welcome to the boardIf you have any info that might help with our family tree, please leave it here...HelloToday I started a new website, this is it. It's going to be a kind of weblog, a place for me to post links and stuff, and if anyone else likes it, in the words of the song, that's a bonus.Today I am mostly liking this house more than this, this, and ... Charles Valentine Clarke Breaking News!Apparently he was born February 14th, and not March. Hold the front page, and update the <strong>GEDCOM</strong> file Dad...<br /><br /><strong>Charles Valentine Clarke</strong> was lost on the <strong>Titanic</strong>.Updated the tree with new infoSome updated birth dates and marriage info...Mmm, bus funThat route that the 106 takes, it needs to have all the parking spaces trimmed off the side of it, there's no room for two busses to pass at once. Saw a nasty accident right here yesterday, a motorcyclist was knocked off.Got to spice this thing up, I... The Joy of HooversIs £209 a good price for one of these? That's how much they are in Stoke Newington Safeways right now. We're going back to get one, hopefully we will see Nigel out of 'Stenders there too.... No sign of Nigelbut the Dyson was fine - one pass of the living room though and the chamber (there's no bags in these non-hoovers) is half full, it's disgusting. Going to hoover all my clothes next.Big up to the wanker security guard in Safeway who challenged me for... One band was goodcan't remember the name though, three piece from Newcastle, and bullandgate.co.uk is no use...Off to either the Defoe or the Wheatsheaf later to play pool... the Defoe is nicer to take our guests to, but the Wheatsheaf is only 50p a game, choices cho... Badger CamDisappointingly seen no <strong>badgers</strong> yet in <strong>Abney Park</strong>, only people, and birds. Will keep watching though.Pool rulesWitnessed a bizarre pool foul in The Defoe last night (we getting back on track with the Stoke Newington theme now) - ball is over the pocket, guy shoots gently towards it, but before the white makes contact, the ball falls into the pocket. So is it ... SnackspotLiking <a href="http://www.snackspot.org.uk">snackspot.org.uk</a>, it was in <a href="http://www.ntk.net">ntk.net</a> this weekStoke Newington ActionNo Stokey action for several days now, stayed in last night, tonight going to Highbury Garage for *cough* some band *cough* because Corporation:Blend are supporting and a chum is involved in some managerial way...On the bus on the way in this morning... Birdcage was too loudThe music's good, but maybe we were just sat at a shitty table, sound was a bit crap. So where tonight? Not back there, maybe to The Fox Reformed or whatever, the wine bar down the bottom of Stoke Newington Church Street, it's about the only bar we'v... arcade gamesWalked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ... Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... LinksHmm, The Royal Bengal's menu advertises http://www.theroyalbengal.com but it's going nowhere at teh time of writing... http://www.barlorca.com doesn't work in this browser and didn't come up when I searched for them on the web... in MSIE it works and... Patrick JosephNow this is a bad website... am quite disappointed with myself that this blog thing was meant to be about how ace Stokey is and how much I like living here, but mostly today it's about how shit the community's websites are. Anyway, looks like the sit... Stoke Newington car crashMore local news now, there's a car gone into a lamp post at the end of <strong>Manor Road</strong>, we get a lot of joy riders round here... might take a picture of it tomorrow, it's quite a twatting...Il BacioNext time I'm trying to find the number for Il Bacio, hopefully I'll find this page as their takeaway number doesn't seem to be online anywhere... it's 020 7249 2344 for the best garlic bread in town... The restaurant itself is at:61 Stoke Newington ... Holiday readingWhile I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to Navigate the Broad Seas though I didn't know the title was so long at the time... it's about PIRATES, and it's quite good, if a bit of a blokey version of a m... Stoke Newington TrafficHey, they're clearing away a load of dumped cars on Manor Road, lifting them onto the back of trucks... not sure all of them were actually dumped, none were wrecks or burned out. Didn't take a picture as I was afeared of either being chased away by t... Overgrown Stoke NewingtonDozed off for a mintue and thought I was on the wrong bus earlier, Lordship Park seems to have wildly overgrown while I've been at Glastonbury... must have been the little burst of really heavy rain and hot sun, it's made all the trees and the plants... Stoke Newington For SaleHouse next door seemed to have been taken off the market, the for sale sign's gone, but now it's BACK... but with a different agent, with Right Move who have the rather nifty domain name stokenewington.co.uk... thought the price might have come down ... New properties in Stoke NewingtonJust signed up at that website and got sent this:New property matching current search criteria County : LONDONNORTH Address : Shakspeare Walk N16Bedrooms : 2 Price : 225000 View : http://www.hol365.com/?http://homes-on-line.com/cgi-bin/hol/disp... TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... Doesn't the new Engineers album remind you of the Leas Cliff Hall?Viewed from the underneath of course... hope the cover shows up here, otherwise check it out on Amazon...Tracklisting is:1. Home2. Waved On3. New Horizons4. Forgiveness5. Let’s Just See6. Come in Out of the Rain7. Peter Street8. Said and Done9. Thras... Why I can't stay in Stoke NewingtonThis place looks nice, very nice, out of my league though, shame.Today, hopefully:Finish moduling up my library of stuff, to make it properly reusable on BarflyMore admin, so many mailsFixing some stuff on Barfly, never should have started on it...Sa... PEACE!The nephews have gone home, it's been a fantastic week, but tiring... haven't spent that much time with them both, EVER! Looking forward to our family holiday we've just booked for 20 of us in Greece somewhere.Today; washing, tidying, sitting, watchi... News nightChannelfly was on newsnight last night, a feature about MP3's They interviewed some of my cow-orkers, very exciting. Shame they did it all on Friday when I wasn't here, otherwise I might have been on TV too. Looking forward to getting an mpeg rip of ... RE: News nightNewsnight footage is here, available to stream from the BBC, and AT LAST, the new hosting company have set popex up properly so the server can talk to other servers... just added hundreds of new gigs and sent out hundreds of gig mails as a result...J... Jimi HendrixJimi also attends a New Years Eve party at Margaret Redding's house, <strong>Folkestone</strong>...The FallA benefit gig for a journalist Leo Finlay, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there. Possibly Travis also played...... The Tearsplus The Subways. First official gig for Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler's new band, though they went and did a couple of sneaky warmups before this in Oxford and somewhere else. Not that great really.... Daniel LyonsThe Sinden presents the world premiere of a new musical drama DANIEL LYONS. Written by BAFTA award winning author Roy Apps from his best-selling children's novel. Music by Steve Pusey.OliverOliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...Lone Star Comedy ClubHurrah, back again at Lanterns! Tom Price, Pippa Evans, and headline Ian Cognito. Newcomer to be confirmed. SOLD OUT now, get in quick for next month!... SuedeFan club gig, played the new album, then a hits set, then a "wheel of fortune" set including best songs "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"...Love / HatePlus my first time (of many) of seeing <strong>Atom Seed</strong>, and a couple of other bands. Happy new year!AshMidday show, Japanese TV recording, <a href="http://drownedinsound.com/news/394">news here</a>.Comedy<strong>Ed Byrne</strong> and <strong>Rob Newman</strong>Steve CooganFairly bland sets of <strong>Tony Ferrino</strong> and possibly <strong>Alan Partridge</strong>, but warm up came from newcomer <strong>Simon Pegg</strong>. Whatever happened to him?Baddiel and Newman£9.50ExtrasThat new Ricky Gervais show is on BBC2Highlights of new graduate work 2005 Kent Institute of Art and DesignSurrey Institute of Art and Design and theEcole des Beaux Arts, ValenciennesA selection of work from students completing their BA (or equivalent) at these three institutions made by independent curator, Clare Smith... Primal ScreamOne off show to introduce the new album, you lucky lucky people!Open Air Concert - "It's a Swing Thing" Featuring Peter Dinsley and The Allied Big Band+ The New Debonnaires + Guests. Rat Pack &amp; Swing. Tickets &pound;17.50 adv. 7.30-11pm Gates open 5.30pm<br /><br />"Because you couldn't get tickets to Glastonbury..."Lone Star ComedyMatt Welcome + Dave Dynamite + Coline Owens + new MC Dan Willis... see you there!OliverOliver TicketsOmid Djalili is taking over the role of Farin from Rowan Atkinson in the new West End hit musical 'Oliver'. Get your Oliver tickets...Oliver in LondonOliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...David Devant and his Spirit WifeBefore I lived in <strong>New Cross</strong>, didn't really know where it was. We thought we could get a tube there (it was not running) and walked back to Waterloo after...Westlife in Newcastle Upon TyneFormed: in Dublin, Ireland Style: Pop Check out: 'Uptown Girl' 'Mandy' Westlife in Newcastle Upon Tyne tickets Westlife announce a series of UK dates between May and June. The Westlife...Frankie Boyle in Newcastle Upon TyneFrankie Boyle gained a reputation for his quirky, dark sense of humour. Loved for his stand-up comedy shows, as well as his legendary appearances on...Squeeze in Newcastle Upon Tyne89.24Closed for refitThey're having a new floor put down, open again in time for Tuesday's steak night...Isle Of Wight Festival: Weekend in Newport228.80Oliver in LondonOliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...TUMBALALAIKA - YIDDISH LOVE SONGS, (KlezFest concert no. 3), Michael Alpert (New York), Shura Lipovsky (Amsterdam), Polina Shepherd (Brighton), Hilda Bronstein (London), SOAS, Yiddish, Klezmer, KlezFestJamie Cullum in NottinghamJamie Cullum in Nottingham tickets Jamie Cullum returns with new album 'The Pursuit' and his first full UK tour in 4 years! Jamie Cullum tickets are now on sale....Oliver in LondonOliver TicketsOliver is the new spectacular musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Starring Rowan Atkinson as Fagin, the musical features a sensational score full...