The diary and photos of Chris Beach. I'm into windsurfing, coding, badminton, drawing and composing music using computers and synths.

"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence" Doug McLeod


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sunday pm 28th october 2007

first photo taken with the canon 400d

Just got a new camera - the Canon 400d. Very excited about owning a digital SLR! The first decent lens (a Canon 10-22mm wide-angle) is on order, but in the meantime here's a panorama I took with the kit lens and stiched together. Click it for the full-size version.

written by Chris Beach
29/10/07 12:02am
(2 years, 10 months ago)

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monday pm 8th october 2007

poker - bellamy is back!

Welcoming back my old friend Steve, who cleared up on the final table. Only told us afterwards that he's now a professional poker player, the rogue!

results

1st: Stephen Bellamy (£65) *
2nd: Tom (£25)
3rd: Alex Hilton (£10)
4th: Me
5th: Stephen Brandwood
6th: Carole *
7th: Cat
8th: Greg Ros *
9th: Ez Britton *
10th: Dan Everard *
11th: David Staniec
12th: Dana Rubino
13th: Andy Lahan *

*rebuy

Photos by Cat:

written by Chris Beach
09/10/07 09:53am
(2 years, 10 months ago)

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wednesday pm 15th august 2007

poker - 18 players!

Really testing the limits of our lounge this evening, but what a prize pool!

results

1st: Stephen Brandwood (£70)
2nd: Cat (£35) *
3rd: James Taylerson (£15)
4th: Tim Magnus (£10)
5th: Tom Fitzsimmons *
6th: Niyi Kolade
7th: Arsan Hassan **
8th: Michelle Gleave *
9th: Alex
10th: David Staniec *
11th: Dana Rubino
12th: Andrew Ross
13th: Carole
14th: Dan Liu *
15th: Anthony Gleave
16th: Me *
17th: Dave Boden
18th: Greg Ros

*rebuy

Bad beat of the night: Jay's pocket aces, beaten by David Staniec's 7 4 off-suit after the river landed David a straight (7,8,9,10,J)

written by Chris Beach
15/08/07 10:55pm
(3 years ago)

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wednesday pm 1st august 2007

poker

results

1st: Cat (£45)
2nd: James Taylerson (£20)
3rd: Me (£10) *
4th: Carole (£5)
5th: Tom
6th: Alex
7th: Steve Brandwood *
8th: David *
9th: Andy *
10th: Steve Bacon *
11th: Jon

*rebuy

written by Chris Beach
02/08/07 10:32am
(3 years, 1 month ago)

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tuesday pm 26th june 2007

poker

results

1st: Tanya (£45) *
2nd: Alex (£15)
3rd: Andy (£10)
4th: Michelle
5th: Cat
6th: Mark
7th: Greg
8th: Carole
9th: David
10th: Tom
11th: Me

* £5 missing

written by Chris Beach
27/06/07 12:05am
(3 years, 2 months ago)

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tuesday pm 15th may 2007

poker

results

1st: Wendy (£25)
2nd: Alex (£10)
3rd: Tom (£5)
4th: Me
5th: Steve Lee
6th: Carole
7th: Greg Ros
8th: David Staniec

written by Chris Beach
16/05/07 01:28am
(3 years, 3 months ago)

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thursday pm 26th april 2007

the test drive and.. more poker!

A local BMW dealer came to our office today with the latest 2007 range, and Jon and I booked in for test drives. I took out the BMW 335i M-Sport convertible, and it knocked my socks off!

The car leapt forward at the slightest touch of the right foot - I had never driven anything like it! Having the roof down emphasised the speed and the beautiful sound of engine. The route was to London city airport and back, passing only one speed camera along the way wink The BMW salesperson who came out with me was a pro race driver and he offered to take over and show me "what the car was capable of" in the last five minutes of the test drive. When he got in, he turned off stability control and traction control and really let rip for a highly entertaining, completely insane, flurry around Canary Wharf! Needless to say this was the highlight of my day and I couldn't concentrate on anything else when I got back into the office. I was lost in £47,000 daydreams smilie face

After work tonight I joined my teammates for dinner at the Elephant Royale thai restaurant, which happens to be just down the road from my house. At the end of the meal, conversation turned to poker, and five enthusiasts headed back to mine for a £10 game. These are the results:


results

1st: Maynard Case (£30)
2nd: Me (£20)
3rd: Nik Dammerman (£10)
4th: Dave Boden
5th: Charlie Brock

written by Chris Beach
26/04/07 11:54pm
(3 years, 4 months ago)

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wednesday pm 25th april 2007

poker

A great game this evening, with plenty of rebuys to up the prize pool!

results

1st: Greg (£40)
2nd: Niyi (£20)
3rd: Me (£10)
4th: Carole (£5)
5th: Wendy
6th: Mark
7th: Nik
8th: Alex
9th: Susannah
10th: Andy
11th: Dave
12th: Dan
13th: Tom

written by Chris Beach
25/04/07 10:13pm
(3 years, 4 months ago)

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thursday pm 12th april 2007

poker

Back after a long hiatus! Hopefully to become a regular fortnightly game once again

results

1st: Niyi (£30)
2nd: Me (£10)
3rd: Carole (£5)
4th: David
5th: Dana
6th: Jon
7th: Nik (left table)
8th: Tom

written by Chris Beach
13/04/07 06:03pm
(3 years, 4 months ago)

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monday pm 8th january 2007

a great sunday afternoon - inline skating in the park, curry, comedy dvds

Went out on rollerblades with Dan, Wendy, Al, Carole and Dave today. It was a lot of fun and good on Dave and Carole for buying skates at the last minute to join in on the action!

Afterwards we all headed back to mine, Al's and Carole's house for a curry followed by a couple of hours of stand-up comedy on the projector. Bill Bailey's "Bewilderness" DVD never gets old!

written by Chris Beach
08/01/07 12:24am
(3 years, 7 months ago)

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