I Am The Marquis! (Goo Goo G’joob)

I’m rather pleased and not a little daunted to be able to say that I’ve been cast as the notorious Marquis de Sade in a new production by Carlton Dramatic Society. The iniquitous Marquis de Sade is imprisoned in the asylum of Charenton for endangering public morals. There he continues to write scandalous novels and… Continue reading I Am The Marquis! (Goo Goo G’joob)

Vinyl Walkman

I was on a train the other day, heading into town. All the seats were full, but I had one, so OK. A youngish guy dressed in the very heighth of fashion sitting a few seats away delved in his bag, brought out a portable record player (I think it was a Numark PT01) then… Continue reading Vinyl Walkman

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The Bedford Players – A Potted History (Abridged and Unfinished)

Disclaimer This is all from my own recollections, and harvested from various sites around the net, so if any of it is inaccurate or incorrect, please let me know. My tattered cortex has enough trouble with shopping lists, so be gentle. Let’s go back in time… During the early 1980’s, there were a number of… Continue reading The Bedford Players – A Potted History (Abridged and Unfinished)

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Palm Tungsten E Lego Sync And Charge Cradle

I’ve had my Palm Tungsten E PDA for about 6 months now, and it’s great. I got it 2nd hand off Ebay, and it’s given me no trouble. Here’s what I do with it… (read on, it’ll be worth it!) I keep all my contacts, calendar, and tasks synced with my home PC, and backed… Continue reading Palm Tungsten E Lego Sync And Charge Cradle

Carlton Dramatic Society present…

A Gala Evening With The Stars Drake House, 44 St George’s Road, Wimbledon 8pm, doors open 7.30pm £10, includes catered food, an evening’s entertainment and dancing! a large wodge of the proceeds goes to charity – to be decided, but very worthy The entertainment consists of the members of the Society giving their renditions of… Continue reading Carlton Dramatic Society present…

FTPSync 2.06

FTPSync is a really handy bit of software. Because I edit files on this site both at home and on the web via WWW2FTP, sometimes the files on my local copy of the site are newer than the remote versions, and sometimes the remote versions are newer than the local versions. So I need to… Continue reading FTPSync 2.06

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WEB2FTP

WEB2FTP is an online FTP client. It allows all the usual FTP functions, in a simple web-based interface. The great thing about this tool is that if your FTP client won’t work, due to firewall restrictions for example, you can still edit your files. And it’s in English.

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Blosxom

This page is no longer relevant, because I now use WordPress. But have a read anyway, it’s interesting. ~ Blosxom is the basis for most of this site. It’s essentially a Content Management System, in the same vein as Movable Type, Pivot, WordPress and so on. It can be used as a weblog, or for many… Continue reading Blosxom

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Amaztype – Typographic Book Search

This is way cool. Head on over here, select your locale (.co.uk for me), select your media type (I’ve been doing music), enter some search terms, select author/artist or title, and off you go. What happens then is that this nifty little page goes off to the Amazon database, grabs all the images that match… Continue reading Amaztype – Typographic Book Search