Monday, 11 August 2008

Stage three of three completed

Stage three went well.

Should get the results over the next couple of days, watch this space.

Thursday, 7 August 2008

New pub


I've 'found' a new bar in London.

The Old Dispensary

-It's about 2 minutes from work, so ideal for lunchtime outings
-It's cheap, less than £3.00 a pint
-Good food, although we haven't tried it, it certainly looks good
-The staff remember us... we (Me + James) went there yesterday and today lunchtime
-It has a great selection of real ales (I have now tried them all), good cider too
-We have managed to organise a raffle where someone in my company wins £100 worth of beer vouchers
Before yesterday, I had been there before, I went with old Lloyd's friends but for some reason I / We thought it was expensive so haven't been back. It looks as though it should be but I guess because of it's location (the arse end of the city) it's not.

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Safe and Secure

One way to destroy secure documents is to use a shredder.

Another way is to set the building on fire.

Fire crews from Northampton dealing with major blaze

The crews were alerted to the blaze just before 2.45am and were still in attendance at 6.30am

Two fire crews from Northampton were today helping at the scene of a major blaze in neighbouring Bedfordshire.

An aerial turntable ladder and a pump crew from Moulton were assisting at a fire at Reisswolf, a company which specialises in the secure destruction of documents, in Chartmoor Road, Leighton Buzzard.

The crews were alerted to the blaze just before 2.45am and were still in attendance at 6.30am.

http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Fire-crews-from-Northampton-dealing.4361280.jp

Stage two out of three passed...

Fingers crossed for next week...

Argh!

Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Musician's retirement home

You may remember a post on my old journal entitled 'Where actors go to die...'

http://wat-de-fu.livejournal.com/202177.html

I posed the question

Do other professions have their own exclusive retirement homes?

Well, it appears they do...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7543062.stm

I wonder if there's a retirement home purely for analysts. How about IT technicians?

Interesting...

When looking for the release date of the new Football Manager (FM09) I came across this.

Could be interesting. I also wouldn't mind playing the new Fallout but I have a sneaking suspicion that my ninja laptop won't be able to play it (same as with Mass Effect). Maybe i'll get myself a new lap top next year. It's about 15 months old now so maybe by next May.

Sadly i've not been able to find the release date for football manager yet. It's usually out at around Oct / Nov so that they get all the transfers in after the deadline on the 31st August (My birthday in case you want to buy me a present).

A part of me is worried that they've stopped making them and are concentrating on their Football Manager Live game (doesn't appeal to me) and I assume they charge monthly for it.

If they don't make it i'm sure some idiot more dweeby than me will update the database with all the necessary changes and allow people to download it.

Monday, 4 August 2008

The week ahead

This week I will mostly be looking like this. After a quiet weekend the week ahead certainly seems daunting.

Monday: Nothing
Tuesday: Nothing
Wednesday: Jeff Lang, Half Moon, Putney
Thursday: Voodoo Glow Skulls, Underworld, Camden
Friday: April's Mum's wedding, Bridgend
Saturday: Visiting John, Bristol
Sunday: Sophie's wedding, Somerset
Monday: Drive home and sleep

Sunday, 3 August 2008

A weekend of nothingness

So far this weekend I have done pretty much nothing other than improve the arse groove on my sofa. It's been my first weekend in ages where i've had nothing to do and I feel good because of it.

Friday, 1 August 2008

For the geeks among us...

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/07/_first_we_saw_han.php
A fitting end.

To curry or not to curry

I was supposed to go to the cinema on Tuesday with April, but the quick bite we wanted before hand wasn't available (a more than half empty Frankie and Benny's told us we had to wait 20mins to get seated???), April was more hungry than wanting to see WALL.E so we headed back into Tonbridge for a curry. I have to say that it was most excellent. Not cheap but good all the same.

I've just got back from the Red Chilli near work after another curry, again very good. The question I ask you is should I go for another curry tomorrow night with my brother in Wimbledon? Will I turn into a curry if I do? Watch this space to find out...