Running out of room

We're definitely going to have to move out soon. There's room for about 3 or 4 CDs more but that is it. Maybe we can use the hole where the DVD's used to be.

Feels odd

Steve's volunteered to rip all my DVDs for me so one side of our cabinet is now more or less empty. Looks a bit off balance to me.

He's also given me a 2tb harddrive full of his to act as a remote back up.

I now have the entire set of Police Academy to watch on my commute.

Thanks Steve!

Bass box

 April in the P&J (our usual spot by the juke box) on open mic night.  And some guy playing a bass box (Upturned box on top of a microphone and an rubber band streched with a pole at the other end).

Say cheese

 Cheese and meat platters at the cheese shop in Leadenhall Market, and the wine pouring machine in the off licence when we bought some gin for a house warming present.

Interesting graphic

I was checking out tropical storm Oscar's wind history and here's the graphic.  Made me chuckle.

We went here for lunch

http://www.reddogsaloon.co.uk/

Fairly good although the service was terrible and a bit too far to go for lunch when you work in the city as it's over on Hoxton Square, two £10 cabs away.  Luckily we were expensing it so who cares.

The highlight other than the buffalo wings, was the maitre d' who was no other than 'Shabby' from big brother 10.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=shabby+from+big+brother&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=wlRsUJeED-y10QWSqIC4DQ&biw=1451&bih=846&sei=XFVsUOD-N4HN0QW664DoCg

I didn't spot her as I wouldn't notice that kind of trash but my female colleague did.

Good show

We watched the first two episodes of series two of Boardwalk Empire last night.  Excellent.  If you haven't watched it yet, do.

Anyway...  it's taken me this long to realise that it's Boardwalk and not Broadwalk. April let me know last night by telling me that it annoyed her for me to call it that.  Sorry.  I must have misread it the first time then it just gets stuck in my mind and it there forever till i'm corrected.  Even then it's hard to get rid of. It's not the first time either.  I can remember Orc chefs and Autospys being two memorable examples (Heroes and XCOM).

My spelling is terrible (as most of you will have noticed from this blog), maybe I have a mild form or dyslexia or maybe i'm just an idiot.  You decide...

Idiots

What a waste of time and money for people to research this.


GM cows make 'low allergy' milk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19785006

Most people who claim they are intolerant to lactose have been told so by their homeopathic specialist. They are the last people on earth to want to eat GM food.

New idea for TIVO

We upgraded to TIVO from Virgin about 6 months ago and quite like the new system.  If you don't know anything about it, it kind of works a bit like Spotify.  If you don't know how that works then...

... it basically 'learns' the types of show that you watch and then pre-records things that are similar to those based on what other people like with the same preferences.  The feature is not amazing but there have been a few things that i've watched because it's found something that I might like.  Anyway, I had an idea last night of improving the way they show adverts inbetween shows. 

If they're already tracking what I watch I bet it isn't long before they target what adverts are shown.  If you're a man who's into sport and action films, what's the point of showing you an advert for tampons? 

Upmarket?

How is Prezzo supposed to be upmarket?

http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/local/prezzo-s-opening-looms-in-kettering-1-4317158

It's on par with Pizza Express, Zizzis and Strada.  Nice enough for a chain but certainly not upmarket.

And another thing...  Isn't the headline a little foreboding by using the term loom?

Here's one definition

"To appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loom