Category: old blogging

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That’ll be a trackball then.

I’ve just had a call transferred internally at the offices of FridayAd, a south-east free newspaper. The internal ringing tone would be great with a drum n bass sample over it. I wish I had the kit to record it – Ibiza stardom, fame and fortune surely awaits!

Meg posts some handy cartoon links.

Following on from this BBC article, take a look at the Save Britain’s Heritage site and also the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Association site.
It’s good to see that some of these landmark sites are being talked about and preserved, but a lot of lesser and minor places are not. In Chichester, there has been much talk in recent years about demolishing the bus station and bus garage to make way for redevelopment. Whilst neither building is conventionally attractive, both have a certain charm – they are heavy, brick-built 1950s buildings, the bus garage notable for its concrete wavy roofline – a familiar landmark as you arrive in Chichester by train from the east. Another is the railway station ticket hall, about which I’ve written here before – an elegant late 50s "White Heat" structure that is slowly decaying through lack of care and misguided attempts at maintenance. The trouble is, because they are not romantic buidings or classically beautiful, and because they were built within the lifetime of many of the people that are responsible for their preservation, few people care about them. But they are distinctive, emblematic of the period and have been a feature of the lives of local people and people passing through the city for half a century.
Just how do you balance the need for modernity with the need to preserve?

Busy busy again today. And finding that, no matter what the organisation is that I call, the person I want to speak to isn’t in the office. Soaking up the sun in the park, I suspect.

"I’ll be back". Arnie to run for California governor after all….

• BBC
• Sacramento Bee
• California Insider weblog
• LA Times
• Variety (subscription needed), with the headline that everyone predicted: "Now it’s Total Recall".

Today has been a great day – productive, fun, enjoyable and filled with good mood, good news and even a bit of good company. I’m pooped. Time for bed.
Must be the sun or something. Does it release chemicals in your head that make you feel good? Anyone know anything about this sort of stuff?

I’m in a very very good mood. Must be the weather or something.

Marine Accident Investigation Branch advises: always wear bicycle clips when onboard ship.