Ouch^2

July 12, 2005

Today I drew two erroneous conclusions: 1. That my heels were sporting thick enough calluses that a half-hour walk in my new-ish sandals wouldn't cause pain and blood loss. 2. That because the sun here in SF had caused me no problems thus far, it wouldn't burn me this afternoon. Sadly, I have both bleeding […]

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London stands

July 12, 2005

Some excellent T-shirts on sale for an excellent cause. I just wish there was room on the roundel for 'London is deeply unimpressed', or 'London would like to tell the terrorists to fuck off', or even 'London goes for a pint'. It'd be nice to capture the chirpily bolshie nature of real Londoners more accurately. […]

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I'm a what, now?

July 11, 2005

Best description of my 'type'. Ever.

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London hurts?

July 10, 2005

More like “London Will Fucking Twat You In A Minute, Son“. (Thanks Tom.)

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Huge fire in San Francisco several blocks away

July 8, 2005

Woke up at 2am, as per my usual jetlag schedule. Expected to turn over and go to sleep again soon, but then sirens started. Didn't think much of the first couple, because I was trying to be unconscious and ergo wasn't really thinking all that hard about anything. But they didn't stop. Just kept on […]

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London bombings

July 7, 2005

My heart goes out to all those caught up in the bombs in London. I can only imagine how terrifying and awful it must have been, and must still be for some. My condolences to all those affected, to those who have lost family or friends, to those injured. I wish all those wounded a […]

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I'm here!

July 7, 2005

Long journey, but as pleasant as these things can be. Sat next to a lovely woman called Lisa on the plane, and we watched Shaun of the Dead on my laptop. I love showing that film to people who haven't seen it yet, and that's so much more fun at 40,000 ft. Have now been […]

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Someone give me Alka Seltzer

July 6, 2005

free booze + less than 4 hours sleep + long flight = bad idea Whatever possessed me to drink so much of that free wine last night? I think this is some sort of karmic payback because I kept smugly telling people I was going to SF last night. Ick.

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Ok, I'm off again

July 5, 2005

London today for the New Statesman New Media Awards (don't get excited, I'm just ligging), then on to San Francisco again tomorrow. When I get back I'll be loitering in the London/Arundel vicinity, before popping over to Paris. Possibly permanently. Life is like London Transport – you never know where you are going to end […]

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Movie Show #11 – Zombie Special

July 5, 2005

Movie Show #11 is up – me and Cam chatting about Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later. Go download!

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Suw Charman – A Pronunciation Guide

July 3, 2005

This is something that came up a lot when I was in the US last month, so I figure it must be worth clarifying. My name is pronounced: Soo TCHAR-m'n That's 'soo' to rhyme with 'boo' or 'goo' or even 'gnu' (but absolutely not 'view'). 'TCHAR-m'n' to rhyme with, er, well, um… 'charman' (and bearing […]

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Live 8 London: Amazing

July 2, 2005

From a purely musical perspective, what an amazing day. Must have been mind-blowing to be there. Wow. I never watch gigs on TV, but this was something else. How the hell they managed to pull this together so quickly, I shall never know. Let's hope it has the required effect. Live8

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New itinerary

July 2, 2005

Goes something like London – San Francisco – Arundel – London – Arundel – London – whoknowswhere. Life is fun!

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We have a voice and it's time we made ourselves heard

July 2, 2005

Whilst I was in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to work on the Technorati Live 8 site. It was a concatenation of lucky events that led me to being involved, but I feel proud to have had that chance. The Technorati Live 8 site gives all bloggers a single point of reference to find […]

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More new luggage

July 2, 2005

I now have a new suitcase. It just about copes with having my hand luggage strapped to the top of it. It has wheels. And is blue. Yay! If you're thinking 'But surely, the intelligent time to be buying new luggage is before you go away, not after you come back?', then just follow that […]

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