Entries from August 2007 ↓

This evening’s route is a fairly straight circuit that runs along Bayswater Road, right along the North side of Hyde Park, before cutting in and zig-zagging back down to the South-East corner, out along through Kensington, before turning back North again through Hammersmith, touching the edge of Chiswick, and finally back home to the Bush.

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Total run is 10 miles, which I hope I can do between 6 and 7pm.

I loved Lego as a kid - spending weeks working on the most intricate constructions imaginable. Of course, these days it all comes in pre-made kits that barely require a functioning brain-stem to assemble. Well, apart from this remarkable machine, which might be the geekiest thing I’ve ever seen:

Yes, those first button presses are selecting the colours for the blocks that form the end product. The sheer amount of planning this must have required is mind-boggling. Vorsprung durch Technik indeed.

After nearly 10 years without doing any serious cycling, I finally went out and bought myself a new bike on Sunday. It’s a Specialized Hardrock Sport, which I’ve spent a bit of time adjusting and tuning - especially replacing the stock tyres with intermediates for a bit of road use.

Apart from spending the upcoming bank holiday weekend cycling around Sussex with Tara, I’ve decided to plan (using the awesome GMaps Pedometer) and cycle a 10 mile route every evening from now onwards (beer and social life permitting, obviously). Tonight’s was the first, a run down through Chiswick, across the river into Kew, skirting Barnes and over into Hammersmith before getting home after a good hour’s cycling.

It feels great to be back in the saddle, even if London’s drivers are a touch more aggressive than the more forgiving souls that I grew up with in Brighton. I don’t mind admitting though, right now my legs feel like jelly!

Fanatical Coffee, originally uploaded by Seb Potter.

This turned up in my in-tray today - a bribe of super-strong Kenco instant from Rackspace, part of a promotion they’re offering where you can win £1000 of holiday vouchers if you order a new server from them. Quite what the coffee has to do with holidays, I’m not sure, but it certainly makes for good emergency supplies!

Take one aging acting legend, a video camera inside a racing car doing 160mph, and add some creative editing. Result? Comedy genius: