http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog Can I have my life back now? Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:57:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A very close friend of mine has been wrongfully arrested and detained in Dubai since the 26th of January. So far, without being officially charged. 31-year-old Cat Le-Huy, Head of Technology at Endemol UK, was detained and arrested during a tourist visit to Dubai for carrying melatonin, an over-the-counter jet ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/random-things/please-help-my-friend It’s been sunny since I got to LA and relatively warm. Definitely in the 20s. We totally lucked out and got a beautiful red Chrysler to drive around in. It was just parked there in the “compact” section at the rental place, just waiting for me next to some ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/nice-way-to-spend-a-winter I hate Mountain View. 3 days in SF made me forget much about why I hate Mountain View. I even managed to forget the order of the 15 or so shithole stations between SF and Mountain View. When I was in SF, I was happy. Boarding the train to go ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/the-joy-of-travelling-on-xmas-eve I am staying at the hotel Tropicana again for a few days, before I head back to Mountain View, pack up and leave town. It’s an odd little cheap hotel but it’s pretty much spotlessly clean, the rooms are bright and it doesn’t have that air of crack den-cum-homeless shelter that ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/the-googleplex-strip-joints-and-tattoos OK, here’s why staying in Mountain View sorta sucks. Today I wanted to go to a dance class that started at 12:15. For this, I had to be at the train station for 10:19. There was a massive fucking spider in the bath (are there poisonous spiders in California?). It took ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/trains-trains-trains-fucking-trains I’ve started riding the Muni buses everywhere. I’ve found a few that get me from the Caltrain station to the Mission and also took one downtown and back. One of the buses had an ad in it with an illustration of a big black lady in Muni uniform, ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/why-muni-is-more-fun-than-tfl After 2 days in the Hermit’s Nest (I’ve started referring to this flat as Hermit’s Nest because it’s wood panelled inside, has got a fireplace but no functional TV and, most importantly, may as well be up in the mountains rather than in Mountain View, being so far away from ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/uncategorized/suburbia-and-cycling So, new pics from the Arizona leg of my trip are up on Flickr. Obviously, they are all raw and untouched and totally not photoshopped to bring out the otherwise washed up colours. I am really that good, oh yeah. And all without a UV filter, too. Ahem. So anyway, moving on… Things ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/lost-found-in-vegas-and-beyond There’s nothing like a day of shitty London weather to make me happy I’m going off for the best part of 2 months. Seriously, it has to be seen to be believed how crappy the weather can be in this town and how miserable and disgusting everything looks then. ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/travel/leaving-london-for-a-while Don’t you just loathe it when companies start bombarding you with Xmas shite months before the thing? The first one I saw this year was a TV ad for some lameass sofa company x . I wish I could remember their name, cause they are the winners of the dubious honour ... http://www.industryoutsider.net/blog/bad-advertising/early-bird-christmas-competition-winners