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hi

i'm wondering about what do with the funkypancake blog, so i'd value some feedback ! 

it's been going for over 6 years and i haven't changed the format (or content for that matter) much over that time.  We've got some major life changing events on the horizon, so now seemed a good time to review where it's at

here are some questions you could cut and paste in to an email and ping back to me at dave@funkypancake.com 

* can you still be bothered to look at all this stuff  ?

* how often do you read it ?

*  and how - on a proper computer or a mobile phone etc ?

* do you look at the webpage or read via an RSS reader ?

* are there too many / too few pictures every day ?

* what sorts of pictures work best ? 

* would you like to see other life ramblings interspersed - eg my twitters etc ?

* would you like a little bit more life updating, which might involve some blog posts of just words.

* do you have any thoughts on better ways of displaying my wares ?

* are there any better design options or ways of doing the site that could make things easier ?

* are pages too slow to load ?

* what's your favourite vegetable and why ?

* why don't people leave comments any more ?  is it simply too tricky to work out how to do it or is there actually no one there ?

so there you go.  words.  a rare thing on funkypancake.  please send me an email and tell me what you think !  i'll give you a week to reply and i'll attempt to do some redesigning week after next

toodle pipkins

dave@funkypancake.com 

update: by the way, do include a link to your own webpage/twitter etc and/or if you know any good sites you think i might be interested in.  and i promise not to spam your email address


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this was easelly identified

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two slightly different dog signs in the same area.  interesting.

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one of the many cake decorations on jane's cake

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this reminded me of chemistry experiments at school.  conclusion: combustible.

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i think this is an old sign.  you don't see threes like this in the modern era (as far as i'm aware)

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good official use of the word scooper

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it was jane's birthday yesterday and the girls decorated this fantastic cake (millions of thanks to Kim for doing this as i'd totally forgotten that cakes were an essential part of my wife's birthday celebrations.  ooops)

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bargain

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spot the little marching soldiers

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i'd not seen this memorial to the queen mum before.  it's jolly good.

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a very long sign. with spare space.  and optimum verticalness

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we saw bjorn again on saturday at my work summer party

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i hadn't realised there was actually a number of bjorn agains each with a different 'cast' of musicians/performers

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on our way home we moved out of the way to let a golf trolley through.  it contained the keyboard player who was speaking with a broad northern accent.  Rather different from the swenglish (swedish-english) used during the performance !

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full set of pictures here (click on the little icon to the bottom left of the pictures to watch as a bigger slide show

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here are some strange things i saw over a wall.  any idea what they are ?

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well, i recorded a slow portrait and made paul sit still for 5 minutes.  but then i managed to format the memory card before loading it on to the pooter and all was lost.  sorry paul and sorry everyone else.

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kezia and i have agreed to up our usage of the word ample.  we're not using it ample enough already.

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quite what is this ?

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just a minute, isn't that nicholas parsons ?  yes it is.  he kindly agreed to let me take his photo as i stomped across london between meetings with mark

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say what you see

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franked mail, stamped mail or the bin

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i don't know about you, but i'm addicted to the One And Other Antony Gormley thing in Trafalgar Square.  it's totally excellent and worth checking in at least once and hour

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http://www.oneandother.co.uk/

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the person who was up there when i walked by last week had a sign about a library

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esther has two birthday parties this year.  here's #1

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then we went to tgi friday where we ate so much we felt ill.  quality stuff.

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strange thing at our industry awards ceremony on thursday evening as dave rowntree (drummer from blur and various other even more worthy activities), billy bragg and feargal sharkey were all very much there.

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old rock and roll is the new rock and roll is the old internet.  or something

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this little procession marched past me on the way to the telecom regulator.

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and in a completely unrelated place across town i saw this chap

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good generic advice there

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follow through the boarded wall if you are a wheely

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didn't really come out as nice as i'd have liked, but it vaguely says the money cult next to the betting shop.  oh well.  next !

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i can't believe fairgrounds are still allowed to give goldfish as prizes.  they are a complete nightmare for all involved, especially the fish.

i saw quite a few children wandering round with small bags of goldfish. proudly presenting them to their parents, who then had to purchase a goldfish bowl and food at inflated prices from the stall where they'd 'luckily' won them.

dreadful business

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things that happen on my desk

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both esther and kezia's orchestras played in an extravaganza yesterday.  it was very good, but we now realise that as our girls get older their concerts will get longer.  this one was 2 and a half hours, and although very good, we were slightly relieved when we could exit the rather warm venue. 

anyway i grabbed the shot above at the end of kezia's orchestra's practice, so i wouldn't get evicted.

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this poor chap was bludgeoned by another chap with a big clonking sword.  all in the name of entertainment

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this lady thanked us all for watching.  she knew about watching as she had funky glasses

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this chap showed people his sword.

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and in the name of health and safety let youngsters hold this rather heavy and sharp piece of metal

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blackfriars underground.  i used to walk down here every day about 10 years ago.  but now i don't

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looks like my lens could have done with a clean

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classic tombola prizes

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adults dressed up as animals

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here are three men having trouble with a piano.  these pianos have been popping up all over london and are jolly good.

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i don't think this cleaning vehicle was part of the art (that rhymes) but it was jolly good none-the-less-the-same

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it's part of this exhibition which i'd love to see.  so i probably will

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here are two more nearly but not quite the same shots of the same thing

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this chap just caught an eel as i walked past him yesterday morning

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As a result i've had the mighty boosh's eels in my head all day long (youtube video contains a biological word some might find distasteful, but worth a listen!)

"elements of the past and the future combining to make something not quite as good as either".

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this is a phenomenon as seen in the news yesterday

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now, i don't know much about animals (although i did put a dead hedgehog in our dustbin last night), however, even i know these aren't horses.

do would you trust the author to tell you how to look after them ?

"your horse is quite short isn't it?"

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this dates these pictures which were taken on anzac day when the shops were closed.  mostly for more than 10 minutes

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