Running track question By Nic Price on 23 January 2007 — 1 min read Why do we run in an anticlockwise direction on a running track? Has it always been anticlockwise? Is it clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere? [No, actually scrap that] Does it mean top athletes’ descendants will have shorter left legs than right? [Actually scrap that one too] More
Norwegian wood or fake plastic trees? By Nic Price on 10 December 2006 — 1 min read A good excuse for a musical reference, but this isn’t to do with choosing between the Beatles and Radiohead. I was just wondering what kind of Christmas tree we should be buying this year. With all the recent mention of carbon footprints, are we doing more for the environment buying the traditional Norwegian Spruce or... More
Lost but for words By Nic Price on 10 December 2006 — 1 min read I can tell Wordie has the potential to become highly addictive for all the right reasons even if I haven’t quite understood the point yet… Wordie lets you make lists of words — practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. See who else has listed the same words, add citations and comments, and... More
Funeral Parlour question By Nic Price on 10 December 2006 — 1 min read Why are funeral parlours so often on street corners? My folks were discussing this recently and have a theory about access/parking of hearses, which used to be horse-drawn. Enough to drive you round the bend 😉 More
A case for more cycle lanes… if anyone can be bothered… By Nic Price on 12 October 2006 — 2 mins read On Tuesday morning at precisely 8 o’clock I crashed in to the back of a moped on my bicycle. And it hurt. The moped had just overtaken me and then braked sharply in front of me to turn left at the junction of the Old Kent Road – in the direction of Elephant & Castle... More
All change at the local By Nic Price on 21 September 2006 — 1 min read The Herne Tavern in East Dulwich has just been ‘palmerstoned’ – good food if a bit pricey. The garden has been landscaped in to teletubbyland. Actually it looks pretty stunning. And it’s 100% child-friendly – the play area’s still there. More
Howies – enormous talking frog story By Nic Price on 12 September 2006 — 1 min read “I get it!” said the Wealthy Industrialist. “We tell all the fish and frogs to live upstream!” “Not exactly,” said the Frog. “We pass a Law to make you take your fresh water from downstream of the factory, so you become responsible for cleaning up the water after you’ve used it.” “Won’t that involve me... More
East Dulwich blogs like buses on Lordship Lane By Nic Price on 19 August 2006 — 1 min read You wait for ages and then two come along at once! Via my bloglines subscription to a Technorati search for “East Dulwich” I’ve juts found a couple of new blogs. se22man (“living it up in SE22, east dulwich stylee, centre of the universe”) and east dulwich life (which led me also to camberwellonline which is... More
Job title mash up By Nic Price on 1 August 2006 — 1 min read The BBC is currently advertising for an “On-Demand Scheduler” (n.b. this link will self-destruct on 15th August) The idea of scheduling on-demand content struck me as oddly amusing. More
Jacky’s on a mission By Nic Price on 1 August 2006 — 1 min read Congratulations to my friend Jacky on going live with her Nutrition Mission website. It looks great 🙂 More