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Updated the tree with new info

Some updated birth dates and marriage info...

No joy with the IPOD

Windows '98 is having none of it, got to upgrade it, will try and get XP next week, or give it a go in LINUX... found some sites that might be interesting, posting them here to keep them safe... IPOD Lounge and ephpod.com. Damn, was sure I had second...

Cooking with Quinoa

Made a vegetable stir fry with quinoa for tea AND stuff peppers, AND a tomato sauce, very productive evening in the kitchen. Didn't quite follow these instructions, but more or less. It was good, will give it a go again. Message ends.Might have disco...

Comedy Tonight Too

Charity show at the Theatre Royal Haymarket... decided not to go for the gala buffet tickets, even though Clare's fave Ian McKellan MIGHT be there... there couldn't offer any guarantees on the phone, so it could easily just have been a Sunday night i...

Remote light switch has arrived

If you never hear from me again it is because I've tried to do some mains electrics by myself and it's gone horribly wrong. Dad helped replace the dry liner that I broke on the bathroom light switch, it seemed to go smoothly, we can isolate the power...

then you get the same problem as with most "for profit" genealogy resources

You have to pay before you know if there's anything relevant to your family, don't you?

That's P Zane with the beard

2000AD AKA Two Hats, was the one wearing 2 hats... I was stood a long way back and the sound might have been distorted by the people, and the cider, so I could be wrong... I will get definitive answers from the band.

NOTHIN to do WIT GREEK FOOD

aight you boys, don't forget THE FIGHTING COCKS return on Friday 30th at Last Rockers Club / Caernarvon Castle plus guests, see u down the front INNIT. Pauly, I have a Pikey T shirt for you.Dunno about u lot, but highlight of my weekend was seeing Mo...

did u fiddle with my message?

there's something different about it.have you been to st margaret's bay? i remember being a young lad and slipping on the rock pools and falling in the water and stuff.also, one of the good things about dungeness way is that they have sandy beaches -...

now�where can we find a picture of a whale with an erection?

here of course !

I present without comment...

I went to the zoo today

I was in training all day today at Port Lympne, and what was the most exciting animal I saw? Yes a squirrel!OK I did see rhinos and a red panda on my lunch break, and monkeys by the truckload, more pictures to come. Also they messed up my lunch again...

not 'down' with the 'kids' anymore ?

click here!

Not all men with a mustache are gay!

Here's the proof.

that is without doubt

the best flash animation i have ever seen. how long do u reckon it took to do that?

I am in trouble with Mrs Pauly

for not dedicating my defacement to her. Saw it today, it's just about still there. Welcome, are you local?

Did you go with Gary?

"Gary Hawkins" who also posted spontaneous praise below?

I think, but Ill have to check with my source

That it is something to do with the wee. Rats dont like it, and mice dont like rat wee.

Anyways, Ill check and let you know either way, there is always the danger Im talking crap.

Electric multiple units with a sexy front end

The Guardian has the story about the Folkestone bullet trains, and confirms the idea that they'll only be ready for 2009:The timetable for the trains has slipped by two years. The Strategic Rail Authority hoped to launch local services by the time th...

Girl with a PERL earring

Nice advent calendar!On a programming tip, my hosting company uksolutions.co.uk just upgraded my account, I've now got half a GB of storage, and five times the data transfer at no extra cost! Up to 25 GB now I think....

What would be wrong with Top Gear for food?

You're the second one to say that, a magazine programme about food is great, like Food and Drink used to be. Just so long as it didn't feature Jeremy Clarkson at all.

How you getting on with Bulldog DSL btw?

Apple - Are you fed up with them too ?

So, after 16 months of owning a G3 iPod, I�m thinking of giving it all up and going back to CDs�My first replacement was swapped out by Apple Europe quite quickly - they picked up from my office on Monday, and a new, brown-boxed Pod was on my desk by...

You have to come up with an idea

then it has to become popular, then you have to cash in on it at the right time. Easy eh? Best if you can find some way to exploit what you already do to, if you have to learn a new thing before you start your big venture, then you're starting at a d...

Here's what to do with that free iMac

How to turn it into a PVR... Got to do something soon with it (and another old PC I have hanging around) and the feeds from radiotimes.com / bleb.org.I got that link from lifehacker.com which is A Sony sponsored blog, fairly horrible really, but doin...

How I Feed My Cats with Linux

I don't even have a cat, but here's a handy guide to controlling external appliances with your computer... One day I will have me some of that.

How to Whistle With Two Hands

"Maxwell has more in common with Barley's nemesis, Dan"

Yeah, that's what everyone would like to think... On the subject of Shoreditch, there was a huge road closure this morning, near where the filming was yesterday, busses on diversion and everything... Around the end of Great Eastern Street I think, th...

howto: getting started with microcontroller programming

Switch off!

Been forwarded something from Green Energy about a day of switching off applicances. I do try, maybe it would be cool to have a day in the dark ages. Hard to work, being a computer bod and all, and no-one would be reading my blog. Oh, they're suggest...

Jimmy Greaves

An audience with Greavesie, plus Ron 'Chopper' Harris and compere Terry Baker.

Uriah Heep

With support from Nazareth

Catherine Wheel

With God Machine... Says "Meterodome" on the website.

Hawkwind

this page about Hawkwind support acts:

The Hippy Slags supported at Folkestone in 1988(ish), with another band maybe the Ozrics?

Skid Row

Gary Moore (also of Thin Lizzy's band of this name (nothing to do with Sebastian Bach et al) played Folkestone some time this month, not sure what day...

Caravan

Caravan Express Tour with Gordon Giltrap and Sundance

Polyphonic Spree

with Mull Historical Society, Hope of the States and The Hokum Clones

Europeans and how we live

Something to do with John Otway and also Steve Hogarth - the same one who took over from Fish in Marillion?

Catya Maré - CANCELLED

Danish sensation voted no.1 on Myspace will be coming to La Vue restraunt and Wine bar to dazzle people with her classially fused sounds and her violin. Tickets are only £12 and available from 0871 918 0949 or online at LSP99.co.uk...

The Fall

A benefit gig for a journalist Leo Finlay, with Ash and possibly Tiger and Formula 1. Matt Lucas was there. Possibly Travis also played......

PJ Harvey

Some Radio One event called Soho Live with John Parrish, Baby Bird and Geneva.

Queen

Only Brian May and Roger Taylor, with Paul Rodgers on vocals, no John Deacon.

Super Furry Animals

Soho Live with Mansun and Fun Lovin' Criminals. I met Noel Gallagher at this show.

Eamon

Genuine spat with his ex-girlfriend? Or a couple of stage school brats put up to it by the label? You decide... Only 17.50 to you squire! He's opening for Britney Spears in the US of States you know...

One Night Of Queen

Queen tribute show... Is this the one with the chap from Stars in their Eyes in it?

Howard Marks

Drugs-TASTIC, you and me and the guy from Sparks, hanging out with Howard Marks!

Seven Drunken Nights

The Dubliners with Paddy Reilly playing live in Dublin

The Pogues

Their annual christmas outing, with Shane McGowan and everything

Motley Crue

Wembley Arena, with Skid Row and White Lion...

New Order

Pissed down with rain. Crystal, Transmission, Regret, Ceremony, 60 Miles An Hour, Atmosphere, Brutal, Close Range, She's Lost Control, Bizarre Love Triangle, True Faith, Temptation, Love Will Tear Us Apart, (Encore) Digital (with John Simm), Blue Mon...

The Temper Trap in Manchester

The Temper Trap in Manchester tickets The Temper Trap celebrate Christmas with a one-off show at the beautiful Koko in Camden. The Australian band returns for a full UK headline...

Travis

With Starsailor and Ryan Adams and I think Remy Zero. A Warchild benefit night, I quite literally have the t-shirt for this one mate.

The Darkness

Setlist: "Bareback", "Black Shuck", "Best of me", "Love is only a feeling", "Get your hands off", "Givin' up", "Stuck in a rut", "I believe in a thing called love", "Love on the rocks with no ice"

The Darkness

NME On night, with Kennedy Soundtrack

The Darkness

Best of In The City, with the Raveonettes (who we saw) and Saint Rose and more...

The Darkness

Big proper gig, with label mate support from Sweatmaster and Sludgefeast.

Madonna

Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going......

The Primitives

Plus the Pale Saints, I later went on to work with their lead singer at nme.com

Belle & Sebastian

Karaoke as a warm up act? Or was it Franz Ferdinand? We went in late and missed all that, but a friend of a friend did get up and sing Lazy Line Painter Jane with the band....

Paul McCartney

Mothers Day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us before...