Simon Toon

One of my favourite sketches from the recent series of That Mitchell and Webb Sound Coutesy of That Mitchell and Webb log

Bad Sinatra is Not The Gillmor Gang. Don't use the RSS feed on the home page. That will give you a 750MB download. A decent RSS feed is: here .

I just found out about this while noodling around on facebook . For those interested, Brunel University has agreed to sell Runnymede to 'Oracle Homes Runnymede Ltd' for £46.5 million: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/news/pressoffice/cdata/runnymede It seems that Oracle Homes is part of this company - http://www.oracle-group.com This saddens me. Is it too much to hope that 'the covenant by which the Cheylesmore family donated/sold the campus to London County Council before the war meant that it always had to be used for educational use', may be able to save Runnymede from a horrible 'new homes' future use? Anything we can do to stop them ruining the stunning buildings and grounds? A petition?

Spent 30 relatively sedate minutes on the elliptical trainer today. Allegedly covered 2.17 miles and burned 273 calories.

30 minutes on the Elliptical Trainer today. 2.07 miles. 263 calories. Still leisurely. Barely built up a sweat. Softly softly...

Today I actually went on the Ellyptical Trainer again after such a long time. Taking it a bit easy to start with: 30 minutes, 262 calories, 2.06 miles. Also it was very nice to be featured on PodFinderUK episode 12. Thanks to Josephine and Co. The movie file can be found here .

Today: 3.35 miles, 405 calories, 30 minutes.

Today 3.58 miles 429 calories 30 minutes

3.50 miles 420 calories 30 minutes

28 weeks today. Hurrah!

Today 3.28 miles 395 calories

Today 3.23 miles 390 calories

Wednesday 3.50 miles 419 calories

Had a nice chat with Andy this evening on Video Skype. Almost did an audio-chat with Paul earlier, too. Interruptions, of course, while I was trying to record a Slam Idol show, but very welcome. I really miss those guys. Hope we can record a 3-way podcast some time soon.

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At last I've found some Wi-Fi access here in Dresden: in the foyer of an IBIS hotel they have a Vodafone hotspot, and it only costs me €6.95 for 30 minutes of lovely Wi-Fi! At last I can upload my latest video podcast. Sorry for the delay!

The Britcaster Forum closed last night. The end of an era. Jon Buckley, over at Citizen Scoop has done a very good job of compiling a commemorative podcast to mark this sad occasion. Warning, it contains a rather embarrassing contribution by me. Take a listen!

You've got to hear this podcast featuring Brian Haw on Dissident Vox. http://www.dissidentvox.com/blog/_archives/2006/11/21/2516014.html

Aw, Madge played my Haiku on her Yeast Radio show 442 , about 43 minutes in. That's so nice of her! Even though I wrote it myself, she was very kind about it. Shucks!

Will Brown and I have embarked upon a challenge to write and record a poem for each others shows (Will's show is Cloudy Day Art ), and to record a daily audio-blog to document the progress. Will's blog is here , and the feed is here . I'm using my existing personal feed . The deadline is September 9th.