division6 » Observational http://www.division6.co.uk/wp Armand David's personal weblog: technology, media, food, stuff and nonsense. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:50:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Summer has officially arrived http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2007/04/12/summer-has-officially-arrived/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2007/04/12/summer-has-officially-arrived/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:40:04 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2007/04/12/summer-has-officially-arrived/ To all my non-UK readers, the temperature in London is a balmy 18 degrees. You can tell by the heat and, more to the point, the fact that EVERYONE is out on the streets of London taking advantage of it to shop. And the tourists are out too. Oxford Street was absurd today.

London in the summertime… Call me now use the satellite…

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2007/03/01/pubs-with-gold-leaf-trim/feed/ 0 Christmas en route http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/11/15/christmas-en-route/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/11/15/christmas-en-route/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:35:40 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/11/15/christmas-en-route/ I normally get a bit frustrated with the commercialisation of Christmas; carols playing in September, lights up from August, freelance Santa Clauses job-hunting from June… but this year, due to my ongoing refusal to shop on any high street, I’ve not really noticed anything.

In part to help recover from post-holiday anticlimaxia (a well known condition), I have bought the Barenaked Ladies holiday album, which I listened to on the way in to work this morning.

Made me smile.

Of course, I then noticed the second Christmas thing of the season… An Ann Summers windowfront with a Sexy Santarina in it. It seemed somehow apt.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/09/28/lynx-dry-advert/feed/ 0 Cycling off the night before http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/09/10/cycling-off-the-night-before/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/09/10/cycling-off-the-night-before/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:21:49 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/09/10/cycling-off-the-night-before/ Man, cycled for about an hour and a half today. Which was cool – just surprising as my ‘winging’ it policy completely failed to stand up as I got lost in West London on my way to Portobello. Still, in the end I made it and enjoyed the scenic route. And I managed to fix Arvind’s wifi (well, mostly) which was geekily satisfying.

How I was able to cycle for an hour and a half given the lack of sleep (was out till the small hours at a v. fun birthday party on Sat…) is really beyond me, though.

Oh, at said party Lou inferred that I say ‘man’ too much. Which is probably a fair criticism. And Pob told me off for starting a sentence with ‘so…’. Apparently doing this makes me not only American, but a Microsoft Employee. I’ll resist in future ;).

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/09/10/cycling-off-the-night-before/feed/ 1 Brrrrrrrrrrr http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/30/brrrrrrrrrrr/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/30/brrrrrrrrrrr/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:47:45 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/30/brrrrrrrrrrr/ Whoever said it would be a hotter August than it was a July, you’re an idiot. Damn I’m cold. Had to dig up my slippers tonight just to walk around the flat.

[sigh]. Looks like the Summer is properly over. It’s starting to get dark on the way back from work, the weather sucks and I can feel my S.A.D. kicking in. Have to counter by spending lots of time in rooms where you don’t notice the weather – bars, cinemas, work… etc.

Given how September and October seem to be lining up, that probably won’t be a problem…

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Matt seemed to think that they shut out external sources of light so betters in residence wouldn’t notice the passage of time in the outside world, which seems rational enough in that respect… but if these guys are watching races/football matches, etc, they’ll know exactly what time it is…

Ah, ’tis a wonderful and variegated world we live in. The best I can hope for is that the Ladbroke’s faces the same end that the three preceding coffee shops that inhabited that space did: lack of custom.

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Ah, self-discipline through needless technical jiggery pokery. Or is that just another form of procrastination, and I should just find some willpower. Who knows?

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So if I’ve left you a message saying something about the wheel, or the view… that was the inspiration. Share and enjoy, that’s my motto…

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Whilst it seems I’m emotionally capable of sustaining a lot of friends, I think I’m only logistically capable of managing about 5. So apologies – will hopefully get back to you all soon!

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/04/admin-day/feed/ 0 R/Micky = Ace Rimmer http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/01/rmicky-ace-rimmer/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/01/rmicky-ace-rimmer/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:59:03 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/01/rmicky-ace-rimmer/ Ok, so am quite tired and aware the blog posts are getting less structured, but wanted to get this thought down before it faded into meaninglessness in my notebook. Ricky (or is it Mickey) from the new Dr Who is the equivalent of Rimmer/Ace Rimmer from Red Dwarf, don’t you think? At least if you’ve seen the Cybermen episodes… A moment of redemption for a lifetime of mediocrity. That’s the stuff.

More thought through post on the greatness of the new Dr Who series to come (with the possible exception of the Cybermen episodes, although the jury’s out on that one); when I’m feeling less knackered.

Crikey, some geeky posts tonight. Gaming and Dr Who. Tomorrow I will post about women and sport and, erm, BEER, to prove my manliness. Oh yeah…

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/01/rmicky-ace-rimmer/feed/ 0 Blood-pink wine http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/24/blood-pink-wine/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/24/blood-pink-wine/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:23:23 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=311 Last night I had a vivid dream that I was on holiday, somewhere mountainous in the Mediterranean, tasting blood-pink wine at €9 a bottle from a very odd off-license.

It wasn’t half bad.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/24/blood-pink-wine/feed/ 0 All these bathrobes, everywhere. What’s that about? http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/15/all-these-bathrobes-everywhere-whats-that-about/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/15/all-these-bathrobes-everywhere-whats-that-about/#comments Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:43:44 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=294 Towelling, mostly.

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