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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

London from above, at night

London, here I come!

Richard — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:13:58 +0000

After my previous post on my marathon plans for 2009, I managed to forget all about my club’s ballot for places. I convinced myself that I was quite happy with Edinburgh for a first marathon, and I really didn’t care about not getting in to London in 2009. I’d also discounted going for a charity place. [...]

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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Coulthard, Jordan & Brundle join BBC

Linn Park picnic area

Richard — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:35:49 +0000

I was in a meeting recently regarding the forthcoming Glasgow parkrun, and one of the Pollok park representatives asked if I’d support the effort by Friends of Linn park to bring a pebble beach picnic area and improved pathways to the park. I love Linn park - it’s Glasgow’s second biggest park, after Pollok, and absolutely delightful. [...]

Announcing the Glasgow parkrun

Richard — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:11:00 +0000

I’m delighted to finally be able to announce the launch date of the Glasgow parkrun: A free, weekly timed 5k around Pollok Park. This joins the 10 other parkrun events that take place around the UK, and is the first parkrun event in Scotland. The provisional start date we’ve agreed with Pollok park management is Saturday, [...]

Central heating boiler dilemmas

Richard — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:40:48 +0000

We’ve a bit of a dilemma over our central heating. The boiler we have is around 30 years old, so clearly a classic example of the sort of boiler that we’re being encouraged to upgrade to newer, more efficient condensing boiler systems. If we also moved to a “combi” boiler we’d lose the hot water [...]

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Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Scottish Common Good

My 49 States of America

Richard — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:55:13 +0000

There are a number of excellent programmes on television at the moment about the United States of America. Simon Schama’s The American Future: A History is a particular favourite, and whilst I’m enjoying the variety and cinematography of Steven Fry in America, I fear it’s taken on too much, so we’re left with fleeting glances. I suspect the [...]

Friends of Pollok Park

Richard — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:00:50 +0000

I’m delighted to hear, and fully intend to support, the creation of a new ‘Friends of Pollok Park’ group that will be launching after the Save Pollok Park meeting (Tuesday 28th October at 7.30pm, at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, opposite Pollok Park). Members of Kelvingrove Park’s Friends Group will be along to explain how they operate. [...]

SMS reminders on the iPhone

Richard — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:22:34 +0000

A new iPhone release is a good thing, on the whole. New shiny features aplenty But a small request to Apple: make SMS reminder notifications optional! Like many geeks, my phone has replaced my pager. So I get notifications and warnings aplenty. And the preview is usually enough to see what it’s about so I [...]

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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Parkrun clubs mix world class and weekend warriors
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Forget billions of pounds worth of ''2012 Olympic legacy'' - the perfect model for grass roots sports participation in and around London is already firmly in place in the form of the thriving ''parkrun''...

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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Anatomy of a crack

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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Will Baroness Ashton need a Ludford Law?

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Credit Crisis and the Bailout in Plain English