Rob Kenny’s blog

I Was (almost) a Phone a Friend

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:19:05 +0000

Somewhere around the end of October I had a phone call from my brother (Darren Kenny), he had been invited to take part in a Gold Medal Who Wants to be a Millionaire? special and wondered if I could be a Phone a Friend. To take part he needed to p...

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11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:41:03 +0000

For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums...

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Catching up on Four Years of Sleep

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:36:26 +0100

"I am going to catch up on four years of sleep" that was the plan revealed this morning by Darren on BBC breakfast. It has been a hectic few weeks, not only for Darren but for all of the ParalympicsGB athletes in Beijing. They arrived back yester...

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Veni Vici Velodrome

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:51:49 +0100

Well, not me but the British Paralympic Cycling Team. Over 4 days of racing in the Laoshan Velodrome ParalympicsGB were contesting 13 medals across the classes they finished with 12 Golds and 1 Silver. Friday is the start of the Road events, looki...

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Dark Knight Returns

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:31:05 +0100

This morning went to see The Dark Knight, it has only just come out in the UK. I went to the Vue Cinema in Reading and I am going to have a quick rant first of all. Our seats for the first showing were covered in Popcorn, we think it was the stud...

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Team Building Day

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:15:27 +0100

As threaten, here are some pictures from our Term Building day. Once again big thanks to Simone, who organised it all, Duck Trail's and a bevy of Citroen 2CV's.

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Plane Manners

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:43:18 +0100

Why can't people just be polite and not start unbuckling their belts and turning on their cellphones half a second after the plane as landed. Stop pretending you are important.

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A Driving License Does Not Mean I Can Drive

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:04:21 +0100

To break up our Company meeting we had a team building event. In a veil of secrecy we boarded the bus and after 45 minutes arrived in Wormer, North Holland at Duck Trail, Citroen 2CV Rally Tours and spent the rest of the day 'racing' around with 3...

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The Passenger

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:38:25 +0100

Travelled to Amsterdam today for a week of 'Death by PowerPoint' and other extreme office sports. Did not get much sleep as I kept waking up thinking I had overslept, which seems to be the norm for me with early starts. Flight went from being on ...

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Adding a Flickr Badge to Vox

nobody@vox.com(Rob Kenny) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:16:04 +0100

The first time I tried to add a flickr widget to this page I had a few problems, so I wrote this on how to add a Flickr badge to Vox.

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