the new york times has an interesting online front page feature about “subversive audio museum tours” available via podcasting: unofficial audio guide to museums done by “art hackers”, students and professors of art taking you on a more critical, but … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2005
greasemonkey-ing around with the guardian digital
while i really like the digital guardian, one feature of it that i really don’t like is the stupid pop-up window when displaying an article or a page as PDF — i’ve got a really nice PDF viewer (kpdf) and … Continue reading
from northcourt to adliswil in one day
(nice title, huh? after one last breakfast at the northcourt we pack, say goodbye and are off — the weather is brilliant again after yesterday’s rather rainy day, from easy-vauxie’s CD player the national trust “for ever for everyone” CD … Continue reading
a rainy last day…[part 3]
back at the ranch, err, back in the lady gordon suite of our the northcourt. the roman villa at brading is worth a visit. a large, wooden building sits like a shell over the remains of a roman villa — … Continue reading
a rainy last day…[part 2]
the beach house café in bonchurch has, alas, closed its doors for the last time last winter (health & family reasons) — which is a pity because it was one of the nicest beach front cafés on the isle of … Continue reading
a rainy last day…
we are sitting in the 20th-styled rex in ventor (OK place, a bit more pretentious than what reality can vouch for…tables [plastic coated MDF aspiring to be lacquered solid wood reminiscent of an earlier century) a bit on the wonky … Continue reading
“…against the wind”
the weather is a bit more overcast than so far in our holidays, but it’s staying dry — although we had contemplated visiting the roman villa in brading, i somehow have no, null, nix motivation for driving. it never takes … Continue reading
“for ever for everyone”
today’s programme: safeway at newport (another round at the ATM-fruit-machines), freshwater bay (deposit easy-vauxie at the park & display), dimbola lodge (for lunch), tennison downs (walk), the old fort at the needles (for the ritual viewing of the needles) as … Continue reading
paradise found…
mottistone manor must be one of our most favourite places — and we walked all the way from northcourt following the bridleway on top of the downs to long stone and then, almost via the back door, to mottistone manor, … Continue reading
isle of wight walking festival
we are on a walk around “scenic shorwell and district” — we and about 15 other walkers. it’s the “scenic shorwell and district walk” of the isle of wight walking festival! which started at 10:30 just about 100m up the … Continue reading
“to research!”
i wake up feeling laaazyyyy…luckily dorothee is sympathetic and agrees to a day in ventnor botanical garden…so, after breakfast and getting today’s guardian we go by easy-vauxie to ventor. the last time we were on the isle of wight the … Continue reading
freshwater bay!
the freshwater–yarmouth walk along the river yar is one of our favourite walks on the isle of wight (not too hilly — in fact a nice easy walk for a sunday…which, coming to think of it, it is! what coincidence … Continue reading
