Nick and Nick have reached Africa at last - that’s 12 days to cross Europe and drop down through the Middle East. Hurrah! Spare a thought for the poor lads - they’ve been without beer for three days…
Intrepid bikers on Fanta0
Blogger goes multilingual0
Great verification word from blogger this morning - ürdpam. Hang on, I’ll just go get my germanic keyboard…
Too many cool things0
I was about to comment on Guy Kawasaki’s Six Cool Things post, when I noticed the title of the post was “five cool things”… I have no idea which was the sixth but I’d bet on the shirt!
Indeed, I was going to propose a seventh - Salling Clicker. Turns your mobile phone (or in my case, Pocket PC) into a Bluetooth presentation device. The Pocket PC version even lets you see what’s the next slide. And it works with iTunes/Media Player. And it can work over wi-fi. One of the coolest things I’ve installed, then bought, this year.
I haven’t tested the Bluetooth range, but it hasn’t let me down yet 
Desert Island Discs0
It’s a Friday, so here’s 10 songs…
Everybody Hurts – REM
Mr Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
Lilac Wine – Jeff Buckley (cover)
Clarinet Concerto – Mozart
The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd
Ocean Cloud – Marillion
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here – Porcupine Tree
The Psychic – Crash Test Dummies
Song to the Siren – This Mortal Coil (cover)
Maybe this is why I’m so messed up0
Just looking at the site stats for last month. They say seach strings are revealing, so here’s the strings that had people land on my site:
| 1 | 31 | 48.44% | qtek 9100 |
| 2 | 10 | 15.62% | qtek |
| 3 | 2 | 3.12% | alphadoku solution |
| 4 | 2 | 3.12% | dentist equipment |
| 5 | 2 | 3.12% | four colours problem |
| 6 | 2 | 3.12% | jon collins |
| 7 | 2 | 3.12% | q-tek |
| 8 | 1 | 1.56% | agile web services |
| 9 | 1 | 1.56% | bluetooth interferes with wireless |
| 10 | 1 | 1.56% | charlene zivojinovich |
| 11 | 1 | 1.56% | colin woore |
| 12 | 1 | 1.56% | courses for myspace |
| 13 | 1 | 1.56% | courses myspace |
| 14 | 1 | 1.56% | funny lessons from mishaps |
| 15 | 1 | 1.56% | goat sheep on the farm |
| 16 | 1 | 1.56% | invisible earbuds |
| 17 | 1 | 1.56% | marillion |
| 18 | 1 | 1.56% | porcupine tree |
| 19 | 1 | 1.56% | punk eek |
| 20 | 1 | 1.56% | sudoku creating puzzle |
OK Qtek I get, Marillion is fine and I’m pleased to see punk eek and alphadoku. But funny lessons from mishaps? Goat sheep on the farm? No idea, sorry - perhaps a deep insight into my psyche.
No sheep jokes, please.
Edit: I take it all back - those phrases do indeed link to the site. Well I never.
Just back from <>0
Actually it was Barcelona - but all I saw of it were some street signs in Spanish (and probably Catalan), on my way from airport to hotel, then from hotel to airport the next morning. That was my choice as things are a bit busy at the moment, but a shame nonetheless as it’s a great city. Bizarrely, I had to throw away my disposable razor on the way out, only to buy another exactly the same once I was through security. Explain that one.
H at Riffs Bar 01/10/20060
Having missed all of the h-natural gigs for reasons of just being too darn busy, I was delighted to be able to catch Mr Hogarth at Riffs on Sunday Night. It was one man and his Yamaha keyboard, playing a mix of Elvis and The Beatles, Tim Buckley and a few tracks from Marillion. Actually, it wasn’t just him - Swindon’s own guitar hero and “chum” Dave Gregory joined h on stage for a couple of songs, a sublime Sound of the Siren and XTC’s The Loving.
Which was nice. Actually there was more to it - the Buckley-esque Gabby Young put on an admirable support performance. It was all in a good cause as well, being part of the Oxjam music event. Shmokin’.
Cotswolds to Capetown0
Just back from my local, to see Nick and Nick as they set off to Cape Town on motorbikes. Emotions were kept in check until the helmets went on, at which point it was best they got on their way. Nick Graham is raising money for an anorexia charity, and Nick Clarke for Leukaemia research. More soon but for now here’s a link to their site, you can follow where they get to on their blog (they have a Blackberry).
