Category: old blogging

Useful meeting with my bank manager this afternoon. We covered the key business issues of the latest cricket scores and where the best places are to drink in Chichester.
Oh, and I got him to reduce my bank charges.

Well, the good news is that England have finally given Sussex bowler James Kirtley a chance to play for his country in the latest Test that starts today. The bad news is that he will not be available for Sussex’s crucial County Champsionship game against Lancashire – I just hope we do better in the five day format than we did in the one day version.

Arnie must surely be unbeatable now in the Californian gubernatorial elections as he signs a pact with Warren Buffett, creating a victory-guaranteeing Democrat-Republican alliance. Aside from the cross-party support this will help him to attract, it will also reinforce his credentials as a serious candidate, although he does possess a degree in business and economics, and was a successful businessman before he was ever famous in Hollywood. The LA Times has more.
Meanwhile, the final list of candidates has been revealed, and voters can expect a very long ballot paper with 135 names to choose from.

For all test card anoraks everywhere… testcards from around the world.

New header graphic, composed using a photo I took of the roof line of the main shopping mall in downtown Sacramento. I’ve also revised the page layout at the top there, so comments welcome.

Pictures from my recent trip to California:

Fog on the bay, viewed from San Francisco airport.

California State Capitol, Sacramento.

Collonade on the south side of the State Capitol.

View upwards within the Rotunda of the State Capitol.

Capitol Park, Sacramento (note how bright the sun was).

Historic buildings in Sacramento Old Town.

The main shopping mall in Sacramento. I had to look at that shop sign three times before I realised that it said Aerosoles, not Arseholes.

Bumclouds.
Well, I suspected that something wasn’t going my way, and I was right. Oh well.
Still, best just to plough on regardless. Must get on with building PFE’s website…
And I do have a session of being the centre of attention of lovely young ladies in the hair salon to look forward to this afternoon.

Today is Left Handers’ Day. A good opportunity for the world’s largest minority group to be acknowledged and thought about, perhaps?

Fascinating article on the ISO paper sizes and paper sizes in North America (picked up via Bifurcated Rivets). I have to deal with the whole A4/Letter problem quite frequently when dealing with American businesses. If only they adopted the much more logical A, B and C series of paper sizes.

Brighton won in spite of Steve Coppell’s blunt talking. Meanwhile, Brighton are in initial talks with Andrei Kanchelskis over a short term deal. I’m not sure that this is "new" news though – I’m sure it’s been rumoured before.