For Valentine’s Day, and her birthday I bought Loupie an Amazon Kindle 3G. after playing with it for a while; my misgivings about the e-book format changed; yes the screen sucks; yes it feels like a cheap toy, but it is a good tool for reading books; would i want […]
I am now the owner of a Motor cycle 😀 now with the help of Random Zero the challenge of making her road worthy commences 😀 According to this website: “With its megaphone style silencer and deeply valanced mudguards the GZ 125 looks like it can’t make its mind up […]
The Week without Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, and Alcohol is over; Loupie expected me to crack over the lack of tea (she is convinced that I am addicted to Caffeine) I know Guy Martin and I have the same size tea cup, but that doesn’t mean that my 5 or 6 […]
Dear O2, It may have escaped your attention, but I did not ask you to protect me from the internet, and I also hate to point it out to you but “Think of the Children” is not an excuse for you to try and be a parent your customers, and […]
Catherine Millet’s “The Sexual Life of Catherine M” is tag lined as ‘One of the most explicit books about sex ever written by a woman’ – Edmund White. and it certainly lives up to that in my experience of books that I have read. Liz sent me this book to […]
I managed to survive the first day 😀 Walking into the office I did grab my tea cup just after turning my Desktop on, same as I do every day; but managed not to get as far as the coffee pot. so have been drinking water all day.
I have made a choice about my new Laptop; the new Apple Macbook Pro 15 inch model * 2.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 * 4GB 1333MHz * 500GB HDD * Intel HD Graphics 3000 * AMD Radeon HD 6490M with 256MB GDDR5 It should be powerful enough to last me […]
As Part of my Day Zero Challenge; there are three week long tasks to go without things that are not all that good for me: 18 – Go one week without Coffee or Tea34 – Go without Chocolate for a week37 – Go without Alcohol for a week I think […]
After Talking to Random Zero last night; he is going to source me a Suzuki Marauder for my first motor cycle. At the moment it needs a bit of work; so As he and I bring it to a road worthy condition there should be a number of blog posts […]
I have completed number 40; and I now I owe my savings account £100. On Monday I passed my Compulsory Basic Training; and can now driver a motor cycle. given the cost of fuel; this should allow me to get from A to B cheaper than in my Car.
“The Canal” by Lee Rourke is a book about Boredom, a guy who one day decides to stand by the canal and do nothing; I picked this book up on a whim, and despite it being in no way about the subject I thought it would be, its a good […]
“Time-Flight” is a Doctor Who book by Peter Grimwade, it charts the disappearance of two Concords, this short book was lent to me by a young lady I know from the London Geek Munch called Abigail; after we were at her flat for a Buffy watching session. I have not […]
“Lioness Rampant” is the fourth, and final instalment of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; the four books go together to chart Alanna of Trebond’s quest to serve her Prince on his way to being King; I would have to recommend these four books to anyone who is looking […]
One of the things I love about Weather Spoons Pubs other than the cheap real ale; is that they have a large collection of rather geeky books that most people overlook; however a few of us; tend to scan the titles of the books to see what there is that […]
Today Loupie and I went to see a friend that we met at Vagabond’s; a nice London Goth lass by the name of Anki. Anki lives on a lovely 65ft boat on a permanent mooring 5 minutes from Kings Cross in Battlebridge Basin. She has recently written a post for […]
After the kind person stole my camera equipment; the police said that they have closed the case due to lack of evidence; I am not sure if I should come to the conclusion that I could steal something in East London and be safe in the knowledge that I would […]
For Task 15, I also asked some of the people I work with for suggestions; and this is what they came up with: Alex Muir: “For Whom The Bell Tolls” – Ernest Hemingway Chris Jones: “Glittering Images” – Susan Howatch David Hancock: “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” – […]
“The Woman Who Rides Like a man” is the third of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series; this book builds on the previous two and shows us Alanna of Trebond continuing on her adventures; gaining acceptance as both a knight; and a woman. she comes out of this book […]
As I have about 4100 items marked with a play count of 0 on my iTunes Library; I thought it would be an idea to listen to all the music I have; while most of these have been listened to on my iPod; or before the play count was reset […]
“In the Hand of the Goddess” is the second of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series of books. Alanna has completed her time the Palace; and in the process of the book grows up; and gains the friendship and respect of her peers. I am now starting on the […]
So Far the suggestions for my 20 books by 20 Friends have been: Elizabeth: Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” LadySavage: Barbra Gowdy’s “we seldom look on love” Ryan Osborn-Smith: Alfred Bester’s “The Stars My Destination” Rozi Rowcroft: Voltaire’s “Candide” Davina Darmanin: A Collection of the Writings of John Donne Some […]
As part of my 100+ Challenge I hope to open up the books that I read to include ones that I would never have thought about reading otherwise; as such Task 15 is to ask for 20 Friends to recommend one book to me to read (Would be even better […]
“I Never Knew That About the River Thames” by Christopher Winn, is one of the books I will be using while walking the Thames; Its also going to be one of my 100+ Challenge books, two other books that I have that may be of some use are Collins […]
“Alanna; The First Adventure” is the first of Tamora Pierce’s “Song of the Lioness” series of books. Its about young lady who is denying her magical roots, and disguised as boy, she embarks to fulfil her ambition of becoming a knight. This is one of Loupie’s Books that I have […]
“The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Shed” by Ken Silverstein, is a very scary true story about an American called David Hahn, who built a Nuclear Reactor in his garden shed. I bought this book a few years back […]
On my Day Zero List; Task 9 is to goto the gym regularly; since the task must have a lower set requirement; I have base lined mine Four Visits, Per Callander Month; for Six Months, while that may only look like 24 visits on paper; myself and Alex (a co-worker […]
Today is the first day of Day Zero; and 100+ Reading Challenge; my Day Zero List is coming together; Loupie has just given me another I can add to it; she asked me to add “Move in together”. As for my 100+ Reading Challenge; I have two books I had […]
UKgoth.info is now back online; well sort of; needs a fair amount of poking to get it up to date; Tony of the UK Waterways Ranking Site has agreed to let me use the code for a Ranking Site. I did speak to Geekery.in about using their code in the […]
Right; Since I missed New Years… both of them, and my blog has been reset; due mostly to the death of all my old posts; and because I am no longer using a CMS. I have chosen to Start my New Years Challenges Tomorrow; The First one is the “Day […]