Monthly archives: September 2008


Ike doesn’t know a lot about art, but he knows what he likes

It’s easy to make fun of the ready-mades, but every so often there’s something of beauty you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. This isn’t one of those. It’s just a manhole cover. But it got Ike excited.


Tweets today

22:25 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/3u7noq #

08:32 Day 2 in Paris. I have a map but no plan. Which is how it should be. So long as I don’t end up where they filmed La Haine. #

09:20 I’m having problems getting my camera to shoot in RAW because of a script it keeps trying to run. #

10:14 There’ll be "Irish" pubs on the moon withing a year of anyone setting up a permanent base. #

11:24 Blog: I’ve found another space invader tinyurl.com/4sm5qs #

12:28 Blog: Ike and I are at the Pompidou tinyurl.com/4mn2m8 #

14:52 There’s a wifi zone in Parc Monceau. But I haven’t brought the minibook and it probably wouldn’t connect anyway. #

15:32 Blog: JOE099 tinyurl.com/4h35yj #

15:32 Blog: The museum of erotic art inspired me tinyurl.com/5xxbt4 #

15:32 Blog: JOE105 tinyurl.com/4md7ap #

21:26 Blog: JOE094 tinyurl.com/4q9mnt #

21:45 My feet hurt. I’ve walked a lot of miles in the last two days. Tomorrow I may sit and watch Paris in by. #

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The museum of erotic art inspired me

I sketched this nude in one of the visitors’ books. The bit I’m least happy with is the feet. I signed it so they can display it when I’m famous.
Ike stayed safely in my bag, though I reckon he would have liked to come out and play with some of the dolls.


Ike and I are at the Pompidou

Unlike the Louvre we’re tempted to go in. I think that’s for tomorrow, along with Arts et Metiers. For today we’re off to the erotica museum.


Tweets today

22:27 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/4xtcpb #

08:03 I wonder what the french for wifi is? I need to ask how to get onto the hotel network when I get back later. #

09:10 I run the risk of bankrupting myself with bandes dessinee. I’ll only buy as many as I can carry home. #

09:24 Blog: The space invaders get everywhere tinyurl.com/3ff6bv #

10:25 Blog: Ike visits the Louvre tinyurl.com/4zxvdf #

10:25 Blog: JOE100 tinyurl.com/3q8vpk #

11:20 A braver man than I just cycled around the Arc de Triomphe on a single speed. #

11:24 Blog: I’m travelling by train, I probably could get knuckle dusters out of the country tinyurl.com/3mc7en #

13:02 The presence of armed soldiers makes me nervous about leaving gis at the major landmarks. #

13:25 Blog: JOE095 tinyurl.com/3sz3ch #

13:43 Battery low. Tweeting may cease for the day soon. #

14:25 Blog: Ike takes Manhattan? tinyurl.com/4brq2b #

19:23 I’m getting thoroughly pissed off with my minibook’s temperamental attitude to wifi! #

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Ike takes Manhattan?


Ike takes Manhattan?, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

No, really, this is not a left over picture from the New York trip. There are two statues of Liberty in Paris. This one is on an island in the Seine. I’d have taken this photo from the front, but there were a bunch of teenagers hanging out at the base of the statue and I got all self conscious about whipping my rat out with them around.


I’m travelling by train, I probably could get knuckle dusters out of the country

But I’m not going to, because they start at 20 Euro. The same shop had tazers and all sorts of other cool shit.


Tweets today

22:26 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/3f4ohz #

22:57 facebok.com is not a real domain name. Neither is facebok.cum, but that’s a different matter. #

23:04 @Kalyr The minibook can’t always keep up with my typing. #

14:37 And now onto Eurostar. An earlier one than I booked, too. #

15:43 Into the chunnel. But slower than normal. #

16:39 I may not be able to send email from my phone whilst in France. Oh well, I shall hunt for wifi. #

17:54 Bienvenue a Paris. #

18:36 Blog: Testing email en Francais tinyurl.com/4lfv9y #

20:18 First night in Paris and I’ve managed to pick a Belgian restaurant. Beer should be good though. #

20:40 Blog: Gare de L’Est tinyurl.com/4bepxr #

21:53 I seem to be watching numb3rs in german. Hotel tv. I can get cnn in english, but it’s all sport right now. #

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Tweets today

22:27 Blog: Tweets today tinyurl.com/5u4z9f #

09:36 Blog: No Heroics tinyurl.com/593a7f #

17:08 Connecting to wifi should be easier than this. Minibook lacks instructions and has no help files. #

17:20 What’s the point of having a laptop with wifi if you can’t connect it to anything? What am I doing wrong? #

17:32 I didn’t expect linux to hold my hand, but I did hope it would at least point in the right direction. #

17:38 and now I’m connected, though I’m not quite sure. Ian ay be dumb, but he’s persistent. #

17:40 A guy in the cafe was just impressed by the minibook. I didn’t share my connection woes with him. #

17:48 WPA not WEP. At least, that would seem to have been the problem. #

18:30 Being questioned by police for taking pictures outside labour conference location. #

18:47 Message to Manchester’s pedestrians LOOK BOTH FUCKING WAYS BECAUSE YOU WILL GET NO SYMPATHY OTHERWISE! #

19:00 Political Deathmatch: Live. Coming to Manchester tomorrow! #

19:32 Blog: Insecurity tinyurl.com/3tbmnp #

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