Month: May 2005
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Dan’s Dingbats Challenge II
Hot on the heels (that'd make a good dingbat!) of Dan's Dingbats Challenge I (results and answers here) comes Dan's Dingbats Challenge II! The dingbats are, on average, a little easier (and a little more logical), but the penalty for skipping one or getting it wrong has been increased to 40 seconds added to your …
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Paul Is The Most Fucking Random Person In The World
Paul M: fucking nutter. The most random person you're ever likely to meet. But you've got to love his sincerity.
This morning, I'm happily sat at my workstation, staring, as I do, at program code and pausing from time to time to check the RSS feeds of the usual crew, when the phone rings: Matt answers … -
Geek Night This Week Is Sunday
On account of Bryn being a pest, Geek Night this week will be on Sunday, not Friday. Would people who read this ensure that people like Binky and Fatty get told, 'cos I'm not sure they read my blog. Thanks.
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Some Pictures From My Phone
Some pictures I just extracted from my phone:
ASSA are branching out. Not just (experi)mental music, they do locks, too!
This sticker was found in the ladies toilets underneath the library on Llanbadarn Campus. I think it might be a little out of date... look at the phone number!
Paul & his dragon. I'm not sure whether or … -
Dan’s Dingbats Challenge I - Results
I'm glad to see so many people took part in Dan's Dingbats Challenge I; hope you all had fun. As promised, here are the results (and the answers). Don't forget, the total time is the time taken plus a 30 second penalty for every wrong answer or skipped question. I did award a number of …
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Dan’s Dingbats Challenge I
Think you can think laterally: think again!
Remember Dingbats, that board game with the cards with the phrases on them, expressed through cleverly laid-out words and pictures (a bit like Catch Phrase, that old TV show [is that still running]). Well, anyway, it involves pictures a bit like this:
The picture shows the word "somewhere" mysteriously suspended … -
Troma Night
Apologies to those I "disappeared" on last night - I was feeling quite horribly unwell and went to bed.
Still, Amadeus was wonderful.