 | Sun 11 May 08 | Underlit Dancefloor Test Cell
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After the stupid idea in the pub, it seems we're onto construction. This is the first test cell to see how reflection and stuff works - it shows the Arduino board handling the three LEDs (R/G/B) and stuff. The video's more impressive tho. |
 | Sun 11 May 08 | Sunday Morning Walk in Thornes Park, Wakefield
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A very hot morning where we went for a walk in Thornes Park, sat on a log and ate ice-creams from Lumbs. |
 | Sat 10 May 08 | Family Barbeque at Wrenthorpe
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We went shopping before Brian, Ruth, Dave and Grandma Rowbottom came round for tea - piles of meat and stuff. |
 | Fri 9 May 08 | Wakefield Cathedral Old Choristers Annual Dinner
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The annual dinner for Wakefield Cathedral OCA, taking place at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield. Me and Si were the only ones of our era around save for Nicholas Whitaker (who blanked us - rough boys!). The after-dinner speaker was David Hope, former Bishop of Wakefield, Bishop of London and Archbishop of York - very good to see him after so long (both me and Si sang at his enthronement in the early 80s). After the dinner we went exploring a bit and went up to to the school museum where we found some caps and got a bit loud. |
 | Fri 9 May 08 | Australian Christmas Day
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A box of Christmas presents arrived from Australia - we think it probably got stuck at Heathrow T5 |
 | Thu 8 May 08 | Smoke And Fluff In The Sun
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While working in my office at home, I was accosted by the kittens who proceeded to find comfortable places to sleep in the sunlight. |
 | Wed 7 May 08 | Sunny Evening In The Garden
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After a hard day's trying to get stuff working, we had a barbeque and then Joel burned stuff. |
 | Tue 6 May 08 | Drunkenly Designing An Underlit Dancefloor
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You know those stupid ideas you have after you've had a few beers? That. |
 | Tue 6 May 08 | Squat On The Headrow, Leeds
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The former Leeds Housing Association offices seem to have been turned into a squat, and given the bailiff's notices on the front it won't be there much longer so I took the opportunity to get a few pics. |
 | Sun 4 May 08 | Guitar Hero III in Wrenthorpe
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Drunken GH3 antics with the Wii after a Sunday lunch. |
 | Sat 3 May 08 | Joel's 34th Birthday Drinks at O'Donoghue's
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An afternoon barbeque with family and friends at Wrenthorpe, followed by drunken debauchery at O'Donoghue's where 'Left Hand Drive' were playing. Lots of photos from various different people due to the camera changing hands a lot |
 | Fri 2 May 08 | Final Weeks of Wakefield Market
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 | Thu 1 May 08 | Beebs In The Garage (Again)
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More BBC Micros in the garage, including a screen I'd not seen before on the 6502 Second-Processor version of Elite. |
 | Tue 29 Apr 08 | The MDFS Lives!
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Another chapter in the Econet saga - this time using an SJ Research MDFS system to provide a fileserver appliance. I wired up the half-height rack, put the A4000 and A5000 machines in to support it, and wired the Econet across the garage to the desk. Hurrah! |
 | Sat 26 Apr 08 | Wakefield Acorn Computer Show, Cedar Court
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The annual Acorn show at Wakefield. I seemed to be the only 8-bitter there this year, demonstrating the Domesday Project and some other interesting bits and bobs. |
 | Fri 25 Apr 08 | Peculiar Blue at O'Donoghues, Wakefield
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Duet 'Peculiar Blue' at O'Donoghues pub in Wakefield - again, poor lighting but there's some nice ones. |
 | Thu 24 Apr 08 | Coming Home On A Sunny Day
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The short walk home from the childminder's, and Ellie playing in the garden. |
 | Wed 23 Apr 08 | Sunny Scenes From Leeds
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My goodness, perhaps Spring is here - some pics of Granary Wharf, Oracle Bar and the Corn Exchange in Leeds. |
 | Sun 20 Apr 08 | Fluff And The Hypnotoad
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I appeared to have a kitten on my keyboard. All glory to the Hypnotoad! |
 | Sat 19 Apr 08 | Mermaid Restaurant, and Col Makes Spring Rolls
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I'd not been to the Mermaid Restaurant in Morley for about 28 years, so took the family. Not a bad lunch, and then Col came round in the evening to cook spring rolls. Mmmm, spring rolls... |
 | Fri 18 Apr 08 | Colin's iPhone Unboxing
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He got an iPhone, and excitedly unboxed it in the pub. Bless. |
 | Thu 17 Apr 08 | Fluff's Slipper Fetish
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For some insane reason she just enjoys sticking her head in slippers - daft kitten. |
 | Thu 17 Apr 08 | Chemicals and Sludge (Minilab Cleaning)
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Up to our arms in bleachfix, developer effluent, sludge, and other crap. Not a pleasant smell or a pleasant experience either. Features Nicky in a lab coat with latex gloves, so it's not all bad. |
 | Wed 16 Apr 08 | Antonio Lulic at Harry's Bar, Wakefield
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Singer/songwriter Antonio Lulic playing live at Harry's Bar in Wakefield. He was a little late due to train trouble so Ryan covered for him, but once Antonio arrived it was well worth the wait. Note: Lighting is pretty poor in Harry's so many of these are B&W and sometimes quite grainy - but I think that adds to it! |
 | Tue 15 Apr 08 | Sunny Wanderings in London
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In between meetings I wandered up the banks of the Thames, saw a helicopter at Battersea Heliport, and watched workmen cleaning Nelson's Column. How exciting! |
 | Mon 14 Apr 08 | Beers With sooB In Wimbledon
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A couple of quiet ales, resulting in a few odd photos. |
 | Mon 14 Apr 08 | Morning Walk Down The Thames Path, Marlow
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I was really far too early for the office to be open, so took the opportunity to walk down the Thames towpath and reflect a bit on life. I met a man who was feeding swans, and found out from another gentlemen that the floodline was about 2ft too high on the bridge abutment - then ended up in All Saints churchyard looking for the memorial to Erica (a colleague who'd been killed 7 years ago). Relaxing. |
 | Sat 12 Apr 08 | Enjoying Sushi in Leeds
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Ben and Ellie's first trip to a sushi place - Yo! in Leeds. They were both really good and enjoyed it a lot! |
 | Fri 11 Apr 08 | Telegram Sam at O'Donoghues, Wakefield
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Principally a Marc Bolan/T-Rex tribute band but with other 70s hits performed well, I took along the 30D and photographed this band at O'Donoghues in Wakefield. Nice red feather boa there! |
 | Wed 9 Apr 08 | More of Smoke And Fluff
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A few more photos of the kittens, taking during an idle moment working from home. |
 | Tue 8 Apr 08 | Dawn Over London
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The London skyline as seen from Steve's 8th-floor balcony in Putney, looking east. |
 | Mon 7 Apr 08 | Beer at The Temperance, Putney Bridge
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I wish I could tell you more about this beer-up, but I have very little memory of it. No idea of the names of the girls on the photos other than the redhead girl was called Georgia, another was called Jenny and the group were (mostly) from Melbourne... or why I took the time-lapse photos outside. All very random. |