2008-11-05UTC02:06:50Non political newsAh, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th... 2008-06-27UTC11:36:02No lunch for me thanksBlee, it's our "rumble in the jungle" fun day at work and they've just completed their bushtucker trial type thing. Brains, tongue, testicles, scorpions, all sorts. Couldn't really get close enough to take any pictures or shoot any video but I will c... 2008-06-25UTC06:22:51CLUB CHICKEN ROYALE WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY!Club Chicken Royale returns at the Dry Bar on Wednesday 16th July with a sizzling lineup of live bands and DJs! LIVE:MOLLOY! effin' brilliant angular electro pop rock!GLUCKSKINDER! progressive, alternative, visual!FALLING MAJESTIES! psychedelia, elec... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11356/CLUB+CHICKEN+ROYALE+WEDNESDAY+16TH+JULY%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-02-07UTC10:19:15Guessing it's not all redundancies at the BBCDoes this sound like the BBC to you? It might not be I guess. I got this job ad seven times today, once recruitment companies get your details they WILL NOT EVER unsubscribe you. I have to report each one as spam now, it's for their own good...Hope y... 2007-12-31UTC09:01:43map test[map]2007-12-28[/map]If you click through that bit of code there will hopefully be translated into a map, with a route showing where I walked that day, and maybe pictures I took along the way. A work in progress, so probably not working yet.... 2007-12-07UTC07:58:27Magic Numbers every bit as good as I predictedOK my prediction of Morrissey joining them on stage was a complete fabrication, but we did get Bernard Butler appearing with them to perform "Love's a Game", which then medleyed on into "People Get Ready". They did another wacky ending of another of ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10740/Magic+Numbers+every+bit+as+good+as+I+predicted">Rated 5.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-06-15UTC05:09:33Who sets their ebay auction to finish at 6pm on a Friday?Just in from work too late, this Habitat Radius tallboy that I was after just went, for 360 quid, and it was in Kent, bah. As always, I should have put in a higher bid to start with, but not being around at the end of the auction I'm sure I would ha... 2007-01-14UTC11:42:07Picture of the new theatre / arts centre on Tontine Street:Guessing this is the one anyway, that is to replace Dunks the builders. Shame to see that building go, hoped they could make more of the original, but I guess it's not practical...Have you been down Tontine Street recently? It's progressing, like the... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9922/Picture+of+the+new+theatre+/+arts+centre+on+Tontine+Street%3A"><img alt="Picture of the new theatre / arts centre on Tontine Street:" src="http://static.flickr.com/95/254850902_0122217ed3_m.jpg" /></a>2006-11-20UTC11:58:48Good weekendRain seemed to play quite a part... Friday, raced out of work not quite in time to go to the Andrew Davies talk, part of the literary festival, but in good time to get some chips, and eat them in the rain on my way to The Grand Hotel where the talk ... 2006-11-10UTC01:48:31A Seaside Year launches in FolkestoneFolkestone is to see a new creative project arrive in the town this winter with the launch of A Seaside Year bringing twelve months of new performing arts events and activities to the town.Four key scheduled events for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autu... 2006-10-26UTC10:17:30A journey into the unknown...Went to Ashford yesterday, for a day out, as Clare had the day off and we wanted to go bowling. Man alive, it's rubbish there... I'm kind of glad we hit the very worst high street type parts of the town first, as it meant that Ashford grew on us as t... 2006-08-16UTC02:18:38Who ticketsTickets for The Who, at the Roundhouse, Camden, 29th October, doing some sort of rock opera it seems, part of a whole week of hot gigs there called BBC Electric Proms. Good work Nic P in getting tickets for Damon Albarn's thing the following day... T... 2006-07-10UTC10:25:54No progress on Starbucks yetThere are new security signs on the old Marks and Spencer, but who can tell what's going on behind those wooden boards... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8700/No+progress+on+Starbucks+yet">Rated 6.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-20UTC06:24:09Starbucks delayed until JulyFurther to my earlier comments about Starbucks, today's Herald has it that the store won't be opening until July now... do you think we put them off with the comments here? It also says in the paper that the Ciro Citterio store opposite Debenhams is ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8166/Starbucks+delayed+until+July">Rated 6.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-09UTC11:40:39As one store closes...So, we're getting a Starbucks in Folkestone within the next two weeks, according to a small news piece in the Herald. You may think these chain coffee stores are the enemy, but they're surely a sign of regeneration, which is a good thing. AND, they d... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8073/As+one+store+closes...">Rated 6.04/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-15UTC11:22:06Lonestar Comedy ClubThe next Lone Star Comedy Club takes place at the Lanterns in Folkestone, this Saturday March 18th with HOWARD READ, DAVE LEMKIN, JOE WILKINSON and compere DAN WILLIS.HOWARD READ is an award-winning stand-up comic, writer and animator. His show ‘The ... 2006-02-02UTC07:32:28RE: Didn't get an aerial fitted then...Be careful about"higher numbers" for HDTV - as you need to see if the figure is for a "progressive" or "interlaced" picture. For example, 1080i (1920x1080 interlaced) isn't as good as 1080p (1920x1080 progressive) as it takes two scans in the former... 2006-01-23UTC10:10:11Now that's just meanIn the same weekend that the whole nation gets weepy about one (1) dead whale, there's more news about brazillions of grey squirrels being culled.Great weekend of comedy and sort of DIY. Went to the Lanterns comedy night Saturday, and quite literally... 2005-12-17UTC12:02:14RE: AJAX progress and a small updateLoving the Ajax. I've been using it for a few months without realising - I was using .NET webservices as the interface instead of the Ajax classes so it wasn't the full whack but it was close. It still rocks though, as long as no-one calls it Web 2.0... 2005-12-15UTC11:07:47AJAX progress and a small updateOK, not a lot in the way of actual AJAX progress, except that I'm putting some of my routines in a library to make them a bit more reusable - I think you can probably see everything I've done here, and it's a bit of a mess. The small update is that I... 2005-12-05UTC10:09:53Got the first Darkness EP?They have gone for decent amounts of money before, here's one just listed, good luck. Ah, here's the perfect accompaniment to the t-shirt I already have too...On to the blog, great weekend. Friday saw a visit from Emma and a rare trip to Chambers. Ve... 2005-11-16UTC09:33:18Unfortunately not, the nearest one's probably CanterburyFolkestone is progressing though, we've got a Subway now, opening this week. Hmm, is this a good thing? Anyway, our pizza express dinner was in London. Are you an ex resident then? Check out Folkestone Gerald for a list of what we've got...... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4162/Unfortunately+not%2C+the+nearest+one%27s+probably+Canterbury">Rated 6.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-06-21UTC12:54:17My gigographyGetting there with my gigography now, a list of every gig I've been to, from 1987 up to last year. It's a natural progression from my Best Gigs Ever post. Well that's the theory, but there's A LOT missing. I have chucked in details from the big bag o... 2005-04-20UTC10:37:02I like the pope...HA! No I don't, I don't expect he smokes dope very much at all! Here are some more things he doesn't like, from The Times: rock music, gays, communists, women priests, abortion, euthenasia, abortion, multiculturalism, anglicans, protestants, not spea... 2005-01-24UTC10:49:29eXeemeXeem is a brand new Peer-To-Peer program, which is based on the BitTorrent idea. eXeem eliminates the need for trackers as nodes in the program will be taking their role. eXeem also features easy publication of files to the network as well as a rat... 2005-01-21UTC01:02:16Hmm, not much progress since last timeI have gathered up addresses of the invitees, and found someone who could provide the band I think. Man it's hard work... how is married life?2005-01-07UTC03:11:55ProgressGot the scaffolder booked so as to make some progress on the new fireplace in the flat... might be all done in a few weeks, NICE! How's this for the gayest advert ever though? The scaffolding is sure to piss of our neighbours, if by any chance any of... 2004-10-30UTC05:34:08Rake's progressJulie Burchill doesn't HEART John Peel2004-04-05UTC09:55:28Bite the bulletVery nice weekend, figured out how to do all the "manual" features on the camera, so can do black and white and things like that with it. Got a bundle of great snaps of the nephews and the rest of the family, which I might even get printed out. Went ... 2004-03-23UTC09:32:19St Anne's HomeSt who? Home from where? St Anne's Home is a huge institution of some kind right near our house, and we're not sure what it is. Rumour is it's a nunnery or something, but you never see anyone in there moving about, so possibly it's some sort of retir... 2005-11-12UTC03:10:50Portsmouth Guildhall£8.00