You’ll often hear people saying that Mail writers live in a different world to the rest of us. Actually, I think that they live in the same world as us, they just like to think that they live in a different one. The fun and games start when they discover they are wrong and that… Continue reading Parking in Balham
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SW12 Social Network
One of the themes I picked up on at this year’s Opentech conference was that of local social media. More and more people are using open source tools to build local online communities and this movement seems likely to grow. I was particularly impressed with the work that Will Perrin and friends are doing over… Continue reading SW12 Social Network
Local Media – Twitterers in Balham
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I’m becoming very interested in using the internet to bring local communities together. So here’s something else that I’ve built over the last few days. About a week ago I saw Paul Carvill’s new site Twitian. It brings together all of the people from The Guardian who… Continue reading Local Media – Twitterers in Balham
Boxing Day Walk
I know I’m about five years later than everyone else in discovering the joys of a GPS receiver, but I’m really enjoying having one in my G1. Here’s our Boxing Day afternoon stroll around Tooting Common. More details on the InstaMapper web site. We saw parakeets. I’ve known there are wild parakeets on the common… Continue reading Boxing Day Walk
KT Tunstall
Bugger. I’ve just seen some photos of KT Tunstall playing in my local pub last night. It’s all very well living so close to such a cool music venue, but I really need to find a good way to keep in touch with what’s going on there. Their web site really doesn’t seem to be… Continue reading KT Tunstall
BKB Closes Down
The Balham Kitchen and Bar has closed down. It has been sold to Sam Harrison (who owns a place called Sam’s Brasserie & Bar in Chiswick). It will reopen in September under the new name Harrison’s. The BKB won’t be missed. I’ve only been there a couple of times in the four years that it’s… Continue reading BKB Closes Down
Flash Flood
I monitor an RSS feed of all photos uploaded to Flickr with the tag “balham”. Which is how I came across this set of photos of a flash flood in Balham today. I’m trying to work out how close to my house this was. And vaguely dreading what I’ll find when I get home this… Continue reading Flash Flood
Local News
The internet is a fabulous source of news. And it’s now becoming so ubiquitous that you can find out local things that you might never find out otherwise. Here’s a slightly sad example. Harry is a local celebrity. He’s never far from the bar of our local pub. He lives on our road and you… Continue reading Local News
UFOs Over Balham
There were some strange and spooky goings on in the skies last week, prompting one observer to eerily predict “I think there is something out there.” Stunned witnesses described how gobsmacked crowds were drawn out onto the streets to watch two sets of unidentified shining bright orange lights fly perfectly in formation through the skies… Continue reading UFOs Over Balham
Yum!
Dinner last night was a trip to one of my favourite London restaurants – the Sugar Club. It’s been a couple of years since I could afford to go there so it was a nice treat. The food was as good as it ever was (particularly the tandoori rabbit that I had for a starter… Continue reading Yum!