( preparing for the ride 100, week 1 )

pBones - the euphamism-tastic-ly named trombones made of the same sort of plastic that crash helmets are made out of. Wonderfully light, so they don't knacker your girlfriend's back to and from gigs/band practice, and virtually indestructible....... unless your name is daniel and you drop a bed on one.

( How? What? Why? you ask, the answers are below )

I know, in a lot of situations, computers are like horses for courses, but every now and again I get suppressed just how amazing a combination my first gen acer netbook & xubuntu linux are ( Read more... )

( work fears )

In my mind, there is no doubt that stoopidbird will be able complete the ride 100 within the time, what with her having run the marathon and all ( Read more... )

So today would be the third anniversary of Lucy and I getting so unbelivably rat-arsed, that I decided to ask if be interested in us actually "going out" rather than drunkenly doing a thing ( Read more... )

I can still remember the moment when I realised that "Accelerate" by Drugstore wasn't my favourite song ever released anymore. I was listeding to the songs on my ipod on shuffle (it was a pink pastel mini one - i've always been that classy) while walking to liverpool street to get home (this was when I used to work in old street). It was dark and ( Read more... )

I think the problem with me and indietracks, is that on the last couple of years, I've succesfully predicted a fair proportion of the main acts, to the point where now I've got cocky and am convinced that tullycraft are going to headline ( Read more... )

Dan's rules with ex's (ex partners and ex friends) and social media is simple, if it's becomes clear that you're not going to be friends, cut them, completely. Don't look back, don't have any second thoughts and most of all *never* EVER look at their latest updates to see how their doing...... there's just no point, and it just makes you look ( Read more... )

So last night I went to the uke club thing. In all honesty I hadn't picked up a uke for any ammount of serious practice in about 10 months ( Read more... )