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Sometimes things are not what they seems…
Watching this shot I had the clear impression that she spotted me, that she watched me clearly. If she did she did not do anything at all, if not carrying on her phone call. I think that this happens more times than I would expect…
The thing that hit me of her were her hair, and the funny position she held to listen to her phone more clearly.

Last year I attended, and wrote about the first Future of Web Design conference. Although a lot of people complained about the number of “product pitch” presentations I still had an incredible time, especially as it was my first conference. Hanging out with Ben and Matt was great and I even got the chance to have a quick chat with Malarkey.

Seeing as I had such a good time at the event in 2007, I didn’t need much convincing to pick up a ticket to FOWD08. I was sure that it would be much better than the first and luckily the folks at Carsonified did not disappoint!

Thankfully Jeremy Keith live blogged the whole day which means I don’t have to bore you with lifeless accounts of each session. Jeremy does a much better job than I could as each of his posts is full of detail and extremely well written.

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Musicians rarely get public recognition for helping eachother. But this weekend French musicians helped the London Symphony Orchestra avoid a minor disaster.

The LSO was in Dijon, in eastern France, to perform Mahler’s Seventh Symphony. The only problem? A strike by French ferry workers kept the orchestra’s instruments, sheet music and clothing from reaching Dijon.

Kathryn McDowell, the orchestra’s managing director, announced that the concert would not be canceled and began requesting that French musicians and music schools loan nearly 100 instruments to the orchestra.

The orchestra received the instruments they needed — more or less. The tuba players had to play on a different type of tuba from their usual, as did the bassoonists. And the principal flutist made do with a tin flute.

But perhaps this paragraph from The Times describes the most interesting part:

A third of the players went on in jeans and T-shirts. Midway through the symphony the violas found a page missing in their hastily printed scores and were forced to improvise.

Sounds like quite an interesting rendition of Mahler!

Yesterday marked the start of the 132nd Wimbledon Championships at the AELTC. It’s the second tournament where both men and women win the same prize money (as the ladies final is a maximum of three sets compared to five for men, they do better in the pounds-per-set ratio, but with ¬£750,000 to win I’m sure the men aren’t complaining) and the first where hawk-eye technology can be used to challenge any decisions by line-judges. Players get 3 challenges per match - although they only lose one should the challenge be wrong. I’ve seen hawk-eye in the cricket over the past years and it’s both a cool and useful technology which adds to the experience for spectators. Now it’s improving things for players too, making bad line-calls a thing of the past.

I went this afternoon, taking advantage of the fact that for the first time in my life I can be at the front gate in less than 15 minutes from leaving my flat. A person under the train at Monument stopped me getting back from work quickly so we didn’t sit down until 2pm, just in time to watch Venus Williams destroy Cavaday 6-3 in the final set.

Later it was time for the start of the annual contest of a British person getting close-but-not-close-enough to the final. Murray won in straight sets but his performance was nowhere near that of Nadal who beat Beck in the second match of the day.

Finally we saw the beginning of a ladies doubles match involving Venus and Serena Williams. The Williams sisters dominated throughout the first set, but the lure of the chip shop got too much so we left after five games.

It was the first time I’ve gone to Wimbledon with a ticket and the experience was considerably less hassle than the usual queues to get in - the longest wait was for the 493 to turn up! In previous years I have queued outside for hours on end and got tired by mid afternoon due to being on my feet all the time.

Plan to go again next week, weather permitting. It’s good that for two weeks of the year, every weather forecast mentions what’s going on in my local area. From my childhood I always remember it pouring with rain during Wimbledon fortnight. Hopefully the sun stays shining and Cliff Richard stays away.

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Recently returned from London two traumas affronted me: first, my daughter’s UFO broke, so had to be returned; second, and more importantly, when returning it to the store whence it came, Harrods, I realised the world’s most famous store has lost its apostrophe!

Diligently adding the apostrophe throughout the refund request letter, it was only on the website the apostrophe omission came into full and alarming view. Where - and why - has it gone?

The store was established in 1834 by Charles Henry Harrod, so it is his store and should therefore be Harrod’s. Apparently the apostrophe has been mislaid in fairly recently history and in 2006 the store was criticised by the Apostrophe Protection Society, along with Selfridges and Currys, for discarding the punctuation mark. In an article on the subject The Times quoted John Richards, chairman and founder of the society, as saying: ‘Many corporations have started to drop the apostrophe arguing that it looks better that way.

‘It amounts to a deliberate corporate abuse of the English language and sets a very bad example to schoolchildren.’

It seems odd that the third most visited tourist attraction in London, arguably the world’s most famous store, with a commitment to excellence, should not complete its mission and add that little grammar mark. I thought it was striving to keep all of its customers happy …

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Still on vacation… so sorry for the sparse posts… but, just had a friend of mine send me something excellent:

An artist in Argentina has taken up a project; filming bikes and seeing when they get stolen. If they don’t get stolen by a certain time, he titles the sector ’safe’. What is hilarious to watch is the behaviour of the criminals… always the pacing, usually young-ish, and hunched over a bit.

http://www.lapruebadelabicicleta.com/

After David Cameron’s bike got stolen here in London, I’d say we need some similar ‘artists’ to film neighbourhoods and perhaps have a squad of shreaking kids pop out of the woodwork when the thief decides to take the bike… this kind of petty crime is enfuriating!

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Star rating of hotels depends upon quality of hotels and standard of guest accommodation. Usually whenever we say five star hotel then it refers to luxurious hotels but if we say three star hotels then again luxury comes but not at par the cost of five star hotels. Hence, especially in the expensive city like London, one will prefer hotels like three or two star hotels. Off course, people prefer these hotels due to low cost but quality service remains as stake.

According to AA ratings and international recommendation; three star hotels must have smart and professionally trend staff members. Each and every guest must be warmly welcomed. They must provide en suite room which must be equipped with good quality beds and furniture. Their dinning room or restaurant must be available for all residents and non resident people. They must serve good quality delicious and nutritious food.

Often visitors have been seen in dilemma about getting a Three Star hotel London in the suitable location. But, if they try in the planned way then it is very easy to get a three star accommodation in the best suitable location. If, someone is planning a trip to London then at first they must check the deal and discount available in three star hotel London. If you are not getting the sites of these hotels then you should check it thru the tour travel sites. Visitors also should check the public review about the three star hotels. There are many self rated three star hotels which may claim to offer entire three star facilities although mostly they don’t offer such sort of facilities. Hence, one should always prefer noted three star hotels chain.

If, visitors could successfully accommodated in good three star hotel then they will definitely experience the most spectacular sight of river Thames. London Bridge, 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace are also very fascinating sights in London. Probably, all three star hotels might not offer spectacular services to their guests but again stunning architecture may be proved as their USP.

Basically, British colonies have existed almost in the whole world. So, the people in the whole world have a special mindset about the elegance of London and they dreamed to visit London at least once in the lifetime. This is one of the key factors of flourishing London tourism.

London is the hub of cross culture, fashion, finance as well as education. So, varieties of people come to London. There are almost 150 theaters in the London and the most famous one is the royal opera house. Visitors can experience here the true cultural reflection of London. Similarly if someone wants to check the latest trend then oxford street may be the perfect place for them. Royal botanic gardens of southwest London may mesmerize you with beautiful landscape and varieties in plants. Now, if you are worry about transportation system then you must know that the best transportation system is available in London. Thames clipper between central London and Greenwich is perhaps its finest example.
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