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Train news

Hey London tube travellers, Here's a song for you. Only listen to it if you like lots and lots of swearing, and weak b3ta style graphics over a tune you've heard before mind. I'm not really that arsed about the tube strike today as, HEY, I'm well ou...

Ooh, big lightning strike

A humongous lightning strike right overhead yesterday afternoon, I very nearly dirtied myself, must have been right overhead and I thought it was a bomb. Not nice.

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ugh..lightning strike!...brings back horrible images of a clash tribute band in camoflage trousers.

Rail workers set date for strike

Workers at South Eastern Trains (SET) are to stage a one-day strike on Monday 5 December in protest at plans to reduce booking office staff, says the BBC, saw this on TV this morning too. This covers Folkestone and is all about not replacing ticket o...

Ken Explains Tube Strike Chaos Confusion Catastrophe

Ken Livingstone (he likes newts, but not pigeons) has at last spoken out on the cause of yesterday's tube chaos."It's all down to that Bob Kiley", he claimed.Bob Kiley, former NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman was appointed by Mayor ...

Friends of PopEx

1. Computer Shopper for saying "Popex is one of the internet's most cleverly designed games" among other things in it's review in today's magazine.2. Club Beer for making good use of a free PopEx Chums Board and also inviting us to the Dodgy aftersho...

Beat the Tube Strike

What better way to celebrate the tube strike than leaping around like a loony at Radio 4, 21 Notting Hill Gate this Wednesday, May 2.Captain Soul and Spare Snare play live, and there will be the usual eclectic disk-jockeying, and also "a full quota o...

Ooh lightning strike!

No trains from Folkestone for the forseeable, because of a lighting strike over night, we do get all the action here don't we. They can't put on any replacement busses until after the school run as they're all in use. I'm getting a lift in today so I...

Rugby, RESULT

What a great game and result on Saturday! we started off as usual with a trip to Canterbury, where there was a local food fair on, with stalls and demonstrations and things, and lots of local food producers in attendance. Got some bread and some plan...

At FOWA 2010

I'm in London now, at FOWA (guess there was no need to say FOWA 2010. It's afternoon tea break and I'm waiting for two more talks, one on emotional interface design and then another (the third today) on HTML5. Been OK so far, aimed more at a manageri...

DigiFestUK Southeast

[quote]Short film night opening what we hope will eventually become a full scale film festival. Special guest veteran stage and screen actor Ken Colley (Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and [arti...

National Space Centre Day Entry, We Are Astronomers Show, Includes: The Garrison Strikes Back event

Brick Up - The Wirral Strikes Back!