Monthly Archives: September 2004

Weekend In Britain’s Smallest County

image of a log on the shoreline at Rutland Water

This weekend we’ve had an enjoyable time with some friends who live near Rutland Water, which, according to Anglian Water, is one of the “largest man-made reservoirs in Europe and is located in Rutland, England’s smallest county. Set in 3,100 acres of countryside, it has a 25-mile circular track for walking and cycling”. Earlier today, it was a little cloudy, so I didn’t really get any great pictures, but nonetheless, it’s a place I want to head back to.

On this day…

2006: There Can’t Be A Winner In Football Unless There’s A Loser
2003: Gay Teens Right To Privacy
2002: Fast Food Nation

More Long Wave Radio

Following up on my earlier post on Atlantic 252’s birthday, I found a sample of the launch audio on a cassette at the back of a cupboard. Not the greatest quality but it might be of interest to radio fans.

LATRE: Now updated to some audio I found on the web of the full first day of Long Wave Atlantic 252!

On this day…

2003: Snap Out Of It

Commons Protest

map of the commons from bbc news

If anyone else is planning a quick attack on parliament like yesterday’s fox-hunting supporters, I suggest you consult the handy maps attached to every BBC News story on the subject!

Unrelated, Amanda was in London last weekend and on this day in 2002. Maybe she likes September in London – I know I do.

On this day…

2003: Absurd reasoning on gay marriage
2002: An American in London

Trail Of Damage

In 1999, I was lucky enough to travel to Jamaica to see my father, who was working there then. If I am honest, I wasn’t very taken with Kingston, but outside the capital, it’s a beautiful country. I will not forget the day on the speedboat cutting across the clear waters, nor will I forget freshly caught lobster, cooked and eaten on the beach. This week I have been wondering what happened to these places after Hurricane Ivan went on its seek-and-destroy mission across the Caribbean.

On this day…

2002: Racing Car

Book Eating

poster advertising a book eating

You can’t really see this picture too clearly, but the author of the book This Diary Will Change Your Life 2005 was eating the book this lunchtime at Waterstones, Piccadilly. I have no idea if he finished it or not, and there was nobody buying it when I was in the shop, just a photographer taking pictures. I thought it was an odd way to promote a book.

On this day…

2007: Sshh. Don’t Mention It.

Fish For Me

For several months, I have been trying to find a fishmonger – a good, decent purveyor of fine foods who will have fresh fish but prepare it for me on site and explain a little more about it. And today I found a great little place by Clapham South Underground station: Moxons.

On this day…

2007: Green Before Her Time
2006: Red Bull part company with Klien
2005: A New Beginning
2002: Still The Same Bart
2002: A JavaScript Moment
2002: One Year On

Where’s Matt’s Tongue?

I have no real reason to post this about Matt Damon and porn apart from the fact that it amused me a great deal:

It’s difficult to tell if Damon’s tongue was firmly implanted in his cheek when he spoke, but World Entertainment News Network is reporting that Matt wants to make a “character-driven” XXX flick – with, dare we say it, a plot. [source]

And Steph and Alek have some great pictures. It’s probably not wise to think about it a great deal.

On this day…

2007: A Mastery Of Technology
2006: Schumacher to quit at end of year
2005: Staying For Breakfast
2003: A Video Moment
2002: Around The World

Cuties At Lunch

Really, I am not sure Steph and Alek should be allowed to post images of so many cute things. It doesn’t help when you’re catching up on their site over lunch! These images from a Counting Crows video make me want to watch music television all day just to see if it shows up.

On this day…

2005: A Giddy Schoolgirl
2003: Gem
2002: Weather, Weather

Another Day Gone

So I had the day off work today and planned to do lots of things. I did, in fact, do quite a lot, but not the things I wanted to do. I wanted to work on some website projects and other stuff I usually don’t have time for. Still, I upgraded this Movable Type instance to 3.11 so I can see the new features. I also moved it to a MySQL database rather than leaving it on the static files that it used to be on. I hope this has made it better, but there will be – no doubt- some oddities that need ironing out.

Comments now need approval unless you have a TypeKey ID. This is designed to reduce the amount of spam, but if I find that spammers have keys, I will just turn all comments to require approval.

On this day…

2002: Sunday, London