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Are you at risk of flooding?

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:03:19 GMT

The damage due to the flooding here in UK is still all over the news, but unfortunately, the worst may still not be over! There's still a load of water that presumably still has to come down the Thames to London...

The environment agency has a useful little utility that lets you check what the risk of flooding is in your area and see a map. Just enter your post code.

Tags: flood, London

You can't afford a decent logo for London 2012?!

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:52:23 GMT

When the original bid to host the Olympics in 2012 was accepted there was already a perfectly good logo. A bit boring perhaps, but, you know, it wasn't humiliating... it didn't show complete ineptitude. Now they've gone and replaced it with something that looks like a broken swastika. Over 80% of 17000+ votes cast on the BBC website give it the wooden spoon.

Come on guys! The budget is ~~£2.4bn (July 2005)~~ £9.35bn (March 2007)!

Tags: Olympics, London 2012, logo

Flora London Marathon

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:36:08 GMT

I was pretty tired after last year's London Marathon. I didn't run in it, but I did do some exercise that day :) Anyway... this Sunday is when it comes around again. It's always great to have a lie-in, wake up, flick on the TV and see lots of people sweating it out. Good on them! There are lots of people running for some great causes.

Tags: London, marathon, charity

London 2.0

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:01:40 GMT

"Some of the web's most innovative developers might want to check the temperature when they arrive for the Future of Web Apps conference this week -- in tech circles, this city is getting hot again."

London's developers and entrepreneurs should find this article quite encouraging!

Tags: London, startup, developer, entrepreneur

Walking on water in London

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:02:26 GMT

I think I'd probably fall in if I tried this.

Tags: London

London 2012

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:06:44 GMT

Yay! The Olympics are coming to London! Where can I get tickets for the beach volleyball?

Tags: London 2012, Olympics

South Africa

Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:53:06 GMT

Question: Where in the world can you see 100 football matches being played in one place on one day?

Answer: Hackney Marshes, NE London. There you'll find no fewer than 87 full-size football pitches. Tomorrow I'm going to be playing there so before I head off for an early night let's get something down for Sept... My slackness is probably due to this festival of sport we've had recently and I've been caught right up in it. We've done pretty brilliantly. Two wins in the football, a massacre in the rugby and a drawn test series in the cricket. Not a bad effort. Must say though that in the cricket had we been playing away in South Africa it might've been a different story. I still remember going on tour there and us not winning a single game... It was still a great tour though. If you've never been to SA it's well worth going. I remember seeing some of the guys in the national teams of SA (including Mr Cronje) and Oz (including Mr Warne) by chance in our hotel at Port Elizabeth. Durban's very cool, so was the Waterfront at Cape Town and so was Stellenbosch... actually all of the Garden Route was great - apart from a dodgy braai here and there... But now I'm rambling! Clearly I need a holiday. Must go back one day, Ja!

Tags: football, London

Security checks

Sun, 09 Mar 2003 11:27:37 GMT

I had to take some Taiwanese clients on the (British Airways) London Eye yesterday. We all loved it, it's fantastic. I took some photos too. It's great the way they make out you're actually going on a real aeroplane, checking in etc. Mind you they did do a security check and everything, and each capsule was scanned by people with metal detectors before people can get on. The check on my bag wasn't very thorough. Maybe they're just looking for people who look a bit like this guy (inset).

Tags: London Eye, photo

Observations of a Marathon Runner

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 23:25:47 GMT

(...in training)

1) Geese attack you (at least the ones in Regent's Park do when you get close to them)
2) Whereas most people "hit the wall" after about 15-20 miles, I hit it at about the 2 mile mark...
3) Athlete's Foot, Tennis Elbow and Housemaid's Knee are nothing compared to "Jogger's Nipple." That'll teach me for running in a shirt with a logo on it!

Tags: London, marathon

Entry 77

Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:08:33 GMT

Still haven't done any sort of training for the London Marathon... I need to have (to quote a Friends line) "The Fear." Besides, my application will probably get rejected and well, some people take training just far too seriously!

Tags: London, marathon