http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/media-player-guitar-tab-plugin/ http://boakes.org/media-player-guitar-tab-plugin/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:44:52 +0000 Rich media player guitar tab itunes winamp windows media player http://boakes.org/media-player-guitar-tab-plugin/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/12string/12string' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
This is one of those “maybe it exists but I can’t find it” ideas. Something that I’d find very useful would be media player plugin that could use the ID tag from mp3’s (etc) to nip off to the WWW and find the relevant guitar tab so playing along is thus a very easy [...]]]> http://boakes.org/media-player-guitar-tab-plugin/feed/ http://boakes.org/dyson-coin-trap/ http://boakes.org/dyson-coin-trap/#comments Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:24:39 +0000 Rich coin trap dyson cr01 dyson washing machine not emptying contrarotator contra rotator filter blocked blockage http://boakes.org/dyson-coin-trap/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/dyson-coin-trap/trap' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Since we’ve been upgraded to the new-style of coin trap on our Dyson CR-01 washing machine we’ve noticed that it clogs more than the previous design. This is good (ish): it’s supposed to clog, that’s the idea, by clogging at a point that is accessible it reduces the likelihood that larger particles of gunk [...]]]> http://boakes.org/dyson-coin-trap/feed/ http://boakes.org/killay-house/ http://boakes.org/killay-house/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:21:55 +0000 Rich Swansea NCH killay history killay house wimmerfield heol glasnant hendrefoilan school google earth http://boakes.org/killay-house Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/killayhouse/gate' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The recent demolition of Killay House left a lot of memories without an anchor. It was a familiar shape to the thousands of people who travel on Gower Road daily, and it had been so for over 120 years. Growing up in Heol Glasnant (where the houses are tall), and going to school [...]]]> http://boakes.org/killay-house/feed/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:50:19 +0000 Rich lloyds bank killay dunvant road gower road killay house killay sketty wimmerfield sketty lane swansea cine video 1975 http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/fastrun/title' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Thirty one years ago, my grandfather, thought it might be interesting to fix his cine camera to the outside of his car, and go for a drive from his home in Wimmerfield Crescent, down to Sketty and back. Cine film at the time was not expensive, but still far from cheap, and also suffered from the [...]]]> http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/feed/ http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/ http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:09:15 +0000 Rich 1978 1979 1980 cine hendrefoilan school sports day killay dunvant swansea http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/school-sports/teachers' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
This cine was taken at the Hendrefoilan School Sports Day, sometime between June 1978 and June 1980… ish. I’m guessing it’s between these dates because (a) I look quite young (b) I think I can see Kath Williams before she went to Australia [confirmed, thanks Kath!] and (c) there was a distinct turnover in teachers around [...]]]> http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/feed/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:14:12 +0000 Rich silver jubilee queen elisabeth II street party killay swansea heol glasnant wimmerfield crescent cine 1977 http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/jubilee/hat' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Wimmerfield Crescent is a residential street located in Killay, Swansea. It feeds three small residential cul-de-sac roads, one of which is called Heol Glasnant where I used to live. Heol Glasnant has the unusual property (in Wales) of being flat, and the lack of throroughfare made it an ideal venue for street parties. In [...]]]> http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/feed/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:22:03 +0000 Rich wimmerfield crescent wimmerfield cine killay swansea breeze http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/feed/ http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/ http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:24:59 +0000 Rich cyclone larry extent storm satellite innisfail rainforest lodge cyclone larry queensland australia google earth http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/nqld-cyclone/australia-larry' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
It looks like Mission Beach (where we spent an amazing week living a rainforest lodge in 2002) may have been very badly hit by Cyclone Larry last night. News reports are focusing on the town of Innisfail at the moment, probably because it’s the most populated area and the eye of the storm appears to [...]]]> http://boakes.org/queensland-cyclone/feed/