July 2002 Archives
Kissing Jessica Stein with Janette accompanied by Nestle copies of magnum and a cornetto icecreams, and an impromptu encounter with Phil and David in the foyer; they were off to see Ivan etc complete with strobe lights.
Good girlie film, strong characters but then I'm no critic. I enjoyed it without having to work out why.
We walked to Waterloo via the new Hungerford footbridge - how long before I drop the "new"? - and admired the Eye from the safety of (almost) sea level. Janette hadn't seen the bridge before. We wondered how both Hungerford footbridges and the 'new' Millennium Bridge will change the pedestrian circulations around London, and in particular the flows between the north and south banks for the Thames.
Just done a DNS look up on the IP address from Mark's comment on Saturday. Sorry to use you as a guinea pig Mark, but this is the first true life example I've had of an instance when I can use geeky (?) things I heard about, but never tried.... and then I tried the S&S IP address too. Fascinating (for me!)
EEK! I received my first comment on MT Sparkly today, and it was from another m loosemore!!
I'm dying to take the vanity line of questioning... i.e. how did you find it! I mean it's not as if anyone ever found www.sparklytrainers.com before (a good think seeing as for most of it's existence all it had was a holding page put up by Tom when he registered the domain. I've just googled on loosemore, and Sparkly hasn't come up in the first 17 pages....
One of the online resources I find useful at work is TechoLawyer. I subscribe to a few of their newsletters, and rate TechnoGuide and LLRX as good sources of information on IT issues in the legal environment.
TechnoLawyer is predominantly a US legal community at the moment. That's still useful, given that the old dotcom adage that, where technology is concerned, looking at the US is a bit like looking into our own UK future a couple of years hence. In any event, I've not found any comparable source of information for UK Legal IT, although uklit, a yahoogroup for IT Managers and Directors from UK law firms, comes closest, but still no cigar.
Hot 'n' sticky day, slow to rise and only settled down at my desk at 9.15. Had early call to visit Chris to go through his comments on the scanning paper, which were roughly as I'd expected, i.e. long (a plus and a minus), and some additional details/suggestions, to make it even longer. Once I've taken in and digested it all and spewed it back out again as carefully constructed prose, it'll go before the ITC in Oct.
Another lazy morning, with the juicer coming into its own for breakfast on the terrace. Off out again in to gorgeous weather, aussie style skirt and t-shirt weather in fact, and north to Regent's Park to see what Indian Summer had to offer.
Lazy morning Saturday, uninspired to stir too swiftly out into the overcast day. However, upon emerging to make our way to Spitalfields to mooch the markets, we discovered too late that it was actually a warm day, with the promise of warmer hours to come. Disappointment awaited in Spitalfields where the range of market stalls was even less than the weekday offering, and we'd not got enough time to squeeze in the Geffrye Museum before we were due to meet Catriona's friend Helen.
Catriona came to stay this weekend. The original plan had been for Hazel and I to co-host, with maybe a night out at schooldisco to relive old Wayward times, but JPM
Had a Nightmare of a morning, with my document collapsing on me just just *just* after i'd finished taking in all the amendments. aieeeeeeeeeee!
It's funny how some days I find myself on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Beware, on occasions such as these, I tend to render volumes of cliche-ridden, self obsessed angst.
ach, the TC and SJ drinks didn't happen.
SJ got caught at work, and TC opted to head home "to get drunk".
Good idea.
Prompted by a question from Tom, I dug out this article about wirelss (in)security in the City.
A bitty day so far (17:40).
- additional phone point installation by "Horizon Aerials" engineer, Russell (2 hours)
- hence quick n easy route into work (aka out of rush hour train+tube combo)
- 1 hour of work (batting off emails from the SST notaries and IT director)
- LUNCH WITH PHIL at the First Out Cafe, TCR. V.G. (yes, Phil's back from Philly. So watch these entries peter out. Rapidly)
- Back for a 90 minute show and tell from Info Services on how to dig out Company Info
- Tea and SiroopenWafelen, with Haddockmails for company
- Back into Scanning Review Hell, finishing off those visio and mindmap diagrams, with David Gray on the headphones
.... and 45 mins until I'm due to meet TC and SJ at Futures for a mini eSouk revisited drink. Back to work!
Result! Alex (Big Brother 3) rinses his jars with hot water from the kettle to get the last dregs out too! Vindication is mine!!
Ooooh - just watching Newsnight as I upload, and Sanger Centre biotech researchers feature. No Matt though :(
- yes, i'm home and i've succumbed to MT Sparkly.
A funny thing happened on the way to the tube...well, more of a funny photo missed due to absence of camera; a massive digger-cum-crane arm delving into a cavernous side door at the Bank of England. It looked like they were extracting rubble though, rather than bullion.
Time for another note to self: carry your camera as you carry your cash and cards.
ARGHHH!!!!!
I've just lost the entry I was composing. That'll teach me to try and be clever. but I'll try to recreate the genius.
Note to self: Use that save button!
Hmm, how to describe the working day to you, dear Reader? Should I? Or is it better to skip the work stuff in favour of a short recount of today's contribution to the hectic social life (TM)? Who am I writing this for anyway? I've still not worked that one out.
I love my walk to work. Well, OK, so I don't walk all the way from Clapham Junction into the City, but for the past year or so I've walked from Waterloo station to Moorgate on a fairly regular basis. And I love it; the opportunity to change down gear from the frenetic commuter charged melee to strolling speed along the south bank. Switching streams allows me to disengage from the cut and thrust of the Waterloo and City line and to enjoy the more varied scenes along the river.
Another day of r'n'r with R&P. Hollyoaks with tea and toast gave way to a train ride into Waterloo and a walk along the South Bank to Tate Modern. They've changed the permanent exhibition, which is A Good Thing seeing as I'd felt I'd explored the previous collection as much as I could. I'm no art connoisseur, but I enjoy wandering around museums and galleries, and Tate Modern in particular is a great space for modern art.
Ruth and Pete came to stay for the weekend. Lovely and relaxing, easy and fun - in fact all those things that come together when old friends have good times.
Siroopwafelen on mugs of tea on the roof terrace -> British Museum -> No. 168 to Waterloo -> back on the terrace for a BBQ (eventually!) -> Big Brother -> bed @ 10.30pm!!
This is ACE! Ta.
So, how do I:
- upload photos??
aceaceaceaceace!
xxxx
This was taken a few years ago at Susan Jackson's wedding, the day after I got back from the World Tour 97-99. Tom put it up - i've no idea how to do it!
My brother Tom has installed Moveable Type onto his server, and set it up for me to use here.
Hmm, so what should I do with it? Be creative? Get personal? Publish my ever expanding photo collection? Blog resources I find helpful during my day job? Create a portable set of favourites?
Vote Now, add a comment!
-- it's cheaper than Big Brother!
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TC at his BBQ, June 2002