Simon Perry: Schemes, dreams & trivia

Move house, therefore need to change address - all pretty easy up to there.
Contact bank. Write in and send a utility bill they say. OK I say, I’ll send a copy. An original they say, for your security they say. No, a copy I say - I don’t trust the post I say. Any other […]

The San Joaquin Valley is immersed in smog and California officials warn that cow flatulence is partly to blame.
With a whopping 2.5 million bovines in the valley, the California Environmental Protection Agency (search) warns that the animals are emitting 24 tons of ozone-forming gas per day, according to the Clovis News-Journal
That’s cleared that up then. […]

Engine of a 777

Originally uploaded by Simon.

On the way back from Tokyo, we pretty much chased the sun as it rose around the world - permanent sun rise.

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Congrats to Dave, Nick and blogless-Angus on the sale of Moreover.
I’ve known about the possibility of it for quite a while, but have been keeping schtum as was requested - pretty hard when you run a publication and you see others covering it.
Verisign is seriously stepping up its game and appears to be attempting […]

I met Steve last week in Tokyo where he was looking after a few US media teams at Ceatec, having tempted them over.
He’s a thoroughly good bloke and amongst our adventures was a exploration trip on the second day into central Tokyo at 5am as neither of us could sleep, due to the 8 hour […]

[ 11, October 2005; 12:24 pm to 3:24 pm. ]

Morning walk - St Catherines

Originally uploaded by Simon.

Following the pact that Steven Wright-Mark and I made, to go for a walk everyday, after we met in Tokyo last week. Sally & I went to St Catherines after dropping Alpha off at school.

You can’t argue with […]

AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML), as I’m sure you’re aware is Asynchronous JavaScript and XML - the rather neat programming technique that make using Web sites a far better experience, by keeping the same Web page on the screen while dynamically updating the data on the screen.
Gmail is a good example, as is Google’s new […]

[ 8, October 2005; 5:39 am to 8:39 am. ]

Nissan Cube - Tokyo

Originally uploaded by Simon.

They’ve got some bonkers vehicles in Japan. Here’s the Nissan Cube that I found in a car park late one evening. There’s some more pictures the Cube up on Flickr along with other shots of Tokyo that I plan […]

[ 3, October 2005; 1:17 pm to 4:17 pm. ]

Arcade machine - Tokyo

Originally uploaded by Simon.

This is exactly the type of thing I expected to see in Tokyo. Arrived here about five hours ago.

Holy sh*t, I’ve been sitting on this plane for 3-4 hours, reading all of the news papers and books I’d bought in the airport. for a change I flicked through the leaflets in the seat pocket in the vain hope of finding out something about Tokyo and found they had onboard WiFi.
I couldn’t get my […]