Still need more topics for my Blogathon 2003 entry!
Month: July 2003
bookmark_borderPondering
When do we ‘un-dummify’ our sites? (it’s SOOO last week dahlings…).
Is Webcam XP the best (free) software for webcams out there? Or should I stick with the XP Powertoy: Timershot?
Who else can I get to sponsor me for Blogathon 2003?
What SHOULD I be doing right now instead of sitting here?*
What are you all up to?
* My beloved is watching Charmed day on Living TV, so it’s kinda a ‘house’ day and the temperature isn’t too great in Hamilton. Roll on tomorrow though!
bookmark_borderHic
Found a nice website (which covers more than just Glasgow pubs), and I must be trendier than I thought. Out of the 8 bars listed for Glasgow, I’ve been into 4 of them! Bar-ce-lona, Bargo, Spy Bar, and The Corinthian. In fact I know the ex-bar manager of Bargo, now manager at Del Monica’s (hi Alan!).
A guide to the best bars in Glasgow. Yes I’m busy, busy, busy at work on a Friday afternoon. Or something …
bookmark_borderDomain update
My lovely hosts 1 & 1 had already secured the domain for me, and indeed had charged me for it (but my not so great credit card company wasn’t showing the amount in my online statement…)
Panic over. www.snowgoon.co.uk lives on …
It’s amazing what you can achieve when you use that new fangled technology called the telephone. Why I actually SPOKE to someone!! Fascinating!
bookmark_borderPlaying with news
Chip details leak out of Intel: “Prescott, the next big desktop chip from Intel, is slated to come out at 3.4GHz”
Dear Intel, you might wanna change that name for the UK market. You can see the headlines now…
“New Prescott chip from Intel! Loud, expensive to run, and of little actual use! Buy two today!”
bookmark_borderKublai Khan
Forgot to mention that it was K’s birthday (Happy Birthday!) yesterday, so we all trooped off to the pub, and then onto a mongolian restaurant by the name of Kublai Khan.
Of course, when I say pub, I mean trendy ‘Bar Gandolfini’, and the restaurant was more of a glorified barbeque. It was one of those, “pick your own stuff and we’ll cook it” places. You work your way along the tables selecting rice or noodles, then veg, then meat, then you have to make your own sauce from a huge variety of oils, sauces, spices and other bits and bobs. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but the choices were heavily Chinese based, and the available meat was the main difference. I have to admit the Kangaroo was nice, but the Ostrich was far better. You are encouraged to ‘make’ small portions and go back up more than once, but having had a few beers by this time, the primary focus was on FOOD. All in all it was very enjoyable and I’ll add that one to the list of ‘safe’ places to go. Recommended if you find yourself in Glasgow’s Merchant City.
And then it was onto the Metropolitan (our K likes her glitzy bars) and cocktails.
Needless to say this morning will be a bit of a drag and will require several cups of coffee just to make it to lunch.