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The latest blogger…
Thanks to Ellee we can now welcome another blogger to the sphere. Its Liza from Tempting Fate an introduction agency based here in Cambridge. Her blog can be found at http://www.tempting-fate.com/blog I’ve set her up with a standard blogger account that posts her entries onto Tempting Fate’s server rather than onto Blogger. The original problems…
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Top Ten Social Networking Sites (NWS, GOOG, MSFT)
The Internet Stock Blog » Top Ten Social Networking Sites (NWS, GOOG, MSFT) Interesting table showing growth in social websites. Amazingly YouTube has gone from zero to 12 million unique views in a year – the power of video! Even good old Blogger has grown 80% in a year.
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The best music in the world?
It has to be said one of the things I miss the most when I’m away (apart from feeddemon) is listening to the di.fm trance channel. They play the most awesome sets. Currently its Rez I Dent – World (cor fijneman remix). I notice the premium version has now dropped to a more decent $4.95…
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Oxfam Cambridge Walk 2006
Today Caroline convinced me to do the Oxfam walk with her today. After starting off at 8.30 we decided to go for the 21mile version rather than the full on one of 26miles. I didnt mind as still recovering from The Pennine Way. We did the 39,922 steps in a respectable 5.9 hrs (3.6mph) plus…
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Share Your RSS feeds
Dave Winer has released a natty little tool that enables you to share your RSS feeds with others and at the same time compile a list of the most popular feeds. Off the 600+ blog feeds I added around 200 were new to his database. Share Your OPML » Top 100 Feeds Archived comments These…
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Pennine Way finished
Chris andI wandered into the The Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm at 5.50pm, parched and hungry after a final day of over 29miles across The Cheviots in blazing sunshine for most of the day. All the pictures of the trip can be found on this site here. Hopefully, I will annotate them all, currently they…
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M62 behind bars
A Geoff special photoshot of the M62 motorway taken from the Pennine Way bridge. The motorway comes as a bit of a shock after wamdering across lonely moors for several days. Archived comments These comments are preserved from the original Blogger page. Only the times shown there are available; comment dates were not recorded on…
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Ladbrokes or Sadblokes
Amusing defacement of the Ladbrokes betting shop frontage in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, UK Apparently there was resistance to them opening up a bookies there hence the more apt title of Sadblokes Archived comments These comments are preserved from the original Blogger page. Only the times shown there are available; comment dates were not recorded on…
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Pennine Way – First 100 miles
Today I passed the 100mile mark whilst dropping down into Hawes. I now only 155 miles to go. George appeared at the cafe and whisked me off to Kendal and some fine cooking and shoulder massage. His wife Jacqui (A professional podiatrist) also introduced me to to the wonders of Hapla Fleecy Web (made by…
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The Pennine Way first couple of days
Made it to Malham and many thanks to Simon the owner of Beck Hall B&B who has loaned me this laptop so I can do an entry. Wed 26 April 2006Caught train from Cambridge to Edale a pretty good service leaving at 15.10 and arriving at 19.47. Stayed at The Rambler Country House Hotel not…