This week I’ve been staying at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen. In fact it’s the only Hilton in Stockholm.
I’ve been very impressed. There is an “Environmental Statement” 12-page booklet in your room which tells you how much the hotel has done to help the environment. So I can tell you that, for example, energy consumption in [...]
As you may know, the prefix mega- is abbreviated with an upper case ‘M’. So, for example, 5 megabytes can be written as 5MB. A single megabyte is either 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes.
From the Wikipedia:
In computing, mega- can sometimes denote 1,048,576 (220) of information units (example: a megabyte, a megaword), but can denote 1,000,000 (106) [...]
I’m pleased to report that last Tuesday’s weigh-in revealed that I have lost 2.5 pounds since the last time. This means that I’ve now lost 2 stones or 28 pounds. That’s 12.7Kg in the new money
Given that I started at 20 stones and 1 pound, I’ve lost 10% of my initial weight, near [...]
Last year we went to six proms concerts at the Albert hall, including the legendary Last Night of The Proms.
This year we didn’t go to any at all, which I’m starting to feel was a grave error.
I finally got around to watching a recording of The Last Night on the telly and it’s made me [...]
Last night I went to the Royal Festival Hall in the South Bank Centre to see the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”.
It was excellent! I went with Michael and Ricky, and we had a box to ourselves. Boxes are definitely the best way to see a concert
The programme was:-
Vaughan [...]
I recently spent a week in Prague at the Intercontinental Hotel. Unfortunately, their swimming pool was closed for maintenance for the entire week. However, they arranged for a hotel car to take guests (for free) along to the Hilton where we were able to use their pool and spa facilities. When I finished, I just [...]
If you should happen to find yourself in Milan, near Milanofiori (home of the International Congress Centre, a Jolly Hotel and a shopping centre amongst other things, but fundamentally Central Nowheresville) and you fancy a good cup of tea, you could do much worse than visit Adriano at the Black&Noir café. You’ll find him at [...]
Big Martyn has started on his Mega Cruise. Hurrah! I’m pleased to report there’s a daily update from the man himself on his new blog:
http://bigmartyn.blogspot.com/
By the way, did I mention I lost another 3 and a half pounds last week? Check it out!
This week I’ve lost another pound and a half of weight, bringing the total to 16 lbs. I’m down to 18 stone and 13 lbs.
OK, this week I lost 4 pounds, which means my total so far is 14½ lbs.That’s more than a stone in the old money
Because I’ve lost a stone, the Weight Watchers Leader gave me a stone! Frankly, I think the new one is far more attractive
I was concerned because I haven’t [...]