My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Nicholas Clark wrote: So we will all have to ask you what it's like... Is it a company on this list? http://london.pm.org/advocacy/ No, its a, um, er, Django shop. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:16:53AM +, David Dorward wrote: David Dorward wrote: Hmm, I think that is on the way home from the job I start on Monday. Nice choice :) No! My brain is not functioning! The 8th is before next Monday! Your heretical brain thinks that there should be a social on the 3rd Thursday of the month? Or your ultra-orthodox brain thinks that there should be a social on every Thursday of the month? :-) [I can't think of any useful signal to add to the noise, so I'll pretend that I have some by linking to this very nice picture of a very nice looking pie that Billy took and made (respectively, but probably not in that order): http://flickr.com/photos/cowfish/3137913195/ It's even labeled, in case you have trouble identifying what it is.] Nicholas Clark
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:56:02PM +, the following was promulgated by Jasper: Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. I think everyone should start thinking about road use in terms more similar to the maritime 'rules of the road'[1]. As all the sympathies I build up for cyclists as a driver get blown away about once every six months when as a pedestrian I have to take emergency action to not be flattened by a nutter. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea -- Tony Kennick Web: http://www.pint.org.uk/ Blog: http://blog.pint.org.uk/ Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thegreatgonzo/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
2009/1/5 Paul Makepeace pa...@paulm.com: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Roger Burton West ro...@firedrake.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:13:48PM +, Paul Makepeace wrote: Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Seconded. Advice from a relatively new cyclist on request, or distilled at http://firedrake.org/roger/cycling/ . Cool. As a two-time Strida owner I can assure you they are most certainly _not_ gimmick bikes, esp. considering they've won a whole bunch of folding competitions beating Bromptons for folding speed (2s), maneuvrability, and something else I forget. I rode from West Hampstead to Mayfair (i.e. non-trivial distance) the other night, and can take it on buses, tubes, and trains with never any hassle, esp since they weigh 10kg. The newer Strida 5 is a nice improvement over its already-decent-but-slightly-sloppy previous incarnation. I used a Brompton solidly for a year, and while it was heavy, and had a very close-up riding position, which took a while to get used to, I liked it a lot. Until I made the terrible mistake of buying a large-ish motorcycle, and each time I get on the Brompton now I am utterly terrified. It feels tiny and ridiculously flimsy. Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. Jasper
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Sue Spence wrote: I'm just kidding of course. Congrats. Thanks Work is good, and so are new experiences I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Simon Wilcox es...@ourshack.com wrote: Robert Shiels wrote: I would love to have a go on a Strida so that I could give an opinion - I had a go on Paul's a few years ago and even though I'm only a couple of inches taller than he is (I'm 6' 4) it made a huge amount of difference, from really useful to very unstable with my knees knocking on the handlebars when cornering. I actually learnt something slightly counter-intuitive when I got my second one and was having the seat height adjusted which is that a lower seat is a bit better for taller people (on this bike) so you get knee-room. The cost of course is that your legs ride in a more folded position--may or may not be a problem. The guy that designed the Strida is 6'1. That said, you might just be too big! Next time I'm in London at a social I'll bring it along for anyone else 6'4 ;-) Paul, only 6' PS Brompton's are great; I didn't meant to suggest otherwise--my personal take is that if you are regularly riding 'proper' distances like 3mi and/or carrying luggage you probably want a Brompton. The Strida's use case is IMO more towards getting to/from the Tube/train/bus stop, buzzing around short-ish distances, but _can_ do longer distances if you need it. Which is a shame as I loved it in all other respects, nice and stable in a straight line, folds up really easily just couldn't go round corners whilst pedalling. YMMV etc etc. S.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 14:13, Paul Makepeace wrote: [...] Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Although if one is built like a typical programmer note that Notting Hill is actually on top of a hill, and it's not just a pretty place name. Also, I would assume that the journey doesn't actually start in Waterloo, but on an incoming South West Cattletruck service, which limits you to a Brompton rather than a real (motor|push)bike.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 14:13 +, Paul Makepeace wrote: Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. P, one minor accident in six years; 6,000+miles covered; god knows how much time saved I was extremely surprised the first few times I rode a motorbike through central London. Turns out drivers here often have far better awareness of the presence of two-wheelers, and are far more likely to helpfully move over / provide small gaps for you to sneak through / etc, than those in any of the other (large and small) towns I'd ridden in previously. That said, there are still plenty of blind / homicidal drivers out there too, so it's still best to keep your eyes wide open and your cynicism turned up to 11.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 2009-01-05 13:06, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: Sue Spence wrote: I'm just kidding of course. Congrats. Thanks Work is good, and so are new experiences I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? It certainly qualifies as an experience...* Take a good book, make sure your headphones are in working order and get ready to elbow... --James *Perhaps topped only by trying to catch the waterloo drain at 10 to 9 in the morning
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 13:06, David Dorward wrote: [...] I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? That lovely yellow circle on the Tube map looks awfully convenient to get around central London, but don't be tempted. What with passenger incidents, broken-down trains, lack of staff, signal failures, and whatnot, I'd be astonished if you even get to *see* a Circle Line train at rush hour. If you still persist in trying to catch one, I've got some goose grease and a shoe horn which will aid you in boarding. I don't need it now I'm CFT-enabled and don't need to go to Canary Wharf. I *strongly* suggest you look for a different route. TfL's route planner comes up with sensible routings once you disable busses. (When enabled, it seems to prefer to route people via bus where possible, presumably for traffic engineering or revenue maximisation reasons.)
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:13:48PM +, Paul Makepeace wrote: Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Seconded. Advice from a relatively new cyclist on request, or distilled at http://firedrake.org/roger/cycling/ . Roger
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Paul Makepeace wrote: Cool. As a two-time Strida owner I can assure you they are most certainly _not_ gimmick bikes, esp. considering they've won a whole bunch of folding competitions beating Bromptons for folding speed I would love to have a go on a Strida so that I could give an opinion - they don't look quite sturdy enough to me. I rode 10 miles a day for 2 years on a Brompton before it was so knackered it needed a real service, and heartily recommend them. They have a great resale value too - a friend just sold his on ebay for more than he paid for it. /R
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Robert Shiels wrote: I would love to have a go on a Strida so that I could give an opinion - I had a go on Paul's a few years ago and even though I'm only a couple of inches taller than he is (I'm 6' 4) it made a huge amount of difference, from really useful to very unstable with my knees knocking on the handlebars when cornering. Which is a shame as I loved it in all other respects, nice and stable in a straight line, folds up really easily just couldn't go round corners whilst pedalling. YMMV etc etc. S.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:53 PM, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: Peter Corlett wrote: I *strongly* suggest you look for a different route. TfL's route planner comes up with sensible routings once you disable busses. (When enabled, it seems to prefer to route people via bus where possible, presumably for traffic engineering or revenue maximisation reasons.) The alternatives would be, IIRC, to take the N. Line to TCR then change to the central line, or to take the Jubilee from Waterloo and get to the central line from there. (Target: Notting Hill Gate). Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. P, one minor accident in six years; 6,000+miles covered; god knows how much time saved -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 15:36, Jasper wrote: 2009/1/5 Tony Kennick 0995a06aaeaf6b70e79c3aafd6719...@half.pint.org.uk : On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:56:02PM +, the following was promulgated by Jasper: Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. I think everyone should start thinking about road use in terms more similar to the maritime 'rules of the road'[1]. As all the sympathies I build up for cyclists as a driver get blown away about once every six months when as a pedestrian I have to take emergency action to not be flattened by a nutter. Agreed. I'm always tempted to clothesline idiots blasting through pedestrian crossings at speed. Saw a lovely autolart at Oxford Circus before Christmas. Pedestrians milling across the road against the lights, eejit cyclist piles through, catches a woman's heel. His bike somersaulted and skidded down the but he just ended up standing in the road bikeless. And he *knew* he'd have been lynched if he'd got arsey. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
2009/1/5 Tony Kennick 0995a06aaeaf6b70e79c3aafd6719...@half.pint.org.uk: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:56:02PM +, the following was promulgated by Jasper: Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. I think everyone should start thinking about road use in terms more similar to the maritime 'rules of the road'[1]. As all the sympathies I build up for cyclists as a driver get blown away about once every six months when as a pedestrian I have to take emergency action to not be flattened by a nutter. Agreed. I'm always tempted to clothesline idiots blasting through pedestrian crossings at speed. -- Jasper
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
Nicholas Clark wrote: Your heretical brain thinks that there should be a social on the 3rd Thursday of the month? No, it thought that the Thursday after the first Wednesday of this month takes place in a week and a half's time. Or your ultra-orthodox brain thinks that there should be a social on every Thursday of the month? :-) Well, that too. [I can't think of any useful signal to add to the noise, so I'll pretend that I have some by linking to this very nice picture of a very nice looking pie http://flickr.com/photos/cowfish/3137913195/ Needs more desert. http://flickr.com/photos/dorward/2425869445/ -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Peter Corlett wrote: Although if one is built like a typical programmer note that Notting Hill is actually on top of a hill, and it's not just a pretty place name. Eeep. :) Also, I would assume that the journey doesn't actually start in Waterloo, but on an incoming South West Cattletruck service, which limits you to a Brompton rather than a real (motor|push)bike. South Eastern. It's the London Bridge - Waterloo East - Charing Cross route. -- David Dorward
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 14:17, Joel Bernstein wrote: [...] Rush hour on the deeplying tube lines is harmful to sanity. Be tall, large, wearing lots of black, carry earplugs and a solid book, and not be afraid to trample over people to get a seat, then they're just fine. If you think the deep-level lines are bad, try the City-bound platform at Fulham Broadway at 8am. (Ahh, that's one perk of being CFT-enabled.)
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
* at 05/01 14:39 + Paul Makepeace said: If you're going multi-modal folding bikes are the only way to go, IMO. (I've heard awful things about Dahon though, btw.) FWIW: I had a terrible experience with Bikefix, to the point of having me give them another, rhyming name... The advice I had from my brother who works in a bike shop was to buy a Brompton. He'd seen too many of the other makes they stocked come back broken. s
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:02:05AM +, David Dorward wrote: Edmund von der Burg wrote: Where are we going then? I've always liked this place: http://london.pm.org/meetings/locations/antelope.html Hmm, I think that is on the way home from the job I start on Monday. Nice choice :) So we will all have to ask you what it's like... Is it a company on this list? http://london.pm.org/advocacy/ Nicholas Clark
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Work is good, and so are new experiences I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? It certainly qualifies as an experience...* Hmmm... in the sense, Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want. -- Randy J. Ray Sunnyvale, CA http://www.rjray.org rj...@blackperl.com Silicon Valley Scale Modelers: http://www.svsm.org
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: Nicholas Clark wrote: So we will all have to ask you what it's like... Is it a company on this list? http://london.pm.org/advocacy/ No, its a, um, er, Django shop. sharp intake of breath I'm just kidding of course. Congrats. Work is good, and so are new experiences.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Peter Corlett wrote: I *strongly* suggest you look for a different route. TfL's route planner comes up with sensible routings once you disable busses. (When enabled, it seems to prefer to route people via bus where possible, presumably for traffic engineering or revenue maximisation reasons.) The alternatives would be, IIRC, to take the N. Line to TCR then change to the central line, or to take the Jubilee from Waterloo and get to the central line from there. (Target: Notting Hill Gate). -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
2009/1/5 David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk: The alternatives would be, IIRC, to take the N. Line to TCR then change to the central line, or to take the Jubilee from Waterloo and get to the central line from there. (Target: Notting Hill Gate). Have you considered a bicycle? Perhaps a folding one so you can take the tube home if the weather's horrible? Rush hour on the deeplying tube lines is harmful to sanity. /joel
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
David Dorward wrote: Hmm, I think that is on the way home from the job I start on Monday. Nice choice :) No! My brain is not functioning! The 8th is before next Monday! !! -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Jasper jaspermcc...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/5 Paul Makepeace pa...@paulm.com: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Roger Burton West ro...@firedrake.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:13:48PM +, Paul Makepeace wrote: Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Seconded. Advice from a relatively new cyclist on request, or distilled at http://firedrake.org/roger/cycling/ . Cool. As a two-time Strida owner I can assure you they are most certainly _not_ gimmick bikes, esp. considering they've won a whole bunch of folding competitions beating Bromptons for folding speed (2s), maneuvrability, and something else I forget. I rode from West Hampstead to Mayfair (i.e. non-trivial distance) the other night, and can take it on buses, tubes, and trains with never any hassle, esp since they weigh 10kg. The newer Strida 5 is a nice improvement over its already-decent-but-slightly-sloppy previous incarnation. I used a Brompton solidly for a year, and while it was heavy, and had a very close-up riding position, which took a while to get used to, I liked it a lot. Until I made the terrible mistake of buying a large-ish motorcycle, and each time I get on the Brompton now I am utterly terrified. It feels tiny and ridiculously flimsy. Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. If you're feeling like remaining smart and visible on your bike, you might consider investing in something like http://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/dt/tailoredoutfits/?page_id=43. Haven't you always wanted go glow in the dark while cycling in tweeds?
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
- Original Message From: Edmund von der Burg edmund.vonderb...@gmail.com Hurrah! I'll be there. I'll be there, too. I've a bad habit of not checking my calendar. I need to stop that, but a New Year's resolution is just made to be broken. (This year, I resolve to wean myself from my dependency on oxygen. There, broken. Got that over with. Of course, if I die within a year, I'll have kept my resolution. Hmm ...) Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog- http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 06/01/2009, at 1:20 AM, Peter Corlett wrote: On 5 Jan 2009, at 14:13, Paul Makepeace wrote: [...] Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Although if one is built like a typical programmer note that Notting Hill is actually on top of a hill, and it's not just a pretty place name. Typical programmers come in two distinct groups - large, or wiry. The muscle density on the wiry ones is actually quite high ;)
Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, David Dorward wrote: Nicholas Clark wrote: Your heretical brain thinks that there should be a social on the 3rd Thursday of the month? No, it thought that the Thursday after the first Wednesday of this month takes place in a week and a half's time. Or your ultra-orthodox brain thinks that there should be a social on every Thursday of the month? :-) Well, that too. [I can't think of any useful signal to add to the noise, so I'll pretend that I have some by linking to this very nice picture of a very nice looking pie http://flickr.com/photos/cowfish/3137913195/ Needs more desert. http://flickr.com/photos/dorward/2425869445/ We had cake and crumble (not pictured): http://flickr.com/photos/mondoagogo/3170119475/ (I like cake http://flickr.com/photos/cowfish/185568346/) --billy -- http://billyabbott.co.uk A bored sysadmin is a dangerous beast...
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: No, its a, um, er, Django shop. You wouldn't be a coffin-dragging gunslinger by any chance? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060315/ _ Are you a PC? Upload your PC story and show the world http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/122465942/direct/01/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 13:53, David Dorward wrote: Peter Corlett wrote: I *strongly* suggest you look for a different route. TfL's route planner comes up with sensible routings once you disable busses. (When enabled, it seems to prefer to route people via bus where possible, presumably for traffic engineering or revenue maximisation reasons.) The alternatives would be, IIRC, to take the N. Line to TCR then change to the central line, or to take the Jubilee from Waterloo and get to the central line from there. (Target: Notting Hill Gate). The Central Line is by far the most reliable of the three lines that pass through Notting Hill Gate, running every 3-4 minutes. The Circle is allegedly every 8, but it's the one to break first when they're short on trains or drivers and a 15 minute wait is not unusual. It really is best to assume that the Circle Line does not exist when planning a route, and just catch it opportunistically if you happen to be wanting a District or Hammersmith and City line service and a Circle shows up instead. Also note that from Waterloo, you first have to cross the River to get to the Circle Line, which means the Northern or Jubilee anyway, so once you're on it you might as well stay on until you hit the Central Line. I *think* that Jubilee to Bond Street and change to Central would be the best routing, but I'd also give the Northern to TCR a spin too. (Also note that you can buy chocolate-coated coffee beans in Bond Street station which is a good tie-breaker.)
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Roger Burton West ro...@firedrake.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:13:48PM +, Paul Makepeace wrote: Get a bicycle or a scooter. Do your level best in the meantime to ignore any commentary from anyone who hasn't actually ridden in London. Seconded. Advice from a relatively new cyclist on request, or distilled at http://firedrake.org/roger/cycling/ . Cool. As a two-time Strida owner I can assure you they are most certainly _not_ gimmick bikes, esp. considering they've won a whole bunch of folding competitions beating Bromptons for folding speed (2s), maneuvrability, and something else I forget. I rode from West Hampstead to Mayfair (i.e. non-trivial distance) the other night, and can take it on buses, tubes, and trains with never any hassle, esp since they weigh 10kg. The newer Strida 5 is a nice improvement over its already-decent-but-slightly-sloppy previous incarnation. If you're going multi-modal folding bikes are the only way to go, IMO. (I've heard awful things about Dahon though, btw.) FWIW: I had a terrible experience with Bikefix, to the point of having me give them another, rhyming name... And don't forget fixed gear :-) http://paulm.com/cycling/fixed_gear.html P Roger
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 01:06:02PM +, David Dorward wrote: Sue Spence wrote: I'm just kidding of course. Congrats. Thanks Work is good, and so are new experiences I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? Get a bike. And you know the Circle line's bad when a fat bastard like *me* says that. -- David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence 23.5 degrees of axial tilt is the reason for the season
Old memes (was Re: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
Billy Abbott wrote: (I like cake http://flickr.com/photos/cowfish/185568346/) The cake is a lie. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:56:02PM +, Jasper wrote: Cycling in London isn't bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, like riding up the inside of a large lorry where the driver can't see you. You do get the odd shit of a bus driver, too. What, like the ones that actually want to get to bus stops? Cyclists can avoid this problem by overtaking on the *right* and at other times riding in the road with all the other traffic instead of in the gutter, if you can keep up. And please assemble your mechano *carefully*! I've seen two foldy things spontaneously fold themselves, both times mere feet in front of rather large vehicles. -- David Cantrell | A machine for turning tea into grumpiness There is no one true indentation style, But if there were KR would be Its Prophets. Peace be upon Their Holy Beards.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 20:59, David Cantrell wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 01:06:02PM +, David Dorward wrote: Sue Spence wrote: I'm just kidding of course. Congrats. Thanks Work is good, and so are new experiences I'm going to experience the Circle Line at rush hour for the first time. Is that good? Get a bike. And you know the Circle line's bad when a fat bastard like *me* says that. And it's possible to run faster too: http://london-underground.blogspot.com/2008/10/can-you-run-faster-than-tube-train.html -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
2009/1/5 Kieren Diment dim...@gmail.com: Typical programmers come in two distinct groups - large, or wiry. The muscle density on the wiry ones is actually quite high ;) Bah I say - not everything's black and white like that. And I say that as a possibly ambidextrous dev (who's trying to avoid learning Javascript for work purposes) who was once wiry, currently transiting towards large. Kind of like saying most either have hair or don't. -- No train here, but still: The sign says: Ready to Leave Normal service, yes?
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5-Jan-09, at 4:42 PM, Chisel Wright wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:59:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: And you know the Circle line's bad when a fat bastard like *me* says that. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for getting a foldy. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for leaving London ;-) Regards, James.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:54 PM, James Duncan ja...@reasonablysmart.com wrote: On 5-Jan-09, at 4:42 PM, Chisel Wright wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:59:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: And you know the Circle line's bad when a fat bastard like *me* says that. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for getting a foldy. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for leaving London ;-) It does however make an excellent nightclub, http://circlelineparty.org.uk/archives/003023.html P Regards, James.
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On 5 Jan 2009, at 22:08, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:54 PM, James Duncan ja...@reasonablysmart.com wrote: On 5-Jan-09, at 4:42 PM, Chisel Wright wrote: On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 08:59:24PM +, David Cantrell wrote: And you know the Circle line's bad when a fat bastard like *me* says that. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for getting a foldy. The Circle Line was one of my reasons for leaving London ;-) It does however make an excellent nightclub, http://circlelineparty.org.uk/archives/003023.html Not since the middle of last year. -- Dave HodgkinsonMSN: daveh...@hotmail.com Site: http://www.davehodgkinson.com UK: +44 7768 490620 Blog: http://davehodg.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davehodg
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:30, David Dorward da...@dorward.me.uk wrote: Nicholas Clark wrote: So we will all have to ask you what it's like... Is it a company on this list? http://london.pm.org/advocacy/ No, its a, um, er, Django shop. What a strange coincedence. I start at a Django shop on Monday, also! Yours isn't up around Soho is it?
Re: Perl is Alive! (Dispatch war rocket AJAX...)
Finally slogging through my mail backlog after the holidays, and i find this: On Dec 10, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Andy Wardley wrote: PS I think we should make Perl is Alive! the unoffical secret verbal handshake by which Perl mongers make themselves known to each other (spoken in the style of Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon, of course). The correct response would be something along the lines of Dispatch war rocket AJAX to bring back the document body from a server-side Perl web application handler powered by Catalyst, DBIx::Class, TT, Moose, and many of the other fine modules available from CPAN that make Perl a robust and reliable platform for enterprise-ready solutions. Hmm... might need to make the response a little more snappy... but I think it's got promise :-) ... and now i can sleep at night, knowing what has been elided by the ellipsis in the header on the new website. Thanks, Andy. Can we get a link to an audio clip of you reading that entire exchange in the style of Brian Blessed, please? -- I hate to break it to you, but magic data pixies don't exist. -- Simon Cozens
Re: My New Job (Was: Social Thurs 8 Jan 2009)
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 17:59, Mark Overmeer m...@overmeer.net wrote: My first Brompton lasted over six years of heavy duty (although the cycling conditions in Holland are a bit better than in the UK). No serious troubles, no accidents. The wheelbase (the distance between the front and back axes, needed for stability) is much better (longer) with other folding bikes. ITYM is much better *than* with other folding bikes? (Honest question; either interpretation is plausible to me.) Cheers, -- Philip Newton philip.new...@gmail.com
