2005-10-17

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2005-10-17 12:32 pm

Watching


Ebony and Ivory
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Black swan on the Thames

Kingston, October 2005
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2005-10-17 12:59 pm

A long way from home


A long way from home
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The combination of leaves, a coconut, brightly coloured hindi magazines and assorted flotsam from the 21st century made me think of Ian McDonald's wonderful River of Gods.

Though this wasn't the turgid, turbid Ganges flowing down from the Himalayas. Instead, this was Old Father Thames at Kingston.

To paraphrase Purnelle and Niven: "Think of it as globalisation and multiculturalism in action."
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2005-10-17 01:11 pm
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So Sky want my baby now?

According to this (and other) news articles it appears that Sky is looking at buying Easynet, who bought UK Online, the national ISP I helped start in an old brewery in Shepton Mallet.

The chain goes on.

I wonder if the ducks are still there...
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2005-10-17 05:07 pm
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