http://andypowe11.net/blog Andy's musings on life, the universe and ... you get the idea Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:11:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Urban Paint Festival (UpFest) took place on Oct 19 at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol: The raw images are on Flickr.  The soundtrack is Murda a Star by Sickman D. http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/10/19/urban-paint-festival-bristol-2008/ I took Stan and one of his mates to Thorpe Park on Sunday.  It was pretty wet but we had a great time.  Here's the evidence... The pictures are on Flickr. http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/07/08/a-wet-day-out-at-thorpe-park/ A quick howto... in case anyone else is struggling to work out how to update their blog's thumbnail image on Technorati. The thumbnails are served by Snap.com, so you have to get them to update their snapshot of your blog home page.  This can be done by going to question 14 ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/07/07/updating-your-technorati-blog-thumbnail/ I invited my dad over for lunch yesterday and we had tapas (including barbecued asparagus with goat's cheese and apple balsamic vinegar) followed by paella cooked on the barbecue with chicken, squid and prawns. 'Twas very nice, even though I say so myself! http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/06/16/fathers-day-paella/ A couple of you will have noticed that I'm not very quick at moderating comments on this blog. Why?  Because my spam to comment ratio is very high and I have, up until now, had to moderate all comments manually. For the record, I've finally gotten round to moderating everything to date.  ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/04/05/comments-and-spam/ Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen. http://twitter.com/photomatt Finding it amusing and yet slightly disturbing that I recite the Patapon beats to any instrumental song I've been listening to lately. http://twitter.com/courtneyp Couldn't resist stopping at an open house on my way home. Cute 3/2 a block from my place in noe. $1.2mil http://twitter.com/andykaufman waiting for train ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/04/04/twitstory-3-memories/ Space travel's in my blood / And there ain't nothing I can do about it / Long journeys wear me out but / I know I can't tweet without it http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/04/03/twitlyrics-3rd-april-2008/ I occasionally use kiva.org to make small loans to people in developing countries.  Seems like a nice thing to do.  What follows is the text that Kiva suggests to its members to send to people via email.  Rather than spam people I thought I'd just share it here... I wanted to ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/04/01/kivaorg-loans-that-change-lives/ Bath and North East Somerset hold a dance festival every year, aimed primarily at schools, though there are also some dance clubs taking part.  This year's event happened on Wednesday evening this week.  As a chair of governors I get invited along and I always try to make it.  It's ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/03/28/dance-umbrella/ According to the NASUWT I am unlikely to be "fit for purpose" in my "well-meaning" role as chair of governors of my local primary school. They might well be right - certainly in the general case. Schools, particularly the larger ones, are complex organisations with a complex set ... http://andypowe11.net/blog/2008/03/28/unfit-for-purpose/