2008-11-02UTC06:32:52David Starkey FridayJust been to our first Literary Festival event of this year, Susie Dent, very good though there were a few technical issues. If you're going to David Starkey say, and think you might want to get a book signed by him, why not order it from Amazon and ... 2008-09-20UTC09:20:11Susie Dent's coming to FolkestoneSusie Dent of Countdown's "Dictionary Corner" is coming to Folkestone as part of Folkestone Literary Festival 2008. At least I hope it's the same Susie Dent. We watch Countdown every day on 40D, so this will be nice.She has a regular publication call... 2008-07-29UTC08:45:10New google walking directions (needs some work)120 miles on foot or two miles by road, hmm. I think they put these deliberate mistakes in there just to get people talking.Talking of google, www.cuil.com is launched, they've been spidering this site for a while, it's a new search site started by s... 2008-07-04UTC08:11:31New Cross Murder Map!Just in case you're wondering how close the double murder and firebombing was from my old flat (even though I left there years ago), I just knocked this up for Mum and Dad, to give them a bit of a point of reference.View Larger MapIsn't google maps j... 2008-07-03UTC12:45:09Lost!Not Lost the TV show, I haven't actually thought about that since watching the fairly rubbish end of series four and writing that subject line. No, actually lost, some people I met yesterday who did not know where they were.My walk from work to the s... 2008-06-04UTC06:40:01Folkestone Triennial: Tales of Time and SpaceAre you ready for the Folkestone Triennial? There's a launch event down at the harbour on Saturday 14th, at the Ark Cafe... what is that then? Did it not burn down? I will have to investigate (where it is, and what is there now, not the actual myster... 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... 2008-04-17UTC08:08:55ASUS EEE big size!Slashdot has a link to the first full review of the big size ASUS EEE micro laptop. So check it out! Despite the fact they make a pink one, I'm less convinced than I was before that this is the right laptop for (say) someone's mother. It might still ... 2008-03-31UTC07:50:34Plane crash latest and insider scoop, from your Kent correspondentNope, sorry, it's miles away, about as far from us as you can be and still be in Kent. BBC news on the crash here.We were in Canterbury yesterday when we saw this, in a pub of all places. We were due to be heading home at this time but someone got t... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11124/Plane+crash+latest+and+insider+scoop%2C+from+your+Kent+correspondent">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-03-20UTC10:02:45Queen BACK!We're not going to this, nor going to get the album I wouldn't have thought. Went to see "Queen" before with Paul Rodgers, and it was good to hear some of the tunes live, but it's probably best just to leave it. Also Brian May seems like a bit of a m... 2008-03-11UTC09:03:43Great book, slight repostI've got this book and it's great, a full history of all the drinking establishments in Folkestone and surrounding villages. And here's a rare copy on ebay, starting bid 99p.Splendid weather today, think the storms have moved North, it's bright and c... 2008-02-19UTC06:56:38I haven't bought eitherI'm not into gaming enough to bother yet either.Toshiba were hardly "Mama's Kitchen Garden", they're a fairly big outfit.You going to see MJ Hibbett at the Edinburgh Fringe?... 2008-01-26UTC09:19:39Four tables, four pricesHmm I suspect these four dining tables are actually the same table, but you can pay between 900 and 1250 pounds for them, depending on whether you want the table with just four chairs, four chairs and a bench, five chairs and a bench, or two chairs, ... 2007-12-31UTC09:52:02Been quiet for a few daysNo I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10799/Been+quiet+for+a+few+days">Rated 7.14/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-19UTC07:36:50If a picture paints a thousand words...Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this... 2007-11-27UTC08:40:28Hiring a cart or stall in Hempstead Valley shopping centre GillinghamGood Evening... I am looking to rent or purchase a pitch in your shopping centre...i am interesting in bringing to your centre a collection of beautiful jewellery...ranging from modern,classic traditional and beautful lines.I appreciate your very b... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10720/Hiring+a+cart+or+stall+in+Hempstead+Valley+shopping+centre+Gillingham">Rated 5.16/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-25UTC08:11:28Ricky GervaisRicky's on TV tonight, the trailer didn't look very funny at all though :-( here is an updated from www.rickygervais.comHelloIt's the last week of Ricky's 'FAME' tour and there are some newly releasedproduction seats available for today (Monday ) and... 2007-09-14UTC12:29:50M'lady's boudoir to closeThe designer ladies outfitters on the Old High Street is to close, or at least to move somewhere other than Folkestone Old High Street, one of the shop owners blogs here...I don't often pass up or down the Old High Street, but when I did a couple of ... 2007-09-02UTC05:31:31jquery is greatI use it for everything, it's well recommended. I'm sure prototype is good now too, but jquery is tiny, and does everything you need, and the code you write with it is tiny too. I have got really into the way you select things to do things to too. As... 2007-08-27UTC01:25:44Mikku powderGot the Wagamama cookbook yesterday, and am giving Yasai Itame a try today. It's a bit fiddly really, in terms of having to buy a whole load of ingredients I didn't have in, but hopefully it will be good, it's our favourite dish in Wagamama. Got a co... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10440/Mikku+powder">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-08-05UTC08:37:20Hot weekendHad a good week, lots going on at work, including the aforementioned rowing trip and picnic meeting in Hythe, very nice, then also a Harry Potter themed barbecue at work (I'm still plodding through the audiobook, don't tell me how it ends), and a pub... 2007-07-22UTC07:30:00Reporting from the Lake District (being the fourth part of my two week holiday write up)More photos up now, but here's a bit of video we did.We were originally going to go for a proper cottage for our stay in the Lake District, but I'm so glad we settled on the apartment in Keswick we originally went for. It was nice, all the mod cons, ... 2007-04-16UTC01:12:11Whole World Cafe: GOODSaturday we headed to The Whole World Cafe, and what do you know it was actually open this time? We were a bit previous on our other two visits. It's a nice place, not sure they're quite up to speed yet, but salads and coffee and juice were good, and... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10137/Whole+World+Cafe%3A+GOOD"><img alt="Whole World Cafe: GOOD" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2580400301_d2b526002b_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10137/Whole+World+Cafe%3A+GOOD">Rated 4.27/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-03-23UTC08:59:13What a Hampton WickOh dear, be careful with your sat nav (particularly if you are visiting me from Fareham this weekend) and don't make the same mistake as this Fareham coach driver. Instead of taking a party of school children to Hampton Court, he ended up round the b... 2007-03-21UTC10:52:45The funniest thing to me is how I'm bunched up inside that outfitIt's made for someone about 3 feet shorter than me.I should have worn it this Saturday, the fancy dress winner wore a pink swimming cap and was Sinead O'Connor.... 2007-03-03UTC09:15:56Fareham crack denFareham's first crack den has just been closed down, that's on the same road as my alma mater.In the interest of balance and fairness, I did search for crack houses in Folkestone, but I have found none.... 2007-02-17UTC06:27:50danged site down messagei get that all the time, this whole thing needs an overhaul. Got vinyl yes, got some of it up on the wall, got some frames from Urban Outfitters, so got a little gallery of our favourite albums in the hallway.... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-11-21UTC09:32:37Wii wii wii wii all the way homeNintendo Wii Console goes on sale today.This is the one with the barking remote control device: Expected to sell out right away, people in this office have bought them already, they're doing the business on ebay already. Not quite reaching the prices... 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 ...