North of the Stupid Line

Archive for February, 2006

28 Feb, 2006

HIVIEW

Posted by: Rob

I have to say that I’m really pissed off with MM who keeps deleting and creating new blogs all the time. The latest incarnation is this one: HIVIEW. What’s particularly annoying is the fact that he will not allow comments, so his posts end up being totally one-sided and not discursive. That [...]

27 Feb, 2006

Assignment 4

Posted by: Rob

It’s assignment time again for the LLM, although this is the last assignment of the whole Masters!  After this, I’ve only got a 15,000 word dissertation to do (ha! only?!).
The title this time is:
‘The so-called positive and negative freedom of association are not simply two sides of the same coin or two aspects of the [...]

27 Feb, 2006

My week off

Posted by: Rob

I’m sure some of you didn’t realise that I was off work last week, just to recuperate and recharge my batteries, and to spend some time at my home with my lovely fiancée.
It wasn’t much of a relaxing week really – there’s always something to keep me busy, not least my next LLM assignment, which [...]

20 Feb, 2006

Weekend

Posted by: Rob

I had a very pleasant weekend – Ian came down from Leicester specifically for a suit fitting (he’s one of the ushers at our wedding) and spent the weekend with us, as we went about our usual weekend activities i.e. cooking, visiting family, family visiting, blah.
While we were having lunch in Da Vinci, a cafe [...]

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17 Feb, 2006

TfL JourneyPlanner

Posted by: Rob

Am I the only commuter in London who absolutely detests the Transport for London’s JourneyPlanner?
It is seriously pathetic. Okay, it’ll tell you how to get somewhere. But jeeeeeeez, I’m sure it tries to make you change as much as is humanely possible at this or that station, walk here, walk there, blaaah.
Another thing: [...]



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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.