tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76167298928638319562012-02-07T15:41:13.783ZThe half heard mutterings of a Kiwi a long, long way from home.@sourcecraftnoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-91608384333008030982010-11-02T16:14:00.000Z2010-11-04T00:12:13.280Z

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Weighs in at 3.9kg at 3.46am 2/11/2010. All tired but well.

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Locals and Tourists #1 (GTWA #2): LondonOriginally uploaded by Eric FischerA beautiful, strangely absorbing photo of London, as photographed by Locals and Tourists.Blue pictures are by locals. Red pictures are by tourists. Yellow pictures might be by either.Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SAUploaded by Eric Fischer on 5 Jun 10, 5.27PM BST.Thanks to JoshuaJNoble for the tip.

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Summary: Scam artists in Africa are setting up fake hostel listings in order to get paid big deposits for World Cup 2010 accommodation that does not exist.Please make sure you triple check any accommodation you book for the World Cup before you pay!New Zealand's football team, the All Whites, qualified for the World Cup 2010 on November 14th this year, and my friend Jared and I are lucky enough

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They say you only get 15 minutes of fame, me, I got about 60 seconds. New Zealand held the first ever parliamentary debate using questions from Youtube during the 2008 election. Jo and I were in Budapest at the time, so we shot a question each in a scenic spot and sent them in. I had no idea they were going to use mine until one night, in Morocco somewhere, i checked my email and got about 50 "

Adriannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-61323954746477919202008-07-01T23:24:00.008+01:002008-07-01T23:50:36.086+01:00

Then its good enough for me!I've HAD IT WITH NOKIA.Nokia - your N series phones ALL SUCK GOAT.I got sent this video ad today, for the Apple iPhone 3G and I was considering it anyway, but now... I'm in the virtual queue at the O2 store. Twice, even.All it needs is a decent Flash player. That will come. And the camera sucks. But I can live with that. It turns out the Nokia N-Series phone camera

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Those of you that know Adrian are probably not surprised he finds this funny."Verily," the Lord said unto me, "lifteth 250 pounds on the bench press. Thine number of repetitions shall be eight.""Lord," I replied, "this burden is too great, as I have injured my right wrist whilst doing curls.""My son," the Lord replied, "place your burden unto me. I shall be your strength, your rock, your light

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It was the Monday night following a great weekend, and what better way to wind down than heading down to the Royal Albert Hall to catch a true great of modern rock music laying down some fine new tunes. Mark Knopfler.You might remember him as the last popular musician before plastic surgery was invented, or perhaps that guy with the headband. My father raised me on Dire Straits, so I remember

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Our friend Abbe did something totally original for her birthday - she took a lucky group of friends, including us, on a guided walk through Highgate, in North London.We saw sites of interest including where both Dickens and Coleridge used to live, several pubs of note and almost a cemetery. Finished off with a great meal at a local meze place. It was a very fun day. Thanks Abbe!Here are 11

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On a sunny Sunday just gone, our friends Jared and Damian, and Jo and I all went along to see a days worth of cricket at the famous Lords, here in London.We had a great day, especially as upon reading the ticket we learnt we could bring in a bottle of wine each. Seemed a shame not to, so we took full advantage and kicked back for a session in the sun.England batted mostly, there were a few well

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Portishead at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, 10 April 2008.Jo, D, Ishbel, Simon and me headed on down to Hammersmith for a gig we'd been waiting for nearly ten years to arrive. Portishead. You remember them. Anguish stretched taut over a jazzy guitar led threepiece, with a DJ thrown in. Hadn't done a new album in nearly ten years. For this gig, the new album, "Third", hadn't even been released.

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The Black Crowes at Brixton Academy 9 April 2008.A few weeks ago on a typical Wednesday night, we went along to the Black Crowes gig at Brixton Academy. They came on on the dot of nine and played the jammy blues rock set you'd expect, focussing mainly on songs from "Southern Harmony and Musical Companion" and a few tracks from the newer albums whose names I don't think I ever knew.Brixton was

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-16760580111447771742008-04-09T12:49:00.006+01:002008-06-26T09:13:47.104+01:00

Hey all, just a quick note from my seat at Adobe's OnAIR London event.OnAIR is a one day free conference from Adobe, showcasing their new AIR product (AIR allows you to deploy Flex and or HTML/CSS/JavaScript to the desktop, as a native application). Its cool tech and I think its going to be an emerging technology in the RIA space. These guys have been touring around Europe and there are still

Adriannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-32052447859225172742007-09-11T20:54:00.000+01:002007-09-11T21:15:38.205+01:00

As you might know, one of the ways I keep myself amused is by shooting and editing our own travel videos, from when J and I go off travelling. Sounds good huh? But I have found (much like blog posts!) that shooting is easy, but editing and finishing them takes a lot of time, especially for a slacker like me ;-) yeah I know, blame the slacking.... but its true!So anyway - without further ado -

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Our friends Bek and D joined Jo and I for the show put on by a living legend.So legendary in fact at one point he changed his brand to a symbol.This is also the gig A has most come close to being thrown out for filming at. I've got a cellphone and its not very good but the admittedly very polite young man took me outside and was firm about such matters.Quite firm.So these aren't a couple of

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-24764990133019587102007-08-09T19:00:00.008+01:002008-07-02T00:12:39.712+01:00

Jo, I, Roger, Mary and Sandra went along to the Royal Albert Hall to see BBC Prom 36: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.This was a world premiere of a new work composed specifically for the Proms series.Here is what the BBC had to say:Walton himself conducted the premiere of his warmly lyrical Viola Concerto, in a Proms concert that featured Paul Hindemith as soloist. While Walton, still early in

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-44505176089343470082007-07-30T19:30:00.008+01:002008-06-26T09:14:26.635+01:00

This night it was another in the continuing series of Eighties heavy metal acts you think you remember. Tonight - the Scorpions.For me, Scorpions are fairly summed up by the tune "Rock You Like A Hurricane". This is an absolute head banging tennis racket smashing testosterone festival of a tune, and when I was more acne than human many years ago I simply adored it. And to be fair, I still

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-82841933783505818852007-07-29T21:33:00.002+01:002008-05-19T21:53:45.539+01:00

This Saturday I went to my employers premises to baby sit an update of the software system I work on. Things went reasonably smoothly which is always good.I work in Canary Wharf at the global headquarters of a bank. I still find it an impressive building. I work on the 36th floor.This is how my building looks from the front.And then that Saturday afternoon and then again on Sunday afternoon, J

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-44536470280754074932007-07-22T22:24:00.001+01:002008-07-01T23:54:20.832+01:00

This weekend Jo and I stole off to Brighton for the weekend.Our Irish friend Peadar also came down to help keep us entertained.We had a great relaxing weekend and it was over too soon. We went down to see Fulham play Brighton in a pre-season friendly on the Friday night, so we jumped on the train straight after work.Other highlights includedfinding a GREAT wee bar, the Fish Bowl, that had party

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17th July, 2007, Shepherds Bush Empire, LondonPerhaps it was because it was Sunday, perhaps we were tired, or perhaps its mostly because this Frank Black guy is a) a bit past it and b) really needs a decent band to play in front of.Cut it however you like, but Frank Black's gig tonight (solo, not with the Pixies!) was a bit of a disappointment.Highlights were few and far between, but I'll go with

Adriannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-23362894811525104642007-07-17T00:25:00.001+01:002007-07-23T22:24:56.856+01:00

OK so some people (well, one person) are forever pointing out how my personal website, iceknife.com, has been saying "This site is undergoing a major revamp - please bear with us!" for simply ages.I have finally begun designing for the Web 2.0 release of iceknife.com.You are no doubt thinking - what does that mean? Well I am glad you asked.I want to achieve three things with this upgrade:I want

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Summertime rolls on, and tonight was another outdoor gig infusion, but this time with a difference. We'd never heard of the main act... we paid to get in based on his support band.And the venue. More on the venue later. First the band:Beth Orton was I admit the primary reason for going in the first place. Ethereal vocals, a good grasp on the fundamentals of great songwriting and an adept acoustic

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My friend D pointed out the new Flight of the Conchords TV series.I have only heard these guys in audio before, their radio set on the BBC was really funny! My first look at the show looks just as good.Have a look at this latest scene from their 4th episode on HBO:[you may need to click on the Play button]

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OMFG. Just in case there was any doubt - Metallica know how to rock!Last night we went to see Metallica at Wembley (you can buy the gig or you can email me for it). We also heard a couple of support bands. First up was Machine Head (very loud, but too messy, their sound was just a big wash of growl and if there was a tune in there somewhere.... it got hidden!) and just before the main act was

Adriannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7616729892863831956.post-41811097143430575352007-07-07T12:00:00.000+01:002008-07-02T00:13:14.266+01:00

Yesterday J0 and I went to the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London. Brilliant show.It was a nice hot day with plenty of sun, we had tickets in the Club Wembley section (VIP area of the stadium, even has comfy leather seats!) and a top view.The concert itself was surprisingly well organised and ran more or less perfectly to time.Some personal highlights: Genesis, Snow Patrol, Black

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