London Today

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Back again

2008-11-23T09:57:00.003Z

When I started this blog, Blogger was baby. At the time, I thought will be cool to have mobile device to take photo and publish them somewhere to share - Flickr was not even born then. Was planing to do one myself, but hey, this is fast industry, it was already done.

Just using my Sony Ericsson phone at the time , with only 2mpx camera with VGA lenses, I started the London Today blog using the option you can email photo to it. At the time ahead of time functionality.

Few days ago, I was wearing a Blogger t-shirt, and a friend asked am I fun or a blogger. I am blogger indeed and my primary blog is gz.sunsblog.net, but when I came back on Blogger and saw all my old posts, and finally holding that dream blogging device in my hand, in shape of iPhone, I decided to giv the blog a go again.

And wow, things changed. New web gadgets, advertising made easy using AdSense, all possible global social networking sites offer their own API to do whatever you need to on top of them. Felt easy to set up total new layout, UI is fast and intuitive, you can hook advertising and move on in minutes. Now the last and biggest problem of the all remains - content and visitors.

See you around.

Jazz Cafe Camden

2008-11-23T01:14:00.001Z

On the photo above are Erik Truffaz, French trumpet player and the Indian Project. The gig was great.

Horses

2006-08-12T11:47:00.001+01:00

Horses
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

On Baker Street.

Bedford Bandstand at Clapham Common - Free Music Event

2006-08-06T13:54:00.000+01:00

Bedford Bandstand at Clapham Common - Free Music Event

Lovely evning. There were some realy good artist there. Cold beer, sun and good music.

@media London 15-16 June 2006

2006-06-17T10:46:00.000+01:00

It was good to be there.
Read my comments on http://tzdevblog.blogspot.com
For more info about the event go to http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2006/

Old & New

2006-06-14T14:42:00.000+01:00

Old & New
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Patrol

2006-05-25T10:10:00.000+01:00

Patrol
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Some people ...

2006-05-22T10:10:00.000+01:00

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It is 11:30 on Friday 19.05.2006, and this guy with his behaviour was holding the train for another 15 minutes. The security was to scared to approach him, the police never came, and the train went on. We all had to listen to nonsense and drunken shouting for the next 20 minutes. There were funny moments, as the guy turned to be good nature - but very drunk.

Baker Street Clock Tower

2006-05-04T14:30:00.000+01:00

Baker Street Clock Tower
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Good example how to take care of your heritage.

Lovely sunny day

2006-05-04T13:59:00.000+01:00

Lovely sunny day
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Nice view from the nice pub

2006-04-11T09:39:00.001+01:00

Nice view from the nice pub
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=St+Martins+Lane,+London&ll=51.

510378,-0.126611&spn=0.00446,0.007607

Nice pub

2006-04-11T09:39:00.000+01:00

Nice pub
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=St+Martins+Lane,+London&ll=51.

510378,-0.126611&spn=0.00446,0.007607

Video test

2006-03-23T15:11:00.000Z

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Ignore this post, it's just a test posting video to my blog.

Palestinians&Israelis

2006-02-16T18:54:00.000Z

Every now and then, in front of Marks&Spencer on the end of the Oxford Street, there is group of Palestinians, appealing with their megaphones to boycott mentioned company (obviously owned by Jews), and always, always in the same time, there is group of Israelis giving away leaflets, denying in their megaphones everything the others are saying and so on and so forth. Sometimes when I'm in the bus, I can hear really loud arguments from both camps, and much more people attend on wormer days. This is already part of the London folklore, as this is going on for years.
But I see something beautiful in this. Tell me, where, in which part of the world you can see this two enemies, shoulder to shoulder, discussing their issues in most civilized way.

Some people...

2006-02-13T10:49:00.000Z

... think they leave alone on this world. This lady had all her bags, shopping bags, rucksacks all over the train floor, in a very busy train, occupying space for at least 5 commuters. She was right next to the door, and people were jumping over so they can enter or leave the train. And she was eating, and dropping stuff on the floor. What an idiot.

BBC - London - Features - Family History Day - Events

2006-02-06T14:07:00.000Z

BBC - London - Features - Family History Day - Events

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:15:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:14:00.002Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:14:00.001Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:14:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:13:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:12:00.004Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:12:00.003Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:12:00.002Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:12:00.001Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:12:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:11:00.001Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:11:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:08:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:07:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:05:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cartoon Muslim Protest

2006-02-03T15:00:00.000Z

Cartoon Muslim Protest
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Selfriges corner

2006-02-02T17:49:00.000Z

Selfriges corner
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

OXFORD CIRCUS

2006-01-27T13:47:00.000Z

DSC00135.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Cheers

2006-01-14T22:34:00.000Z

Cheers
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

When I turned the page...

2006-01-09T10:09:00.000Z

Gas problems everywhere

2006-01-06T08:27:00.000Z

Last decoration days

2006-01-06T08:25:00.000Z

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T16:07:00.000Z

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T16:06:00.000Z

On my way to work

2005-12-18T01:56:00.000Z

Buckingham Palace

2005-12-18T01:31:00.000Z

Wellington Monument

2005-12-16T11:59:00.000Z

Welington Arch

DSC00018.JPG

2005-12-11T11:54:00.000Z

DSC00018.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

DSC00014.JPG

2005-12-11T11:51:00.000Z

DSC00014.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

DSC00017.JPG

2005-12-11T11:49:00.000Z

DSC00017.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

DSC00015.JPG

2005-12-10T11:53:00.000Z

DSC00015.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

DSC00006.JPG

2005-12-08T11:32:00.000Z

DSC00006.JPG
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Season change

2005-10-14T11:14:00.000+01:00

Season change
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Lovely tree showing season change. Rainy days ahead, but sometimes I like it that way.

Anyone knows name of this tree? I want it in my garden.

GO!!! TOWERS!

2005-10-09T23:58:00.000+01:00

We lost today. Damn! Only 2 points, in lead during the game. This photos are from last week (01.10.2005).

Tube Again and Again and Again

2005-10-09T23:41:00.000+01:00

Many times, I hear people arguing in foreign languages, shouting like no one will understand them, shouting like they are on their own. What if I can understand their argument? How bad that is? That's what's happening in the tube, often.

To Hell With Poverty

2005-10-09T22:35:00.000+01:00

Lifestyle

2005-10-09T22:16:00.000+01:00

Living in London is very expensive exercise. This shop is offering living room sets from £4000 up. Nice.

Sherlock Holmes

2005-10-09T21:46:00.000+01:00

Sherlock is cool guy. He will catch this bad guys trying to torture this innocent woman. I just wonder, has he really existed? Like 007?
Click on the title to visit his London Museum website. Photos taken on Baker Street underground platform.

This morning

2005-09-28T10:03:00.001+01:00

This morning
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

F*** you, F*** you!!! - was all I could hear.

This morning

2005-09-28T10:03:00.000+01:00

This morning
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

F*** you, F*** you!!! - was all I could hear.

Falen branch

2005-09-16T19:05:00.000+01:00

Falen branch
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

It is nearly half of the tree, and there was a bike under, don't know what happened to the biker.

Hayao Miyazaki

2005-09-16T09:17:00.000+01:00

Came as suprise, I was not aware the master of animation is back with his new movie.

Going home

2005-09-16T09:16:00.000+01:00

Quite empty tube tonight.

My lunch companion

2005-09-13T21:49:00.000+01:00

My lunch companion
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

She ate half of my Pret A Mange sandwich today.

Don't run...

2005-07-28T09:56:00.000+01:00

Don't run...
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

Dengerous times.

Body of Song

2005-07-27T21:10:00.000+01:00

I couldn't resist to share my happiness of release of such a great album yesterday, from such a legendary great artist: Bob Mould. I've bought it today, and I'm telling you- it is absolutely brilliant.

For you, younger rockers, and music lovers, if you don't know who Bob Mould (HuskerDu, Sugar) is, better check your history books. Go to his own blog, modulate.blogspot.com where you can find lots of links from latest reviews and you can learn more about this great musician. Maybe you'll like it. Just as introduction, from Pixies to Nirvana (not to mention FooFighters) to Coldplay, that guitar sound and style - it's his.

For me, in this sad days of rare good music, this is like sun after years of rain (and opposite :)).

Worth mentioning, it is first time I'm introduced with the work and the history of the keyboard player of this fall's Bob Mould world tour, Morel. It happened to be #1 selling producer according to Billboard Dance Chart. Bought his last album "Lucky Strike" from the last year. Another brilliant album, I highly recommend. His world is called http://morelworld.com/life.html

Good stuff.

Just don't know

2005-07-27T20:50:00.000+01:00

It's stupid to write here about that London terror shit. And I won't. That's for BBC.
More we write about them, and more we talk about them, we just involve them more in our lives. I've decided to ignore them.

If I see someone in person, ok, will do my best to stay alive, but what can you do about it, tell me, what can you do about it, if you see a moron trying to blow-himself in front of you? What can you do about it?

It's been fifth day I'm ill, infected with terrible virus. Many colleagues, friends and people I know are ill to, same virus. Went to GP. No cure. Just rest and drink lots of water and PARACETAMOL every 6 hours. I think she forgot to mention that I should eat sometimes.

My temperature goes up and down every six hours. I feel terrible. In 20 years I don't remember being this ill.

But new days are ahead. Today I feel a bit better and will try to go to work tomorrow. All I know is, if you stay at home, things might go on worse.

I'm afraid that I've infected my family now, and after few days they will be ill too. Let's hope they have better immune system then mine.

While I was ill, at least i started to write some new music a got time to read books.

One day, I will tell you more about my music.

Canada day

2005-07-02T12:45:00.000+01:00

Canada day
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

> Yesterday was Canada Day.

> I never knew that, now I know. Covent Garden was full with Canadians.

Canada day

2005-07-02T12:44:00.000+01:00

Yesterday was Canada Day.
I never knew that, now I know. Covent Garden was full with Canadians.

LSD

2005-06-08T16:10:00.000+01:00

LSD
Originally uploaded by gjokicaz.

At last. Lovely Sunny Day (LSD).

The camera on my mobile sucks, should get a better one soon.

Change please

2005-06-03T12:50:00.000+01:00

It is 12:38 now, and I owed £3.25 to my colleague for this mornings bagel. He is shooting off now from work, and since I've only got $20 banknote, I went out to buy a coke and get change to pay back my bagel.

The shop owner said - "Take the coke and pay me later, I have no change now". I went in the wedding dress boutique across the street for two tenners for my twenty, and the girl in the shop said - "I have no change, try the pub opposite. They always do change for me." I went to the pub opposite and asked for change, and the bartender said - "You are too early mate. No change in the cashier."

!????!!!??!??!?!?!?!?!!?

It is 12:30 on central London and no one got two £10 change for £20. Hello!

Alfa Romeo

2005-05-27T17:06:00.000+01:00

The Giulietta 1954

Nissan Figaro

2005-05-20T17:03:00.000+01:00

Tricked me as an old-timer, never seen one before, or never noticed one before more precisely, but it was made 1991 (1989 announced).

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I love commuting part 2

2005-05-18T10:30:00.000+01:00

This is email from a colleague this morning:

"anyone else have fun getting home last night? here's my journey . . .
Announcement at Baker St - Kings Cross closed - bugger, i'll get Circle to
Liverpool Street
15 minutes on circle line train - hasn't moved - announcement that circle
line isn't going to be moving for a long time.
Right, i'll go down to oxford circus and get the victoria line up to tot
hale.
Get on Bakerloo, sets off, and they announce that Oxford Circus is shut.
Right, i'll go down to Piccadilly, get pic line up to finsbury park, change
onto vic line
15 mins on Picadilly line train - still hasn't moved, announcement that it
won't for a long time.
Announcement that Oxford circus is back open.
Back to oxford circus, get vic line to tot hale and wait 20 mins for
overline train.

love it, i should start a blog like george's . . ."

Here comes my bus

2005-04-21T09:05:00.000+01:00

Train Bugs

2005-03-10T14:58:00.000Z

Everyone who commute to work in London knows about the transport frustrations nearly every day, if not every day.
This morning I was 5 minutes before my train on the station. The train was as usually late for few minutes (if you're lucky, 2 in 5 days it is cancelled), and then on the next station we were kicked out from it, 4 couches full of people, I mean full on seats and standing, due to a technical fault.
I'm paying a fortune to this people to get proper service, and every day is just a frustration. Every day I have to send email or call at work that I'll be delayed.
I have no option of getting earlier train every day, but earlier in the mornings is better, not much, but is better then after 8:00.
Then after half an hour standing in the light rain waiting for the next train (which is also delayed) finally I've managed to get in to the train (boarding the train is like you are playing rugby!), and YES! a got a seat and I'm at work finally at 10:00. The Bus was good to me this time. Usually they are not bad, but after 18:00, they are rubbish too.
That is London train service. Rubbish!
I'll take photos tonight and tomorrow just to illustrate this.
And no one is doing nothing about it. Doh!
We need a bug fix strategy here. Let's start a bugzilla to report all the bugs, and then maybe they will have a list of things to do, because obviously they don't have any system or strategy to solve this issues. This is going on for years.
At least, I wrote about it.

Winter

2005-03-03T14:52:00.000Z

I WANT this winter to go away. Quite fed up with it. I want sun, t-shirt, sunglasses and beer in the garden. I hate cold.

Jaguar M2

2005-03-03T14:21:00.000Z

Bus stop @ Victoria Station

2005-03-02T08:47:00.000Z

'Back the bid' advert

2004-12-23T18:42:00.000Z

"Back the bid" is Londons' Olimpic Campaign slogan

CD Poster

2004-12-22T14:03:00.000Z

I haven't checked this music yet. Has anyone?

Muse - after the show

2004-12-21T10:34:00.000Z

Going home after the Muse show.

Muse

2004-12-21T10:12:00.000Z

Where are they?

Muse

2004-12-21T10:04:00.000Z

Muse - the stage

2004-12-21T10:00:00.000Z

Well, this was really fantastic.

Muse

2004-12-21T09:46:00.000Z

Muse

2004-12-21T09:42:00.000Z

www.muse.mu

Muse Concert

2004-12-21T09:38:00.001Z

Muse Concert

2004-12-21T09:38:00.000Z

Zootones (Muse support)

2004-12-21T09:34:00.000Z

Not bad. A bit boring for a large hall, maybe in a club they can do better.

Earls Court Exibition Center

2004-12-21T09:33:00.000Z

Great Street Artist

2004-12-20T15:33:00.000Z

Can you do this? Amazing!

Da Vinci on the street

2004-12-20T15:31:00.000Z

Amazing street art. It is cold, he is on the pavement, doing his amazing work, Da Vinci on the street. Every moment the rain can ruin his hard work, but he doesn't care, he just want his art to be perfect.

Xmas dinner table

2004-12-17T19:55:00.000Z

It was too dark, the music was too loud, could't talk, we were all shouting to eachother.

Xmas shopping

2004-12-17T14:48:00.000Z

Xmas shoping in Selfridges

Xmas shopping

2004-12-17T14:46:00.000Z

The Bus

2004-12-17T09:35:00.000Z

In the morning

2004-12-17T09:33:00.000Z

Xmas tree

2004-12-17T09:28:00.000Z

In the Pub

2004-12-17T08:49:00.000Z

In the Pub before Xmas

2004-12-17T08:48:00.000Z

picture(5).jpg

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