No, not the Hackney Farm (which I have yet to see) - I read about an exhibition at the Cuming Museum in Southwark very near to where I work. So I'm going to have to stop in some time. This exhibition is about 18 century prints of exotic animals. I started liking 17 and 18th century nautical maps just because of the random and strange and ( Read more... )

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I can't wait for the summer to come around. After the time change last weekend it is so sunny in the evenings, it has encouraged me to pursue commuting via cycle. I made it to Lincoln's Inn Fields and back (for a tennis match no less) last weekend and am hoping to go all the way down to London Bridge this weekend ( Read more... )

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I had a cold/flu last week, which meant I haven't really done anything post worthy for a while.

One thing I did do while I was sick was attempt to set up my laptop so I convert my vinyl to mp3s. I used the instructions and software linked to at this site. My first conversion of the fantastic first single by Love Is All of a song called ' ( Read more... )

I've finally joined the legion of ipod using commuters. I was feeling a bit down about not having gotten an ipod for Christmas last week, but it was serendipitous because the very next day Apple slashed their prices. So now I have a new (really green) green ipod ( Read more... )

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I go to Borough Market nearly every Friday.

For the past few weeks I have been buying fudge from the Burnt Sugar Company. I love the Chilli Chocolate which doesn't immediately taste of chilli, but after two minutes produces a nice tingle on your tongue. The guy at the stall, who I think is one of the owners, said that it is a divisive flavor ( Read more... )