Yesterday my plumber removed my sinks and bath but was kind enough to make me a temporary tap.

woophy.com allows you to view and upload high quality images of parts of the world. The pictures are of a really high standard. Some Great pictures of Brighton too.

47 bags of rubble later - scroll down to see the cork joy before in Dust we Trust.

Congratulations !

Zvayam.com has landed - And it really looks like we are going to be in for a treat.

Big Beach Boutique 3: Brighton New Years Day 2007

Madeira Drive, Brighton: 1 January 2007

Fatboy Slim today unveils his new plans for Big Beach Boutique 3, his third open-air concert to take place on Brighton seafront.

Big Beach Boutique 3 will take place on Madeira Drive, Brighton seafront, on New Years Day 2007. This 20,000 capacity, open-air site has been carefully selected to ensure maximum safety after lengthy consultation with Sussex Police, Brighton & Hove City Councillors, and other key agencies.

As well as Fatboy Slim, there will also be special guest DJ sets during the event from David Guetta and The Cuban Brothers.
Big Beach Boutique 3 will be strictly ticket-only, with 20,000 on sale from Thursday 2nd November. Tickets will initially only be made available to members of the public who have a BN postcode, after which they will go on sale to the rest of the country.

- All tickets are sold out but I was able to buy a pair on ebay ! - Normans Website

Nominations announced - The British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards in association with Electronic Arts.




PRE-SCHOOL LIVE ACTION

CBEEBIES SPRINGWATCH - Tony Reed, Clare Bradley, Aliex Yuill (BBC/CBeebies)

DOODLE DO - Tony Reed, Geoff Coward, Lizi Botham (BBC/CBeebies)

MILKSHAKE SUMMER - The Production Team (Five/Five)

THOMAS & FRIENDS - Simon Spencer, Steve Asquith (HIT Entertainment Limited/Nick Jr UK)

It arrived this morning, and it is as small as I had hoped as the peanut next to the iPod Shuffle shows. Alas it did not come with the new style white headphones.

6/1/2007 The battery life is truly amazing it just goes on and on. And I still have not lost it despite it's size.

Pop till your...... finger gets tired and falls off. ClickHere

Thanks to Jason

The Wilbrahams will be playing a rare show at Sadder Days

Sadder Days
28 Oct 2006 19:30
The Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, London. SW2 5BZ
Cost: £4
Windmill Brixton

Not sure what time they'll be on stage, but it will probably be fairly early
on, so arrive early to avoid a wilbra-disappointment....

To provide you all with yet more Wilbraham-related bunf and catastrophy,
we've finally gotten round to setting up a myspace page. Seems to be the
thing to do. See here:

www.myspace.com/thewilbrahams

Hope to see y'all on the 28th.

Take care now,
The Wilbrahams
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Well if you think you can do better visit jacksonpollock.org

More information about the pictures below ClickHere

Pictures taken at the low tide on Brighton beach - ClickHere for more.

For all those who were in Whitstable.

Pictures taken on Thursday night at a Piece of Havana held last night at Brighton's Corn Exchange

Razorlight are performing a free and exclusive gig on Brighton’s Sea Front near the Grand Hotel today (Wed 12th July) The band are onstage from 6pm. - Thanks Jason

Update - It was a good night. Norman walked right in fromt of me, alas I did not dare take a picture.

For those of us not so keen on the Bus. You can now be driven about Brighton on a tuctuc. The tuctuc's run on compressed natural gas. Have a look at tuctuc.co.uk for more information.

Now all we need is to bring back the tram service.

Tom Petty's new album - Highway Companion is due for release on July 25th 2006. More Tom related joy can be found on www.tompetty.com

I was lucky enough to meet Jelly whilst she was having a break sitting with her best friend Cow (thats the Puffin... but of course you knew that). Jelly's works so far include The Story Makers and CBeebies SpringWatch more information can also be found on wikipedia.org

Taken Monday 12th June 2006 Brighton -More information on Shepherds delight

Due to extensive cut backs in 90's Bongs will be left hanging yet again. When asked to comment J.R Haski said 'It's such a shame we have always grown the freshed Bongos but we just cant get them to the brewers while they are still fesh. Give us back our Bongo Run' .

I have been using a juicer (where possible) everyday for the last two months. I have a Magimix Le Duo it is easy to clean, only four parts to be washed. It takes about ten minutes form fruit to chopping to loosening the juice to cleaning to drinking the juice. Spare Parts and juicers can be bought here.

Last year after I had opened my house up for the Brighton fringe festival all my books went back into the bookcase organised by colour. A year on it seems to have been a success. My memory is very visual and so if I think of a title it seems easier to find having the books sorted this way.

There is concern over the current driving standards in England, so the Department of Transport has devised a scheme to identify drivers of limited ability and intelligence. From the middle of May 2006 all those drivers who are found to be a potential hazard to all other road users will be issued with a white flag, bearing a red cross. This flag clearly indicates their inability to make rational decisions or drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians. Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will have to display two flags: One on each side of the car to indicate an even greater lack of skill and limited intelligence. Please circulate this to as many other motorists as you can, in order that drivers and pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.

Thank you for your co-operation -Department of Transport.

Grace tells me why she likes eating sand - ClickHere to Play

This years Asparagus is tasting better than ever. It can be found at the address below they are open everyday until mid June.

South Brockwells Farm
Little Horsted
Nr Uckfield
East Sussex
TN22 5QS

Farm Shop - 07876 271148
Telephone - 01825 750466

Directions - Between A26 & A22 near Bentley Wildfoul and Motor Museum.

The Simpsons are going ins Kino. The film will be release on July 27th 2007 a short trailer of the film can be seen here. Wikipedia.org has some great Simpsons related information too.

Thanks Kev.

Grace will be featured in the papers and on the side of busses for Sir Harold Hillier Gardens.

Transmanche ferries have a new ferry sailing from Newhaven to Dieppe 'The Cote d'Albatre' . The four hour crossing time should be reduced by up to 40min with the new boat. Foot passengers three day return £31.00 or a three day return with a car and two passengers for £48.00. The Dieppe Saturday market is one of the best i have been to.

Today is Apple 30th birthday. There seems to a great deal of media coverage of Apples achievements over that last 30 years. Apple themselves seem to be celebrating quietly if at all. Wired have done a some good articles all week but my favorite is the one titled 'Steve Jobs' Best Quotes Ever'. BBC Technology have made a "How much do you know about Apple?' quiz despite spending my life surrounded by Apple products I only got 9/10 (I got Question 8 wrong)

This Friday on C4 brings the second series of Green Wing - C4 Friday 31 Mar 9.00PM. The first series is almost out on DVD £16.99

BBC Two Tuedays 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The Strawbridge family are going green. Inventor and engineer Dick (Who looks like the Walrus might from The Walrus and the Carpenter ) and his planet-loving wife Brigit and kids James and Charlotte take on a 300-year-old farmhouse in Cornwall - with three acres of land, a leaky roof and no plumbing, electricity or home comfort in sight. Their aim is to live a 21st Century lifestyle and be self-sufficient in energy and food. (Pigs arrive in the next program)

UPDATE Book - 23rd June 2006 It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living ISBN: 0563493461 - Thiis is an excellent book whcih fills in on some of the projects that have taken place throughout the series.

Oh and the full text from The Walrus and the Carpenter ( I had to learn this years ago all i remembered was the line - The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand;

Listening to Fip Radio on the Mac has always been buggy this was down to Windows media player for Mac OS X but now there is a new way to listen. Install Flip4mac and then visit Fip or click here.

BBC Radio Four presents a five part fictional story of the life of a thousand year old Oak tree in Northumberland set against an evocative soundscape. Listen again here. The sound is by Chris Watson

Good TV - Jimmy's Farm BBC TWO Tue 9:00pm and Planet Earth Which features some of the most incredible filming of the earth I have ever seen. BBC Radio Four broadcast a program explaining how it was made. Planet Earth is narrated by David Attenborough. BBC ONE Sunday 9pm repeated Sat on BBCTwo at 6:45pm. This is a ten part series 1-5 on now and the last five in the autumn.

The Secret Life of Water by Masaru Emoto

For the last few years Dan and Frank have been putting on a monthly set at the Dover Castle on Southover Street, Brighton, UK.

The a man sitting next to me last night had his record collection with him, one of which was this ! The pair covered two Beatles tracks Yellow Submarine and when I'm sixty four.

Sussex University has annouced its decision to drop its chemistry degree due to falling student numbers. But is this the first of the sciences to go.

The SkyScout is a handheld device that uses GPS technology to identify stars, planets and constellations just by pointing the device at them - Costs about £230.00

Guinness have launched a new product which claims to make canned Guinness more like draught but it will cost you £16.99 from your local Tescos.

Two songs of the moment Smog - Anniversary and Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (lyrics below) which is used in the Sony Bravia advert.

one night to be confused
one night to speed up truth
we had a promise made
four hands and then away

both under influense
we had devine scent
to know what to say
mind is a razorblade

to call for hands of above
to lean on
wouldn't be good enough
for me, no

one night of magic rush
the start a simple touch
one night to push and scream
and then releaf

ten days of perfect tunes
the colors red and blue
we had a promise made
we were in love

to call for hands of above
to lean on
wouldn't be good enough
for me, no

to call for hands of above
to lean on
wouldn't be good enough

and you, you knew the hands of the devil
and you, kept us awake with wolf teeths
sharing different heartbeats
in one night

to call for hands of above
to lean on
wouldn't be good enough
for me, no

to call for hands of above
to lean on
wouldn't be good enough
for me, no

Google have released Google Mars a Martian version of Google Maps

A few years ago I got the bus with a friend and I asked him if the bus had an in flight film or trolley service - He said NO. But following a journey over the weekend on a London bus I can confim that In flight TV is here ! Alas there is still no trolley service.

I have been reading a great book called 'Scenes from a Smallholding' by Chas Griffin it is very amusing.

A lady in bath has been given and ASBO for repeatedly playing This is the way to Amarillo at high volume. Read More ....

Green Havens provide a tour of Brighton and Hove's allotments with pictures of my first allotment at Craven Vale Allotments, Whitehawk Hill and I am sure the figure in the back of this page is the famous Andy ! Can anybody confirm this ?

If you have a BT phone line at home you can enable Caller ID for free to do this call call 0800 916 5544 (available 24 hours a day) and speak to the robot.

The Simpsons opening scene and couch joy recreated. Looks like it was filmed in England - Thanks Moreyba.

Last night I saw two great acts at the Joogleberry - Ben Griffith and Mike Rosenberg Band - Table For One-Live is good . Music from both can be downloaded form their web sites.

Great song - Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' (Grey Warner 10") Released on 10th April 06 by Cee-Lo & Danger Mouse - Album St. Elsewhere is due for release on 2 May. I am sure it will go straight to No 1.

16.03.2006 - iTunes is serving Crazy (Single Version) a month early ! But is it the same as the version that BBC Radio One have been playing ?

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that phase
Even your emotions had an echo
In so much space

And when you're out there
Without care
Yeah, I was out of touch
But it wasn't because I didn't know enough
I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Does that make me crazy
Probably

And I hope that you are having the time of your life
But think twice, that's my only advice
Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are
Ha ha ha bless your soul
You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
I think you're crazy
Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb
And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them
Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun
And it's no coincidence I've come
And I can die when I'm done

Maybe I'm crazy
Maybe you're crazy
Maybe we're crazy
Probably

The new advert for the Honda Civic uses sound made by people to create the soundtrack to the advert.

One Pod Two Pod Nano Pod !

About a week ago my V1 Pace Sky+ box blew up (large white spark) This box has had various modifications over the years to keep it going, e.g. new HD and a power supply from an old Lacie ext HD. I have had Sky+ since day one and it is still without doubt the best PVR. It was only once the box had blown up did I realise that EyeTV and Freeview was not for me. As an existing customer a new box from Sky is £259.00 I was able to get a Pace 3100 40GB box for £98 on Ebay.

Once the box arrived I opened it up and removed the old 40GB Maxtor and installed a 120GB Seagate Barracuda. The drive had been used in the old Pace box. When the 3100 was powered up with the 120GB drive the Sky+ box would not switch on (even after leaving it for 3hrs) So I removed the drive and plugged it into a Mac and formatted the drive as a FAT32 volume and put it back into the new Sky+ box and it works fine.

Two good Sky+ resource websites are morlocks and digitalspy

Whilst looking up information about my wood burning stove I found this blog called The Straw House Blog it has some nice information on building an off grid home. ( Enjoy Linc - Canadian too ! )

The Guardian Unlimited are serving a weekly Podcast with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington.

Lisa emailed me The JCB Song and thought it was quite cool.

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The plan is to move to a TV free home. Instead use just an Apple iMac 20" for Internet / TV / Sky+ without paying a subscription other than the BBC licence fee.

Living in Brighton I assumed the reception of Digital TV would be very good. And after looking at various post code checking web-sites it seemed that this is so.

I plugged my new Elgato EyeTv DTT in to my Mac and scanned for channels, some 100+ were found. However the picture on all but one channel (BBC 4) brakes up.

I have a high gain Digital Ariel on my roof, with a Pace freeview box the reception is fine and the signal on all free to air channels is strong. It seems that the DTT needs 100% signal to work, this I have been told is not likely until nearer the 2012 Analogue switch off.

This morning the EyeTV DTT has been sent back to the Apple-Store. I am now going to try the EyeTV 410 from what I have read these boxes are better with signal fluctuations.

From Zvay The Films featured in Filter.

Last night I used a great application for listing / selling items on eBay. GarageSale is a joy to use and is a beautifully writtern program. (Mac OS X)