Just been on a work trip to Kiev. Got a few photos over on Picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/steevc/Kiev#. I'm thinking I may use that in preference to Multiply. Add me as a contact there to see other stuff.

Classics with the kids

We went to this concert at the Barbican with our kids and a couple more last night. There was a session beforehand where some members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra talked to us about the pieces and we got to make some music together. The kids took along their instruments.

I was not familiar with the pieces, but enjoyed them. I've not been to many classical concerts. A full orchestra in action is a spectacular sight and sound.

Big Garden Birdwatch

Another year, another RSPB survey. We beat our record with 11 species recorded this time

• 1 blackbird
• 1 blue tit
• 1 chaffinch
• 1 coal tit
• 1 collared dove
• 1 dunnock
• 2 great tits
• 2 sparrows
• 1 robin
• 1 wren

Don't see the wren all the time, so that was good to see. There may have been others in the garden, but we can't see it all from any one window.

Bit quiet around here

I've not been making much use of Multiply lately. My friends seem more active on Facebook and Picasa. I still like some of the Multiply features. I find it the easiest for setting who should see each item and you can make things totally public if you want to, unlike Facebook.

I tried sharing pictures on Picasa, but there are aspects of that I don't really like and only a couple of friends use it, so I may go back to putting my pictures here. There's even a plug-in for the Picasa desktop app to automate that, although it doesn't upload things like descriptions and other metadata you can set on your pictures.

Anyone else got an opinion?

Rhythms of the World 2009

Had a great day at the festival yesterday. Details of bands we saw on the blog.

Night at the Museum 2

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Kids & Family

Although we have the first film on DVD I have yet to watch it all, but I've seen enough to say that this is more of the same, but with a slightly larger canvas as the action moves from New York to the Smithsonian museum complex in Washington DC. It's fun stuff with action most of the way. Not much in the way of slushy relationship stuff.

Good performances from most of the cast, especially Frank Azaria as the nasty Egyptian. Ben Stiller doesn't do much for me. Lots of neat lines with a few aimed at the parents.

Next thing we're likely to see could be Harry Potter VI

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