Archive for July, 2006
Lunch in Les Arcs
My friend Dympna and her daughters are on holiday in Les Arcs this week. Unfortunately work commitments mean I haven’t quite got the time to go cycling or go on the chocolate train in Switzerland with her this week as I wanted to, but Sunday lunch over in Arcs was possible.
The drive over through France [...]
Making like monkeys
Saturday, and Sib and I spent the day climbing. We started at the lake near my apartment – a little crag called Chavants to get a bit of practice in. Seeing as I’ve got almost no experience of climbing outdoors and Sib had never belayed before I think we did pretty well to get a [...]
Too busy
Balls. Too busy to think, let alone write a blog today. Tell you what - have a look at this cool optical illusion that Mike found instead.
Skype for the mac
I was really disappointed when I bought my macbook. It’s got a really cool little camera built in to the frame and I was looking forward to using that for Skype. But Skype for the mac didn’t have video support. That is until yesterday. There’s a preview out for a beta of the Skype for [...]
Gaylands
So we did get started in the office on Monday morning. And then – wouldn’t you know it – the internet crapped out right across town at lunchtime. So we all went for lunch. It’s bloody hot here at the moment, it’s easy to get stressed when it’s 30 degrees. I got stressed. There was [...]
First day in the office
It’s been a long time in the post, but the Chamonix Collective are finally in the office for the first time today. An 18 Meg connection, and a perfect, cloudless view of the Aguille du Midi and Mont Blanc to welcome us, at last the frustration of the last month is behind us and we [...]
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Write a blog. Loose your job.
A British secretary allegedly sacked from her job in Paris over an internet diary is the latest in a growing line to pay a heavy price for blogging.
Catherine - who blogged anonymously under the pseudonym “Petite Anglaise” about life, love and work - has now launched a test case under French employment law.
full article [...]
The Lebanon
I’ve been listening to a lot of UK radio today. It’s hot, apparantly, and there’s a war in the middle east. Amazing how little you can know about what’s going on after listening to the news every hour. So I decided to look into it and see if I could find something more real.
http://lebanonlive.blogspot.com/ - [...]
Doe Ray Me
I saw a deer this evening. She was beautiful - not much more that a fawn, she came down from the hills behind my building and I watched her from the balcony as she threaded her way through human habitation, over the road an on up into the hills past the valley floor. She was [...]
