Entries from July 2008

July 28, 2008

Visions of England

Visions of England
Originally uploaded by Ian Nock

Sometimes a single picture can say it all about a place.

July 27, 2008

Spamalot

Spamalot Interval
Originally uploaded by Ian Nock

Just come back from a couple of days in London, notably for an unmentionable Birthday for my lovely Alison. Had a good time although it was stupidly hot the entire time. I would have murdered for a portable air conditioner.
Anyway, we went out to see Spamalot and it was absolutely [...]

July 24, 2008

Dinosaur wonders

I know you can see the legs of the operator, but this is a lovely video and pretty realistic considering… Watch, enjoy, and relive the dreams of your youth of finding a real dinosaur alive.
Click and enjoy on Vimeo …

July 23, 2008

Teams

David Beckham and Sergio Ramos pre-game

Originally uploaded by hobbes8calvin

When building a team, it is as important to ensure that you do not have team full of Beckhams as to have a team full of no-hopers. The trick is in ensuring that you have your stars, your leaders, and your Mr/Mrs Average in a balanced [...]

July 19, 2008

Advance in Visualisation and Interaction

  My eldest daughter is no stranger to computers – she has them around her at home and at school of course. She enjoys using them, but mainly for the educational games and normal games side of things. We also have a Nintendo Wii, which she enjoys playing with.
Today though she really got excited about [...]

July 8, 2008

Blog of a Long Distance Worker

Well in the last few days I passed a couple of milestones. The first is three years since I got my little run around for work – the Fiat Seicento Sporting. The second is passing 90,000 miles in it. This blog was started as a homage to my time spent on the road. Yes, [...]

July 7, 2008

Faversham Market Days

Faversham Market Days

Originally uploaded by Ian Nock

Some days, I feel pretty lucky. Much better than a tower block in Pool Farm.

July 7, 2008

UPC Direct… how far from home, how close to home

UPC Direct… how far from home, how close to home

Originally uploaded by Ian Nock

Considering one of the major antecedents of UPC Direct originated out of sunny Kent in those heady days before we figured out that Y2K was a rip off, it was pleasing to find someone flogging the service in a back street in [...]