Archives for July, 2004
things you hear on the bus
Friday, July 30th, 2004
On the last 362 to Clevedon last night, I overheard an extensive conversation by some kids about Ashton Court Festival.
I heard how one of them volunteered at the festival but didn’t show up for work, they knew about the financial problems the festival was having, and said ‘they would pay if they had to’ […]
translate on the move
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
lingophone are offering text message translation, you text a ‘valid’ sentence and lingophone will translate it between english, french, german, italian, spanish or portuguese.
lingophone are quick to point out that the service won’t work with ‘text speak’ - it is recommended that you use fully punctuated, unbroken, grammatically correct English. oh well.
Massive Attack, Groove Armada & Basement Jaxx for free
Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
word on the street is that the stage at the big gig happening next week from monday to wednesday in the Canon’s Marsh Amphitheatre (or is that the LLoyds Bank Amphitheatre?) will be facing away from Lloyds Bank.
see you all over at the industrial museum then. BYO and free entertainment.
does thetrainline suck?
Monday, July 26th, 2004
YES
Extract from thetrainline FAQ:
Question: Why can’t I book bikes on-line now?
Answer: thetrainline undertakes regular reviews of website performance and ease of use to ensure that it offers the best possible service to all customers. Following a website review of the functionality that was used on the site in July 2003 and considering customer feedback, we […]
free ice cream
Monday, July 26th, 2004
I went on a walk with Sarah around the Clifton Suspension Bridge area. Tried to buy an ice cream from the man on the bridge, but he didn’t have any change so we got it free.
Bonus.
… and 2 weeks later
Friday, July 23rd, 2004
at last I managed to get my photos (of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia + Sweden) off my camera-phone and onto the gallery. here’s a sample:
Welcome Back Again to BT
Friday, July 23rd, 2004
So BT went to my flat in Brighton today and connected the telephone line. The engineer seemed confused when I spoke to him on the phone, “So we do have a BT line then”, “well yes, there is a BT point here so obviously you have a BT line”.. that’s not what customer services told […]
tastiest food
Friday, July 23rd, 2004
while sorting out my pictures (arriving shortly) of my holiday, i just remembered AHVEN - possibly the most amazing restaurant in the world, in Pärnu. mmm.
how late can you be examined?
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
The BBC are running a news item, Apology over delayed test results, regarding the late return of Key Stage 3 test results to 13 and 14 year olds.
When I saw the title of this news item, I actually thought it was about the University of Sussex, or more specifically my department. So while test […]
did anybody tell you microsoft suck?
Monday, July 19th, 2004
I’m using Excel for OSX and I notice Microsoft decided to include a display on screen of the current status of the lock lights, in case you’re too dumb to see your lock lights maybe.
Anyway, I notice the num lock light is on on screen. On my keyboard it is off though, I toggle […]