Digitalirony

Retirement Planning

2008-02-18T10:22:00.002Z

If you had purchased US$1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth US$49.00. With Enron, you would have had US$16.50 left of the original US$1000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than US$5.00 left. If you had purchased US$1000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have US$49.00 left. But, if you had purchased US$1,000.00 worth of beer/wine one year ago, drank all the

Bacco

2008-01-26T11:51:00.000Z

Whilst I'm on the topic of food and drink, I should give a mention to Bacco, and italian restaurant in Richmond. Really nice food, not your typical Italian high street restaurant menu. The staff are really nice as well and the wine list is nothing short of fantastic. I had dinner there last week after not visiting for a few years and I have to the dishes and drinks were sublime.

Caffé Vergnano

2008-01-26T11:10:00.000Z

Just a quick note to mention the fabulous Caffé Vergnano. I had a few of their Blend 1882 Espresso drinks last night and they were fabulous. So fabulous that I had too many of them and was awake until 02:00 this morning! The one I went to was next to the Royal Festival Hall in London and the staff were really friendly and the service was quite good. If you are in the neighbourhood it is worth

Merry Christmas

2007-12-25T00:01:00.000Z

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope you are spending it with your loved ones.

Marie Antionette's Plaything

2007-12-19T21:00:00.000Z

One of the cottages built in Marie Antoinette's private village at the Petit Trianon at Versailles and built around 1784.

2007-12-18T23:09:00.000Z

Roman Ruins

2007-12-09T06:55:00.000Z

Well preserved Roman ruins at Cimiez. There is a bath house and a courtyard and as you walk through it you realise that design and construction techniques haven't changed much in 2000 years.

Cours Saleya - Nice

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Armée de Terre

2007-12-03T22:09:00.000Z

Look Up

2007-12-03T00:56:00.000Z

Brandi Carlile @ Borderline

2007-11-23T07:55:00.000Z

I should be writing that I'm ecstatic to hear that Brandi Carlile plays her first ever London show, at the Borderline in a weeks time. Except that I'm not ecstatic, I'm not even excited. In fact I'm downright bitter. By now you'll have guessed that I didn't get any tickets to the gig. How gutted am I! How I managed not to notice that she was doing a London event is beyond me. I think that the

SIGMATEK XS-700 Pro DVD Player

2007-10-22T23:42:00.000+01:00

I've recently purchased a SIGMATEK XS-700 Pro DVD Player to replace my now nonfunctional Wharfedale DVD3210DVX DVD Player which only lasted me 7 months before giving up the ghost.Firstly I'll admit that it isn't the prettiest device to ever sit in an AV rack or under a TV but once we get past that my other initial impressions are quite good. [Mine doesn't have those ugly grey port covers either,

The importance of being !important

2007-10-15T17:05:00.000+01:00

I recently came across an interesting rendering bug which made me require the !important rule in CSS.The problem was that although the style worked properly in all current versions of all of the major browsers, Internet Explorer 7, FireFox 2.0 & Safari 3.0.3, there was a border displaying in Internet Explorer 6 that should not have been there.The style sheet clearly said that the border on the

Mrs. McGrath

2007-10-06T12:38:00.000+01:00

"Oh, Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said "Would you like a soldier of your son Ted With a scarlett coat and a big cocked hat Oh, Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?" Chorus: With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri, oor-ri-a With your too-ri-a, fol-di-diddle-da, too-ri, oor-ri, oor-ri-a Now, Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship

Fracture

2007-09-30T21:52:00.000+01:00

Despite a brace of good actors and some convincing acting this movie is let down by its very predicatable plot. Where the screenplay required plot twists the best that Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers could deliver were kinks.FracturePlot: 13/20Acting: 17/20Production: 16/20Entertainment: 20/40Total: 66/100The cinematography and soundtrack work very well to provide a suitably dark backdrop to this film

SLR Lens Repair

2007-09-24T20:27:00.000+01:00

I came across this very useful article on how to repair aged lenses where the glass has turned yellowish in colour after a few decades. You can find the article at Brian Ayling's photographic repair tips.

Arsenal 3 - Sevilla 0

2007-09-20T00:18:00.000+01:00

Went to see Arsenal trounce Sevilla tonight. It has been my first visit to the Emirates this season and I was very happy to be back. The atmosphere was a little sedate but stadium is a great sporting arena and I love being there. Arsenal played with flair and style and whilst where a bit lucky with the first goal, thoroughly deserved to win. My only real concern was the large number of lazy

Nice = Nice

2007-09-12T11:06:00.000+01:00

I have recently spent a week in Nice [Southern France] and though I'd share my top tips for nice. Use the public transport system.The public transport in and around nice is clean, punctual & cheap. It also has the added benefit of covering the area really well so it is easy to get to anywhere from just about anywhere else. I found that the busses offered excellent value with a 7 day Ligne

2007-08-20T19:30:00.000+01:00

Quote of the Day: A newly developed 128-jigawatts prime engine designed to convert large volumes of dust bunnies into compact compatible storage form more faithfully and swiftly while blowing off significantly larger quantities of hot air due to its increasing sucking capability, and a new Twilight Real Zone Engine (TRZE), designed exclusively for the KUW-40-MIG-4500, produces well-balanced,

Honda Small Hybrid Sports Car

2007-07-12T18:53:00.000+01:00

I saw this car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed earlier this year and have to say that it is a stunner.Forget waiting for the hybrid, Honda should just stick the engine from the Civic or Civic Type R in there and ditch that CV gearbox for a traditional stick shift and they'd sell bucketloads.They can always release a Hybrid version later.

Mmmm ... Flamenco Metal Anyone?

2007-07-11T14:35:00.000+01:00

Saw a highlight clip from Glastonbury featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela a pair of guitarists with serious class. You can view a pretty poor quality video (audio is okay) of their Glasto set here. Enjoy :)

2007-06-12T14:21:00.000+01:00

I know that this is going to get me in all sorts of trouble, but my quote of the day is:Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. - Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

2007-06-11T17:41:00.001+01:00

I found this old(?) but interesting comparison of TVs, and TV technology power usage comparison of TVs, and TV technology power usage.Most interesting was the average power consumptions;Microdisplay rear projector TV: 0.14 watt per square inch,LCD: 0.29 watt per square inch, Plasma: 0.34 watt per square inch,CRT: 0.34 watt per square inch.I'll have to keep that in mind , and pay particular

The Quest for a Cheap, Compact, Silent Network File Server for Home - Solved

2007-06-08T20:52:00.000+01:00

I managed to get my Compaq Evo D510 USDT all set up a few weeks ago. I popped a whopping big hard disk into it and gave it a RAM upgrade. I successfully installed a copy of Windows XP (licenced) that I have from a now long dead PC and installed all of the updates etc. I have set up a small home network which seems to be pretty reliable and the everything is neatly tidied away behind the vanity