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PHREADZ podcast

Well sort of. Some of the content from Kosso's phreadz.com is also available in MP4 format, which is kind of handy for ipod video. So I'm hoping this feed will populate my ipod with the fascinating conversations these guys are having. Only some of th...

An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!

Step up to Business is a Short course (18hours) which will provide an enjoyable and lively look at business and enterprise.Learners will learn the basic of business. Ideal for those considering a start-up or just to improve job, and promotion prospec...

Today I invented a brilliant new thing, called "podcasts"

Was surfing for news of Kid Rock yesterday, as a friend has been working with him and I was wondering if she'd show up in any paparazzi shots of him stumbling out of nightclubs or anything. No joy there, but he was interviewed by the Guardian yesterd...

Bullet train does London to Ashford in 32 minutes

rail news has the details, that's nice, but when you think about it that's not really all that impressive - the current trains could do it in not much more than that if they didn't stop at all the stations in between. Still, looking forward to it, ho...

PHP 4 to 5 migration

Bit of an all encompassing thing this, I use PHP for work and for home, I've pretty much abandoned perl since I joined Holiday Extras a year and a half ago. PHP4, widely used everywhere, (including on this blog) is about to die. It's been on it's way...

Turin Brakes play the Leas Cliff Hall in August, 08/08/08

Hevy is extremely excited to be presenting their biggest event so far this August, featuring two of their favourite upcoming bands supporting Turin Brakes at the Leas Cliff Hall.Leas Cliff Hall, FolkestoneFriday 8th August 2008 (08/08/08)Doors 7:00pm...

Rated 4.43/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Oops

Actor Max Beesley has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim that he tried to line up three women to have sex with. The 37-year-old star of TV's Hotel Babylon was not at the High Court for the settlement of his action agai...

Guessing it's not all redundancies at the BBC

Does 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...

RE: Bank Holiday

great news - but does anyone know what happens now?

RE: Yes, moved here (to Folkestone) full time back in April

hi there, i live in coolinge road, if you still want to know what it's like i am happy to help. maybe i am a little late though? let me know.

Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.

Splendid weekend, a bit different this time, starting off with a half day on Friday. I headed to Winchester to meet up with some friends, and really needed the extra time to make the most of the night. Clare stayed home watching Children in Need afte...

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...

Folkestone bullet train trial

A micro-writeup and picture here in the Evening SubStandard on the high speed rail link. Yeah baby, we'll soon be only 63 minutes away from the stinking metropolis.yourshepway.co.uk also has the story here, The site of the Hitachi High Speed Rail dep...

Programming is a poetry for our time

A fairly new song up on MJ Hibbett's youtube channel, not actually a new song, nor actually even new to youtube as it's been up there for a few days already, but hey I've not seen it and you probably haven't either, so let's pretend it's all new and ...

Scrap the licence fee

The BBC are a bit annoying at the moment aren't they? If they're not punking the the queen with crazy video pranks, they're ripping off the public with phoney competitions. Why not get rid of the licence fee, and replace it with a subscription for BB...

Boo

We didn't get in to QI yesterday, it was hugely over subscribed and we didn't turn up early enough. We got close to the front of the queue, but not close enough, bah. We had a smashing pizza express though, and a few drinks in different pubs around W...

Crackin'

Blimey, those cracks look almost as big as mine (although mine have been caused by subsidence).

What can they do with the cracks, I suppose if they aren't structural then it's just plaster and paint time.

Clifton Hotel

Rumour has it that my great-great-grandmother purchased the Clifton Hotel for my grandmother (Mavis Gordon, nee Lyne-Smith) and her husband, Kenneth Gordon, to run. Can anybody substantiate this?

Radio drama

Here's that radio drama I mentioned last week, it's a 7meg download. It's rubbish, but if you're subscribed to here via the medium of RSS, you might get it downloaded automatically podcast stylee.I'm still having trouble getting this working on vario...

Thursday morning roundup

Just caught the end of something on BBC Breakfast, advice on blogging and work, or why not to blog about work, something like that. A few sites / posts were held up as bad examples, I wasn't one of them, it was all fairly basic stuff:* Don't be posti...

Lunch review

Free lunch at work today was sausage and mash, looked like Quorn sausages and most likely dairy infused potato, so I skipped out for a slightly disappointing lunch. It looked promising, veggie sausage sandwich from The Organic Sandwich Co, but it was...

RE: Damp and other delights

My flat has subsidence which scares the hell out of me - although the survey said it was ok for now.In other news, I'm in that there London this week for the Neilson Norman Useabilty Conference - staying in Westminster. Any pub recommendations?...

Blog alerts

Google blog search has either just had some kind of upgrade, or it's only just discovered my sites; I'm suddenly getting dialy email alerts with all my posts in. This is GOOD, I've been subscribing to a Folkestone alert for a year or so, getting upda...

Harry Clarke at the V&A

Well spotted Mum and Dad, there is a Harry Clarke at the Victoria and Albert museum:Harry Clarke was one of the great masters of 20th-century stained glass. He trained in his father's studio and at the Metropolitan Art School in Dublin, which gave hi...

Bonfire of the brands my arse

Bit late on this one, but how annoyed must this guy be - he's living his life rejecting all corporate branding, and then someone's made him register a domain name and hire a PR company to promote himself! I too am mostly doing the "no brands" thing, ...

Welcome 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...

Squirrel plants super walnut tree

A lovely gardening story, not that much squirrel content actually. Now onto the weekend review!We went to Rye, and it is nice. We mooched around some very very old buildings and shops and things, and had a look inside Henry James' house, and did all ...

Paul's

We have both eaten here several times before... We both enjoyed our first course ( duck terrine etc and mussels and prawns + parmesan twist etc), However, the main courses were both disappointing... The vegetables were virtuallty raw (especially the...
Rated 6.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

It's too big!

The telly is in now, and it's massive and mad! Very pleased with it, got a bit nervous about having to set it up ourselves, but all worked smoothly. The built in digital tuner picked up all digital channels smoothly, even with our bent coathanger of ...

Didn't get an aerial fitted then...

Guy came, and can't fit an aerial. He was very helpful and has had a good look round, up in the loft and everything, but he says the only place we can get access to put an aerial might not give us a better picture than we're getting now, so it's not ...