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Simon Cox

Simon Cox

Hello – this is my personal website. I bring you a smattering of articles to read, images to soak in while you wander about the web and a few thoughts to ponder on while you drink your tea in the short articles section.

August 2026

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All posts (347)

23y
It looks like time is up for the US's (soon to be our's...) President Bush and a scandal to rival that of Watergate is now brewing. US domestic criticism mounts over intelligence used to justify war. Source The Guardian Meanwhile: As the CIA director, George Tenet, arrived at the Senate yesterday to give secret...
23y
Every Monday morning, early, I am woken by our two cats diving for cover under the bed as if they had heard tanks rolling down the street. It's half past six in the morning and the dustbin men, or Domestic Refuse Collection Operatives, are clattering their way from house to house. It's not being woken up at half six...
23y
Pittock.net is now live and the forum is in place. I encourage Pittock family members who visit this site occasionally to go and register on the forum. [Pittock.net ](https://web.archive.org/web/20091126173931/http://www.pittock.net /)is now live and the forum is in place and I encourage Pittock family members who...
23y
Pittock reunion day 3 - Castle Coombe and Stourhead. On Friday the 27th of June we met early once again and took the coach on a trip to Castle Combe, the location of the film Dr Doolittle. It was quite a walk from the coach park down to the village and was well worth it although the climb back up was certainly not...
23y
Pittock reunion 2003 day two - Bristol and Wells. On Thursday the 26th of June we all met early in the morning and boarded a coach that took us to Bristol to visit the SS Great Britain and its heritage centre. The SS Great Britain was the world's first iron ship to cross an ocean and was built by Isambard Kingdom...
23y
Day one at the Pittock reunion - Bath. On Wednesday the 25th of June we gathered in a hotel reception for a stroll into the city where we met one of the Mayors volunteer guides. She took us on a two hour walk around Bath pointing out the various historic buildings, their famous architects, the Roman baths and places...
23y
The Pittock Reunion happens every two years and always in a different location - this year it was Bath. We amassed on Tuesday the 24th of June 2003 at 6.30pm for a buffet reception and get together at the Menzies Waterside Hotel in Bath. There were family members from afar away as Hawaii, the east and west coasts of...
23y
Just purchased a new Palm Tungsten W - that's the one with the phone built in! Fab piece of kit. I am writing this entry on the Palm right now and will be able to update the website from nearly anywhere in the world. Why? Because I can and because its there. This entry was brought to you from a Palm Tungsten via...
23y
Elaborate head wear and an aquatic animal with a periodical and a timepiece thrown in for good measure - whatever will they think of next on this media management course? Tonight Peter Block set us a task to make a game using a hat, a fish, a newspaper and an alarm clock. This is my attempt: To begin The players...
23y
Microsoft have announced that they will no longer develop new versions of their web browser Internet Explorer, for the Apple Mac. In some respects this is a pity as IE is a good browser on the Mac platform - however Apples own Safari browser - still in beta - is already a far better browser and is more standards...
23y
Roger Woodward takes an early bath but is he just being thrown to the lions? The front page of the Croydon Advertiser carried a fascinating story on Friday. "Head of parking goes as council slashes charges". My immediate thought was hurrah! But on reading the story it appears that "Parking Manager of the Year" Roger...
23y
Local headlines sometimes just unintentionally make you laugh! Naturally I feel sorry for the ferret in the story. Spotted on the Croydon Advertiser web site: ic Croydon - Yobs set ferret alight

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