Year: 2003
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LiveJournals
Many of my friends here in Aber seem to have their own weblogs on LiveJournal. I'm almost tempted to download the (open) source of LJ and set up AberJournal, a site for Aberites to post their journals to. Could be cool.
On which note, please go see:
This particular entry in Andy's journal, on account of it … -
Spooks
Work. Ho-hum.
Watched two episodes of Spooks at Bryn's new house. He's just moved to Aber to start his year in industry at the national library. Spooks is a BBC TV drama series about MI5 agents generally kicking arse. Apart from the enormous holes here and there - like the techniques for following somebody (ride a … -
The Return From Lancashire
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Sunday 29th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
Helped fix my mum's fence, and enjoyed the challenge of removing a pigeon from her gutter. This stupid bird, it seems, on a collision course for the house … -
Back From Lancashire, Continued
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Saturday 28th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
More video games. Yet again I won at Mario Party 4. Claire is starting to get really pissed-off with always coming second-place. I don't think she'd mind being … -
Back From Lancashire, Continued
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Friday 27th June 2003
Dan's Mum's House, Preston
Played on Claire's Nintendo GameCube with Claire, my mum, and sisters. I won at Mario Party 4.
Went to meet the managing director who'll be taking over from my … -
Back From Lancashire
Spent the last four days in Lancashire and elsewhere in the North of England, visiting my folks (among other things). Details follow...
Thursday 26th June 2003
Linux Expo 2003, Birmingham
Sorted out Claire's bank, packed bags, and set off for Birmingham to the last day of Linux Expo 2003 at the National Exhibition Centre, to meet up with … -
Seagulls
Woken at 7am this morning by an irate Welsh fishmonger repeatedly ringing my doorbell. Apparently a swarm of ravenous seagulls invaded the street two hours prior and shredded my bin bags, scattering my litter across the street, and this was obviously entirely my fault because I shouldn't have put my bin bags out the night …
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Ice-Cream Van Hijacked
How do you hold your head high in criminal circles after you pull off a crime like this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3012692.stm -
Claire’s Back
=o)
Last night was fun. After spending most of a day hacking into the BBC's weather centre (I wanted a weather forecast XML stream, but couldn't find a free one, so with Kit's help I stole one instead), he, Claire (recently returned) and I went down to the beach after midnight with a bottle of Caern … -
Sleepless
Completely exhausted. Can't sleep. Miss Claire.
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A Brighter Day
I'm glad to report that I now feel that I have recovered from something that's afflicted me for most of the last year.
As you may be aware, almost eleven months ago my girlfriend, Claire, and I got together. At the time, she'd recently started (in part by my orchestration) going out with De, a great … -
Roommate
Apparantly I'm acquiring a roommate.
My friend Kit already spends more of his life at my house than at his own. Today I found his electric shaver plugged in in my bathroom. I questioned him about it, and apparently I have a suitable electrical outlet whereas he doesn't, and this is the only reason, but I'm … -
Clients Suck
Nothing sucks more than flogging yourself to meet a deadline and provide a stunning piece of software to a client who doesn't give a shit.
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Scanning And Zelda
Talked with ICQ-friend Summer for the first time in over six months this afternoon, which was great, because I've missed chatting with her. Caught up on each other's news, then chatted about Love, Sex, and What It All Means for awhile. Refreshing. Made her promise to be online more often in future. We'll see.
Couldn't be … -
Dreadful Deadlines
Just been working like a demon towards a 13:00 deadline this afternoon, delivering a piece of software to a client. Barely made it, but what a buzz!!! Celebrated with a pub lunch with two colleagues, Lisa (the SQL Queen) and Alex (the CodeMonkey, our office pet).
Claire called from Norfolk to say "Hi!" I'd have liked …