I have been cycling into Lewisham this week and getting the train from there. Today I got into work at a record time of 8:00am. I left the house at 7:45am, took the 7:52 to Waterloo East and then finally caught the 8.20 to Reading. I had a mixed day at work. Not very productive …
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Choke choke, the dust!
Up until last Friday you couldn’t even tell that the builders were in most of the time, except for the bangings and clangings going on overhead. It all changed on Friday. I was sitting in the lounge coding on the laptop when I heard an almighty crash. I went into the hallway and saw a …
Let it snow
We have had a Siberian weather front come in from the north and cause chaos in south-east england. According the to weather records this has been the heaviest snowfall for 20 years. It all started on Sunday night. I looked out of our bedroom window at around 9pm and was surprised to see a thick …
Windy night
I woke at around 1.30am last night hearing strange noises coming from the loft. First there were loud thumps. Then these morphed into pitter patter noises followed by more clanks and bumps. Outside, the wind was howling and the rain was pouring down. I lay there for a while but couldn’t get back to sleep. …
My light has gone
While cycling down O.K.R I heard a crash and a tinkle on the road behind. I thought oh dear some poor unfortunate soul has dropped something on the road. I thought nothing more of it until I got home and saw that my back light had fallen off. I’m not too gutted about it because …
The floor joists are down
Today was the second loft payment. The guys have been great and have just finished cutting and laying the floor joists. All the metalwork is now bolted into place too. The speed of the next stage hinges on the weather as it needs to be dry because they will start knocking out the roof to …
Interview
Amy has just had her interview for voluntary probation work. It was a nightmare getting to the station because there was a signalling problem causing the trains to stack up at the entrance to London Bridge. In the end she arrived red-faced about half an hour late. The interview went well though and she thinks …
Google G1
I have been playing with the T-Mobile G1 over the weekend. I am very impressed with the overall package. It feels sturdy in the hand and the touch screen is excellent. I dispensed with the manual and just got stuck in. The UI is very intuitive and within a few minutes of playing it you …
Mamma Mia!
Jake has a new favourite DVD, namely Mamma Mirror(as he puts it). He now sings the lyrics to Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia. Evidently he has also been studying the dancing as he now tries to reenact the spins and arm movements. Angel! Jake is back on form after his little ‘wobble’ and is again …
RLJ
Last night on the the way home I did something a little naughty. I was bombing up the Old Kent Road trying to catch an LCC member as I approached a set of traffic lights. Now as far as I am concerned the lights were changing from amber to red as I passed but I …