Unordered List
In true web geek fashion, here’s an unordered list of things I did over the Christmas and New Year period:
- Drove nearly 1000 miles
- Visited Jodrell Bank Observatory
- Watched a talk by Radioastronomer Dr Tim O’Brien about Mars and the ongoing search for Beagle 2
- Visited Stonehenge
- Fainted
- Handled a neolithic vase (4000 – 6000 years old and in perfect condition)
- Dropped neolithic vase (not really)
- Went, spectacularly under-dressed, to a New Years party at a Castle in Wiltshire (it’s a long story)
- Built a web site
- Visited Woodhenge
- Gained weight
- Observed the moon through a cheap telescope
- Took photographs
- Addendum: I knew there was something I was forgetting, I became an Uncle.
1:45 pm on 6 January 2004 :::
Stu Says:Wow, you crammed a lot in (and not just th e food). Take any pics at Jodrell Bank? I remember goin’ there when I was younger… great place.
2:11 pm on 6 January 2004 :::
Matt Says:> Take any pics at Jodrell Bank?
Yeah one or two. Although nothing can match this great picture I found on the JBO site when I was looking for links for this post. Taken in the late 50s, it show the Control Room interior overlooking the MkI telescope. I just love those crazy 50s dials.
4:57 pm on 6 January 2004 :::
Stu Says:Heh, excellent photo.
8:41 am on 7 January 2004 :::
dave ol Says:(url pwd is oleary72)
Happy New Year Matt !
cool picture and congrats on becoming an uncle.
d
7:57 pm on 8 January 2004 :::
mal Says:Busy man! So what’s the new website?
8:35 pm on 8 January 2004 :::
natis Says:Um… what made you faint? Hope you’re ok.
12:58 am on 9 January 2004 :::
anne Says:this will be the only time i say this, but, my god i love handling old things! it was the best part about doing archaeology.
happy new year!
1:48 am on 9 January 2004 :::
Tommy Says:What would have been funny Matt is a pic of you unconscious. If a friend of mine fainted I’d take pics and post them to everyone they know. Maybe I’m just evil though.
12:11 pm on 9 January 2004 :::
Matt Says:Mal wrote:
> So what?s the new website?
It’s actually a site for some holiday accommodation in the New Forest, Hampshire. In the process of sorting out some hosting space for it.
Natis wrote:
> what made you faint?
Well, I’d say it was caused by wearing too many winter layers in a warm room but others would argue that it was a somewhat detailed description of the birth of my niece that was the cause. Yeah right