It weights over 400 tons fully loaded, carries 415 people 7,000 miles around the world and all this is done 6 miles up in the air at 615 miles an hour. I get the physics of how it flies and I used to work on the 747 prgram, but it still amazes me what this incredible machine does. And it’s been flying in various versions…
That whole single threaded thing once again…
I’ve been thinking about this whole single threaded roots thing. I recently used the example of music. In ‘83 my mate Angus lent me a cassette of Iron Maiden’s Number of the Beast Album. I listened to it, said “that’s f#$^& awesome” and have never looked back. There are a number of other placed where one person had a huge influence on me. Swearing is…
A little time to my self…
I love Italy; I once worked for an Italian company and spent a lot of time in the country. This week I have the chance to spend a couple of days in Rome. As will all good trips I got a little time to play tourist. This is a city I’ll never grow tired of. But I found enough time to walk around, see a…
Volcanoes, Yogyakarta and no itinerary…
In the last few weeks there has been a number of dramatic footage of Mount Merapi on Java erupting. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and st last count a couple of hundred killed. I was going through some stuff a couple of nights ago, looking for a text book and came across a diary I kept in the early 90’s while I…
Hypocracy, double standards and bull-bleep…
The last week has been an interesting week, and I get I’m going to piss some people off today, but my ex had had no problem doing the same to me this week so like for like… My ex keeps score with money, while that’s a general statement and there are exceptions, I also (and have had recent conformation with what she feels she is…
State of the league and why an academy is important to the future
Every year before the MLS Final Don Garber, the commissioner of MLS, gives what he calls a “State of the League” address. There were a number of interesting points made this year. One important one was growing the league by making more attractive locally and making matchups a bigger deal He said ”We’re very focused on local rivalries being a key driver of growing our…
Movember, week 3
It’s been an interesting day, Tony Latham tweeted a link to Spinner.com that said the 100 Club in London may have been saved to live another day. Helped dad set up his birthday present, we got him a Kindle to give him instant gratification of book buying while laying in bed. The MLS commissioner Don Garber gave his state of the league address, interesting, but…
Hope for the 100 Club
At the end of September I wrote about the 100 Club closing in London (click here). It seems there may be some hope for one of London’s most atmospheric music clubs. According to Spinner.com Pixies front man Frank Black has put up 100,000 pounds to help keep the venue open past Christmas. Hopefully this can be followed by a realistic business plan that will keep…
Some thoughts on the Premier League
What a good weekend for the neutral watching the Premier League. Top of my list was Chelsea loosing 3-0 to Sunderland, at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea started the season by scoring 17 goals in the first four games (and conceding one). OK, less neutral I admit, more happy to see the champions come a cropper to a side with a fraction of the payroll. In the…
Seven rules of step parenting
I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently and this is an attempt to distill my thoughts and those sent to me in e-mails and the comments I received on this particular subject. You are not a substitute for the other bio-parent. “You can’t tell me this because you are not my dad” You live in our house and I pay some of your bills,…