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Rex on July 14th, 2010

When I’m boss I’m going to make my family obey me and tidy my room. I will make my class listen to me make a throne and take me to mcdonalds to have every meal [,] let me have a birthday every satarday and get to stay up as long as I want to. get [...]

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Rex on July 13th, 2010

I’ve just been pushed out of a window at Battersea Arts Centre.

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Rex on June 14th, 2010

The Northcote Road Festival took place on Sunday and looked to be very successful. There were a lot of people, but as the road was closed for the day it didn’t cause any problems. There was the usual street market, plus fairground rides, two stages for music and entertainment and lots of stalls for local [...]

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Rex on June 9th, 2010

Monday was the Friends of Battersea Zoo Barbecue. Although the weather wasn’t great, there was a big turn out, and hopefully much cash was raised for the Friends. Apart from a raffle, silent auction and drinks being on sale for charity, there was a face painter for the kids. Battersea Park Zoo is one of [...]

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Rex on May 17th, 2010

The first street party of the year took place this weekend in Battersea Square. A ‘farmers’ market, craft stalls and other food stalls, as well as music and dance performances from nearby RAD (Royal Acadamy of Dance). Also a chance to see some parts of the square I’d never seen before. There’s quite a large [...]

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Rex on May 13th, 2010

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Rex on April 20th, 2010

Very little evidence of any campaigning in Battersea, despite it being a marginal seat. All we’ve had so far is a leaflet through the door from the Conservatives and Labour andI did see a battered Ford Fiesta with a few stickers from an independent candidate. Policies I like: No increase in national insurance Citizenship for [...]

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Rex on March 20th, 2010

My sister is becoming a farmer – a goat farmer to be precise. she and Ian now have approx 50 female and 1 billy goats on rented land near their place in Bradford upon Avon. The plan is to increase the herd (billy has been busy) and buy some farmland to establish themselves. After that [...]

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Rex on February 11th, 2010

The Wandsworth Green Business Awards were held yesterday at the Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel. Unfortunately we didn’t win this time for our green server hosting, but it was a popular event. I’d say around 250 people attended and it was very well organised. The winners included Hakan from Linebyte, an IT company. Hakan was demoing [...]

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Rex on January 25th, 2010

Recently I’ve been playing with a mapping app on the iPhone called Waze. This allows you to do free turn by turn routing on a smartphone (at time of writing Android and iPhone’s supported), with the added bonus of up to date traffic reporting by fellow users of the service. Waze started in Israel, and [...]

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