I’m keeping note of some of the things my granddaughter says… 18 Dec 2020 Nanny M doesn’t drink tea or coffee, she only drinks tea water. 27 July 2020 Me: Give it a rest! L: It’s not my bedtime, grandma! 23 July 2020 I know everything, I’m an artist! 11…
Bus Inspectors abusive behaviour
18 May 2016 Bus Inspectors abusive behaviour My son’s Oyster card gives him FREE travel on London Buses. He was a small amount over his funds due to earlier tube journey when he was travelling home on 264 bus, Sunday early morning when inspectors approached him. He had been allowed…
Rusty, the photogenic cat
18 June 2014 Rusty, the photogenic cat As you no longer let me constantly take photos of you since you hit puberty (can’t say I blame you) I have had to find another muse… This dubious honour has fallen to Rusty, the best cat in the world ever, who’s a…
NUT Strike
26 March 2014 NUT Strike No school for you today, as the NUT is on strike. Concidentally I have the day off, so I went to Oxford Circus to buy some clothes for our upcoming holiday. I spent a couple of hours in Top Shop, that place is overwhelmingly big!…
IMDB: Movies, Documentaries and TV series
23 March 2014 Been compiling these lists on IMDB for a few years now: http://www.imdb.com/user/ur7414587/lists All movies I watched, and loved and hated (check ratings for the best ones): http://www.imdb.com/list/ls007682410/ Documentaries: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls007685892 TV Shows: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls006696028 Tonight we watched what is considered to be one of TV’s best ever episodes of…
Sport Relief @ VeloPark
21 March 2014 Sport Relief @ VeloPark I got an email a few weeks ago about this event, a legacy of when I bought tickets to the Paralympics. I still get emails – I’m glad I didn’t unsubscribe, for once. So, for a mere £15 we would get to spend…
Goluboviedros
02/03/2014 Goluboviedros These are geometric shapes created by my deceased father, the Professor and architect Jayme Kerbel Golubov. He talks about them in this video: ‘Goluboviedros‘ all photos by Marcelo Barbosa My father, Jaime Kerbel Golubov, your maternal grandfather, he died in 1997, sometime in August. I happened to be…
London 2012 Olympics
10 October 2012 Olympics 2012: July – Sep The games finally got on the way after years of expectation. They have been and gone and it’s been fun. There was so much controversy surrounding it all, but in the end it was a big success… It started with the Olympic…
February 2012 – Tenerife & Mestre Ousado
01 March 2012 February 2012 – Tenerife & Mestre Ousado The lovely month of February… We were meant to get new belts on Capoeira, but instead I decided we ought to go on holiday in the sun… It seemed that you favoured that idea more than doing another batizado, and…
Evie at Existor.com
After watching this:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549shorter version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY Artificial intelligence robots have held a conversation with one another for the first time with surprising and surreal results. Two graduate PhD students at Cornell University gave voices and 2D avatars to a pair of online "chatbots", which they named Alan and Sruthi. Jason Yosinski…