David Blaine

It took us 3 hrs to drive back to Surbiton from central London on Sun night and I blame it all on magic man. Why starve yourself for 44 days? And why do it in London? And why why WHY do it beside a bottle-neck like Tower Bridge? On a day when they were going to have a mock chemical attack and there was cricket at the Oval. Anyway, I reckon he's eating insects... or maybe his cage is edible, like a see-through gingerbread house. What an idiot - although I'd have to admit if I was going to be paid £5m for sitting and doing nothing for 6 weeks I might consider it...

Tags: David Blaine, magic

South Africa

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... <reminiscing> 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!</reminiscing>

Related: football, London

Nimisis Webcam

Been messing about on a video capture project for the best part of two weeks now. What fun! I've caught the IT manager scratching his backside in one mpg, a guy in sales doing a very strange dance down the corridor and a colleague picking his nose and sneezing (truly shocking when viewed in super-slo-mo). All this playing has shown me that writing a little webcam program isn't that hard, so I've knocked one up right here on nimisis. (See the webcam link on the right of the page?) So now you can watch me ~~scratching my backside~~... not in video though, just a snap every couple of minutes. Well, when it's up and running. I'm not going to run it all the time though. I only live in a studio flat and I might forget it was on when I'm turning in for the night... the world may not yet be ready to see me na*ed.

Cheeky I know but I'm hoping that this phrase (let me remind you, it was "see me na*ed") will boost my search engine rankings a bit! All for the wrong reasons I know, but hey...

Brian Johnston's "Legover" commentary

Ah, it brings joy to my heart when England win a test match... I found this today - it's a little clip that has also brought joy to many people's hearts (even though it's about an English batsman getting out...). Yes, it's Brian Johnston's famous "leg over" clip.

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Tags: England, cricket, Leg Over, Brian Johnston

Two and a half months since my last post... but I'm back. I've been very busy - have been to Paris, Taiwan, Woking and Oldham (clearly the last two were the highlights), moved house to Surbiton and had a birthday. The new place is quite nice! If you're interested in a virtual tour, you can watch a little one minute video I've taken of it. It's a big file though - 9.2MB so please right click here and "Save Target As..." (whatever you want).

Related: Taiwan

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If you managed to watch last night's "The West Wing" you might have heard Mr President Martin Sheen say that "behind Kashmir Taiwan is just about the most dangerous place on Earth." Well, that may be a slight exageration but being half Taiwanese I found a good quick timeline of US-China-Taiwan relations for those interested here.

Finding Nemo

Judging by the trailers it's seems safe to say that fans of Toy Story and Monster's Inc won't be disappointed by Pixar's latest film - Finding Nemo.

Related: Pixar, Finding Nemo

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