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Are Carluccio’s Putting In Extra Seats For The Torch Relay?

Carluccio’s in Upper Street in Islington is covered in scaffolding, as this picture shows.

Are Carluccio’s Putting In Extra Seats For The Torch Relay?

As the Olympic Torch Relay passes their restaurant on the 26th of July at around 08:20, are they putting in extra seats to take advantage of the expected crowds?

July 18, 2012 Posted by | Food, News, Sport | , , | Leave a comment

LOCOG Float In A New Pitch

I took this picture from the Emirates Air-Line today.

LOCOG Float In A New Pitch

Are LOCOG, the Olympic organisers, floating in a new pitch for one of the events?

Or perhaps it’s for one of the demonstration sports; overwater British bulldog. In this verion pushing contestants into the river is allowed.

July 18, 2012 Posted by | Sport | , , , | Leave a comment

The First Gig on the Emirates Air-Line

I know it was a stunt by The Sun newspaper, but surely Newton Faulkner‘s gig set new heights in music.

Next thing someone might perform a few magic tricks or perhaps take a flea circus for a ride.

July 18, 2012 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , , | Leave a comment

One of the Only Gluten-Free Snacks At Eastfield

As I’ve said before Eastfield, or Westfield Stratford City as the developers prefer, is a place where gluten-free food for lunch or dinner is difficult to find.

This is all I could find, other than loaves in Waitrose and Marks and Spencer.

One of the Only Gluten-Free Snacks At Eastfield

Even Starbucks only had the usual excellent brownie and a cheese and coleslaw sandwich.  And I just think coleslaw is food for German rabbits.

Returning to the Marks sandwich, what do you do if you’re Jewish or Muslim and fancy something substantial?

I suppose we could always live on Starbucks brownies for a few hours, but the lack of choice does really put me off going to Eastfield.

July 18, 2012 Posted by | Food, World | , , | 7 Comments

Lightning Strikes On Aircraft

They had a piece on BBC Breakfast this morning, about lightning strikes on aircraft, showing how that if there was a layer of metal fibres woven into the carbon fibre, the aircraft skin didn’t collapse.  They did show what happened if a lightning bolt hit the lab teapot.

But there was no mention in the piece of Michael Faraday, who would have course realised the solution, as he did all of the original work and invented the Faraday cage in 1836.

All metal aircraft are in effect, appropriately-sized Faraday cages and this work in Cardiff, is just repeating the process for carbon fibre aircraft.

July 18, 2012 Posted by | World | , , , | Leave a comment