jasoncook.comfoo bar blog: life's variables, globally declared.Sony K750 meets the Kaiser Chiefs at a May Ball (Updated)- June 23, 2005 LEDs replacing cigarette lighters That&8217;s what wound up spinning through my brain as I watched the Kaiser Chiefs play at the Queens&8217; College May Ball. Not as firestarters, mind. I&8217;m talkin&8217; cigarette lighters as rock-ballad accoutrements, i.e. glowing objects to be held aloft whenever the band plays a song you like. Because that&8217;s what happened last night, thanks to the whole cameraphone digital camera scene. Stuck towards the back, I could spot each and every...http://www.jasoncook.com/archives/000254.shtml May Bumps, May Balls, and MBAs- June 18, 2005 I tend to update this page on Saturday mornings. Maybe that&8217;s because it&8217;s the one day I stay seated through my morning cup of coffee, tethered by the teensy hangover which will come knocking anytime I hold up my wine glass for even a single refill. So be it. Friday nights are good, here. Last night I was happily back at Magdalene, even though the season of Formal Halls is over. This was a pizza-and-chips affair, instead, with the other Magdalenes who are in the Judge. It&8217;s a...http://www.jasoncook.com/archives/000247.shtml Of Pimm's and Punts. And Pembroke.- June 11, 2005 There&8217;s a correlation between sunny weather and Pimm&8217;s consumption, in these parts. Correlation, yes, and causality, too. Of course, I&8217;d never heard of Pimm&8217;s before landing in Cambridge. I&8217;d likewise presumed that the locals hadn&8217;t experienced sunny weather &8212; I mean, how else does one explain the Brit tendency to don T-shirts and miniskirts when it&8217;s still freezing out Turns out the sun does sometimes shine in the British Isles (every second Saturday in..http://www.jasoncook.com/archives/000242.shtml |