translation required?Just got this from Andy:Just checked my latest current account statement but I'm not quite sure what the last transaction is as I don't speak German? Any ideas?At least no-one in the bank'll figure it out as they all speak English...... Exhibition of artefactsThere's a <a href="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/titanic/">Titanic exhibition</a> opening at the Science museum next week...OLD STUFF!There's a Titanic exhibition opening at the Science museum next week... My Grandad's cousin (or is it second cousin?) Charles Valentine Clarke was lost on the Titanic.... Stoke 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... Saint RoseMissed Corporation:Blend last night, got to the Garage too late, but Saint Rose were the middle band on, and were quite MOR, but much better than King Adora... a poor mans Manics, when the Manics were a poor mans Guns'n'Roses...... 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... Titanic Exhibition was goodYou get a boarding card on the way in, a copy of one that would have been given to a real Titanic passenger, with their details on. They only printed up 80 men and 80 women, and though the guy on the door let us have a look through them all, we could... Database corruption againFixed it and wrote a script that checks every ten minutes if something's corrupt, if it is it fixes it... should have done this a long time ago. Going to be wroking on all day.Tweak to the getGigs script that lists gigs on popex, adding an automatic ... Passione D'AmoreWent to Ryan's last night, but ended up eating in Il Bacio, had a different pizza a Passione D'Amore, aubergine, avocado, capers and mint, very tasty too.Went to the Red Bull Flug Tag thing in Hyde Park today, MAN ALIVE was it hot, and the transport ... Congestion ChargeWhat a pain, just sorted the congestion charge for my brother in law who is driving up to London and has decided to cut through. He's a registered disabled so he should be exempt, BUT to qualify for the exemption he has to fill in a form and send it ... How to make a pirate radio stationThis article on Engadget purports to be instructions on how to make a pirate radio station... all it really says is Google for "how to increase the range of your iTrip". Cheers Engadget.... Keira Knightly Masturbation StoriesNo, not really, but I just got a <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/misc/search/">search referral</a> saying that, nice!More virus actionStarted getting hit with virusses via a "list owner" email address - I am admin for the popex punters list, and have bene hit a couple of times at the address that's associated with that... I guess every owner of every list is susceptible, all you ne... Pioneer SoundtracksHow much is Pioneer Soundtracks the best album ever?(get it on ebay)... InspirationDecided to sort out a work page today that was taking 15 seconds or so to load, that's not good! This is only on one project, and it's one I'm not working on any more, but it's still not good to know something I've written is so crappy... it's not hu... International Talk Like A Pirate DayARRR!On a spoddy note I am posting this image without using an IMG tag, I've done it as an object instead... this means I can include HTML in the equivalent of the ALT tag, and no-one should see a broken image thing... just learned it, as the proper ... Sturgeons Tradional Camden Town Bread PuddingAs passed from my friend Neil, originally from Freda Sturgeon:Soak a bowlful of stale bread over night, squeeze out as much water as possible the next day, and add half a pound of cake fruit, 2 tbs sugar, 1 tbs black treacle (VITAL) and a teaspoon of... Harry Clarke auction frenzyHarry Clarke auction is kicking off, Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales, lots of bids and still 6 days to go...... Darkness cancellationsThe Darkness have been forced to cancel their gigs in Folkestone (this evening, Monday 20 October) and Portsmouth (tomorrow, Tuesday 21 October).The shows, at the Leas Cliff Hall and Portsmouth Pyramids, have been cancelled due to lead singer Justin ... Remote light switch has arrivedIf you never hear from me again it is because I've tried to do some mains electrics by myself and it's gone horribly wrong. Dad helped replace the dry liner that I broke on the bathroom light switch, it seemed to go smoothly, we can isolate the power... Clare's GraduationWent well, got some good pictures I hope. There was no celebrity honorary degree, I was hoping for something like that to liven the ceremony up. A chap called Sir Kit McMahon was made a fellow of Birkbeck though.The building the ceremony is in - Sena... RE: Barfly changesIt's going to end up another half day of <strong>popex</strong>, and half day of <strong>Barfly</strong> again... have tried chasing up Supervision Management to inspire them to use the calendar...SSX3Cool, mate has just got so got SSX3 for the PS2, and it can be played as a network game, so got to get networked up and also check out this step by step guide to network PS2ing...... InfiltrationNice site here, <a href="http://www.infiltration.org">infiltration.org</a>, about going places you're not supposed to go, looks like there will be some good reading there.Competition CrazyWorking on my competition script today to make sure it's up to speed, have had a couple of competitions this week, and am sending out an extra mail to promote this one for Journey Shoes / Electric Soft Parade, got one pair of shoes and five pairs of ... Flat inspectionmysql> select noMail, count(*) from punter group by noMail ;+--------+----------+| noMail | count(*) |+--------+----------+| 0 | 7296 || 1 | 9910 || 500 | 1 || 501 | 5 || 550 | 907 || 551 | 3 ||... IM Communication Error error code = 200I just want to renew my oyster card, and oystercard.com is tossing about, grr...Got to spend all day today making sure the listings mail still works on the new Barfly system, and flipping over to the new admin system too... ... SupervisionThat's nice, the guy from Supervision Management who seemed reluctant at first to accept the wonderous new technology that is my calendar system is over the moon with it now. Also the Barfly stuff seems to have settled down, it's just really design r... Syndication for the IPODI've made this weblog available for my IPOD, here... not sure how useful that will be, but I just wanted to test out IPOD's HTML ability on something, and it gave me a break from present wrapping.Got quite a lot more to do in terms of size checking, ... 106 DiversionThe 106 goes nowhere near our stop now on the way home, it goes Church Street, High Street, and then off down Northwold Road, that's hardly even in Stokey at all... Would have been interesting to walk that way, if it wasn't so wet and cold, there are... The DarkRazzle of <strong>Hanoi Rocks</strong> previous punk band. Plus Sedated, Mutilate and Conditional Discharge.MarillionManic Street PreachersCANCELLED, rescheduled for a week later? Quite a few people now say they were there, so looks like it was! Last day on the Generation Terrorists tour possibly.That Petrol EmotionColdplay<strong>Coldplay</strong> <strong>Barfly session</strong> was today, <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7358/Coldplay+at+Barfly+yesterday">I was there</a>... cosy.Elvis Costelloand the attractionsTerrorvisionEuropeans and how we liveSomething to do with John Otway and also Steve Hogarth - the same one who took over from Fish in Marillion?Catya Maré - CANCELLEDDanish sensation voted no.1 on Myspace will be coming to La Vue restraunt and Wine bar to dazzle people with her classially fused sounds and her violin. Tickets are only £12 and available from 0871 918 0949 or online at LSP99.co.uk... Motley Crueplus <strong>Skid Row</strong>, <strong>White Lion</strong> and <strong>Lemmy</strong>...New OrderPissed down with rain. Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Digital (with John Simm), Blue Mon... Location LocationOliver 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...The DarknessFirst time I saw them, at <strong>Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception</strong>.WASPNot sure what day, the ticket is very faded... Zed Yago supported, this site says REM played there only two days before, I did pick the gigs to go to...... Transvision VampSecond time seeing them here, <strong>Sinead O'Connor</strong> was there too.VH1 DivasChaka Khan, Celine Dion, Mary J Blige, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Jewel, Lisa Marie Presley, Ashanti, Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Isley Brothers, Queen Latifah, Sharon Osbourne and STEVIE WONDER!... Darkness album launchWith free bar and rock karaoke! Just found invites and a promotional sick bag, was I that bad?The Black CrowesAnother freebie of some description. Noel and Liam Gallagher were there.GeneA work freebie, we nearly didn't get in because I couldn't prove I was who I was claiming to be (I wasn't). A charity contribution sorted it out...McAlmont and ButlerFree thing through work, a gig for competition winners originally billed as being <strong>Paul Weller</strong>, actually turned out more interestingly as these guys and also <strong>Space</strong>MarionDubstarplus <strong>Definition of Sound</strong>Essential FestivalSuper Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus.... Terrorvisionwith Mutha's Day Out and Valve. Sure the last Portsmouth Venue Campaign show that I did was Terrorvision, but these dates still don't line up...... CarnivalInspiral Carpets, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Boo Radleys, Chumbawamba, Elastica, Terrorvision and moreThe PrimitivesWas the <strong>Town & Country</strong> still then, <strong>Pale Saints</strong> supported again, and <strong>Fatima Mansions</strong> too I think.Leaderboard Pool ChallengeTrophy & cash prizes, £5 registration fee. Live Music - The MercurialsLive Spanish/jazz music from the Mercurials at Tim's Vino & Tapas, 3a West Terrace, Folkestone. o Time: from 8:00pm. o Admission: free - priority seating given to diners. o For further information or to book a table please call 01303 249...