work out we either...

Squirrel stamped to death and set on fire

Don't worry! It wasn't a real squirrel! Oh, it was a person. Marcia Squirrel, 56, was stomped to death at her home in April 2005, and her body was set on fire. On Monday, jurors convicted her son, Ruben Warledo, 37, of one count each of first-degree ...

Zutons tickets

Heard on www.onfolkestone.co.uk that the gig's sold out - IT'S NOT, get Zutons tickets here. The gig's on the 25th of May.In case this causes a run on the final batch of tickets, and it really is sold out when you read this give ebay a try, prices ar...

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As one store closes...

So, we're getting a Starbucks in Folkestone within the next two weeks, according to a small news piece in the Herald. You may think these chain coffee stores are the enemy, but they're surely a sign of regeneration, which is a good thing. AND, they d...
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Marks and Spencer definitely closing

Kent Online article about it here... They're also closing the Chatham branch, which is doubly worrying. First it implies a similarity between Chatham and Folkestone, and secondlyThe closure of the M&S store in Chatham High Street will deal a severe b...

Habitat Radius book case

No reserve! But with a starting bid of �35 surely that' the same as having a reserve of �35..? These are only 90 quid new, think I'll skip it...i10.ebayimg.com/02/i/06/ae/8a/b7_1_b.JPGI did see a nice bit of oak furniture in an ad for www.pinepine.co...