You know how when you register for something online the title box usually gives you a choice of Mr, Mrs or Miss?  Well at the Natural History Museum website you get the choice of ( Read more... )

The last month has been a little crazy ( Read more... )

2010 continues to speed past at an alarming pace.

This week has mostly been spent in pain.  Despite liberal use of Nurofen, Paracetamol and Dihydrocodeine my wisdom tooth is still agony.  I admitted defeat yesterday and got antibiotics from my dentist.  Hopefully they should kick in by the end of today.  The lack of sleep is actually the worst ( Read more... )

I want one ...

http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm

Festival 2 - The London Short Film Festival is up ...

http://fortyfestivals.dreamwidth.org/

Well the insanity is underway, my first festival was yesterday. The details and photos are here ... http://fortyfestivals.dreamwidth.org/ Any comments or thoughts on the layout, or just words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated!

Book 49 The Best of British Festivals by Barney Jefferies.  A catalog of all the British festivals by region and month, a very useful read indeed ( Read more... )

Possibly the best afternoon tea ...

http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Berkeley/Restaurants_and_bars/Afternoon_tea/afternoon_tea_menu.pdf

http://www.the-berkeley.co.uk/page.aspx?id=500

... the auditors are taking us for lunch here.  Looks like an excellent way to spend my last day in the office this year.

Our work Xmas do last Thursday involved a trip to the NT to see Terry Pratchett's Nation.  I'd been looking forward to it for a long time so I'm sad to say that I was a little disappointed.  I wasn't alone either, of the eleven of us who went only two said they liked it without qualifications.  The fact that around ten percent of the audience ( Read more... )

Whiteshadow and I went to see "Men who stare at Goats" last night.  Great ensemble cast; George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.  It was very Coenbrotherseque, in a delightfully odd way ( Read more... )