Blog
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These train prices are crazy
I just went and booked £500 worth of travel for the future. We're doing a fair bit of moving about this Summer. Heading to Utrecht to visit Mani and Joachim, Leicester to visit Sam, Stu and Alfie, Gla…
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Silent Running
Got my bike serviced yesterday ( Mend-A-Bike in Fulham, very good) and oh what a joy it is now. All I hear is the wind whistling through my ears, which makes a change from the grind-crunch it's been m…
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Peter Garrett sell-out watch episode 1
Peter Garrett has already sold out on one of his main principles. He now doesn't want to see Pine Gap shut down, which puts him in line with ALP policy but puts him a long way from his own Nuclear Dis…
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Peter, what are you thinking?
Peter Garrett, WTF are you thinking? I can just see the thought process here: "I'll change them from within". Poor, deluded fool! The ALP is a single-minded organisation. They have one aim: to get int…
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Predator has left the building...
My good friend and partner in activist geekery, <predator>, died over the weekend. He had been battling it out with cancer for some months. The world, and Sydney's activist community in particular, ha…
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Glastonbury tickets!
Our Glastonbury tickets just arrived. Wahoo! So getting up at 5am in Sydney to buy the tickets was worth the effort.
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Bush invokes Godwin's Law
Well it looks like Bush has invoked Godwin's Law in the debate on the fight about terror. Application of Godwin's Law means that he has, of course, lost the argument.
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Moved house...
We've moved into our new pad in Barons Court. Very nice place! Lots of sunlight in the lounge room and both rooms are very big. Now waiting on Ikea and their crap delivery service so we can get the re…
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Stock options are worth something?
Wow, apparently my work's stock is worth something, which means my stock options are actually worth something. Well, there's a first time for everything! Must be time to buy into Bubble Goo again.
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Ljubljana again
Well I'm in Ljubljana again for work. It's been a bit less stressful than last time, and we're making progress on the work. Tonight I caught up with one of the girls I met with my colleage Jen last ti…
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Orbital to break up
According to their web site, Orbital are breaking up after the next album. Fortunately, their last UK gig is at Glastonbury for which I have tickets...
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Photos from our trip
Photos from our trip to Sydney are now online. Loads of photos of friends and places. When we move into our new place and I get all set up, I'll scan in the photo of us on top of the Sydney Harbour Br…
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Ahhh Kooky
Three and a half years ago, Holly and I spent our last night out in Sydney at Club Kooky. All this time on, and it's gone through moving location, stopping for a time and now it's back at Club 77. I w…
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Anti-semitism on the rise in Europe?
There have been recent press reports about an unreleased report on anti-semitism in Europe claiming it is on the rise. I'm not sure it every went away. On that note, you may have been on the receiving…
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Back in London
Well we just arrived back in London. I'm surfing the jetlag express. Oh what fun! Pretty soon, I'll be hallucinating, no doubt. Just as soon as I finish chatting to the purple numbat sitting on my mon…
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Beds are Burning?
They say travel broadens the mind. Well I guess it does. Tonight I was reminded that the horrors of BBC Radio 1 are nothing compared to the pain of Eurotrash radio stations. Sitting in a pizza joint i…
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Critical Mass rides again
Wow what a ride! That's right I'm talking about the monthly Critical Mass rides in Sydney. Every last Friday of the month, hundreds and even thousands of cyclists head for Hyde Park and ride around th…
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Got twee indie pop?
Deerhoof, a band that fans of twee indie pop will love, Shonen Knife fans especially, are playing in London next week. Check out this song if you wanna hear what they're like.
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Hiking the Ridgeway
Holly and I went hiking along The Ridgeway over the long weekend. Looking at that map, we started at Avebury and climbed the ridge, then kept going for three days. We ended up at Wantage. A great thre…
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Hue and on to Hanoi
Not much to report. We spent the day on the bus from Hoi An to Hue. It's still raining (sounding like a scratched record). Tomorrow we'll try and get onto a boat ride on the Perfume River to see the t…