Don’t just do it… B&Q it! By Nic Price on 7 February 2005 — 1 min read Congratulations to British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur who a few moments ago tonight sailed her boat (the B&Q) in to the history books. She sets a new solo round the world sailing record of 71 days 14 hours, knocking a day and a half off the previous record set last year by French sailor Francis Joyon.... More
Jury selection in the trial of Michael Jackson By Nic Price on 6 February 2005 — 1 min read Knock Knock Who’s there? Michael Jackson Michael Jackson who? You’re on the jury! Joke heard on this morning’s Broadcasting House on BBC Radio 4 They’ve got a point More
Where the dill grows By Nic Price on 5 February 2005 — 1 min read On lordshiplane.co.uk the following from a book titled East Dulwich by John D Beasley: In A View of Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell around 1300 Rosemary Warhurst records that in 1340 there was a hamlet called Est Dilewissh where William Mabuhs, a marshall, sold houses, gardens, arable lands, heath and enclosures to John Leverich. This was... More
Hot stuff By Nic Price on 4 February 2005 — 1 min read Marylebone High Street wasabi strength chart with your take away sushi… Japanese Canteen (strongest) Pret a Manger Tesco Waitrose Boots More
Ivan Noble – “not defeated” By Nic Price on 29 January 2005 — 1 min read Ivan Noble has posted his final “tumour diary” entry. Ivan is a technology journalist at the BBC. He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in 2002 and has kept an online diary of his life since. He has become too ill to write. His final plea: I will end with a plea. I still... More
Minor diversion By Nic Price on 27 January 2005 — 1 min read We were talking earlier about a radio programme I wish I’d heard yesterday. Apparently someone has been researching in to whether our association of minor keys in music with melancholy or sadness is innate or caused by conditioning. Their conclusion is that it’s something we’re born with. I’d never stopped to think about it before,... More
Localism By Nic Price on 25 January 2005 — 1 min read I’m interested in learning more about localism. I want to find out what it means, and how its meaning varies from context to context. In economics, politics, food and agriculture, broadcasting and religion both here in the UK and elsewhere in the world. This is the current Wikipedia definition of localism: Localism usually describes social... More
One or two things that interest me By Nic Price on 23 January 2005 — 1 min read In no particular order… London Learning to cook Cycling Design (of anything and everything) Windsurfing The history of communication How things work Running The development of language More
Setting up a WordPress blog on PlusNet By Nic Price on 22 January 2005 — 2 mins read I’ve been getting around to setting up a blog for ages… One of the things that’s put me off is making a decision on what software to go with, what account type to buy etc. etc. I was pointed towards WordPress by another PlusNet user in the discussion forum and so I thought I’d have... More