4th Leg: Strasbourg - Munich
Sunday Morning
It turns out that yesterday’s “third leg”, Paris to Strasbourg, was not so smooth and sunny after all. I found this morning that I had in fact left my jacket in the train yesterday, and this is a great pity for me, as I had worn that fine waterproof on […]
3rd Leg: Paris - Strasbourg
Saturday
So, here we are on the third leg of the journey already. The old third leg, eh? I suppose some will not be entertained by this.
This is just a short journey; though longer in distance, I think, than London-Paris - we are in a high-speed train that crosses France in an […]
2nd Leg: London - Paris
Friday night / Saturday morning
The second leg is a painful one - the overnight bus from island to continent is a cheap option, but I’m not sure if it’s worth it. We sat in a huge bus, which I had always imagined would drive through a long tunnel under the Channel. […]
1st Leg: Oxford - London
Friday evening
Spent the whole day in a hurry - no, the whole of the last three days in a hurry - just managing to finish everything off in time to leave the office at 5:30 and catch this train to London.
An inauspicious start to our public transport adventure, as we hastily […]
The Press has just one a rather dubious award - for running the oldest servers known to man.
From ZDNet:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WINS OLDEST HP-UX PRIZE
The longest-running HP-UX server in the U.K. has been found.
The find is the result of a competition, launched by Hewlett-Packard in April, to locate the oldest HP-UX installation in continuous service.
The […]
Ana Jordan said this to me the other day:
“Cuando murio Franco, nos volvimos todos locos. Locos de felicidad.
Todos querimos ser socialistas, comunistas, maricones, artistas.”
I feel the need to share with you all the text of this splendid advertisement I saw in Paddington Station:
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS
Freshness: From the factory to your mouth in less than a day.