Fantastic playing from Reed Rage in Fitzhead on Saturday.
House Bites
A friend has joined www.housebites.com. It’s where you order takeway food from home cooks. People cook food for you in their home kitchens. Housebites provide the online menu, taking the order and the money, and the delivery. It’s all very ‘social’ so you get feedback, ratings, twitter and so on. Cuban anyone?
Wimbledon book club
At Wimbledon Station. Unfortunately locked at 10pm on a Friday night
Steam Train news
As part of our regular feature on new steam trains, I’m happy to announce that the second new oil-fired steam locomotive meant for the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) rolled out from the Golden Rock Railway Workshop on Monday.
You can read more at TheHindu.com.
Cold start
Thats the time and temperature in our bedroom. Bit of a cold start this morning! No heating in my place – not normally needed, but this is the chilliest its been for a long time.
Yeeeeeeeee Sang!
Software I can’t do without
Over the years my computer toolbar has established a small number of programs that I use all the time. I would like to use free* software every time, but there are some tools I use for work that I just can’t replicate with a free alternative. Some of the versions I use are ancient by today’s standards but do the job for me.
My most used software 2012
| Free* | Commercial |
|---|---|
| Thunderbird | SecureCRT (SSH client) |
| Firefox | WSPing ProPack |
| WinSCP | Navicat (MySQL management) |
| OpenOffice | MS RemoteDesktop |
| Dropbox | TextPad |
| Pidgin (instant messenger) | Fireworks |
*Free has two meanings in the world of computer software
- Free (as in beer) – this means at no cost. You get the software for nothing.
- Free (as in speech) – this means not closed, proprietary. You could take a aprt the software and rewrite it if you wanted to, and this is explicitly allowed.
Why not let me know what software you can’t live without, by filling in the comment box below.
Battersea Bridge
Ball
Had a lovely night on Saturday at the Battersea. Police Ball.
Great night. And they even played old fashioned (i.e. 20th Century) music. Which was nice.
Ice Skating
Streatham Ice Rink has a faded look to it, but despite that it’s thriving. There has been an ice rink in Streatham (South London, UK) since 1931 but this came under threat this year with massive redevelopment plans. Thanks to the tireless campaigning of local people, this part of South London will continue to have an ice rink both during and after the redevelopment.
A temporary rink is due to be built on Pope’s Road, Brixton for two and a half years and then towards the end of 2013, a new permanent rink will open.
There will be a Closing Gala at Streatham on Sunday 18th December 2011 starting at 4pm with a Gala performance from 4 to 6pm followed by a party on the ice until 8pm. Tickets will be £7.50 to include the Gala, the skate afterwards and skate hire if required. For more details see Gala Poster.
Please come along to watch, skate or both. It is a chance to celebrate the long life of the much-loved 1931 building and mark the end of one era and the start of the next.
This will be the last day of operation of the rink. The temporary rink will be open on Monday 19th December.
