Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Hello – this is my personal website. I bring you a smattering of articles to read, images to soak in while you wander about the web and a few thoughts to ponder on while you drink your tea in the short articles section.
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I have been toying with this one for well over a year now. I moved all my photos off this site and onto Pixagogo, a paid service with no limits to disk space - I'm already up to 3GB. One of the little features of Pixagogo is that I can...
I am at work. It's lunchtime so I have gone to our deli bar 3 floors down to get myself a new years resolution type salad. Fair due to our deli bar, they do try and put a bit of variety into the food and there is a good range and lately...
Commercial users of Google have finally been given a way to reduce the amount of Blogs clogging up their search results. There were reports on the Register and Wired over a year ago suggesting that Google were thinking about taking blogs...
Autosport are asking for nominations for a drive in the BTCC support Porsche Carrera Cup this year. They are trying to find young drivers who are struggling to find sponsorship. Autosport are asking for nominations for a drive in the...
Steve Jobs has just announced a screenless new Mac mini starting at $499. This thing is tiny - 3 inches high and about 6 inches square. I am watching MacMerc's great coverage of Macworld 2005 and Steve Jobs has just announced a...
Just popped into my inbox - this time the scammer is using a real life event, an air-crash in Alaska, to tart the story up. Just popped into my inbox. this time the scammer is using a real life event, an air-crash in Alaska, to tart the...
Paula and I celebrated the new year by ourselves, first time ever I think and a good experience! Just after midnight we went out to the back of the garden to watch all the fireworks around Croydon - there were a lot and it was very very...
When Paula and I were in New Zealand in November there was an earthquake of 7.2 offshore to the SW in the Tasman sea. On the 23rd Dec an 8.1 struck the same area. In hindsite one can say that this was obviously a portent for what was to...
I just received a tube through the post at work from a company called Radford Wallis. Thing is I don't recall having ever dealt with them so my suspicions were aroused. Maybe I got on a list from a previous company who had pitched to me....
We are off with our good friends Liz and Chris (Kick's guitarist) to see Muse at Earls Court tonight and they are supported by SoulWax and the Zutons! Should be excellent evening entertainment as Muse really is the band of the moment....
Very recently I decided that I should start going to the gym again as I was getting a little tubby here and there. I had been using a gym in Croydon but I have also been a member of the gym at my place of work for the past two years...
I'm hardly back for a few minutes and I discover that in my absense the Croydon Parking issue has raised its ugly head again. This time one of the local papers, The Croydon Guardian, carried a huge front page piece from Kerry McQueeney...
I have finally got all (I think) of our Around the World in 18 days trip photographs on line at Pixagogo. They are split in to four Albums - Los Angeles, Fiji, New Zealand and Singapore. Enjoy - we did!
Were home! Just been round the world in 18 days. Shattered but happy and very very chilled. Paula and I will be doing a full write up here on our travels through LA, Fiji, New Zealand and Singapore. I have already uploaded over 500...
Those outside of London may not have heard of my favorite radio station - XFM. The breakfast show's Christian O'Connel has organised a competition for under 18's to send in covers of songs they have performed in a Rock School attempt to...