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Sep. 14th, 2010 03:45 pmNot something you see every day:
(apparently for the premiere of The Other Guys which is this evening at the Vue)
(apparently for the premiere of The Other Guys which is this evening at the Vue)
Swiss Centre demolition
Sep. 4th, 2008 12:43 pmUploaded a rough version of the Swiss Centre demolition timelapse to youtube
direct link
It looked a lot better before it went through youtube! I have a 5 MB .mov file which I will see about putting somewhere.
direct link
It looked a lot better before it went through youtube! I have a 5 MB .mov file which I will see about putting somewhere.
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May. 12th, 2008 08:05 pmThis afternoon, a giant dragon robot is eating the Swiss Centre. It apparently likes to chomp on steel-reinforced concrete. This is very exciting.
It was furiously attacking the building all afternoon, causing severe vibration in our building on the opposite side of the road. It ate quite a lot.
pictures of the building in various states of destruction
It was furiously attacking the building all afternoon, causing severe vibration in our building on the opposite side of the road. It ate quite a lot.
pictures of the building in various states of destruction
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Mar. 11th, 2008 04:46 pmswiss centre demolition has properly started. they've got rid of the cooling tower on the lower roof (the building is a three storey or so long building, with a skyscraper poking out of part of it), in bits, with their giant crane. they also used their giant crane to move a JCB onto the roof, which was today hacking at concrete. maybe the JCB will cut a big circle in the concrete and then fall inside the building?
yet they still sell tickets out of it.
yet they still sell tickets out of it.
stop the clocks
Oct. 18th, 2007 10:08 amthe chimey thing failed to go off yesterday. several times. hurrah!
visited parents at weekend. mapped thurnby, bushby and scraptoft to more-or-less completion. also, bit of evington. linky
have been doing some piecing together of evidence regarding the history of the roads. ( boring )
there was a woman on the tube this morning reading tuesday's horoscope. i was trying to decide whether this is more or less silly than reading today's.
visited parents at weekend. mapped thurnby, bushby and scraptoft to more-or-less completion. also, bit of evington. linky
have been doing some piecing together of evidence regarding the history of the roads. ( boring )
there was a woman on the tube this morning reading tuesday's horoscope. i was trying to decide whether this is more or less silly than reading today's.
you couldn't make it up
Jul. 23rd, 2007 06:06 pmA coven of witches was today claiming victory after developers changed the name of a £350 million shopping centre after a year-long dispute.
"Highcross Quarter" was a pretty feeble name anyway, although mildly better than "The Shires". Although the neopagan website is claiming primacy, it is interesting to note that it registered its domain name on July 14, 2006. This is also the day that the new name of the shopping centre was published in the local paper, the Leicester Mercury. This seems rather a coincedence.
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Jul. 23rd, 2006 10:56 pmi went to leicester yesterday. being the clever abi i was i bought a return ticket. oops. i returned by car, of course, with lots of dvds and books and also a television, which is now in the front room. it feels a bit less like i'm an intruder now i have stuff in that room.
after this i explored. this consisted of going down the A10 and spending time in a couple of pubs in Stoke Newington whilst reading graphic novels. in the first one (the Rochester Castle, a weatherspoons), I got talking to a couple of random people, including someone who was using long words and then correcting himself and using short ones instead. which is a bit interesting. The second pub (the Coach and Horses) seemed very nice and had good music.
i shall detail graphic novels i have read lately:
( graphic novels i have read lately )
what should i be keeping my eyes peeled out for here? There's a whole bunch of Alan Moore related stuff out soon, i know (Black Dossier, Albion, Lost Girls)...
after this i explored. this consisted of going down the A10 and spending time in a couple of pubs in Stoke Newington whilst reading graphic novels. in the first one (the Rochester Castle, a weatherspoons), I got talking to a couple of random people, including someone who was using long words and then correcting himself and using short ones instead. which is a bit interesting. The second pub (the Coach and Horses) seemed very nice and had good music.
i shall detail graphic novels i have read lately:
( graphic novels i have read lately )
what should i be keeping my eyes peeled out for here? There's a whole bunch of Alan Moore related stuff out soon, i know (Black Dossier, Albion, Lost Girls)...
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Jul. 21st, 2006 09:46 pmtwo weeks now! and what a two weeks. i can report: folks at work seem lovely. office is nicely airconditioned, and a few times we've been out to Lincoln's Inn Fields to have sandwiches which is good :) the fields are a bit random, in the middle of central london to have a semi big park.
seem to have accidentally bought a lot of movies from the hmv and virgin sales. ho hum. still not seen superman yet!
( exploration )
there was a water leak on seven sisters road. i saw it yesterday morning: someone was working on it yesterday evening, and then this morning the entire junction and road had been sealed off near the leak "POLICE INNER CORDON". not sure if this is related.
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landvaettir. the highlight of the conversation has to be :
abigailb: oh, and i saw glamgothruthy at b-movie.
landvaettir: ah! and how is she?
tomorrow i shall be going to leicester, and i will be going to psychocandy in the evening. sunday i will be returning to london with More Stuff.
seem to have accidentally bought a lot of movies from the hmv and virgin sales. ho hum. still not seen superman yet!
( exploration )
there was a water leak on seven sisters road. i saw it yesterday morning: someone was working on it yesterday evening, and then this morning the entire junction and road had been sealed off near the leak "POLICE INNER CORDON". not sure if this is related.
this evening i went to see
landvaettir. the highlight of the conversation has to be :abigailb: oh, and i saw glamgothruthy at b-movie.landvaettir: ah! and how is she?tomorrow i shall be going to leicester, and i will be going to psychocandy in the evening. sunday i will be returning to london with More Stuff.
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Jul. 16th, 2006 03:02 pmjust about to head off to explore london a bit more. last night i went on a trip all the way to edmonton and back. i think this afternoon i shall be wandering in the opposite direction.
so, do any london people fancy going to see superman returns at some point?
so, do any london people fancy going to see superman returns at some point?
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Dec. 7th, 2005 11:53 amCSL yesterday was good. Average guess for number of sweeties was 140, a bit above the real figure of 110.
They seem to have started work on what used to be The Spread Eagle on Charles Street. Signage has been removed, it has been painted blackish, and it has a "TO LET : CAFE BAR/RESTUARANT" sign.
They seem to have started work on what used to be The Spread Eagle on Charles Street. Signage has been removed, it has been painted blackish, and it has a "TO LET : CAFE BAR/RESTUARANT" sign.
