An Expat in London

2009

December 154
November 136
October 266
September 152
August 147
July 127
June 126
May 88
April 94
March 73
February 154
January 116

2008

June 114
May 161
April 143
March 1
February
January
Listening to Wilco’s song ‘Jesus, Etc.’ and sitting in the sun at Bloomsbury...
Aug 31st
Back from humid run in Victoria Park & cooling down on deck. need to shower, hit grocery store,...
Aug 31st
See @mediaeater for steeet aertist Banksy’s latest work in New Orleans, he hit up Bethnal...
Aug 30th
Beautiful, warm sunny day in London and everyone is out. En route to gym and then hopefully some sun...
Aug 30th
Listening to Flaming Lips’ ‘Do You Realize’ and still can’t get over...
Aug 30th
Sometimes I have to pinch myself when I realize that I’m living and working in London. Damn...
Aug 30th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-24)
Aug 29th
Checkout Stephen Baker’s, of Business Week, new book, The Numerati. Spunds like it builds upon...
Aug 29th
Heading home after Kingfisher time with Mattias, caught up on India stories and work gossip
Aug 28th
just loved Estelle feat. Kanye West (Remix: Estaw) - American Boy (Estaw American Grill Fix)...
Aug 28th
just loved Lupe Fiasco & Kanye West - Birds & The Bees (Prod. by Kanye West)...
Aug 28th
For mobile election junkies, see Google’s new election site http://m.google.com/elections (hat...
Aug 28th
All Things Considered just did piece on Mark Warner saying his ‘value add…’ I use...
Aug 28th

Notting Hill Carnival: Day Two In...

I didn’t see much but the Notting Hill Carnival is a spectacular party of music, food, and...
Aug 27th
IMAGE_00171: Nightime at The Tate Modern.
Aug 25th
IMAGE_00170: Snarky tagging/street art in London.
Aug 25th
IMAGE_00172: Nighttime at The Tate Modern.
Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
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Aug 25th
IMAGE_00176: Finally after four weeks of hell, I finally...
Aug 25th
“I wasted three days trying to be polite to someone I...”
— From WBEZ’s This...
Aug 25th
Waiting for the bus & reading W Magazine’s article on DC’s young political...
Aug 24th
Walking home in Notting Hill post Carnival and it has an eerie ghostown feel
Aug 24th
“Say what you please about China’s Olympics - or...”
— From The Guardian’s...
Aug 24th
Just heard the Red Devils flying over our flat on the way to fly over Buckingham Palace, to...
Aug 24th
Finally conquered Facebook’s ridiculous Java uploader and ditched Firefox for IE, now the tool...
Aug 24th
London Red Bull Air Race photos from few weekends back. Thanks to my Dad for the nice telephoto...
Aug 24th
Last of 1300+ India photos are finished, last batch includes Leh & the holy Hindu city of...
Aug 24th
Listening to Gillmor Gang, with Steve Gillmor and Marc Canter discussing microbjects, identi.ca,...
Aug 24th
EDiting more photos but done w/ India and now going through the London Red Bull Air Rcae photos
Aug 24th
On way to Clapham to watch the Arsenal game with Gary. Overcast day in E. London
Aug 24th
More photos from the India trip, fro Leh in the Himalayas...
Aug 24th
“As the selection process moved to an end, Senator Hillary...”
— via “Obama Chooses Biden...
Aug 23rd
Ediitng last batch of India photos and synching up my iPhone after last firmware fiasco, seems to be...
Aug 23rd
The proper response to “If you’ve got nothing to hide” argument— security...
Aug 21st
Any other Londoners having issues w/ their BT broadband connection, it’s real weak. Reset...
Aug 21st
Jobs is now confirming issues w/ 3rd party iPhone apps not working (which I tweeted about a few days...
Aug 21st
Was being opaque in my earlier tweet but it’s now official: our CFO Tim Yost has resigned, see...
Aug 19th
Hmm, not usually the best sign when the CFO leaves the company. Position does carry a high turnover...
Aug 19th
I’ve gotten really addicted to Hummus Bros over the last week or so staying alte at the ofc....
Aug 19th
Damn chilly Aug. day in London, let me tell you. Drizzling and in the 50s F, if lucky
Aug 19th
Warch Watch
Londoner videos his bullshit anti-terror stop-and-search Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 19,...
Aug 19th
Battling bad iPhone backup restore, iTunes doesn’t seem to recognize it as an already verified...
Aug 19th
Restoring iPhone from tonight’s backup (made before firmware update), hopefully this does the...
Aug 18th
iPhone firmware upgrade— FAIL. Backup restore of system, including recently installed apps and...
Aug 18th
Day Two from my 2wk July India Trip, from Agra and Taj Mahal w/ photos, is now posted on my blog...
Aug 18th
anyone else having iPhone app loading issues, is there a new firmware update?
Aug 18th
Sounds like there’s a firmware update (per davewiner and joelaz)— hope that fixes the...
Aug 18th
Digging new David Byrne + Brian Eno album (thanks @joelaz for the hat tip), especially track 7...
Aug 18th
The definitive guide to iPhone 3G reception issues? You decide http://tinyurl.com/5g22m7
Aug 18th
Re-tweeting @joelaz: listening to new david byrne+brian eno record. why don’t you join me...
Aug 18th
Warch Watch
Re-blogged via joelaz: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, by David Byrne & Brian Eno ...
Aug 18th
Listen Listen
Re-blogged via my other blog at chrish.tumblr.com: From the American Teen soundtrack, Imogen Heap...
Aug 18th
just loved The Decemberists - Human Behaviour (Bjork Cover) http://hypem.com/track/412644
Aug 17th
just loved The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers http://hypem.com/track/505797
Aug 17th
just loved The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers (Morgan Geist Remix) http://hypem.com/track/277534
Aug 17th
Listening to PBS’ Jim Lehrer new Hour podcast, then getting to this morning’s Meet The...
Aug 17th
Finally posting my India Trip diary and photos on my blog, check it out: http://is.gd/1GIl
Aug 17th
Eating dinner & listenting to KCRW’s Left, Right & Center show, doing laundry, &...
Aug 17th
So gym closed earlier than thought but returned wrong pillow case for the correct one and now...
Aug 17th
Resuming ‘Fargo’ via Virgin channel, had started watching it during India trip butf
Aug 17th
just loved J.Period, G. Brown & B.I.G. - In the Limelight (March 9 Rmx)(Clean Radio)...
Aug 17th
Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? -...
Aug 17th
In China, a Whole New Ball Game “As one man said:...
Aug 17th
The face of Olympic badminton gold. China’s Lin Dan...
Aug 17th

Usain Bolt Smashes 100m World Record

Saw Jamacian sprinter break the world record in 100m— he slowed down before finish line to...
Aug 16th
Went window shopping on Cheshire St, listened to Car Talk via WAMU, now hitting gym, British Museum,...
Aug 16th
Setting up apps on iPhone and tweaking settings, so far this machine is a dream
Aug 16th
Classic Feist from 1st album before she blew up, Mushaboom. Listening via RadioParadise.com
Aug 15th
Yeah, it’s bad when you’re falling alseep at your desk at work…and you should...
Aug 15th
NYT: China cares most about soccer but it frustrates & disappoints the most. Men’s national...
Aug 15th
Watched mixed-doubles badminton on BBC today during lunch, Korea v. Great Britian. Makes me want to...
Aug 14th
Almost embarassed but just joined the Cosmo’s Tavern group on Facebook. Mo’s is the...
Aug 14th
Warch Watch
How to get kicked out of CHina during the Olympics? Live videostream (via Qik) a Tibet protest in...
Aug 14th
Had to finally upgrade my 6+old Dell Inspiron to XP SP 2 so I could install new iTunes & hookup...
Aug 14th
Woke up early to fiddle w/ iPhone and now watching Olympics on BBC
Aug 14th
Saw Lenny Kravitz last night @ Brixton Academy. Was last minute decision but guy is a performer...
Aug 14th
And why the hell am I still milking 6yr old Dell notebook as my main PC, when it sputters along...
Aug 14th
The Fratellis play exclusive set @ London Apple Store as part of iTunes Live series. Aug 18th...
Aug 14th
And you thought the Olympics was only sports. AP reports another popular *sport* for Olympic...
Aug 14th
Three arrests ahead of Notting Hill carnival ...
Aug 13th
Londonist: Tube Workers To Strike Over...
Aug 13th
Live from London - The Fratellis:  9:00 pm-...
Aug 12th
Warch Watch
Rocketboom interviews the founder of Improv Everywhere.
Aug 12th
In ofc. & thought air vents/AC had been turned on in the bldg. b/c loud roaring sound started....
Aug 12th
My recent Seeqpod mix. Start w/ Arcade Fire, then add Julieta Venegas song, & end with...
Aug 12th
3+days in Apple Store for 5+hrs, 3wks verifying my lack of UK credit history, then simple visit to...
Aug 12th
“Last year Rubin told the New York Times that Apple’s iTunes...”
—  Quote from the article, Rick...
Aug 12th
Enjoying Chairlift’s music again, digging their sound (Boulder+Brooklyn). Wish I had found...
Aug 11th
What more can I say, it’s beautiful. If you’re...
Aug 11th
First it was Ray Charles, then James Brown, and now Issac Hayes. What’s the world coming to...
Aug 11th
VCs show humilty by expousing missed deals. I think @fredwilson & @bijan would applaud more VC...
Aug 11th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10)
Aug 11th
Warch Watch
Ahh, American politics during a presidential election year, there’s nothing more beautiful...
Aug 10th
It wasn’t Regina Spektor but vocals sounded like her. Was Brooklyn’s own, Chairlift,...
Aug 10th
just loved Chairlift - Doves Of Summer http://hypem.com/track/431454
Aug 10th
just loved Chairlift - Bruises http://hypem.com/track/598016
Aug 10th
Listening to more KCRW via streaming audio and I think it’s a Regina Spektor song, need to...
Aug 10th
Just heard Jason Bentley’s remix of Frou Frou’s “Breathe In”, from American...
Aug 10th
Legendary Yale statistician & info design prof. Edward Tufte of “PowerPoint makes you...
Aug 10th
Just saw on KCRW site, Kevin Rose was guest DJ last month. Listen to his set w/ Bon Iver, Iron &...
Aug 10th

Twitter updates are delayed to this blog

My Twitter updates (those short messages about what I’m doing— see this video if you’re wondering...
Aug 10th
The new Rickroll is the Brack Roll, see the video here http://is.gd/1lfw
Aug 10th
Almost done watching the indie film The Puffy Chair and it’s great, quirky humor and family...
Aug 10th
The show Greek on BBC3 has the infamous lonelygirl15 actress in it. I guess web fame can lead to the...
Aug 10th
The Puffy Chair is on Film4, been trying to watch this movie for a couple of years now.
Aug 10th
Re-tweeting @joelaz: “wow, these pictures of the olympics opening ceremonies are...
Aug 10th
Why was U.S. able to move the swimming finals to the morning just to accomodate their TV viewing...
Aug 10th
Listening to Rainy Day mix, http://meelsmisao.muxtape.com, even though it’s not raining today....
Aug 10th
Warch Watch
The new version of Rickrolling, the Barack Roll (via hmatkin).
Aug 9th
Another of Patrick’s amazing Chicago photos, from his...
Aug 9th
I finished uploading another big batch of my India...
Aug 9th
Via the XKCD Store: A webstore of romance, sarcasm, math and...
Aug 9th
Warch Watch
Re-blogged joelaz: Broadway Street View, by joelaz When Google Maps launched their street view...
Aug 9th
Amazing Opening Ceremony photos via The Boston Globe.
Aug 9th
The devadasi system is centuries old, and the women once...
Aug 9th
Warch Watch
Thanks to my brother for pointing this out to me. Terje Haakonsen, one of the world’s best...
Aug 9th
On Thu. finally hit gym after 8months away. Laying in bed now, my body is really sore.
Aug 9th
LCD Soundsystem is Coming to London for Live...
Aug 7th
At Banbury train station on the way back to London. Warm, sunny day in the English countryside. If...
Aug 7th
Warch Watch
An interview with our CEO, Tom Monahan, via the Washington Post. Also check out the related article...
Aug 7th
Insightful, must-read NYT Magazine article on Obama & race relations: Is Obama the End of Black...
Aug 6th
Is Obama the End of Black Politics? Via article preview of...
Aug 6th
Warch Watch
How Do You Use Twitter?  
Aug 6th
Warch Watch
We always talk about great saves at work, saving a deal and getting the sale or saving a membership...
Aug 4th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-3)
Aug 4th
Warch Watch
I’ve been a Mike Doughty fan for awhile now, can’t remember how I first stumbled upon...
Aug 3rd
Watching Top Gear on BBC, showing the world’s smallest production car (see the Guiness Book),...
Aug 3rd
Listening to WBAI’s Off the Hook, June 27. Haven’t listened to Emmanuel & gang for...
Aug 3rd
Rain has started here in London, perfect Sunday to stay inside, edit photos, read a book, and maybe...
Aug 3rd
Uploading photos via Facebook is easier via their Simple Uploader (e.g. five photos at a time)...
Aug 3rd
Editing more India photos from 2wks ago. Almost all Delhi & wedding photos from 1st wk are...
Aug 3rd
Listening to podcast from KCRW w/ Mike Doughty, not sure which song he’s playing now but...
Aug 3rd
Recent KCRW’s “Left, Right & Center”— we have lost much, much more to...
Aug 3rd
Realized white Pumas I’m wearing today are 10yrs old, bought them in Madrid summer after...
Aug 3rd
Missed Lollapalooza but getting official event updates from @ATTblueroom. See @mediaeater for...
Aug 3rd
I use Flickr but find that Facebook friends won’t leave the walled garden. So why does...
Aug 2nd
I use Flickr but find that Facebook friends won’t leave the walled garden. So why does...
Aug 2nd
I use Flickr but find that Facebook friends won’t leave the walled garden. So why does...
Aug 2nd
Red Bull Air Race was very cool; weather cooperate despite daunting beginning & sun came out....
Aug 2nd
The web techie scene in NYC still likes to party but...
Aug 2nd
Heading to St. Paul’s Cathedral and hopefully stairs to the top for views of London. Then Red...
Aug 2nd