Thursday, 1st of March 2012 February: Tenerife & Mestre Ousado The lovely month of February… We were meant to get new belts on Capoeira, but instead I decided we wanted to go on holiday in the sun… You were keener on a holiday than on another batizado, and we don’t…
Monday, 27th of February 2012 – Books I read since 2010
Monday, 27th of February 2012 Books I read since 2010 (books with * I read before) A Hora Da Estrela by Clarice Lispector – Jan 2010 How to be Free by Tom Hodgkinson – Jan 2010 Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell – Feb 2010 * One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka –…
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After watching this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549 shorter version: 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…
Thursday, 12th of July 2011 – E-coli outbreak & trip to Germany
Thursday, 12th of July 2011 E-coli outbreak & trip to Germany You went to Germany (Boppard) with your school from June 12-17, and we took the opportunity to spend a few days in Berlin. What a great place it is in the Summer, much nicer than in Winter! Great for…
Friday 23rd of April 2010 – The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers
Friday 23rd of April 2010 The view from our old flat’s balcony made it to the papers The wall of plants in the children’s opposite us has failed to grow and died. It cost a fortune. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735279-the-living-wall-of-islington-is-dead.do A council was today accused of wasting £100,000 of taxpayers’ money after an…
Wednesday, 21st of April 2010 – Kitteh!!!!!
Wednesday, 21st of April 2010 Kitteh!!!!! Flying has resumed amidst chaos and confusion, but I haven’t heard any planes yet… We have a kitten!!!!! Aphex (Twin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin… Jeff dreamt cat was called that) arrived yesterday. She/He (the jury is still out on that) was born on the 5th of March!!!…
Tuesday 13th of April 2010 – Volcanic Ash/Elections
Tuesday 13th of April 2010 Volcanic Ash/Elections Interesting week, this one! A volcano erupted in Iceland causing all airplanes in most of Europe to be grounded… It started mid-week and since then the skies have been quiet. The sky is a beautiful blue today, without any of the usual straight…
Tuesday 16th of March 2010 – London Murals
Tuesday 16th of March 2010 London Murals Yesterday was a beautiful spring day, it’s been a lot milder since Saturday, Spring is in the air, so I woke up and came up with a little phrase Spring in the air, birds singing, life is for living!!!! Today another one popped…
Tuesday 2nd of March 2010 – Secondary School Result Out Today
Tuesday 2nd of March 2010 You went away to school PGL trip yesterday, with a huge suitcase, sleeping bag and some sweets 🙂 Meanwhile us parents were left behind to wait for the school results anxiously. eAdmissions claimed we’d be able to view the results online, from 7 this morning,…
Saturday 20th of February 2010 – Gran Canaria
Saturday 20th of February 2010 Gran Canaria – Saturday After a rather large breakfast at the buffet, we packed and checked out at midday. We put out cases in a room and went for a spin around the marina again. We were going to try and go on the submarine,…