Year: 2005
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War Of The War Of The Worlds
Last night's Troma Night was War of the War of the Worlds night, in which we'd planned to listen to the War of the Worlds radio play, watch the 1953 film (which is very, very good for it's age), listen to the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation (which, in my opinion, remains most true to the …
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Why I Hate Apache [PDF]
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Wild Haggis
"According to a survey released on 26 November 2003, one-third of US visitors to Scotland believed the haggis to be a real creature."
Thanks, Wikipedia.
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Next Week’s Terrorist Attacks
Here's our predictions:
Terrorists detonated a pollen bomb this morning in Birmingham City Centre, spreading chaos amongst hayfever sufferers throughout the area. Four people have been treated with antihistamines, one of also has asthma. "I was scared for my life," she said in an interview with our correspondent.
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Reflections
Ruth wrote:
Something surprised me today. I was looking through the various blog-posts relating to the nastiness with the Union, and I was quite shocked to realise how many of the people that I (certainly now, probably always) think of as nightliners are now, in fact, ex-nightliners.
And I thought about the influence that those … -
Gimp Drop Shadow Tutorial
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A Bad Slogan Put To Good Use
My apologies to those of you to whom this means nothing.
Things look better in the light of a new day. I suppose that means something on several levels.
Desktop wallpapers and high-quality versions of the image above are available here. [update: link very dead]
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Shit Happens
Shit happens. [archived copy]
Shit really happens.
Shit really happens.
Shit continues to happen.
But while there's a job to be done, those of us that care will hang on and will pick up the pieces and will fight and sweat and will put things together again and we will … -
Back From Barcelona
Claire and I got back from Barcelona this weekend, after our short break away there with my mum and sisters. We were staying in a reasonable-sized second-floor apartment right in the middle (it was advertised as being in the "lively" district) of Barcelona: in an alleyway off a sidestreet to the famous La Ramblas.
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Who’s For Sangria?
Claire and I will be back in Aberystwyth by about 8:45pm: if you want to come over and let us bore you with video clips from our holiday and stories and whatnot, we'll feed you Toblerone and a glass or two of sangria. See you at The Flat at a quarter to nine if you …
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Preston, Houghton Tower, etc.
Claire and I are in Preston. Saturday evening we went to an orchestral concert at Houghton Tower, which was better than the year before last, but still not as good as the year before that. Live outdoor music, dancing, drinking, and fireworks are all fab, but my mum got a little more drunk than she …
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Off To Barcelona (Via Preston)
Claire (on a new blog!) and I are off to Barcelona, via Preston (for a concert by an orchestra & a fireworks display at Houghton Tower, as we did a couple of years back). Here's the usual series of updates for everybody who remains:
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ANSI Escape Codes
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This Looks Promising
Hmm... my blog works. On it's new host.
This looks promising.
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Bash Prompt Configuration - PS1
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How to configure your bash prompt to show a sensible path, or time, or whatever