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Spotted on my way home from work, an AA man repairing an AA lorry. There was an AA van behind him as well. Poor photo I’m afraid but it was taken on my phone through the car window.
National Anthems
The US Navy Band have made MP3s sort of available for quite a few national anthems. It’d be super if they were available under a creative commons license, rather than this one: “The music files on this website are intended for official use by Department of Defense and U.S. government offices only. Exceptions to this policy will be considered on a case-by-case basis”.
And some of these bugle calls would make cheesy ring tones.
iCapOpener
Richard sent me the link to Mobuzz from August 4th and told me to watch the section on the iCapOpener – a new add-on – a bottle opener for the iPod Shuffle. There’s some video oh how to work it at Andalux. What a cool idea, we’ve often said that mobile phones should come with bottle openers, so I guess this is the next best thing 🙂
Carnaval del Pueblo
We had every intention of spending Sunday at Fruitstock, but it didn’t happen. We jumped on the train and headed off to see Heather, and Heather’s pad in SE17, and we thought we’d then go over to Fruitstock. But it turned out there was a festival just down the road from her in Burgess Park. It seemed only right and proper to check it out, so we ended up spending the day at Carnaval del Pueblo (“the largest Latin American event in Europe”). A couple of beers, lots of food and lots of food choice, four stages… yeah, it’s a good good thing.
Some photos from this
Some photos from this mornings Pride Parade.
was listening to Andy
I was listening to Andy Budd‘s Web 2.0 talk from last years d.construct conference this morning on my way in to work and followed up on a few of the sites he mentioned as being good examples of Web 2.0.
One of the sites, ononemap, looks like it would be a really useful aid to finding a house to buy, especially if you know the area you’re interested in as it overlays the properties for sale on top of google maps.
JamRock
We played tourist yesterday, and decided to head out for dinner on a Saturday evening. Our first choice, Due South, was fully booked so we decided to wander along the seafront and into town. I spotted that Louis Beach cafe had a sign out saying that they now do Jamaican and Carribean food, so we thought we’d stop by and take a look. One portion of Jamaican Jerk chicken, one of ackee and saltfish and a side order of plantain and we were very happy people. They don’t have an alcohol license, but the Fortune of War is within staggering distance. We had a great evening, eating tasty food, looking out to sea.
We grabbed the last
We grabbed the last chance to go and see Jerry Springer the opera at Brighton Dome the other week. We didn’t see it on TV, and so couldn’t appreciate the outrage it caused in relation to the language and “religious themes”.
Apparently a third of venues dropped the show after being threatened with prosecution. Which is very silly. The show does contain strong language, and it does have religious content in the second half, but it’s not something you’d want to get worked up about. It’s funny, but as with all things, not to everyone’s taste.
The show itself is worth seeing: performances were excellent, the idea was superb, and the writing contained some moments of genius. The Hollywood-style dance routine by the Ku Klux Klan is going to stick in my memory for some time, I suspect.
In one of the
In one of the pull out sections from the Mail on Sunday this morning there was a column describing the Nike + iPod combination. Working with selected Nike + trainers and an iPod nano this gadget monitors your activity, and transmits it wirelessly to the nano. Judging by the website, you can then sync your run data with the nike+ website and monitor your progress.
Friday night sunset
Friday night was beautiful, so we headed down to the beach, collecting a curry from Nishat on the way and sat and watched the sunset over Hove. This is what living in Brighton is all about.