Mar
22
Bus Lane Contravention: Clapham Park Road
March 22, 2010 | 225 Comments
Have you received and paid for a penalty charge notice for a bus lane contravention from Lambeth Council on the A2217 Clapham Park Road? If you did before 21st December 2009 then you may be entitled to a refund. In January 2009 I got a PCN on this road. I spent a year querying it […]
Mar
9
Pelagic Zone: Shameless Plug
March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Listen up Kraut popsters . . . the big J, friend of Krautpod, has a new band. They’re called Pelagic Zone and you can hear them here : http://www.myspace.com/pelagiczone (Rehearsal Jam # 2 is a nice ‘un — very Santana-like) Expect to hear them on the next Krautpod soon.
Mar
3
Hedge fund to Buy Novell?
March 3, 2010 | 5 Comments
I think for once, I am very, very lucky. Like many former Novell employees I’ve held Novell stock for over five years and it’s languished at $3 — $4 for almost all of that time (apart from a brief $12 blip when SuSE was purchased).
Feb
27
How Does Cannabis Affect Your Brain and er . . . Whassat other thing?
February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
If you were in Melbourne wanted to get in touch with people for a cannabis trial what magazine would you advertise in? It’s an interesting dilemma . . . there are the obvious candidates but where was the ad below displayed? Step forwards Tracks mag Feb 2010: Incidentally, $75 AUS will get you 7 litres […]
Feb
5
Has Microsoft dropped the ball?
February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Dick Brass is a former exec at Microsoft. He is careful to mention how well Microsoft is doing financially but in the month that Apple launched the iPad he writes about how the company has lost its way. Microsoft has lost share in Web browsers, high-end laptops and smartphones . . .What happened? Unlike other […]
Feb
3
Do you want to make it in Hollywood?
February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A fascinating post by Adam Davis on life as a less-worth-than-amoeba beginner in Tinseltown. Heartbreakingly funny and unbelievably honest. Here he is talking about one of the first films he gets to work on: It was called The Legend of My Heart-Shaped Anus, a quirky comedy being submitted to Sundance. . . In one scene, […]
Jan
31
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January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Well I finally saw it. It’s my first 3D experience and I have to say I’m in agreement with the BBC’s Mark Kermode: the 3D didn’t really add anything. I think BFI’s iMAX cinema missed a trick here by spoiling the impact with 3D trailers. I suspect many people went to Avatar like myself wanting […]
Jan
27
And how would sir like his pond cooked?
January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Getting a table at elBulli, the most impossible-to-get-into restaurant in the world just got even more tricky. I’ve never been to elBulli but Newshour’s very own gastro-adventurer Fuchsia Dunlop was there just last October . . . she managed to snarfle out this menu which makes for fascinating reading. It’s a mischevious list by the […]