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Year: 2005

  • Off To Gregynog

    Right; I'm off to Gregynog and then on to Wolverhampton for Gareth and Liz's housewarming/Liz's birthday party. I've uploaded a few episodes of Dan & Alex to keep you all amused for the weekend (but I apologise in advance for them being a little self-referencial).

    And while, of course, I can't say much on here, those …

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 11 November, 2005
  • Ah; Friday…

    In the words of Bender, "...another pointless day where I accomplish nothing." It's feeling a little that way. Last night's brownout knocked computers offline, and this morning BT severed a cable, depriving us of phones and internet access. It's an hour and a half into the day already and I've got nothing done so far.

    The …

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 11 November, 2005
  • My Weekend

    Following up on Andy's post, this weekend I have to:

    Write some PHP for an online auction site I'm doing some work for, in order that I might actually have some money this month. Tidy the flat up: there's a viewer interested in buying the building who'll be visiting at 2pm on Sunday Not play …

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    • Article
    • posted 5 November, 2005
  • Duality

    Duality, my main desktop PC at home, has been misbehaving, and I've had to take it to pieces, both virtually (tracing driver DLL calls - yum!) and physically (computer components littering the floor, etc.). It's been two years since it's last reformat/reinstall, which is a pretty long time for a Windows XP box treated the …

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    • Article
    • posted 4 November, 2005
  • The Bad And The Good

    The Bad
    I'm working very hard for stupid hours and not getting paid for it. I'm not sure where my job is going, but it's driving there pretty fast and the only room for me is if I squeeze into the boot. Which is full of socks, for some reason.
    I have no time to work on …

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2005
  • /join #TheMatrix

    Here's a geeky (well, geekier) retelling of The Matrix.

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    • posted 2 November, 2005
  • Dan and Alex - Just Another Webcomic

    Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Dan and Alex - Just Another Webcomic.

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    • posted 2 November, 2005
  • Image representing post: Fresh Ground Café

    Fresh Ground Café

    Hot on the heels of the news that the café below us is for sale, a new café has opened just across the road, where Serendipity (a restaurant I never got the chance to go to) used to be.

    Fresh Ground Café can now be found at number 14 Cambrian Place. Claire thinks it's name is …

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 November, 2005
  • Hello Shit; I’d Like You To Meet Fan… Fan, Shit…

    Can't say too much on here, but I can't help but feel like I might need re-think my career options from this point. That is all.

    Words written: 218 / target: 50000

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 November, 2005
  • Gents Toilets Mystery

    The gents toilets on the first floor of the building where I work is a complete mystery to me.

    That's not strictly true. I know where the stalls and the urinals are. I know how to make the taps - little push-button ones - work. I know that the hand dryer to the right typically warms …

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 31 October, 2005
  • All Ready For NaNoWriMo

    Well, here goes nothing.

    Words written: 0 / target: 50000

    As many of you already know, I'm participating this November in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month contest. The aim is to write, from a standing start, 50,000 words in 30 days. So... about 1,700 words a day. There were days that my dissertation got …

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    • 13 comments
    • posted 31 October, 2005
  • Soup On Your Head

    There are some very strange tags on Flickr, the photo sharing service, such as this one which was revealed to me today: Soup On Your Head. It's pictures of people... with soup on their heads. And that's it. Damn weird.

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    • posted 31 October, 2005
  • Baba Yetu

    Go on, JTA, tease yourself a little longer with a copy of the menu theme from Civilization IV.

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 31 October, 2005
  • Paul and friends with cake in the lodge.

    Paul's 100th Duty

    AltPaul and friends with cake in the lodge.

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    • posted 30 October, 2005
  • Corel PHOTO-PAINT error message: an unnamed file contained an unexpected object

    Another Stunning Error Message

    This time from Corel:

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    • posted 26 October, 2005

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