Having been introduced to them by their supporting Placebo I’ve been looking out for The Mirror Trap. Happily they have been on their own little tour and saw them play a slightly more compact venue in Our Black Heart over Camden way.
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Subtitle: How the IOP made me feel old!
The IOP AGM is coming up soon. As part of the announcement the usual sort of bumph is mailed out, including a list of candidates for various positions. Among those names, standing for “Vice-President, Science & Innovation”, one is quite familiar. Sarah Thompson was my internal examiner for my PhD, and seeing her name made me realise it is a little over ten years since, as part of a life which seems long ago, I wrote a blog post saying trust me.
I’ve decided there should be bubble wrap condoms
Insanely impressive “found timelapse”
Some figures for thought Previous comment, on abstaining, willingness if it counts (and post analysis—pity we didn’t get a worthwhile PR proposal) So the Conservatives end up with a majority, which in itself is a disappointment. But should they have done? The answer is obviously no, looking at the popular Continue reading …
So apparently Carver thinks he’s the best coach in the Premier League.
Mourinho is the Special One John, not just special. #NUFC #CarverOut
There’s a new toy around (from Microsoft of all people) which takes a photograph of a face and tries to work out your age. Just for kicks I fed it a couple of snap shots. I was quite pleased with the first result, which decided I was a youthful 28 from this photo:
Ian with cathedral background
The next go wasn’t so happy though, as this:
Excited to be at a castle
gave 38 (which does happen to be right, though I’m not sure how much of that was luck!).
Hah, another couple tries:
Both return 27, so year, older than I look 🙂
Quite a good view of the hotel too
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. Oh we do like to be beside the sea. Especially on an Easter weekend, which is why Heather and I went to Hastings. I’d never been before, while it is a childhood haunt of Heather’s, so she was acting as guide as we had fun by the sea.
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