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Month: June 2006

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Washboards, banjos, ukuleles and laptops

Fri 30th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Had another top night at Offline with Jesus Licks and Boomclick Soundsystem on the stage and a bevy of top notch poets and DJs. Check out the photos: OFFLINE 29, …

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Another site update

Mon 26th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve finally got around to adding a piece about St Mary’s church, Silvertown, east London When I visited it in the mid 1980s it was a burnt out shell, but …

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Picnics and corporate gigs

Sat 24th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Confiscated cameras and synergetic co-branding opportunities ahoy – I take a trip to the o2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, London. Read my report here: o2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park Last …

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Blue glowing cloud over Brixton, London

Fri 23rd June, 2006 - by editor - 1 Comment

I saw this crazy blue glowing cloud over Brixton around 2.20am this morning. It looked like the Aurora Borealis had gone walkabout from the north pole, and the cloud seemed …

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Farewell Shoreditch tube station

Wed 21st June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The station light is still on, but the station has closed forever (note the black bunting). (Feature to appear in the disused railways section soon)

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Sat 17th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Cycing through the cityUp early to pedal into town on a glorious sunny morning. Cycled to the Wobbly Bridge to see the last of the sheep being herded over the …

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testing Palm blog software

Fri 16th June, 2006Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Quick Test Checking out freeware Palm blogging app u*blog.

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Brixton sunset

Mon 12th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

View from my window now.

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Back from Abergavenny urban walk!

Mon 12th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Full report to follow soon(ish) but in the meantime, here’s the intrepid urban crew emerging from the Devil’s Punchbowl, a stiflingly hot, bone-dry deep valley strewn with dead sheep in …

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The mad railways of Brighton

Sun 4th June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I love this kind of mad Victorian stuff – check out Volk’s sea railway which ran for nearly three miles in the sea along Brighton’s coastline. Not surprisingly, it lasted …

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View from my window

Fri 2nd June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Testing the Palm Treo/Splashblog mobile blogging tools – with this combo I can snap a picture on my Treo 650 phone, rattle off a caption and upload it to my …

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Walking around London’s docklands

Fri 2nd June, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It felt really odd coming back to a place I hadn’t visited for twenty odd years, but I’ve posted up a photo report of my trip to Silvertown and North …

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