In case you haven’t already heard the news, the people have voted. What they have voted for is to name part of Derby’s new ring road extension “Lara Croft Way”. For those from out of town Lara Croft was illiterally conceived in Derby in 1993 as the star of local company Core Design’s new Tomb [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Playing the name game
Posted in Asides, Posts, tagged Angelina Jolie, Derby, Lara Croft, Tim Brooke-Taylor on 26 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
Fashion and Passion
Posted in Football, London, Posts, tagged Back Yard Market, Brick Lane, Cravan Cottage FA Cup, Fulham, London, Market, Neeps and Tatties, Petticoat Lane, Spitalfields, Sunday Up Market, Wetherspoons on 14 February 2010 | 4 Comments »
A multitude of markets Native Londoners always seem to be griping about public transport. I’m sure it is different when you have to rely on it every day for the commute but as an unapologetic tourist it has served me well so far and this morning I’m wandering down the Petticoat Lane Market near Liverpool [...]
East of Ealing
Posted in London, Posts, tagged Beer, Chinese New Year, Chinetown, Docklands, Leicester Square, Leon, London, Oxford Street, Tiger, Wasabi on 13 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Easy like #AlmostSunday morning It’s Sunday. No – it’s Saturday! This is one of the recognised downsides of my rebranding of Friday as “#AlmostSaturday”. Yesterday while out and about a grim realisation dawned upon me that my jeans may self destruct at any moment. Luckily I’m 50 yards from Next on Oxford Street so I’m [...]
Beer and Posing in Las London
Posted in London, Posts, tagged Beer, Belgium, Belgo, Bus, Chinese New Year, Fulham, London, Mussels, Train, Tram on 12 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Status descending… As I smugly sink into a sofa in the luxuriant 1st class passenger lounge and connect my netbook to the WiFi the smart and professional receptionist asks to see my tickets, to prove that I am “the right sort of person”. After all we wouldn’t want those “other” types getting in here would [...]
History, mythology, time travel, romance? I’m talking computers.
Posted in Posts, Wordy Stuff, tagged Computers, dust, ERMA, iPhone, Science Museum on 9 February 2010 | 2 Comments »
With a title like that I really have set myself up for a fall. Actually this post is really a riposte to my last post because I included an image that provoked a few comments and I just couldn’t let the opportunity pass to talk about the formative days of the computer industry. This is [...]
