Well the lovely guys down at the Weston Mercury have put up a webcam to capture the highlights of the Grand Pier rebuild.
I’ve been watching it for a steady 3 hours so far and to be honest, not much has happened, but it’s still more exciting the Big Brother. ( Click here for all your Jade Goody joke needs! )
Ok, so it’s not a live webcam but they do plan to show you ‘a month in a minute’. I myself cannot wait.
So I spend almost 9 hours a day writing software and when I get home, computer problems are the last thing I want to deal with, especially if they’re not my own. So what happens when I pop into my local chippy for dinner tonight?
“Hello again, the usual?… Any ideas why my photos won’t work in Windows anymore?”
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Argh!!!!!
Weston super Mare Pier, which opened in 1904 and has recently gone through a number of expensive refurbishments, including a go kart track and it’s first pub, was destroyed today as a fire broke out in the West tower at approximately 7:30 am.
Below are a collection of photos, from a number of sources of the events that took place. Click each image for a full size version.
Later this evening, the owners of the Grand Pier, Kerry and Michelle Michael, have issued a ‘personal’ statement about today’s events…
“I would like to assure all those people I have mentioned as well as any others that may be affected that we will work tirelessly to restore this magnificent structure to its former glory.
“Weston is a tourist town and I am sure the redevelopment of the seafront and surrounding area will continue in earnest and our town and visitors will continue to enjoy its resources for man years to come.”
Hopefully, this redevelopment will be finished a lot quicker than Westons Old Pier and the Tropicana!
Yet again my postings are becoming few and far between. A lot has happened recently but I’ve just not found the time to write about any of it. I’ve been feeling far too tired recently.
Well a lot of you know that a few weeks back, three of us developers here at work were told that one of us would be being made redundant. So followed a very long week and a half of uncertainty and frantic job hunting. Luckily at the end of it I wasn’t selected. ( No, I did not bribe my MD! ). It did put a huge downer on the beginning of this month, even now it doesn’t feel like it used to. Silly really, but I’m sure things will get back to normal shortly. It also means that there is a lot more work to do as we are one man down. Oh the joys. Good luck to Mark, if you’re reading this, in finding a new job. Hopefully you’ll find something that both you and Artimus ( the Aardvark ) can enjoy. 
I also want to say a big “Get Well Soon” to Mandy, who, as a lot of you know, is very ill at the moment. After spending around 10 days in Weston hospital she is now back at home and I heard that last night she is managing to walk without the crutches, although her legs is “still a funny colour”. 
So hurry up and get better Mandy and stop playing World of Warcraft all day or I’ll never catch you up! 
I’ve finally bought a non mac laptop! ( I’ll give you some time to recover. ) After almost 6 years of only using a Mac or Linux at home, I’ve finally taken the plunged and bought a new Windows Vista laptop. It said laptop on the box, but the thing is soo big I wouldn’t be able to walk if it stayed on my lap for too long! It was fairly cheap at £399 from *show horror* PC World but overall I’m very pleased. A nice shiny new 17″ Toshiba. It’s now got Visual Studio installed, the main reason to move to Windows and it plays World of Warcraft a lot faster than my 3 year old iBook, the second reason.
Now you’ve probably saw that I mentioned World of Wardcraft twice in this post. That’s about 2 times more than the whole history of this blog. For years I’ve managed to ignore this game, knowing that if I did join I
would spend far too much time playing, and become one of those sad people that discuss their latest dungeon experience or elite boots down the pub! You know who you are! Well I tried it just under a month ago on my mac and straight away liked it. Now running it on my new laptop it’s even better and so after just under a month I’ve got to level 35 with my Night Elf Rogue.
So next time I’m down the pub with you lot and I start to mention WoW, then you have my permission to slap me and tell me shut up!
A competition to redesign the first new British coin series for 40 years was announced today. The winning design was created by a 26 year old lad from Bangor, Gwynedd. His design was chosen out of over 4000 entries.
All six designs from the 1p through to the 50p coins can be pieced together to form a complete image of the royal shield of arms which has virtually stayed unchanged since the reign of Queen Victoria. The £1 coin features the complete shield. The £2 coin has not been redesigned.
It was only announced today and already the debates have started. Some people loving them, some hating them. Myself, I quite like them*. It’s a new clean and fresh design in my opinion. Definitely not worth £5995 for a Platinum Edition Box Set mind, but still nice. I’ll just save up £1.88, collect the coins and stick them to a piece of cardboard, but that’s my Scottish blood kicking in.
* For those of you about to slate me for liking them, get over the fear! Change is good. Well most change. We’ll not mention the London 2012 Olympic Games logo…
Link: Royal Mint New Designs
Sorry for not updating since the end of last year. It’s not like I have nothing to say because I do. My brain feels like it could explode right now. There are so many thoughts wanting to be written down, shouted out, shared with someone, freed from my mind, but I just keep feeling, what is the point.
Another year, a chance for a new start, fresh, exciting. But it isn’t. It’s the same monotonous routine as last month, the month before that and before that. Every single day the same, every week, every month. Nothing changes.
I should be happy. I’ve got a good job, good friends, a roof over my head. I’ve got things to be happy for surely? I just don’t feel it right now.
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel, and when it sometimes feels so close and I can actually see a glimmer of light, a flicker of hope, it just moves further and further away.
There’s got to be something to look forward to in life, otherwise, why keep doing what we do, getting up each day, plugging away with life? What is the point?
I’m so tired right now. Best try and sleep.
Tomorrow is a new day after all…
Merry Christmas.
That’s what people say at Christmas, right?
Except normally they have someone to say it to.
They have friends and family,
And they haven’t been crouched naked under a Christmas tree with a needle in their arm like an insane person in a mansion in Van Nuys.
They’re not out of their minds, they’re not writing in a diary,
And they’re definitely not watching their holiday spirit coagulate in a spoon.
I didn’t speak to a single person today.
I figured why should I ruin their fucking Christmas.
I’ve started a new diary and this time I have a few new reasons.
One, I have no friends left.
Two, so I can read back and remember what I did the day before.
And three, so if I die, at least I leave a nice little suicide note of my life.
It’s just me and you, diary. Welcome to my fucked up life.
Nobody would believe the shit that happens in my head, it’s haunted.
Now that I’ve come down from the drugs it seems like a sick play that I saw in a theater somewhere.
Thirty minutes ago, I could’ve killed someone.
Or better yet, myself.
The Heroin Diaries is an album written by Nikki Sixx ( the Mötley Crüe bassist ) and recorded by his band Sixx: A.M., which serves as the companion soundtrack to his autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.
Have a look at Nikki Sixx’s MySpace page to listen to some songs from the album.
As I was driving home from work this evening, trying to navigate around the thousands of last minute Christmas shoppers, I decided to listen to Radio 1 for a change instead of my current collection of Sixx AM [1] [2] and Paramore [1] [2] and managed to catch the end of Scott Mills show. He was playing to Laura and Chappers the “scariest video ever”. Judging by their responses of disgust and horror I was wondering if it could be the famous Two Girls One Cup ( 2g1c ) that’s currently doing the rounds.
Which got me thinking, what is some of the worst things out there that you could just stumble upon. So here are a few links, in no particular order as I really don’t want to spend time judging them!
Please note that these are definitely not safe for work and if you’ve not seen them before, well lets just say you’ll be scarred for life afterwards!
If you’re still with me after those little delights then I really really really warn you not to look at this following link. I came stumbled across it earlier this evening when doing a little research for this post. [link]
I am so sorry. Life will never be the same.
:|
PS. If you have any that I’ve missed out, add a comment with the link and I’ll add it to the list!
Just to let everyone know that due to yet another cock up with o2 I am still without a working phone. All was working well with the new sim card till this morning when it looks like an over excited twat employee decided to bar my new sim card as well as my old one!
The result is another 3-4 days without a phone.
So if you want to get hold of me then give me a call at home or drop me a mail to the usual address.
:)
Abdomen.
It’s now been three days that I’ve been in almost continuous pain. The only time it doesn’t hurt is if I stay really still or sleep, but I can’t sleep cause it hurts. Arghh. I’ve not been this sick for a very long time. Worrying about losing my job as I’ve had two days off doesn’t help either. I’m sure not eating isn’t helping but it just makes the pain worse if I do.
Sadly non of my pills are working, not even the strong pain killers.
I’m sure I’ve caught some sort of stomach bug or food poisoning. It doesn’t just feel like my IBS is flaring up.
:(
Well time for two more painkillers and see if they’ve helped by the time I need to get up at 6…
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