Month: March 2006
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Fun And Games With Google Suggest
Ah, the fun that's to be had with Google Suggest:
Some interesting facts we've learned:
"Gay people are gay" results in more hits than "Microsoft is bad".
The only things people seem to say about Wikipedia is that it's slow and that it's down.
The only people who don't distrust or hate eBay … -
Lightbox JS v2.0
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Lightbox JS v2.0.
JavaScript image popups which look great, resize gracefully, and support slideshows. Requires prototype and scriptaculous. -
Fire Has Moved!
Fire is now at the far South beach, through Trefhacan (or however it's spelt). See you there soon!
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Fire At Will!
Okay, the aforementioned fire is on! It'll be windy, but it shouldn't be wet, so we're gathering anybody who's game (and any dry wood we can find) for a small fire and barbeque on North Beach. Wood-scavenging begins at 7pm at The Place, ignition at 8pm. Bring your own food if you want it burned.
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Fire!
Hmm.
I'm promised folks (like Statto, who's visiting) a fire on the beach this week, but the weather's conspiring against me. Watch this space for updates. -
Reb Is Still Alive
Curious. I haven't really heard from her since July 2004 but it turns out that she's still alive and on the internet - I just received the following e-mail from my girlfriend of 1999-2001ish, Reb:
From: Rebecca ******** [*********@hotmail.com]
To: ***@sc*tmania.org
Date: Mar 24, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Hey you!
long time no hear, hows life?
Wanna talk?
xxxxx
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A Winemaking Idea
For centuries - and particularly in Wales - people have made silver birch wine from the sap of the silver birch tree. We have loads of them around here, and this is apparently the perfect time of year to collect their sap. If enough people feel like helping me harvest sap and making wine, we'll …
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Spring Is Here: The Gulls Say So
Well, Spring's finally coming around: the tell tale sign for me is that the black-headed gulls are back. One flew over my head as I crossed the bridge on the way to work this morning; for your reference, they're the ones that look like this:
Their reappearance is a good sign that the weather's taking a … -
Dark Side Active Listening
Disclaimer: we don't endorse any of this.
Following my post about active listening a few weeks back, JTA and I have been discussing the potential of what we're calling Dark Side Active Listening - that is; the use (misuse?) of the skills taught by practitioners of active listening for the purpose of upsetting, infuriating, disorienting, or … -
MGs Cafe Owners To Marry
News to anyone who cares. This poster is up in the window of the cafe.
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Because Emotional Women Are Easier To Score
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Aberystwyth Webcams Widget
There's a reason that people shouldn't show me new programming languages and development platforms: I try them out. Even when I've got other things I should be doing. Ah well.
And so I'd like to present: the Aberystwyth Webcams Widget [update: link dead], which collates the images of the three Ceredigion Country Council webcams into … -
99 Red Balloons
To celebrate his 23rd birthday, Paul launches 99 red balloons off Pen Dinas.
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Another Weekend In Norfolk
Right - Claire and I will be out of town this weekend: this, combined with Pagan Wanderer Lu's upcoming gig in the Cooper's Arms, Aberystwyth (which I'm sorry to be missing!) on Saturday, means there'll be no Troma Night this week. Sorry, guys, but hey - you should be at the Cooper's Arms anyway.
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Claire, “Friends Only” Weblogs, And Employment
As Jon said, people like Alec and Suz have made their weblogs friends-only for the purpose of attempting to hide what goes in in their lives from employers, prospective employers, or the world in general. On the purpose of hiding such things from employers, I think that Claire's most recent blog post (which talks about …