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Outraged and Furious: First Encounter With a Full-Body Scanner (in the UK)

[fr]Furax: je découvre qu’au Royaume-Uni aussi, il faut passer par un de ces scanners-qui-vous-déshabillent. Et je découvre ça coincée comme un rat dans une cage en verre dont la seule sortie passe par un de ces scanners. Et contrairement aux … Continue reading

Posted in News and Politics, Personal | Tagged airport security, anger, full-body scanner, helplessness, manchester, manchester airport, outrage, pat-down, rant, security, security theater, security theatre, testimonial, uk | 8 Comments

Steph Booth: Not Running for Parliament!

[fr]A la lumière des récents événements, il ne m’est plus possible de rester dans la course pour le Parlement britannique… Article en Anglais pour toucher l’électorat un maximum.[en]It seems that my attempts to subvert British democracy by running in the … Continue reading

Tagged Calder Valley, controversy, elections, Fun for me, Hebden Bridge, labour, MP, My corner of the world, parliament, politics, Politics / World News, scandal, steph booth, uk | 12 Comments

Advisors, Boards, Companies, Partners, Oh My!

Welcome to the area where I feel I’m swimming rather than standing on firm ground. Thankfully, I have advisors for this, but I’m still the person who needs to make the decisions. Let’s dive into the swimming-pool: it’s called Starting … Continue reading

Posted in Being the boss | Tagged advisors, advisory board, company, england, entrepreneur, entrepreneuring, europe, going far, going solo, issues, partners, questions, startup, switzerland, tax, uk, united kingdom | 10 Comments

Back to San Francisco?

[fr]Je tente de prévoir un peu mes voyages. Angleterre en principe début avril, puis pourquoi pas San Francisco en mai-juin? Par contre, je peine à trouver un vol au-dessous de $1000 — si vous avez des tuyaux, c’est volontiers. Peut-être … Continue reading

Posted in Travels | Tagged cheapflights, england, flights, geneva, plans, sanfrancisco, Travels, uk | 16 Comments

Great Indian Food in Leeds

[fr]Maliks Restaurant est un excellent endroit où manger de la nourriture indienne à Leeds.[en]Besides telling you about an excellent place to eat Indian food in Leeds, let me try my hand at using the hReview plugin. ew, it breaks. Maybe … Continue reading

Posted in Food, Travels | Tagged eat, england, excellent, food, indian, indianfood, leeds, maliks, maliksrestaurant, merrion, merrioncentre, positive, Practical, restaurant, review, Travels, uk, yorkshire | 6 Comments

UK Trip Report

Write-up of my 5-day trip to the UK. Movies with Aleika, Bombay Dreams in London, an IRC meetup.

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Posted in Books, Music, Travels | Tagged #joiito, akirno, aleika, birmingham, bombay dreams, Books, Cinema / Films, cold, commentary, easyjet, england, hugh jackman, IRC, laptop, london, meetup, movie, Music, musical, Photos by Others, report, short, Travels, trip, uk, van helsing, victoria apollo, write-up | 12 Comments

Birmingham and London

Going to the UK for a few days.

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Posted in Travels | Tagged #joiito, akiro, aleika, Announcements, birmingham, Blogosphere Interest, bombay dreams, IRC, london, meetup, Travels, uk | 6 Comments