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Monday, 13 September 2004
visitations
Another week's turned up (on time), then.
| It's been a sociable weekend, with Jon staying overnight on Friday and Al popping by for a pint and a game of pool on Saturday. we visited the 'local' pub - an establishment that we used to frequent at lunchtime in the early days of our friendship, as the place of work, where we first met, stood at the top of the hill. It must be ten years since the early days of Marconi Instruments. It would appear, though, that it's ten years since the pub had a refit, or (according to the strange woman who served us) any new customers. The tall metal sign has been buckled double since the strong winds of a couple of winters ago. Christopher and I went for a wander first thing on Sunday morning, to take some other photos of local landmarks. They're in the (slightly re-arranged) gallery. |  |
We also visited Dad and Rita for the first time in months - they recently moved to Hitchin, and the house needed a lot doing to it, certainly to make it safe for the children to wander around it. In spite of Ella's malaise (we had to visit to the unsettlingly minimalist NHS Walk-in Centre for a long, tedious wait followed by an examination by the nurse to check that her rash, which appeared to have worsened, wasn't anything really horrible) she was cheerfully wandering around the ground floor, with no apprehension of Dylan, who mooched around, equally unconcerned.
I'm trying to avoid computers a little more. It's all too tempting to switch on, and browse around the 'net - or worse, have a tinker with my version of the 'motorbike that spends most of its time in bits' the beloved Linux server that sits under the stairs. With any luck, I'll be weaned off 'em by the time we go on holiday!
Utterly unrelated links of the day:
- http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/~eal/audio/vocoder.html : I was reading about "Sparky's Magic Piano" on a mailing list, and wondered how the whole thing started... with the Voder, evidently.
- http://www.pokia.com/ : more of a 'traditional' way to use a mobile phone?
Posted by james at September 13, 2004 9:57 PM
Comments
i am actually being quite proactive, if a trifle at a loose end this lunchtime but i was amused to note mention of the ultra friendly bloke in b'ton, this i believe came up recently on tha wireless (quite possibly in the 'girls with balls' show on sfm, saturdays), he may or may not be the same elderly gentlemen that turns up to raves, dances the pants of f all the youngsters (quite well by all account) then disappears into the night.
in my general perusal of all things RSL (forvever on the prowl to flog software to people) there did appear to be a fair few RSLs cropping up in luton of late, very Diverse.
i will comment on that for some untoward reason i did wonder not so long ago that you might be a closet girls aloud fan(?) - quite ratifying that i appear to know you so well..... but then as you'd rightly point out i find it all semi-reasonable pop music.
oh yes and 'afore i go, tommy boyd is apparently back on the air on BBC SCR, saturday evenings. i have yet to remember to tune in but it is i'm sure available via the interweb thingy should you wish to partake.
j.
Posted by: jon (again) at September 22, 2004 1:12 PM
