Year: 2003
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Amazon Embraces The Religious Divide
In these interesting times, as acts of terrorism committed in the name of religion become more commonplace, I was delighted that Amazon would give me the following suggestion:
AltAmazon - Perfect Partner: Buy Qu'ran and The Holy Bible today!
I might just click on the button, just so I feel that I've done my bit. See also … -
Quacks Do Echo, Thank You Very Much
At long last, I feel justified! As a long-time arguer (as much out of reason as playing devil's advocate) that a duck's quack should make an echo just like any other sound, recent research reported by the BBC demonstrates the fallacy of the widely-accepted myth!
In other news, it looks like my suggestion to Paul to … -
Early
Like Kit, I woke up surprisingly early. Then decided to go back to sleep and as such will now be late for work. Ah well.
Need to get ready for a presentation I have to give at the Park Hall Hotel tomorrow as my contribution to the Cymru Prosper Wales scheme, which funds small businesses in … -
Cool Shit Of The Week
I've just realised that I haven't shared with you this week any of the cool shit I've come across on the internet while I should have been working! This won't do...
Here's a heap of crap for all of you who like origami.< Have you downloaded a copy of NaDa, a revolutionary new piece of software … -
Bovini: A Week Well-Spent
It's been a busy week. I've spent a lot of my time at the office, trying to get the replication model for Bovini working - causing much stress as it failed time and time again. For those of you without a grounding in computer science theory, replication is the art of making data be identical …
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Which Dictator Are You?
I am Genghis Khan, apparently.
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With a deadly penchant for other people's wife's [sic] and total disregard for human life you are a Genghis Khan. Cruel, fearsome and merciless, you can create and lead a powerful civilisation. Psychos will hero-worship you, others will just be glad never to meet you on an 'off' day.
Which Dictator … -
Timewasting
Look what I found while I was wasting time on the 'net this morning.
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Pathetic Motorways
I kid you not - there's a web site dedicated to the pathetic motorways of the United Kingdom, with reasons why they've been nominated as pathetic, photographs, maps, and the history of each road. Perhaps the oddest site you'll see all day.
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Edge of darkness
This repost was published in hindsight, on 22 March 2019.
Kit wrote:
A day of energy and focus. Paul and I hacking through stuff, fixing, tweaking, making work, prodding, pushing.
Its a slick operation. Paul and I discuss bugs and problems, mark them up on a whiteboard on the wall (installed for the purpose) and clear off … -
Fiona
It's been a long time since I've seen Kit so happy.
I've never seen Kit so loved-up.
Aren't humans interesting?
This blog post was later featured in an On This Day revisit, in a blog post in 2010. -
Caffienation
A week of no more than 5½ hours sleep a night led me to caffeination as an aid to get any work done, this week. It's kept me awake to work, but has made me feel weird and unwell, and last night, OD'd, had me get excessively paranoid and curl up into a crying lump …
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The Most Terrifying Thing A Web Developer Will Ever See
Want to see something quite terrifying: DHTML Lemmings. I kid you not - this is scary shit, particularly when you realise that it's all being done client-side, using script, over the web: no Flash, no Applets, no ActiveX <spits> - just pure unadulterated CSS and JavaScript. I got scared.
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Beach Party Gone Bad
We walked back over the dunes from Ynyslas beach. I lead the way, planning to reach the car, drop off my bags, then go back and help Kit and Paul, who were struggling with most of the remaining barbeque gear. A few minutes behind me was Claire, and a few minutes behind her, Fiona, a …
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Online Banking
NatWest phoned me today in response to my complaint the other day that their online banking service refused to support Opera, my web browser of choice, seemingly for no good reason. I threatened to take my account elsewhere. Regardless, they've promised to look into it and try to make the site Opera-compatible, and I've said …
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Sand and seawater
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Claire wrote:
Got up late, and spent the day on Ynyslas beach (A small town North of Aberystwyth, on the coast) with Paul, Kit, Fiona (Kit's new girlfriend, as I'm sure he will relate in his next entry) and Dan. The water was warm, if a …