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Simon

Mr dark horse nice guy

About Me



Under de-construction.

My Interests

Music, technology, partying, art that isn't up its own arse.

I'd like to meet:


Broad minded real people who aren't asking "what's in it for me?".

Music:

I like it. From time to time I play other peoples records in public spaces; some of those times I can actually mix.

Take house as a base, go back through time, forward in time, left, right, add some quirky sprinkles, add some angry bits, add some fluffy bits, use technology to help express it and that's the style I like the most.

Time spent making tunes with NoiseTracker back in the day didn't produce owt worth sharing. I've recently started having another go, maybe in a few months it'll be second time lucky.

Movies:

Funny stuff, gritty stuff, quirky stuff. Some sci-fi.

Television:

Erm? The news, documentaries. Nowt worth watching these days really.

Books:

Stuff like "Jim Blinn - Dirty Pixels", hardcore erotica for geeks like me.

Heroes:

A man named Chuck once said "most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps". I agree.

My Blog

Is MySpace trying to tell me something?

   
Posted by Simon on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:19:00 PST

So who the hell *are* all these people?

MySpace friends, are they 'real' friends?, is it healthy to have 'friends' you've never met?, questions like that arose recently in my mind when I started getting concerned about just how much time I'...
Posted by Simon on Fri, 11 May 2007 05:31:00 PST

Google Maps

Somebody showed me this at work. It's good to see that someone at Google has a sense of humour: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=new+yo rk&daddr=paris&sll=53.098145,-2.4436...
Posted by Simon on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:25:00 PST

bon apetit?

Don't be surprised if I'm a few Kg/stones lighter by Saturday... Reading Ten Tips for Vegetarians in France made me chuckle: "#1 Learn to cook" I'm over visiting Gallic colleagues ...
Posted by Simon on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:51:00 PST

Juice!

With the use of a soldering iron and some Heath Robinson-esque skillz my mobile phone is back in the land of the living again!! wahoo! :o) In other news, the Nytol+normal(ish) bedtime plan failed mise...
Posted by Simon on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:04:00 PST

Back in Blighty

Been back a few hours now, all in one piece; no cancellations; luggage arrived at the same time I did (despite the JFK->LHR flight being delayed waiting for a arrivals gate); flat and possesions still...
Posted by Simon on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:20:00 PST

Final 3 hours!

In 3 hours time a car is coming to the hotel I was in to take me off to JFK.. Still don't have any "I love New York" branded stuff (most of the places selling it are on a big loss-lead...
Posted by Simon on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:31:00 PST

Art & Music

Visited MoMa (The Museum of Modern Art) today - some really great stuff, a fair percentage that wasn't to my tastes, some very famous stuff (Dali, Van Gough, Warhol, etc), lots of tourists, a few...
Posted by Simon on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:23:00 PST

Today

Argh! - just posted a load of stuff and lost it so summary: Today: couple of T-shirts from Recon ($68 total), ended up in THE Sugar Hill looking for a gallery dedicated to graf' Yesterday: Dance Track...
Posted by Simon on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:48:00 PST

Information overload

Stuff. Stuff everywhere. Touristy stuff, cool obscure stuff, gritty real-life stuff, mediocre stuff. Currently in a darkened cybercafe (sans any coffee) in Greenwich Village - there's a nice vibe over...
Posted by Simon on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:27:00 PST