the-way-to-the-centre » General http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog a Lazlo Woodbine thriller Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:25:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 at night (i) http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2009/06/18/at-night-i/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2009/06/18/at-night-i/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:30:28 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/?p=814 Vivid Opera House (i) Vivid Opera House (Ii) Vivid Opera House (IIi) Vivid Opera House (iv)

Sydney recent hosted the Vivid Festival curated by Brian Eno. I think the Opera House makes a pretty good canvas.

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]]> http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/11/29/shrimp/feed/ 0 what’s a girl to do? http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/11/17/whats-a-girl-to-do/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/11/17/whats-a-girl-to-do/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:36:53 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/archives/2008/11/17/whats-a-girl-to-do/ The Bicycle Film Festival was in Sydney at the weekend so I got to spent one and a half days at the cinema watching films that were all in someway related to cycling. Of the main features, Road to Roubaix was the standout with excellent cinematography and behind the scenes footage, although the (slightly too long1) 6-Day Races was a close second with tons of interesting stories from a near-dead form of the sport.

There were also a good number of short films, on subjects from Kierin to spare parts races; one of my favourite and most endearing being a video for ‘Bat for lashes’:


There was also much enjoyment had from the two minute ‘King of Skitch’ with Felipe Robayo hitching a ride from a Lotus before destroying a pair of carbon wheels.

King of Skitch

 

If you are fortunate to live in Melbourne, Milan or Portland the film festival is still yet to visit so go get your tickets!

  1. Aparently the wrong cut was shown, and it should have been 20 minutes shorter. ↑
]]> http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/11/17/whats-a-girl-to-do/feed/ 1 bring me sunshine http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/04/01/bring-me-sunshine/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/04/01/bring-me-sunshine/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:30:16 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/archives/2008/04/01/bring-me-sunshine/
 

Unfortunately, at around 10,500 miles away, walking much farther is just starting to come back…

]]> http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/04/01/bring-me-sunshine/feed/ 1 L is for… http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/03/12/l-is-for/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/03/12/l-is-for/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:25:44 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/archives/2008/03/12/l-is-for/ Matilda is one of the ferry and cruise operators out of Circular Quay, and I tend to see one or two of their fast catamarans each day from the Rose Bay ferry. their corporate ID is dark blue lettering, with the use of a capitalised, stylised ‘A’, in the name of each of their vessels.

Unfortunately one of their vessels is named ΛLice (hopefully rendering correctly), where the orange does not show up so well on a white sunlit fiberglass hull. Not to mention that someone1 might also fail to correctly interpret Λ as ‘A’…

Maybe they should rechristen it PhthirΛptera.

  1. I.e. Me. ↑
]]> http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/03/12/l-is-for/feed/ 0 exercising 22 muscles http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/03/10/exercising-22-muscles/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/03/10/exercising-22-muscles/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:40:03 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/archives/2008/03/10/exercising-22-muscles/ If you see me smiling for no reason, I may be thinking about one of the following:

  • The concept of dogs on segways
  • A wi-fi node named ‘Numbat Frenzy!’
  • Carport sirens that sound like the Ghostbusters station wagon
  • Hoping that Barack Obama becomes the next president so I can refer to the US as the Obama-nation1.

Or not.

  1. I am sure someone else came up with this first, but it was an original thought by me too… ↑
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At least the sun is out, which is nice after 4 inches of rain in the last few days.

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]]> http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2008/01/01/lazy-sunday/feed/ 0 shooting and shaping http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2007/11/28/shooting-and-shaping/ http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/2007/11/28/shooting-and-shaping/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:34:53 +0000 Ian http://the-way-to-the-centre.org.uk/blog/archives/2007/11/28/shooting-and-shaping/ Back to shooting indoors again, which means I can actually put together a decent group – for some reason I really struggle outside. My bow now sports a few extra pieces of carbon fibre, and as a result1 my scores have crept up to the 530-540 range, with a lot more consistency2. Unfortunately the only bits left to replace in the search of higher scores are new arrows or new limbs, neither of which are cheap, and I am not sure the £/point benefit is worth it3.

On a less good note, it seems my previously problem free ISP has taken to the shady habit of traffic shaping. The resulting latency is no fun for online games, although downloads and browsing are mostly unaffected. At least it does not seem to be as extreme as the shaping Tiscali used, where everything bar straight browsing was crippled between 6pm and 11pm. Still, when you pay for a service you do not expect the quality to down, especially when they keep racking the claimed speeds up.

  1. Maybe a little extra practice has helped too ↑
  2. Except for the comedy score for the postal competition ↑
  3. Arrows should help for the next outdoor season though ↑
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A Buyer (29-Jul-07 16:26)

Item not received, did not respond to my emails, will contact police :(

A Seller (22-Aug-07 20:03):

Item was sent as soon as I got out of the hospital. My apologies.

I wonder if the seller had previously tried to buy an office chair.

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