Category: old blogging

This game is bug hard.

Votes have been coming in thick and fast on the grayblog header poll. "Railings" is ahead by some margin, although I suspect some ballot stuffing by Lord Percy, with "Warning" leading the peloton. "Palm House Door" is currently in line for the wooden spoon, which is a sorry state of affairs.
Voting open until Friday, 5pm. Get voting!

Hmm. So much for the masked superhero:

BBC news article.

Angle Grinder Man home page.

WhoIs lookup:

    Domain Name:
        anglegrinderman.co.uk

    Registrant:
           Alan Jeffery

    Registrant's Address:
        57 Heron Way
        Walderslade
        Chatham
        ME5 7RL
        GB

Three years ago today, I wrote:

I think it is still something like that. Near enough.

Happy third birthday, Grayblog.

A long but very good day in the company of my cousin, Gemma. Food was eaten, alcohol imbibed, shops toured and art appraised. Pooped now, but I made my train ok. Full report tomorrow.

Today, I shall be in London with Gemma, my cousin, viewing art, spending money and getting drunk and fat. Which is a good plan.
And I’ve just booked my flights for David’s wedding – at reduced price too. Bargain! Plus I get a gazillion AAdvantage points for flying via St Louis on the outward journey and via Dallas/Ft Worth on the return, and save another £65. Yay!

R Kelly’s career compared to dodo.

Sweden rejects euro. I think I may bring forward my plans for moving to Portugal, as I see no prospect of the UK joining the euro any time before 2015.

I went for a stroll around the city this afternoon, and stumbled upon the annual opening of Ede’s House. Ede’s House is an imposing building in West Street. Until 1936, it was the seat of West Sussex County Council. It was then used as the public library until 1967, when it became the County Record Office. When the Record Office moved to a purpose built building at the far end of my street in the early nineties, Ede’s House was restored so that it could be used as committee rooms for the council, and also by local organisations for meetings. It was the first time I’ve ever been inside. It’s an impressive building, but it seems somehow to have the air of an office, and not quite the impressive town house that the exterior promises. Also, I note that only one of the rooms is really large enough for any sort of meeting to take place, and even then I only think it could seat 50 or 60 people.
One of the most notable features of the building is a pair of large stone pineapples that flank the West Street facade. And, luckily for you, I took a picture of one earlier this year.

OK kiddies. A few people have been muttering about a lack of interactivity here lately. Furthermore, the current header graphic has been almost universally unpopular. There’s no pleasing some people. Or is there?…
Yes, folks, it’s time for a poll! Woo! Yay! To celebrate this site’s third birthday on Tuesday, I’m going to let you vote on a choice of candidate header graphics that I’ve spent the morning designing when I should have been doing work. In true Scaryduck style, I expect that I’ll ignore your vote and choose the one I like best. But that’s not the point.
Here are the candidates:

Capitol Balustrade. Looking through the balustrade around the State Capitol in Sacramento, as a couple of people look back at me.

Capitol Ceiling. Looking up at the ceiling of the dome of the same building in Sacramento.

City Café. In Sacramento again.

Palm House Door. The southern end of the Palm House at Kew.

Railings. On top of the city walls, very near my flat.

Warning. A sign on a wall near my flat.

So, six choices. And you decide. Or something.
Votes in by 5pm Friday 19th September. The new graphic will be in place next weekend.
Go on! Vote…!