Month: October 2005
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Dan’s Dingbats Challenge III
It's back! Dan's Dingbat Challenge III!
If you've not played Dan's Dingbat Challenge before, you'd better go back and look at the first and second ones, and Andy's one. Or just go look at the answers to my first and second ones. Or just give it a go.
I've made a few changes since last time:
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3 Brazilian Soldiers
Donald Rumsfeld was giving the president his daily briefing.
He concluded by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"OH NO!" the President yells. "That's terrible....just terrible!"
His staff watches as he buries his head in his hands and saying, "This is bad; bad for the coalition."
His staff sits stunned at this display since he had never shown … -
Black & White 2 Installer
I've just been installing Black & White 2, and was quite impressed by the following screenshot:
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The Way Lunch Should Be
There's a right way to go for lunch during your break at work, and, if you're in Aberystwyth, this is it.
Starter
I started in Scholars, where Matt (in the Hat) is spending the entire day as a birthday celebration. I treated Matt to a pint of Guinness, and had a half myself, thereby giving … -
Abbey National’s Rebranding
Is is just me who sees Abbey National's new logo - the result, inevitabley, of thousands of pounds worth of rebranding as part of their "new appeal", as looking like some kind of symbolic steaming turd?
Perhaps it's just me, but when I first saw it in Aber high street the other day, that's the first … -
InterfaceLIFT: High-Resolution Wallpaper @ 1600x1200
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: InterfaceLIFT: High-Resolution Wallpaper @ 1600x1200.
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Writing A Calendar App In Rails Vs. PHP
Some time ago, I wrote a web-based calendar application in PHP, one of my favourite programming languages. This tool would produce a HTML tabular calendar for a four week period, Monday to Sunday, in which the current date (or a user-specified date) fell in the second week (so you're looking at this week, last week, …
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National Novel Writing Month
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: National Novel Writing Month.
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Textile (Textilize) Quick Reference
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Textile (Textilize) Quick Reference.
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The Flat Is Tidy
Thanks to JTA for his help. Huge thanks to Matt (temporarily minus his hat) for his help: feed the guy oatcakes and rum and he'll mop your floor! Winnage!
This is, of course, a result of the anticipated sale of the building we live in. The owners of MG's cafe, below us, and - in fact …