Good weekend. Brother’s 21st on Saturday. Drunkeness. Sunday – Spitalfields, Princelet Street, Vietnamese food and Jack the Ripper. Loads of fun.

My co-worker has put on a CD he bought in New Zealand, that you don’t seem to able to get in the UK. Frank Bennett is a lounge singer, among other things. His covers of Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand” and Radiohead’s “Creep” are just mindblowingly fantastic.

“It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way – not his way.”

Why isn’t there a UK equivalent of Think Geek? I’d spend a fucking fortune there – on Water Joe if nothing else. I’ve been hunting high and low for a product like that – cold, no sugar, caffeine, not carbonated and pleasant tasting (or at least flavourless). Anyone know anywhere I can get it in the UK?

Remeber Wil Wheaton? The guy who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation? Yeah, the really fucking nippy kid that everyone hated. Well, old news, but new to me, but he’s got a blog. And despite going there prepared for the worst, I discover that he’s actually pretty funny and switched on. Go take a look.

Rain Street is back up and running. Which means that They Fight Crime! is working again as well. So sod off and use it.

It’s been a good couple of days. Yesterday, I finally started to get my head around writing Object Oriented code in PHP, and have sucessfully applied it both at work and on the (still coming soon) Electricana. I have sorted out new hosting for my rain-street.org domain, so that should be back in the next week or so, I have bought the new Aphex Twin CD (and an old Big Black CD), and best of all, I have just taken a stroll down by the Thames on a bright, sunny and cool autumn day.

Doing the Animal In You survey, I dicover that I’m either a Penguin, a Bison or possibly a Gorilla. Why am I compelled do these tests?

Last night, I jogged well over two miles, and then cycled a further five. Today, I feel absolutely fine and dandy. Six months ago, I couldn’t run 100 yards for the bus.

Good Thing: My tickets to see Kodo Drummers in November have arrived. Kodo Drummers are very very good.

Bad Thing: My e-mail is fucked. I am prevented from collecting it from my mailserver. My e-mail is very very bad.