2008-10-06UTC07:13:41Linksys WVC54G wireless camera, btinternet SMTP and gmailDug out my wireless camera, to see if it could be used as a web cam - it's good quality, with sound, but more for security monitoring than sitting in front of the screen and talking. Don't think it can, but it's good to have it up and running again a... 2008-07-13UTC11:33:02Simple Simon's: GONE!Simple Simon's has reopened as "The Parrot". Still very similar, less independent beers on the bar and more Youngs, as that's who owns it now. Had a brace of pints there yesterday afternoon and it was very nice. They now sell bottles of beer at the b... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11407/Simple+Simon%27s%3A+GONE%21">Rated 5.68/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-07-02UTC06:33:18Who will buy my Stereophonics ticketsSlight repost from Folkestone Gerald and my blog / forum there:I can't decide whether or not to go to Stereophonics next Tuesday, we have messed up a bit in arranging a lie in the following morning so it's not really convenient now. Do you want my s... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11381/Who+will+buy+my+Stereophonics+tickets"><img alt="Who will buy my Stereophonics tickets" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11381/Who+will+buy+my+Stereophonics+tickets">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-07UTC01:10:04Boo, pissed offJust had our viewing of the house we were going to see tomorrow cancelled, the vendors have received a full asking price offer yesterday. We hadn't seen this house yet (apart from online), it was right on the street with no real garden to speak of, a... 2007-12-27UTC01:50:18Festive FunWelcome back after the christmas break, hope you had a good one. We did, felt a bit quiet though, no big late nights or anything. Kind of handy really, as I'm back in work today, I volunteered to be in on these (hopefully) quiet days between christma... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun"><img alt="Festive Fun" src="http://static.flickr.com/56/129479951_df7576bf79_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10790/Festive+Fun">Rated 8.68/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-30UTC07:31:50Double historyChecked out the family tree things from Dad, we do have records going much further back now, to Samuel Clarke of East Meon, I don't have a date of birth for him but from the date of birth of his Son William Clarke, Samuel must have been born around t... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10631/Double+history"><img alt="Double history" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2581239642_3c6cf68824_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10631/Double+history">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-07-21UTC09:51:54Quiz actionDidn't go see the band in Hythe last night, did the quiz at The Grand instead. It's an easy one, so though we did quite well, we didn't do well enough. We dropped six questions out of 36, two on our vital joker round, so no meal for four prize for us... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10340/Quiz+action">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-07-20UTC04:06:13RE: Scrap the licence feeTosh.So a company they use to make programs spiced up a show, it's hardly earth shattering. And so they messed up a couple of competitions - the technology for those things is quite flakey and no-one was hugely out of pocket like they were on Richard... 2007-05-12UTC09:19:03Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10212/Wagamama+today">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-04-28UTC10:46:39Boom shake the room!Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and... 2007-03-12UTC12:36:20Beer: not badMy homebrew was not bad at all, not 100% clear, but brown and smelled and tasted of beer, so can't complain. Was a little bit malty for my taste, but I can fis that when I start on a proper recipe and really mess things up.All in all had a very nice ... 2006-11-27UTC11:00:35Monday morning roundupI'd heard of this before, but didn't know the reason why some councils are refusing to recycle shredded paper, that's pretty poor.Commercial director John Collis said: "The small pieces of paper tend to get trapped in the conveyor belts and cause a f... 2006-09-25UTC09:00:55More CAPTCHA funNow you have to type in a number when you leave me a message, hope that's not too laborious for you... This is annoying, but the sites are getting targetted by monster spam bots that are automatically posting loads of comments with links to pharmaceu... 2006-07-10UTC10:22:14ZZ blows his topSo what was said then? Must surely have been something racial. Man alive it's a dirty game.Cream-crackered today, don't feel like I rested for a second at the weekend, not only did we stay up far too late on Saturday, but we went OUT on a FRIDAY! Thi... 2006-05-30UTC11:37:16Welcome to Miami!Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M... 2006-05-03UTC11:15:08Don't take your love to townWhy is this ruby script getting links to it? Is it all people like me who can't believe it's getting links to it and so they're linking to it? Am I missing something here? Is it people who are too young to have heard of shell scripts and the like? I ... 2006-04-12UTC10:56:22It's good to be back, it's good to be backThankyou for the concerned phonecalls and emails and texts, I am all OK, just had a few days away from work and the computer with a bad back, too much housework I reckon. Gave me a nice relaxing time in front of the TV though.Before all that, let me ... 2006-01-12UTC10:59:29PSP firmware 2.60 hackedIf you can ignore the hyperbole about "accomplishing the unthinkable", and the fact that you have to abort a game of GTA in order to load a game of Tetris, this PSP update about hacking is interesting. No really - it opens the door to getting unautho... 2006-01-04UTC10:01:41Things I have yet to achieveBah, was far too confident about how well things are going yesterday, I completely forgot our central heating is a mess at home. We have heat, and we have water, but we have no control about when it comes on or off, so I'm constantly in fear of humun... 2005-11-03UTC09:47:08Got it now, hang on in there if you're interestedI added a new thing to the cookie that this board sets, I'm saving the date you last visited. This way I could (in the future) highlight the messages posted since you last visited, compact the main page so that new replies are expanded straight away,... 2005-09-30UTC10:03:12Friday night is TV nightWell, a bit, Rock School with Gene Simmons starts tonight, and so does a new series of QI. Up early (well earlyish) to drive to Fareham to visit the folks for the weekend, so not going out tonight.Have slept quite well on the train on the way in ever... 2005-09-23UTC09:14:49Los AngelesSo, we sadly had to leave Santa Barbara, and we drove on down to LA... Was a bit intimidated at the thought of driving in LA, I've only driven London once or twice before and that was a long time ago, mostly I've only done gentle village roads. The j... 2005-09-21UTC02:40:00San FranciscoSo, part the first of my big holiday / honeymoon write up. Slight preamble, some experiences on the way there. Our flights were at nice civilised times, but to save any rush and extend the holiday a bit, we booked into a hotel at Heathrow. But it was... 2005-09-21UTC11:52:50Fading mouseover tooltip thingJust put some funky javascript on here from this site that does neat fading tool tip mouse over things, I like it. Also made the "reply to this message" page a little bit neater, tidied some things away and copied a bit off flickr.com can you tell wh... 2005-08-19UTC11:02:54So, one week as a married manDamn, do you think they make these but not in leather? I think I need one.It's got built in massagers and a fridge and a phone, as well as being a regular comfy recliner... You can get it at www.drinkstuff.com, I should see if they have an affilliate... 2005-08-08UTC10:05:54My last Friday, Saturday and Sunday as a single manI feel I have messed up a bit. My last weekend as a single man was spent partly shopping and mostly sat at home watching DVDs, how sad. Still, it was good. Friday we stayed in for some reason, we were planning to do one or other of our last remaining... 2005-07-12UTC09:10:29Blah blah London blah blahUS troops ordered to avoid London, thanks for that chaps! None are being ordered to avoid Iraq though I don't think. Personally I've been advised to pull my socks up and get right back on the tube, ah well. Travelling is rubbish at the moment, even n... 2005-03-07UTC05:46:59Bad CurryWent to Eastern Nights on Saturday evening, at the top of the Old High Street for a curry, as it had been recommended. Normally in Folkestone we'd go to The New Delhi, and it's always good, but OH NO, I had to speak up and insist we try something new... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2834/Bad+Curry">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-02-24UTC10:35:40COCKSWent to The Stab in the Dark yesterday to see MJ Hibbett and The Fighting Cocks and a good time was had by all, despite everything. I walked there from work, and probably could have had better weather for it, but was nice and easy. The pub is an odd ... 2005-02-08UTC11:22:53Who was talking about Bloglines the other day?Seems they've been bought by Ask Jeeves... I should read slashdot.org every day, I think I will.On the subject of search engines, some of my results that are getting number one placings on search.msn.com aren't even in the top 500 on google, what's g...