http://blog.sparkycentral.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:09:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a supposed difference between travellers and holidaymakers. The truth is that travellers are just holidaymakers visiting lots of places in one go, and on a tight budget. Of course 95% of these 'travellers' never stray from a very well-beaten path across Australasia and the Far East created over the ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2008/03/29/incredible-india/ Back in 1998 (Yikes, ten years!) when I first moved to London and was working for a hip, young noo media agency in Shoreditch, we couldn't have dress-down Friday as we all wore whatever we found on the floor that morning anyway. We found a different way to make Friday ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2008/02/29/bad-food-wednesday/ The distant sound of the occasional passing Eurostar train is far preferable to the all too regular and alarming sound of planes beginning their approach to Heathrow. Obviously, with double-glazing I barely hear the trains either, but when out and about the gentle woosh is quite pleasant. In London you get ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2008/02/07/things-ive-learned-since-moving-out-of-london-02/ Not all milk has to be purchased from the supermarket, or from the all-night corner shop. There are still milkmen out there. You can still wake up to a bottle on your doorstep, without fear of someone stealing it. The only difference from my previous experience of milkmen (BL - ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2008/01/17/things-ive-learned-since-moving-out-of-london-01/ So against all the odds 2007 eventually ended happily with a move to Kent. We're still settling in to our new space. Still getting used to all the extra rooms. Still figuring out that we can't get away with spillages on carpet the same as we could on wooden floors. ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2008/01/02/hello-2008/ The sign says 'Sold', but right now nothing could be further from the truth. A crack, an observant surveyor, and an even more observant structural engineer have conspired together to take a spanner to our dream of escaping London. Dodgy drains appear to have unsettled a corner of our house, ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2007/07/02/cracking-up/ Crackle... Is anyone there?... Is it really mid-April?! Blimey. What changes have remained undocumented here in my blog? Not much really. Just a complete change in my lifestyle, an imminent change in my location and untold other little things along the way. Lets start with the main one. The Plan™ has been ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2007/04/19/crackle-hello-crackle/ Plumbers. It's been said before, and it will be said again, but plumbers (and builders) are the most unreliable, work-shy, useless bunch of overpaid scumbags known to man. Why they can't keep an appointment is beyond me. Yes, work can take longer than you expect, or things can go ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2007/02/16/money-for-nothing/ In the dark days at the end of 2006 I promised Jay a compilation CD of music that had graced my ears recently. We used to work together, and I guess I used to introduce her to a bit of new music occasionally. I have a tendency to be ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2007/02/05/compile/ I love my SLRs. My 20D has been a faithful companion on my daily trips to design studios for a couple of years now. But recently I have been considering the merits of owning a compact camera again. My old IXUS 400 is now in my Jess' possession, but I ... http://blog.sparkycentral.com/2007/01/30/point-and-shoot/