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My Shite Friday

Sat 24th January, 2004Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

My Shite Friday I can confidently state that this has to be one of my shittiest Fridays ever. Here’s what should have happened: Up at 9, breakfast, pack my bags, …

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The Tax Return Has Left The Building!

Wed 21st January, 2004Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The Tax Return Has Left The Building! Words can’t describe what a miserable experience it was, but I finally managed to work through the hundreds of truck questions contained in …

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Aaargh! The Dreary Dullness of Databases!

Wed 14th January, 2004Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Aaargh! The Dreary Dullness of Databases! I’ve just spent the entire day – just about every last feckin’ minute of it – trying to install the upgraded vBulletin boards on …

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Sun 11th January, 2004 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Aaargh Tax return hell! For freelancers there is very little worse that the annual deadly dull trawl through boxes of screwed up receipts, grubby invoices and indecipherable bank statements. I …

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Text-tastic – SMS record broken!

Tue 6th January, 2004Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Text-tastic Fingers and thumbs must have been clicking like mad over the New Year when 111 million SMS messages were sent on all four main UK mobile networks between midnight …

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Todays bonkers site – the rouge planet (yes, really)

Mon 5th January, 2004Tue 28th October, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Fans of cheap digital cameras, low res webcams, poor quality lenses with terrible lens flare will be delighted to see a huge collection of examples on this site. The only …

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Thu 1st January, 2004 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Hideously hungover Last night was as fabulously beer-tastic as planned, but I’m paying the full price today. Me ‘ead ‘urts! Our ambitious four point plan crumbled, as expected, quite early …

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Wed 31st December, 2003 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Let the NYE celebrations commence! My Stella awaits me….

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cardiff / Clubs & Nightlife / Places / Wales

Christmas update 2003 – drinking in wales

Mon 29th December, 2003Tue 13th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Christmas update Well, I’m half way through the festive season and it hasn’t gone quite to plan. I went back to Cardiff, Wales on Christmas Eve to stay with my …

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Yule-tastic Frenzied Festive Feast o’Fun

Tue 23rd December, 2003Wed 14th July, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Yule-tastic Frenzied Festive Feast o’Fun Things have been a little alcohol-tastic of late, so apologies for the delay in updating this blog. Last Thursday I gatecrashed the urban75 Bookgroup’s Christmas …

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My spiked drug hell

Sun 14th December, 2003Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

My drug hell Someone, somehow, somewhere spiked my drink last night and condemned me to an utterly miserable evening. One minute I was happily enjoying my Stella in a party, …

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Rooted to the spot

Mon 8th December, 2003Sat 8th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Rooted to the spot A bevy of pressing deadlines has kept me stuck to the screen all day with only my CD player/FM radio and Soulseek for company. Enjoying ‘heavy …

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Sat 6th December, 2003 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I like it! If you type in “Miserable failure” into google, the top result is currently this page! Talking of google, I’m delighted to say that typing in the name …

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Sony F717 camera finally shows up
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Sony F717 camera finally shows up

Thu 4th December, 2003Sun 25th January, 2015 - by editor - 1 Comment

It’s finally arrived! With only a minute to go before the delivery deadline of 9pm last night, the long overdue Sony F717 camera turned up. It should have arrived on …

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Some web picks

Tue 2nd December, 2003Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some web picks If you’re bored at work, check out the fine collection of comic strips from a huge range of artists at Zumcomics If you’re obsessed with recent London …

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Brixton / Places

A new Bard of Brixton!

Mon 1st December, 2003Sat 8th May, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

A new Bard of Brixton! Last night saw the annual Bard of Brixton poetry slam-down at the Albert, with the excellent Jack rightly crowned as the winner. The Albert had …

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Big up the National Portrait Gallery!

Sun 30th November, 2003Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Big up the National Portrait Gallery! If you’re around the West End of London, be sure to check out the fabulous ‘Circling The Square’ photography exhibition, showing pictures taken in …

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Underground web sites

Thu 27th November, 2003Fri 4th June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Underground sites Not ‘underground’ as in groovy counter culture, but ‘underground’ as in tube trains, Underground History is stuffed full of information about long forgotten tunnels, tube lines and abandoned …

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Working like a dawg!

Thu 27th November, 2003Fri 4th June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Working like a dawg! I’ve suddenly got a pile of work taking up my time – a few web projects, some consultancy stuff and a pile of writing work for …

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Still recovering from the weekend!

Mon 24th November, 2003Tue 2nd November, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Still recovering from the weekend! It turned out to be a bit of a corker, with some industrial sized quaffing at the most excellent People’s Republic of Disco at the …

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Daytrip to Liverpool

Wed 19th November, 2003Wed 5th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Daytrip to Liverpool Yesterday I endured seven hours travelling for a meeting in Liverpool and managed to grab a few photos on the way home – I’ll slap them in …

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Mon 17th November, 2003 - by editor - Leave a Comment

kickass weekend! I’m pleased to report that the mighty Wales held Russia to a 0-0 draw in Moscow on Saturday – an event which immediately triggered some industrial strength quaffing. …

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Come on Wales!

Sat 15th November, 2003Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Come on Wales! There’s a mighty big European Championship game on tomorrow where Wales (pop 2.5 million) take on Russia (pop: 144 million). If Wales win they stand a good …

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My bank sucks

Tue 11th November, 2003Thu 22nd April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

My bank sucks Barclays Bank really are an appalling shower, so I’m off to find a new bank. Trouble is, changing banks is a whole load of hassle, but I’m …

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Today’s music

Mon 10th November, 2003Sat 8th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Today’s music I’ve been stuck in all day battling against a writing deadline, so inbetween brewing up coffee and drinking Earl Grey, I’ve been spinning these tunes on my increasingly …

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More weekend waffle

Mon 10th November, 2003Mon 17th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

More weekend waffle Sunday was a cruel morning: I was glued to the TV at 10am to watch the mighty Wales to take on England in the Rugby World Cup. …

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Brixton / Clubs & Nightlife

Long weekend- HDIFTBL, Brixton

Mon 10th November, 2003Fri 13th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s been a long weekend! Friday I enjoyed a quaff with loads of chums in the trusty Prince Albert, Brixton before checking out a new club night in the Canterbury …

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Fri 31st October, 2003 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Happy Halloween! I’m just about ready to hit the town wearing a really horrible weird wooden mask that I’ve been too scared to throw out (in case it comes back …

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Goodbye Concorde!

Fri 24th October, 2003Sat 8th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Goodbye Concorde! The most beautiful passenger planes ever built make their final flights today, with three Concordes landing within minutes of each other at 1600 pm at Heathrow. There’s a …

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Tate Modern/Brighton rocks!

Mon 20th October, 2003Sat 12th June, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Tate Modern/Brighton rocks! Top weekend! On Saturday, I checked out the amazing ‘Weather Project’ at the Tate Modern – an amazing installation that creates an indoor outdoors, if you get …

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