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People's Republic of Worthing
The first Worthing TweetUp
07.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The TweetUp at the Burlington was a great way to avoid the spectacular thunderstorm last night. Organised by Mark Ford, with a bit of input from myself, it was a great start to what will hopefully become regular informal new media and small business meetups in Worthing.
Mark’s is a more complete account of the evening, [...]
People's Republic of Worthing
Free WiFi in Worthing
03.04.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

When I go into Brighton, there’s free wifi in almost every pub and café - not too much of an exaggeration. But I’m struggling here in the People’s Republic.
My requirements, in addition to free wifi are simple (at least, I think so):

Wifi that works and is reasonably fast
Good espresso
Fresh orange juice that’s not in one [...]
People's Republic of Worthing
Trying out MyRepeats.com
20.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Something rather modern stirs in the People’s Republic - an enterprising local pharmacy company has taken the effort out of getting repeat medications.
I can’t say whether the service is any good yet - I’ve only just filed my first request - but toddling along to www.myrepeats.com soon showed me that I no longer had to [...]
People's Republic of Worthing
Timber on Worthing Beach makes BBC news
20.01.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

The BBC reports that Worthing beach is closed. That’s not quite true. As I Tweeted earlier, you can’t get down on to the sandy bit of the beach that’s exposed at low tide because of the piles of wood, but there are no restrictions or barriers where we live in West Worthing.
I took some [...]
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Life is a TV programme
06.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

This morning I reinstated one of my favourite old habits - maybe it’s a 2008 resolution that crept in unobserved - Sunday morning music on the big hi-fi.
In the past, the axis has been Art Pepper and Bach. Today, for some reason, it was Miles Davis Ascenseur pour l’échafaud. Just fabulous, I thought. The slow, [...]