It's the monthly late night at the science museum tonight, and it's one of the rare ones that doesn't clash with the BSFA's monthly author readings. I'm planning to be in the queue at 6:30, if you want join me.

raven_mocara, floo and <> should be there. hawkida said she may head along later.

Finally found out what that flag was:

As part of The [latest exhibition at the Hayward Gallery], Wallinger's 1996 work, Oxymoron - a large Union Jack flag that swaps the traditional British colours of red, white and blue for the Irish flag colours of green, white and orange - will fly on the Jubilee Flagpole on Jubilee Gardens, Southbank Centre.
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Ah yes, I remember the other thing I wanted to post about.

This has recently appeared on the flag pole on Jubilee Gardens.


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Yay! Replacement copy of the DFC heading my way. An what a nice reply I got from them.

"We are so sorry that this misfortune befell your Issue 37!"

( World Domination Meme )

A couple of useful sites I've had difficulty re-finding recently.

Price comparison site with graphs tracking how much your item cost recently. Won the channel 5 Gadget Show challenge at the end of last year for consumer electronics.

For weird tat don't forget Froogle. I found a pair of welding Goggles for a fiver there.

Restaurant Vouchers. ( Read more... )

or what I did in 20 mins this lunch time.

( Yog-Snowthoth the snowman )

All of these deserve more space, but time is fleeting.

Why I dislike spoilers. At the end of the 2006 series of Dr Who, I thought it had a week more to run, so the ending was a real surprise. I watched it on DVD box set recently, and didn't realise the last disk was all extras, so the same thing happened again.

Response to a tlanti post, on how I ( Read more... )

I've spent lunch time sorting out plans for the coming month or so. Let me know if you're interested in any of the below ( Read more... )

Or, what I did at the weekend.

Feeling Christmasy now. I bought most of the remaining presents I needed to over the weekend, and few bits of tinsel and bluetack. And a couple of postcards for an upcoming Joinee bit of sillyness ( Read more... )

Sudden realisation: Some people born in the '90s are old enough to drink now.I ran into an old friend I haven't seen since University on Regent Street the weekend before last ( Read more... )