2008-11-05UTC09:26:07RE: Who is Deanne Berry?I also spotted Deanne Berry... on mtv! She was coaching a girl to be a bond girl, on the tv show, Made!2008-10-20UTC06:04:50I don't think there are any public webcamsNone that I know of anyway. I do have one, it's pointed in the house right now so not public but if I point it outwards again I will let you know.There aren't a great number of tech-savvy businesses around here that would do that sort of thing. There... 2008-10-15UTC01:03:17Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev... 2008-09-04UTC12:53:43The lights are on at Gate 28, but is anybody home?Saturday is the rumoured day of reopening, has anyone any idea if anything is really happening? I went past there on Tuesday, lights were on so someone had been inside, but it wasn't clear if anything had changed. It didn't really look closed down at... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11554/The+lights+are+on+at+Gate+28%2C+but+is+anybody+home%3F"><img alt="The lights are on at Gate 28, but is anybody home?" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2725960260_6eba34a516_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11554/The+lights+are+on+at+Gate+28%2C+but+is+anybody+home%3F">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-27UTC08:02:28Sandbanks menuBeen sent the Sandbanks restaurant (fancy new restaurant at the Pavilion) menu, so here you go. Sounds ambitious but is apparently great, review to follow.STARTERS Creamed Sweetcorn Soup with a Poached Hen EggFour Pounds Ninety Pence Carpaccio of ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11539/Sandbanks+menu">Rated 7.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-02UTC10:23:34The Pavilion HotelAm I right that The Pavilion Hotel was on the spot where the <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/burstin">Burstin</a> is now?2008-07-18UTC07:57:17More video of Go ApeMore video of our day at Go Ape last Friday. Actually the same video but I can embed it now. Watch it quick before Google spot the copyright infringing soundtrack:Watch it in high quality, not sure if I can embed it in high quality yet.... 2008-06-27UTC01:25:45Only light rain at GlastonburySome rain overnight and a little more on the way at the festival, it says here in the Times, it's hardly news at all really is it. Watched Glastonbury the movie on TV last night, partly it made me really wish I was there, but when I analysed it I fou... 2008-06-23UTC06:50:09Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996I've heard this mentioned before, it's making sense now, from this blog:they made all previous supports seem like geniuses in comparison (and I include Sheep on Drugs at Folkestone Pavilion in 1996)So something happened that night to get them kicked ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11352/Did+Sheep+on+Drugs+support+Gary+Numan+in+Folkestone+in+1996"><img alt="Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11352/Did+Sheep+on+Drugs+support+Gary+Numan+in+Folkestone+in+1996">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-29UTC11:01:54Useful tips for guitar beginners!This is what I was after, thank you Neil and Mark:cheat - don't use every finger on every string like the books suggest in strange cramped positions.if you want open chords 90% of songs are D C and G2 bar chord shapes and don't worry about extending ... 2008-05-16UTC01:36:14The Leas Club closing?I heard a rumour from two places the last couple of days (perhaps it was in this week's paper?) that the Leas Club is closing, and the site being redeveloped as flats. Can anyone confirm or deny?Do we really need more flats?UPDATE: duh yeah it was th... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11272/The+Leas+Club+closing%3F">Rated 4.23/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-09UTC06:08:18The three rules of vegetarian foodFrom Neil, I hope he doesn't mind me reproducing this here, it's spot on. We were discussing pies:A veggie one would be possible, were it not for the first of the "foodindustry 3 laws of vegetarian food", i.e. "don't make it any fun", so unfortunatel... 2008-05-09UTC06:41:57Our actual first day in Key WestI realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar... 2008-05-04UTC10:01:19Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w... 2008-04-14UTC06:00:42Charlie Brooker says "Don't vote for Boris"<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/14/charliebrooker.boris">Here in the Guardian</a>. Via <a href="http://www.onionbagblog.blogspot.com/">OnionBagBlog</a>.2008-04-14UTC05:41:42Lost Season finaleHere's how the final episodes will play out in the US. The next episode is while we're away so I'll have two to catch up on our return from the US of States.Episode 4.09 - 24th April 10pm-11pmEpisode 4.10 - 1st May 10pm-11pmEpisode 4.11 - 8th May 10p... 2008-03-24UTC11:57:27Mighty Easter weekender, with The CureHope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ... 2008-03-15UTC05:42:28Another break for Lost and a very short season?This from Dark UFO (LOOK OUT though, there be spoilers there!):Episode 4.09 24th AprilEpisode 4.10 1st MayEpisode 4.11 8th MayEpisode 4.12 15th May - Finale Part 1Episode 4.13 22nd May - Finale Part 2So no more episodes for six weeks, and then a very... 2008-03-05UTC12:42:45Should everything be a black box though? And WHY can't you fix my IPAQ?It's just the battery I think, it won't keep a charge now...OK not everyone is building a clock out of voltmeters but the people who are trying to do this sort of thing have got to feel happy about it, I know I would if I could get more stuff for fre... 2008-03-04UTC09:21:40Folkestone Harbour reefJust spotted someone looking for Folkestone Harbour reef on this site, and I managed to rescue this info on surfing in Folkestone from the google cache of a deleted www.bbc.co.uk/kent page:John - die hard localFolkestone harbour beach has been going ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11030/Folkestone+Harbour+reef">Rated 4.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-01UTC12:30:52StencillingI like this, a stencil from Onion Bag Blogger, after Banksy. That's a potatoshop effect rather than a realistic stencil you could print and cut out out I think (see the fuzzy edges), but nice.How to stencil, stenciling 1000 video, Use GIMP to make st... 2008-01-24UTC10:02:2250% off at Zizzi'sWorth a thought, we're off to Canterbury this weekend, though BAH not valid on Saturdays. From money saving expert:What’s the deal?The Telegraph is offering readers 50% off main courses at Zizzi Italian restaurants, when you buy a copy of the paper f... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10887/50%25+off+at+Zizzi%27s">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-01-23UTC02:39:53RE: the text entry box is just something I was trying out at workNo-one reads the blog in situ any more, do they? It's all RSS and things isn't it? Actually that would mean that the maps and things don't even work, and AFAIK you do have to come here to post a message, so ignore me.Ten years, that's a long time, th... 2008-01-17UTC02:10:41Space food!A couple of future-food links from friends, to share... first actual astronaut food from Rob, and then also Hot Pack Self Heating Meals from Neil.Massive lunch today of sausages, ratatouille, and baked potato, an extra serving that Clare made up yest... 2008-01-16UTC05:30:15Buffy / Doctor Who crossoverKind of... James Marsters (Spike out of Buffy) is going to appear on Torchwood tonight, just a guest role. Also Joss Whedon was spotted at the BBC a couple of days ago, I read it on the popbitch forum (so it's definitely true...), wonder if it's conn... 2007-12-31UTC08:48:11Whole lot of interesting detail there, though you do sound a bit bitterDoes Folkestone really need any more apartments? I know it has lots of pubs and they're all empty, but that's because there are almost none that are worth going to.I heard somewhere, perhaps on the councillor's own blog that he lived there, and that ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10797/Whole+lot+of+interesting+detail+there%2C+though+you+do+sound+a+bit+bitter"><img alt="Whole lot of interesting detail there, though you do sound a bit bitter" src="http://static.flickr.com/46/125207980_7462933961_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10797/Whole+lot+of+interesting+detail+there%2C+though+you+do+sound+a+bit+bitter">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</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 8.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-09UTC07:23:03Oof, just deleted the whole siteTrying to save a bit of disk space, just erased everything, hope I am recovering it OK...Terry Jones was good last night at the Literary Festival, though he was rushing a bit, think he was trying to squeeze too much material into a truncated time slo... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10660/Oof%2C+just+deleted+the+whole+site">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-21UTC05:36:04Here's who invented Folkestone's Creative Quarter!Surprisingly it's not any of the creative foundation or anyone connected with Roger De Haan, it's the boy who writes this blog, he invented it for a laugh while he was at school.... 2007-09-20UTC05:54:53Some snaps of Davina the dolphin<a href="http://stmargaretsphotodiary.blogspot.com/2007/09/from-david-to-davina.html">Here in St Margaret's photo diary</a>. The pictures are from last year looks like.2007-11-22UTC06:31:28Portsmouth PyramidsFirst of the <a class="wiki" rel="tag" href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/portsmouth+venue+campaign">Portsmouth Venue Campaign</a> freebies helping out on the door. Plus Gunshot, Attilla the Stockbroker, nad Spot the Poet. <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/89/Portsmouth+Pyramids">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>