2008-12-02UTC10:50:33Sounds like craplandMy aunt went to this Lapland in the New Forest thing at the weekend and said it was bitterly disappointing, and then I saw it on BBC Breakfast this morning. Read Angry mum's lapland photo diary from www.dailyecho.co.uk and a report here from www.bitt... 2008-11-05UTC02:06:50Non political newsAh, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th... 2008-04-06UTC06:13:15Heavy snow both endsJust back from the parents, we had heavy snow there at 8am this morning that settled, probably 3 or 4 inches deep in an hour, very nice to see but a bit terrifying, we thought it was there for the duration and we'd not be able to get back to Folkesto... 2008-02-29UTC11:10:13Kent for free sold outAnyone feeling hard done by working this magically appearing non day and not getting paid any extra for it feeling hard done by? I'm not, they pointed out on BBC Breakfast today that even though we have this extra day, we have one less working day th... 2007-11-12UTC08:50:22Bidding's going crazy on the Bergerac Oak sideboard9 bids so far, up to over 650 quid, looks like being not such a bargain for me when you take into account getting it couriered down from Preston. Still no bids on the bookcase but I expect that'll pick up today or tomorrow too. Interestingly (well, r... 2007-08-20UTC08:30:02Be as cool as us<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2sg8am">His'n'Hers vinyl, on ebay</a>, kind of rare this, we have one up on the wall.<br /><br />Weekend report to come, it was good.<br /><br />2007-05-29UTC06:54:22Wahey wa-ireless!First post from the new computer, well the old, very old computer, but using the new operating system and wireless. It's not perfect, the connection does keep dropping, but that could be any number of things. It's been quite a long struggle as the ca... 2007-05-14UTC12:14:43Keep away from the crispsAce weekend, which I will report on later. I ate quite a lot though, and combining this with driving into work every day last week, so not getting the tiny walk based exercise I usually get, I'm noticing my belly is bigger than it should be. To compo... 2007-05-12UTC09:19:03Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10212/Wagamama+today">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-12-04UTC11:04:23Fareham: NOT the worst place in the country to liveFrom Portsmouth today, in reopnse to a recent survey...Leader forces climbdown by newspapersTWO national newspapers have been forced into a climbdown by a council over stories about a survey that claimed it was the worst place in the country to buy a... 2006-10-03UTC06:48:15Tim's Vinos and Tapas review (slight return)We finally bit the bullet, and returned to the venue of our very worst Folkestone dining experience this weekend. And it was a success! I am very happy to report that Tim's Vinos and Tapas (the new (ish) name for Timothy's Wine Bar is great.We picked... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9585/Tim%27s+Vinos+and+Tapas+review+%28slight+return%29"><img alt="Tim's Vinos and Tapas review (slight return)" src="http://static.flickr.com/25/36610194_67483589d7_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9585/Tim%27s+Vinos+and+Tapas+review+%28slight+return%29">Rated 4.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-07-31UTC10:53:56Nice long weekend in Sandgate, Folkestone, Hythe and PortchesterFINE weekend, thank you far asking, good long weekend too, but a bit tiring. Thursday was birthday day (my birthday and also the wife's birthday), and while we were working in the day we'd booked the Friday off so we could have a night out with no fe... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8796/Nice+long+weekend+in+Sandgate%2C+Folkestone%2C+Hythe+and+Portchester">Rated 3.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-07-24UTC12:15:29Busy beeBit busy with things to update this week, sorry all. Had a lovely weekend, including a rare Friday night out to Harveys and Skuba, and then a fabulous spontaneous huge night out on Saturday too. Sunday went to Samphire Hoe and took a walk along Dover... 2006-06-05UTC11:00:51Subvert the internets!Interesting article here about web privacy, this guy says (correctly) that all these cool Web 2.0 services are all about using us, the humble site visitors, to organise the web for the man (and give more info about ourselves than the government would... 2006-05-08UTC09:53:41Weekend, in reverse orderHmm, from an email from Doctor Neil:Then went to look at the boat, the boat is OK, though the water is still a bit too shallow, hopefully my Rain Dancing will fix thatNice dancing skills mate, it's pleuting it down like nobody's business in London an... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8291/Weekend%2C+in+reverse+order"><img alt="Weekend, in reverse order" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2560500855_ac2a665c97_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8291/Weekend%2C+in+reverse+order">Rated 7.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-28UTC10:24:38BBC fights Blue Peter badge salesBadgetastic, there are still tonnes of Blue Peter Badges on sale though, going for crazy prices - is this the ebay guerillas spoiling the auctions? Nice work!Sadly finished Nathan Barley last night, it's a brilliant series, and should be compulsory v... 2006-03-13UTC03:20:59So, super weekendAfter my little Down Street excursion, we had a great weekend. Technically it was extended by half a day, but it felt very quick indeed... Started off giving the twins their birthday presents round ours, they turned five already, and seemed mostly pl... 2006-02-13UTC10:21:21Weekend reportSuper weekend, starting with The Mighty Boosh at the LCH, funny, good, we felt a bit old though, they do attract a young audience, lots of whom were dressed up. I maybe enjoyed the show a bit more than my companions, though it did feel a bit like a c... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report"><img alt="Weekend report" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-09-19UTC09:26:35So glad to be back...Bah, back to work today... sorry not to ahve updated, couldn't be bothered over the weekend while we were catching up on real life. Got some honeymoon pics here, though they're not captioned up yet and might not make a lot of sense. Yes, lots of squi... 2005-08-26UTC09:33:14Ghost townWork is going to be DESERTED today, as everyone's off at Reading festival except me, so it's nice and peaceful. I'll be using the time to try and catch up on some CD's, I don't like to play stuff in the office usually, as I don't like it when other p... 2005-05-09UTC08:35:00TOO TIREDBlee, still exhausted from a FINE weekend of boozing in the West Country. Had to be up early today anyway, working from home as we had to take our passports to the registrar and give notice to get married. Actually got woken up at SIX THIRTY, a knock... 2004-08-16UTC12:54:13Fareham wireless hotspotsGood weekend in Fareham, bit boozy, but sorted out my best man now, it took more organising and preparing than actually asking Clare. As we were in the Red Lion Hotel thought I'd give the pocket PC a go, and it turns out there is wifi access there. C... 2004-08-09UTC10:21:15Dressed for the occasionIt was positively tropical when I left Folkestone this morning, didn't I feel stupid getting off at London Bridge in the rain in my shorts and flip flops... Got a text to say no point in going to the office, a router is down, so no access from there.... 2004-08-02UTC08:25:57Where'd the site go?Something up at the hosting centre has meant this has been unavailable, and me with so much news! The new computer arrived, so just plugging that in and playing now, all seems to have come up quite neatly. It's trying to sync with Outlook, which I do... 2004-03-26UTC10:23:03The ScaffoldGot home yesterday to find scaffolding up past the (second floor) kitchen window, guess this means the roof and the damp problems are getting fixed...In other news Madonna tickets go on sale today, there's a minor fix to Anapod released today, flatma... 2004-02-13UTC11:13:30RE: Timothy's Wine BarHi mate, got the folks down this weekend and I've been showing them the web - can't believe mate that when we went onto the pub crawl web page for Folkestone that your name would appear for a majority of the reports !!Out of interest how do I explain... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/906/RE%3A+Timothy%27s+Wine+Bar"><img alt="RE: Timothy's Wine Bar" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2644665713_cce535cefa_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/906/RE%3A+Timothy%27s+Wine+Bar">Rated 2.58/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2001-08-22UTC12:09:45Oasis - Sold OutTickets for Oasis gigs at Shepherds Bush Empire predictably sold out within minutes of going onsale at the weekend, but a report on OA515.COM claims the ticket allocation was less than fair...A "raffle ticket" scheme, started in the early hours of th... 2001-02-02UTC05:44:49Devant TonightShort notice, but David Devant appear TONIGHT at Goldsmith's College, New Cross, and it's a lady godiva to get in...Have a SMASHING weekend all, will report back from Devant, Ash, Trail Of Dead and more on Monday...... 2000-08-24UTC02:08:46Reading Present (and correct)PopEx is off to Reading Festival for the weekend - not for in depth reporting and reviewing, we'll leave that up to Virtual Festivals , who are covering all the weekend's activities from the Carling Weekend to Creamfields - your faithful editor will ...