Ublock OriginDeals with all those 'turn off yer blocker' sites
oh what fresh hell is this outbrain the providers of spam, ads and clickbait sidebars seem to have innovated to provide adds which are static gifs which vibrate up and down one pixel and a super high rate... i saw one on this
https://edition.cnn.co...
but i guess you might see something different when you click.
it's like a headache in a sidebar.
does anyone have a decent adblocking strategy that doesn't get you locked out of loads of sites?
https://edition.cnn.co...
but i guess you might see something different when you click.
it's like a headache in a sidebar.
does anyone have a decent adblocking strategy that doesn't get you locked out of loads of sites?
Ublock Origin ^^This. Especially on mobile
I don't see anything at allwhat with running several adblockers
Excel monkeys!I have a sheet with sets of data. At each data point are three values*. There's a t=0 data point which is the Reference, and then eight data points.
I have a second sheet, into which I can paste the reference values and a data point set of values and it will produce a single number** based on this.
The second sheet has a phenomenal number of formulas that do this in separate cells and each formula can be hilariously convuluted.
As I have seven data sets*** for which I want to output the single number eight times, and I will use the same template in the future, what's the easiest way of automating this?
Mmm, colours
* La*b*
**Delta E 2000
***CMYKOVW
I have a second sheet, into which I can paste the reference values and a data point set of values and it will produce a single number** based on this.
The second sheet has a phenomenal number of formulas that do this in separate cells and each formula can be hilariously convuluted.
As I have seven data sets*** for which I want to output the single number eight times, and I will use the same template in the future, what's the easiest way of automating this?
Mmm, colours
* La*b*
**Delta E 2000
***CMYKOVW
Apply limes?Nope, that's all I got
probably a macroset it up once, run it any time. vb scripting
I have this which adds up two results and pumps out a new result row then on the end measures 7 outcomes for each person
Do While RowNo Cells(RowNo - 1, 1) Then topCell = RowNo
If Cells(RowNo, 1) = 1 Then
Range(int_rowadd & ":" & int_rowadd).Insert xlShiftDown
Cells(int_rowadd, 2).Value = Cells(botCell, 1).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 1).Value = "Result"
Cells(int_rowadd, 13).Value = Cells(botCell, 13).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 14).Value = Cells(botCell, 14).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 15).Value = Cells(botCell, 15).Value
Cells(topCell, 2).Value = "Start"
Cells(botCell, 2).Value = "Exit"
For ColNo = 6 To 12
int_outcometop = Cells(topCell, ColNo).Value
int_outcomebot = Cells(botCell, ColNo).Value
int_outcome = int_outcomebot - int_outcometop
Cells(int_rowadd, ColNo).Value = int_outcome
Next ColNo
End If
End If
End If
RowNo = RowNo + 1
Loop
I have this which adds up two results and pumps out a new result row then on the end measures 7 outcomes for each person
Do While RowNo Cells(RowNo - 1, 1) Then topCell = RowNo
If Cells(RowNo, 1) = 1 Then
Range(int_rowadd & ":" & int_rowadd).Insert xlShiftDown
Cells(int_rowadd, 2).Value = Cells(botCell, 1).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 1).Value = "Result"
Cells(int_rowadd, 13).Value = Cells(botCell, 13).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 14).Value = Cells(botCell, 14).Value
Cells(int_rowadd, 15).Value = Cells(botCell, 15).Value
Cells(topCell, 2).Value = "Start"
Cells(botCell, 2).Value = "Exit"
For ColNo = 6 To 12
int_outcometop = Cells(topCell, ColNo).Value
int_outcomebot = Cells(botCell, ColNo).Value
int_outcome = int_outcomebot - int_outcometop
Cells(int_rowadd, ColNo).Value = int_outcome
Next ColNo
End If
End If
End If
RowNo = RowNo + 1
Loop
oh and this is scabbed from my previousI barely know what its doing, I'm going to learn soon.
I generally manage not to be annoyed by ads.Maybe I am using a superior type of midget donkey porn site.
Meanwhile, I am knackered. Started work at 6am yesterday, got a 1.23 train from Euston to Birmingham (working in transit), did a 3 hour presentation, walked around the site after dark (and didn't get stabbed, which felt like a lucky escape), got the 7.10 train back... home about 9.30...
Today I am leaving here sharp and going home to do no work, drink beer, and have fun with the Spaniard until I fall asleep.
Meanwhile, I am knackered. Started work at 6am yesterday, got a 1.23 train from Euston to Birmingham (working in transit), did a 3 hour presentation, walked around the site after dark (and didn't get stabbed, which felt like a lucky escape), got the 7.10 train back... home about 9.30...
Today I am leaving here sharp and going home to do no work, drink beer, and have fun with the Spaniard until I fall asleep.
I've just finished conferencingand am sat in a grimy belgian station pub waiting to head to Cologne. I could happily stay right here for some time.
GodammnenJust got upgraded to possibly the schmanciest hotel room I've ever had, and I'm literally just staying in it for a nap before an early train
I'm heading to Luton for a late flight toGdansk
I brought the big jacket
I brought the big jacket
bloody roasting, the joys of bella italia for dinner
but my w!zz air flight seems to be on time
but my w!zz air flight seems to be on time
Is flying Wizz Aira piece of piss?
Depends which airport urine.
*snortle* The trick is to getbladdered in the airport bar before your flight
Oui...
fucking hellignore me. I'm tired.
HalloIts only taken since July 2017 for me to get my Fridays off. IF the management ALL sign off, I'll be Friday free from 1st December, that means only 2 Fridays left to work YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!
Thats over a year of waiting. PHEW
whats the longest thing you've waited for? please feel free to smut.
Thats over a year of waiting. PHEW
whats the longest thing you've waited for? please feel free to smut.
I'm rather hoping they will open the Holiday Inn Express Derrysometime this decade.
It's been on my books as a live project for 7.5years and wasn't new then... i've even left the bloody company and it's following me around
It's been on my books as a live project for 7.5years and wasn't new then... i've even left the bloody company and it's following me around
How many of those yearshave been spent deciding what to call it?
zeroit is Holiday Inn Express Derry - Londonderry
Obviously.
Obviously.
go you!having fridays off for the first half of the year was ace.
Having the third quarter off entirely, unexpectedly, was a bit odd.
Have raised the prospect of trying to go to 4 days at new job but for now it seems unlikely.
Having the third quarter off entirely, unexpectedly, was a bit odd.
Have raised the prospect of trying to go to 4 days at new job but for now it seems unlikely.
are you doing 5-days-worth-of-hours-in-4-daysor are you moving to a 0.8FTE?
Good questionAlthough I'd say the vast majority of us could easily do 5 days' work in 4, if we had the motivation of a 4 day week
my four daywas still a 37.5 hr week, done 8-6 on four days with a lunch break
and no idiotic 18hr Fridays likepxzxzxzxzxzxzzxzxzxzxgy
Yeah, he loves it thoughAnd I don't believe that would be a typical Friday for him.
Indeed,I normally only do mad overtime with big Stage issues, though I do 5 or 6 hrs overtime every week. Left an hour late last night, for instance, because I wanted to park a task in a sensible place, rather than halfway through a tricky manoeuvre.
I'm contracted for 37.5 hrs/wkI generally do 45+, so an extra day across every week. Sometimes 50+, occasionally in the 60s.
I get quite well paid and I get a bonus. But this industry (architecture/engineering/design/etc) is brutally exploitative and has a hideous macho culture about working hours.
The Spaniard is good at making sure I don't work silly hours unless I have to.
I get quite well paid and I get a bonus. But this industry (architecture/engineering/design/etc) is brutally exploitative and has a hideous macho culture about working hours.
The Spaniard is good at making sure I don't work silly hours unless I have to.
As is Mrs Me.And yes, the money is good and the bonuses have been superb.
I have, however, booked a sit-down with one of the Top Brass to talk about setting up a new series of guidelines to stop this kind of nonsense from happening over and over again. I've had to go over the head of my team director, on the grounds that he's a fucking useless cunt, which won't make me popular, but I am concerned that we're so badly organised at the moment that we're putting out sub-par work. And we can't go on slagging off the architects for being shite (and they are, they really, really are) if we're starting to look that way too.
I have, however, booked a sit-down with one of the Top Brass to talk about setting up a new series of guidelines to stop this kind of nonsense from happening over and over again. I've had to go over the head of my team director, on the grounds that he's a fucking useless cunt, which won't make me popular, but I am concerned that we're so badly organised at the moment that we're putting out sub-par work. And we can't go on slagging off the architects for being shite (and they are, they really, really are) if we're starting to look that way too.
why are architects sooo loathedis it there lack of finishing details.. living in a dream world or what?
I think there are lots of reasons, some justified, some not.I think one of the reasons pzxyxyxwig hates dealing with them is that they are not well organised and rather than using professional draftsmen to organise Thier drawings they use the abundant cheap labour of recent graduates.
Many people hate them because of past mistakes which hang around for a long time... Even if those mistakes might be as much of the clients making as the architects.
It might be because they are taught they they are able to solve all problems ( and the field is very broad so that is sort of required) and are therefore smug
It might be because of that fucking ugly building at the end of my road
It might be because the are conditioned to work in a very narrow pallette of "acceptable" materials, moods , atmospheres and get very snooty about all others.
It might be because it's very easy to construct a set of requirements that it physically impossible to achieve.. either their clients do this or they do this themselves.
Planning, building regs, BS, DDA and the various housing standards, secure by design, brand standards etc are a horrible mess of cotradictory and conflicting requirements... And buildings are much more complex than before. Architects are supposed to be the ones to make it all work but they actually started their profession to make cool shapes not navigate beurocracy
They are all driven down on fees and firms are run by ego maniacs with no sense of efficient workflow
There is very rarely any repetition of projects so any lessons learned are binned every time
Beady little eyes
Many people hate them because of past mistakes which hang around for a long time... Even if those mistakes might be as much of the clients making as the architects.
It might be because they are taught they they are able to solve all problems ( and the field is very broad so that is sort of required) and are therefore smug
It might be because of that fucking ugly building at the end of my road
It might be because the are conditioned to work in a very narrow pallette of "acceptable" materials, moods , atmospheres and get very snooty about all others.
It might be because it's very easy to construct a set of requirements that it physically impossible to achieve.. either their clients do this or they do this themselves.
Planning, building regs, BS, DDA and the various housing standards, secure by design, brand standards etc are a horrible mess of cotradictory and conflicting requirements... And buildings are much more complex than before. Architects are supposed to be the ones to make it all work but they actually started their profession to make cool shapes not navigate beurocracy
They are all driven down on fees and firms are run by ego maniacs with no sense of efficient workflow
There is very rarely any repetition of projects so any lessons learned are binned every time
Beady little eyes
This. Also, moving a slab edge by 2mm because they’ve changed their minds about the facade cladding.
Have they ever he add of the word tolerance?..
Sadly, no. On this occasion they were told to go fuck themselves.
Well, that's not very tolerant! A 2mm tolerance on a concrete slab would be pretty good going...That sounds like one of the 12 year-olds at work.
We reckon it was one of the interns.I must ask one of the seniors, who turns out to be a friend of a friend of mine.
Yep, it was an intern.He just did the maths, and saw that the slab edge needed to be 1383 back from the cladding line, rather than 1385 as it was.
I think you should compromiseAnd make it 1384
I only hate particular architects.Not the whole profession.
But some of the ones I hate, I really fucking loathe with every fibre of my being.
But some of the ones I hate, I really fucking loathe with every fibre of my being.
Which reminds me...Have you seen this proposed piece of shit stupid monstrosity?
https://www.ianvisits....
It's London, not fucking Dubai.
https://www.ianvisits....
It's London, not fucking Dubai.
God, the dezeen comment that said"Does it vibrate" was the best point that could have been made
amazing.in so many ways.
my mum was down visiting me this weekend, but Friday she took a trip to Thorpe Bay to see her 93yr old godmother. Which meant walking between Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street, having not been to The City in many years.
Her impression of it was of a proper sci-fi city, all massive buildings on tiny streets with the occasional random ancient church huddling among the bases. Which seems about right. It is a weird jumble of a place.
my mum was down visiting me this weekend, but Friday she took a trip to Thorpe Bay to see her 93yr old godmother. Which meant walking between Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street, having not been to The City in many years.
Her impression of it was of a proper sci-fi city, all massive buildings on tiny streets with the occasional random ancient church huddling among the bases. Which seems about right. It is a weird jumble of a place.
Fucking awful. Are they the oneswith particularly beady eyes?
Their eyes are just dead. Look into them and you can see straight to the 7th circle of hell......
meanwhilecan't be bothered scrolling down, Laibach have just released a version of "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound Of Music
that is all
that is all
oh wait a minute they've done the whole thing. Amazing
"Sixteen Going On Seventeen"is just terrifying like this.
It's quite an astonishing album. it ismost excellent
WTF!?it is bloody awful.. yeah funny for a few seconds but..
nothing to touch 'Spectre' and the likes of 'Whistleblower'
you're both nuts :)
nothing to touch 'Spectre' and the likes of 'Whistleblower'
you're both nuts :)
It's very different to those, for sureBut a beautiful thing in it's own way. Currently loving A Few Of My Favourite Things
I bought a PS3 so I could play the Last Guardianit came out 8 years later for the PS4
Feels like I've been waiting forever for the new Caledonian Sleeper
Feels like I've been waiting forever for the new Caledonian Sleeper
Oh there is crossrailAs well
Ah yesHow is the clusterfuck otherwise known as the Elizabeth Line going?
Slowly I just want a go on the new tunnels
Getting there.I'm not sure it's fair to call it a clusterfuck. Insanely ambitious project... I can't say I'm surprised it's taking another year. The problem is that programs are often set by political and commercial issues not the reality of how long it will actually take to bloody build something...
I guess it's more like it feels they've been at itFor about 30 years at this point!
At least it's notan airport in Berlin...
just thinking about that mess makes me chuckle a little..
I'm not going to smutas it would be too depressing
But I'd fucking love Friday's off. Was hoping to eventually wangle that with my boss, but seeing as the entire fucking structure of the company is being burnt to the ground and rebuilt, I suspect that'll never happen.
But I'd fucking love Friday's off. Was hoping to eventually wangle that with my boss, but seeing as the entire fucking structure of the company is being burnt to the ground and rebuilt, I suspect that'll never happen.
they probably wont bother with the rebuilding part....
Well, there's going to be a new structureWhether it functions or not is another thing all together
well some nut jobs are waiting for thishttps://www.thedailybe...
Trump supporters who believe the iraqi dinar will make them millionaires
I happen to have a 500 vietnamese dong note on my fridge door.. presently worth 1.7p .. i'm rich.. rich i tells ya.
Trump supporters who believe the iraqi dinar will make them millionaires
I happen to have a 500 vietnamese dong note on my fridge door.. presently worth 1.7p .. i'm rich.. rich i tells ya.
Yeah, well I've got a 20,000,000,000 Zimbabwean dollar note. I'm rich, I tells you, RICH!
i've lately been waiting for this https://www.youtube.co...film to be released
another war film turning into a nazi zombie b-movie :)
being able to jog/run would be nice also
another war film turning into a nazi zombie b-movie :)
being able to jog/run would be nice also
I like the look of that.I also want to see Iron Sky 2, on the grounds that the first one was silly, and this one looks even sillier.
haha i thought you'd like thatapparently there were complaints from people thinking they were about to see a 'proper' WWII film.. then this jumps out at them! haha
In a novel twist on Guess The AirportDue to inclement weather, I haven't actually landed at the Ryanair airport pretending to be serving a city it's nowhere near, but have been diverted to the actual proper airport of that city
Sadly the hour on a coach I have saved has been lost due to the diversion airport being closed, meaning it's taken nearly 3 hours to get off the plane, through passport control, and to rescue my bag from being conveniently shuttled ahead of me to the original destination I never actually wanted to go to
Sadly the hour on a coach I have saved has been lost due to the diversion airport being closed, meaning it's taken nearly 3 hours to get off the plane, through passport control, and to rescue my bag from being conveniently shuttled ahead of me to the original destination I never actually wanted to go to
Is it a VeniceTeviso combo?
I'm trying to think of closed airports.... istanbul? berlin? somwhere in italy.
Clue:I've already spent more time here than David Davis
belfast!..
it's rather nice around these streets.
https://goo.gl/maps/7m...
If you are staying at the express ask for a new room.
it's rather nice around these streets.
https://goo.gl/maps/7m...
If you are staying at the express ask for a new room.
strasburg then...
Close...sproutier
Having now seen it on BaceFookI'm guessing* its Brussels. And is it Charleois that O'Leary Air fly to?
*not guessing at all
*not guessing at all
probablyto be fair Charleroi airport is barely further out of Brussels than Gatwick is London. Because "halfway across the country" isn't very far when you're Belgium
close as the crow fliesbut a ballache in practical terms
A rightBelgian ballache!
also knownas pavé
being a sad nerdI looked up how many flights there are now from London to Brussels (any airports at each end)- there's 10, 9 from Heathrow (mainly Brussels Airlines and BA) and one from Gatwick (as a leg of a flight to Rwanda).
Eurostar has properly destroyed that market.
Eurostar has properly destroyed that market.
Just like Londres-Parisused to be one of the busiest routes in the world, not any more!
If London-EdinburghAnd London-Glasgow could be brought down to three hours by train a very large % of domestic air travel in the UK would be wiped out.
Although interestingly...I have seen a big swing towards the train in recent years on London-Edinburgh. Partly because of massively reduced timetables by some carriers, allowing BA (who still have a decent timetable) to put their prices through the roof.
Also, a ,lot of the trains are around 4:20-4:30 city centre to city centre. Flying only saves you about an hour max in most cases, and you can;t get anything done, whereas the train lets you work, sleep, read, whatever from end-to-end.
Also, a ,lot of the trains are around 4:20-4:30 city centre to city centre. Flying only saves you about an hour max in most cases, and you can;t get anything done, whereas the train lets you work, sleep, read, whatever from end-to-end.
I think a huge part of it has been reliabilityI now almost always go by train, whereas maybe 5+ years ago I would have flown just to be reasonably sure I'd actually get there
There was a period maybe 15-20 years ago when it seemed your odds of making the whole journey down the west coast without major interruption were worse than 50-50
There was a period maybe 15-20 years ago when it seemed your odds of making the whole journey down the west coast without major interruption were worse than 50-50
i don't even think it'd need that muchif you could do 3.5 -4 then you'd be winning for centre to centre travel.
lots of people who travel a lot though are set up to get to airports easily which can cut that advantage.
lots of people who travel a lot though are set up to get to airports easily which can cut that advantage.
Three hours is I thinkThe supposed mark at which short haul (hour or so) flying gets completely obliterated by rail.
looking at paris-Marseillewhich is 3h18m it seems you are right.
hourly flights (though all the loss making air france)
https://www.google.co....
hourly flights (though all the loss making air france)
https://www.google.co....
And flights to major hubsLike LHR for BAW or CDG for AFR don't really count, as they're funnelling connecting traffic mostly, not point to point
which is partly whyCdG is an important stop on the TGV network
It is indeedzut alors!
Just got an email which says"If you are experiencing problems with your emails, please use the office 365 web portal. To use the portal go to www.office.com and sign in using your full email address and password."
I'm not convinced of that particular email's efficacy.
I'm not convinced of that particular email's efficacy.
I'm in Google's contractor offices,where the internet goes up and down like a dirty ho, and i have to sign into my REWS account several times a day.
Well, to be fairIt's not like you'd expect Google to be well connected to the internet or anything, is it?
We're doing a Christmas charity gift thing at work for kids in careI've got to buy a present for a 14-year-old boy. What the hell do you buy a 14-year-old boy?
Anyone heard Slade yet?
Anyone heard Slade yet?
If my 14 year old self is anything to go by,some porn and a family size bottle of baby oil.
This. I was going to saya very big box of tissues
Fallout76? `
what's your budget?that much in nandos vouchers
or something Nerf
or something Nerf
I was going for £20So vouchers probably not a bad idea.
netflix voucher...
I've heard one Christmas song in a shop,not Slade though.
I have to spend up to £7 on one of my colleagues.
I think we were buying the nieces books and a google cardboard at that age. I second the Nando's idea though.
I have to spend up to £7 on one of my colleagues.
I think we were buying the nieces books and a google cardboard at that age. I second the Nando's idea though.
we're goinga tenner for work secret Santaluckily the one I got should be pretty easy. Assuming what I've planned works out.
Oddly, I've got the same bloke I had last year in our secret santa. He's a huge Man U fan, so a Man City calendar it is.
Not Slade, but Fairytale of New York yesterdayFor the 14 year old... wanking accessories and chicken as already noted sounds good. If there's a reasonable chance of a reader, then Neil Gaiman books.
Airliner manufacturer Bombardier are in the news today.That's Bombardeeay. Not Bombuh-dear as we always pronounce it in the pub (as made by Marstons).
Now I just don't know what to do.
Now I just don't know what to do.
Oh dearwhat have I started?
Also what have the cheeky French Canadian makers of Trains and Planes been up to? Ah, I see, laying off people at Shorts in Belfast. Which seems a bit weird, as you'd expect Airbus, who now own 51% of the A220 (TAFKAT C-Series) would need them all.
Also what have the cheeky French Canadian makers of Trains and Planes been up to? Ah, I see, laying off people at Shorts in Belfast. Which seems a bit weird, as you'd expect Airbus, who now own 51% of the A220 (TAFKAT C-Series) would need them all.
I once got confused and ordered the beer the French wayBut it was ok as the barmaid was French.
I haven't heard any xmas music yetBut I have generally avoided many shops. But all the decorations have appeared in the last week or so. Cue Santas with surfboards, jandals* etc...
*flip flops/thongs delete as appropriate
*flip flops/thongs delete as appropriate
a catapult or some kind of multi-toolno slade
one xmas themed song on the way out of a shop no idea if it's new or a golden oldie
i just looked at the security guard compassion as i legged it out of there..
one xmas themed song on the way out of a shop no idea if it's new or a golden oldie
i just looked at the security guard compassion as i legged it out of there..
Cover versions that are better than the original. much as i love Robert WyattThe Unthanks doing Shipbuilding reduces me to a sobbing mess
Piano, harmonies, brilliant arrangement.
Having it as Adrian doing the verses, with the ladies taking the chorus, lends extra heft to the chorus.
this website often has some good stuff
Piano, harmonies, brilliant arrangement.
Having it as Adrian doing the verses, with the ladies taking the chorus, lends extra heft to the chorus.
this website often has some good stuff
I think Elvis Costello deserves some credit here?....
CertainlyWell done Mr McManus
Although I could never be getting on with how his "Costello" was pronouncedi.e. Cos-TELL-oh
the only Costellos I have known personally in Dublin were very much Cost-tell-OH.
And don't get me started on Gallagher, as Gal-EGG-er, not Gall-eh-her
the only Costellos I have known personally in Dublin were very much Cost-tell-OH.
And don't get me started on Gallagher, as Gal-EGG-er, not Gall-eh-her
How's yerGeohegan?
I've heard that as bothGayg'n, and Gyoe-g'n.
How's yer Shaughnessy?
How's yer Shaughnessy?
Gayg'n is correct, no?The first geo is silent, which always amused me. As in Simon Geoghegan the former rugby player
There's a pro cyclistcalled Tao Geoghan-Hart.
Sean Kelley, ex-pro turned commentator, who's from Cork, completely mangles that every time.
(Tao is supposedly Scottish but sounds like he's from London)
Sean Kelley, ex-pro turned commentator, who's from Cork, completely mangles that every time.
(Tao is supposedly Scottish but sounds like he's from London)
I thought it was geegnHow do you say Shaunessy?!
Nah, Geoghegan I would definitely pronounce gayganI was being facetious saying the 'geo' was silent, when in fact the gh in the middle is the silent bit, meaning the first Geoghe comes out as gay/gey
Shaughnessy, I would pronounce the way you spelled it. Shaw-nessie
Shaughnessy, I would pronounce the way you spelled it. Shaw-nessie
Some of these things can be complicated by different dialectsIn that Irish in Kerry/Galway/Donegal wouldn't always be pronounced the same. Never mind bringing Scots' mangling of things into it.
Which could lead to Shaughnessy being pronounced Shock-nessie
Which could lead to Shaughnessy being pronounced Shock-nessie
The Geoghehan I know is Englishdunno about his parents. But that would explain the error.
Shawnessy,but also Shocknessy.
WellIndeed
Like the Scoffster I'dhave that as shaw-nessie. The best ever bit of name mangling is the northumbrian town of Featherstonehaugh which the locals pronounce 'Fanshaw' because of course they do.
I think you'll find myGeoghegan is fine, thank you (you missed a g).
you're right I did.Oophs.
gno worries Well he does, yesBut his rendition isn't the "original", even though he's the writer
not necessarily 'better' The obvious all along the watchtower....
Actually also rage against the machines Maggie's farm as well
oh i like this gameCoil with M. Almond - https://www.youtube.co...
Einstürzende Neubauten - https://www.youtube.co...
The Monkees - https://www.youtube.co...
Einstürzende Neubauten - https://www.youtube.co...
The Monkees - https://www.youtube.co...
I was hoping that EN was Sandgreat tune...
Don't forget Laibach! i was going to go til i heard their new album (which they'll most;y be playing)it is ducking awful
Spectre?I rather like it. It's no Opus Dei, but there are some cracking tunes on there.
it's the sound of music coversbeware - https://www.youtube.co...
Yeah, I really like it.
Gary Jules - Mad World I feel Love by Jorane Normally I'd have a long list of these in my headBut for some reason my branes ain't working well.
So I'll merely suggest:
Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World (from MTV Unplugged)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
So I'll merely suggest:
Nirvana - Man Who Sold The World (from MTV Unplugged)
Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Actually, now I think of Ms Amos, how about one of her several Chas'n'Dave covers (yes really)You can have London Girls, or perhaps, That's What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)?
https://www.youtube.co...
https://www.youtube.co...
Also, now my brain is working God yes. Also, this popped up on the iPod earlier:- https://www.youtube.co...
I had completely forgotten the original of that...Good cover too
yes!/
Smells Like Teen Spirit, you say? Don't think I've come across that beforeAnd, how could I forget this? Infinitely better than the original!
Front Line Assembly with Tiffany - New Year's Day
https://www.youtube.co...
Front Line Assembly with Tiffany - New Year's Day
https://www.youtube.co...
That is fucking aces aaaarrgghmy bleeding ears.. tell her to get cher out of her throat
Keep on Runningby The Spencer Davis Group.
And can't beat a bit of Magazine Eleanor rigby by Aretha franklin..
I just read an article which used the word "immiserating". Meaning "to make miserable"
I just read an article which used the word "immiserating". Meaning "to make miserable"
I've always loved Peggy Lee's version of Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
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Yes!Lovely.
Snuff, I think we're alone now.
RamonesBaby I Love You.
This. hey jude / some rolling stones track - The Residents Can I put a very late vote in forThe Fall - Lost In Music?
Le money est sur la table!
Le money est sur la table!
Birmingham again.This is becoming my regular Tuesday...
could be worse, at least the trains are pretty quickwork have caught on, this place is banned now. Because it's for 'photo sharing' apparently.
Our filters seem topick up on the amount of cuss words. Once they'd mostly gone down the page I was allowed back in. Tried getting at Buffy's Swearing Keyboard this aft though and it was blocked as 'tasteless' :D
well stan lee won't be gurning in anymore movies I expect vigils outside every forbidden planet in the land
Given his minor roleI reckon they'll keep up his cameos
Someone said they'd miss his cameosI thought "so in that film where a big monster eats new york then gets beaten up by a big green superhero, they wont be able to drop in a 2 second image of stan lee?"
i think my favourite cameo was charles bukowski in 'BarFly' and the later reading his thoughts in 'Hollywood'
We were sitting outside a little tapas bar in the south of spainit was a little warm if i'm honest.
We are Working From Huelva this week, borrowing a mate's flat and working in his office, which is cool.. if a little heavy on the booze, tapas etc.
we had some squid roe that would have made pixy wet himself.. and some tuna.. and that ham...
We are Working From Huelva this week, borrowing a mate's flat and working in his office, which is cool.. if a little heavy on the booze, tapas etc.
we had some squid roe that would have made pixy wet himself.. and some tuna.. and that ham...
and the croissant.. ..
it was fartons todaywhich nobody here seems to have heard of... we had assumed they were spanish but it seems not.
Ahh, it seems they are from valencia
5 for 1€
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Ahh, it seems they are from valencia
5 for 1€
https://en.wikipedia.o...
Working from Huelva?That sounds very Sevillised
+1.......
Mmmmmmmmm, roe. Love it.In related news, we found an *excellent* little Korean place tonight, Lime Orange in Victoria. Simple, classic S Korean food; bibimbaps, bulgogis, ramen, all washed down with makgeolli. Lovely, it was, the only reason it cost us £60 for the two of us is that we had a shedload of alcohol.
*baaaaaarpppp*
*baaaaaarpppp*
Squid roe (huevos de choco)Is unlike any I've tried.. Amy thought it was chicken to start with.
You'd like Huelva, not a pretty town and not really much to see but the quality of food is exceptional.
Plus it's still 16 degrees at 1am in November
You'd like Huelva, not a pretty town and not really much to see but the quality of food is exceptional.
Plus it's still 16 degrees at 1am in November
I had squid roe on Skopelos,tediously boring Greek island where Mama Mia was filmed. Great food, boring place.
tried flying fish roe?my local sashimi place does it.. not sure i'd notice the difference
Yes,I had it in Korea. It was OK.
Having a pint in the Euston Tap before getting the train homeFor about the 5th time in the past month
Sounds sensible...Why are you down so much? Not job hunting I take it.
We have a spare room if it's of use, but might involve drinking with CI
We have a spare room if it's of use, but might involve drinking with CI
coolI'm finishing up several research projects so we've been having lots of events to share results with the public, industry and government, and as is the way of the country if it doesn't happen in London then it hasn't really happened and no-one of importance is interested. Today we spent an eye-watering amount of your tax money to have a workshop on energy storage right next door to Westminster Abbey in the hopes we might get a few important folk along.
I didn't really want to intrude on anyone as for the most part I've been arriving fairly late and writing powerpoints in Holiday Inns (I have been heavily abusing your discount code in case you hadn't noticed, still seems to work), then going home as soon as the events are over. It's been mostly early in the week when I assume people are less sociable anyway
that was the last one for this year I think but if I am down again I'll give you a yell. Almost certainly I'll be down to meet with more gubmint people at some point early next year. Any good pub quizzes?
I didn't really want to intrude on anyone as for the most part I've been arriving fairly late and writing powerpoints in Holiday Inns (I have been heavily abusing your discount code in case you hadn't noticed, still seems to work), then going home as soon as the events are over. It's been mostly early in the week when I assume people are less sociable anyway
that was the last one for this year I think but if I am down again I'll give you a yell. Almost certainly I'll be down to meet with more gubmint people at some point early next year. Any good pub quizzes?
Oh man, holiday inns in central London are a minefieldI hope you chose wisely.
We know of a couple of good pub quizzes and did one with mizzemma and ci recently (anf should have won, we wish robbed I tells ya)
We know of a couple of good pub quizzes and did one with mizzemma and ci recently (anf should have won, we wish robbed I tells ya)
Count us in for quizzage any time.....
if it's a cheap night in London I go for Kensington Forum(as most of the time I need to be at Imperial College)
on the days everything is pricey I flee to the North Acton HIE, which is cheap n cheerful, if in North Acton. Although as far as I'm aware North Acton only consists of a hotel and a tube station.
on the days everything is pricey I flee to the North Acton HIE, which is cheap n cheerful, if in North Acton. Although as far as I'm aware North Acton only consists of a hotel and a tube station.
I prefer Kensington high Street to the forumNorth Acton is ok. If you go again request room 101 or 102
We refurbed them as a sample
The holiday Inn just down the road there is ok.
Otherwise, Stratford city HI all the way.
We refurbed them as a sample
The holiday Inn just down the road there is ok.
Otherwise, Stratford city HI all the way.
what are you up tothat you need a room for the night so often
ummm.... er.... nothing...I only stay in London for team meetings, and that's no longer happening obviously..
And if you stay in Stratford City HI...then you have mizzemma, me and the Spaniard just across the park for beer-related activities...
the one in whitechapel is also close...
It's Tuesday, it must be Birmingham?Hopefully the midlands one, not Alabama
Not been anywhere fancy, but had a great evening last night, good nosh in a newly reswanked pub (clams and paua* with squid ink fettucine, which was nom), followed by once again being utterly blown away by how brilliant David Byrne still is live. I hope to have his energy when I'm 66. And the band/choreography was amazing
*that's abalone to non-NZers
Not been anywhere fancy, but had a great evening last night, good nosh in a newly reswanked pub (clams and paua* with squid ink fettucine, which was nom), followed by once again being utterly blown away by how brilliant David Byrne still is live. I hope to have his energy when I'm 66. And the band/choreography was amazing
*that's abalone to non-NZers
THERE'S A SIXTH TREMORS FILM. `
I didn't even know about3-5!
This. I don't think I even knewthere was a sequel
I've seen 1 & 2 only They're all pretty terriblebut since I've got 1-5 I need 6.
See also: chipmunks 4, resident evil 5&6,etc
There's more than two RECs too
See also: chipmunks 4, resident evil 5&6,etc
There's more than two RECs too
Thank Fuck it's FridayA shitload of work to do then I'm going to get drunk.
we had a minimal amount of tapas and booze yesterday...(so just loads)tonight we are going to seville, a mate's organizing dinner, I expect it to be very good.
Just got 2 hours of conference calls to do before then... and lunch of course.
Just got 2 hours of conference calls to do before then... and lunch of course.
I wrote 2500 words for a DAS this morningAnother section to do this afternoon.
Although this bit will be a bit bloody thin, since we only got a brief on Tuesday...
Although this bit will be a bit bloody thin, since we only got a brief on Tuesday...
"there will be light"(and there was)
Last FridayI did a 17.75 hr shift. I'm hoping to get out before 8 tonight.
Just got backthanks to someone doing something so monumentally stupid my entire weekend is now going to be devoted to sitting around in slack-jawed disbelief, prior to returning to picking up the pieces on Monday
Getting the train to GlasgowIsn't THAT stupid