Month: July 2009
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Plotting the way to Les Gets
My cycling trip to Les Gets is getting closer, the bike is getting its handlebars changed with new gear shifts and brake handles, so hopefully my back won’t be crippled like what was happening with the previous dropped bars, now purchased the same saddlebag as I had as a kid, unbelievably the design hasn’t changed…
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Live audio interviewing on the web….
A newish UK based service is Ipadio which enables you to record messages from your phone (it has a free iPhone app as well) direct to an embeddable file or a downloadable mp3 . It works well although I cocked up the membership by registering on the iPhone and on the iMac 🙂 I received…
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Where do ideas come from?
Great video by Ze Frank explaining about ideas! Thanks to lifehacker for the original post. [gmap]
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London to Cambridge bike ride
Today was the annual London to Cambridge bike ride. (For some reason they have removed the web page with the actual ride on it!) Which I’ve been doing on and off for the past 20 years or so, today was the first time for perhaps 5 years….. Unfortunately, for Sally and I, the ride has…
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Rats force Domino’s closure
Sat update Cambridge, Hills Road, Domino’s Pizza place has just been forced to close because of a complaint from Rebecca Jane B? which the council inspectors upheld:- “An infestation of rats in the premises resulting in a significant risk of contamination to foodstuffs and a risk to public health. In addition, there is an accumulation…
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Wisdom of crowds – not
Oh dear another great idea poorly executed. Visiting Freds blog I noticed he had a cunning map in his sidebar showing his posts. Clicking on it takes you to outside.in. Of cause I signed up added the widget then tried adding my locations. Total failure its only UScentric 🙁 (even though it has an Indian…
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s106 agreements in Cambridge
I recently visited Cambridge City Council offices with Richard Taylor to inspect their accounts for 2008. One of the interesting things we obtained was a list of all the unapplied s106 money the council had at its disposal. The total as at 31st March 2009 was £8,723,895.62p comprised of over 650 individual agreements. The actual…
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Surprise view
From 20 June – Moray This is a picture that had me guessing when we came across it on a recent walk in Peru – Any guesses as to what it is?Published with no effort using Scribefire 🙂
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Inca Trail – Father & Daughter
Inca Trail Originally uploaded by sally_in_norfolk A lovely picture taken by sally.