Year: 2006
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A Special Kind Of Conservative Stupidity
I really can't stand Ann Coulter.
I mean, her book, "Godless: The Church Of Liberalism" (somebody sent me an e-copy, which saved me from the bad feeling I'd associate with helping shower her with royalties) was bad enough, but this...
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Things That Aren’t Good About Today
The power keeps going off. It's awfully hard to build software in the dark.
I have a shedload of work to do and I've spent most of my day so far either cursing the aforementioned power cut or in meetings about how much more productive we could be (if, for example, we weren't … -
Why I Shouldn’t Be Interested In Security
I love being me.
While paying for drinks at Thresher with a card I didn't own, I persuaded the staff to talk me through the fundamentals of arming, disarming, and hypothetically evading their four alarm systems. -
The Most Unusual Gift Idea Ever
Disappointed with the shape of your turds? Bored with "sausage-shaped" shit? Why not treat yourself to a pack of 10 Turd Twisters? Inserted carefully into the anus, they allow you to mould your faeces into amusing and interesting shapes. They're "one-size-fits-all", dishwasher safe, and come with their own special Safe-T-Floss Retraction Cord, just in case …
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Coolest Personality Test I’ve Ever Seen
As I've said before, I don't just jump onto every memeing bandwagon that crosses my path, but now and then, one comes along that really impresses me. This one is a 'smart' personality test that attempts to define you by asking a series of questions... yadda yadda... but this one learns from it's mistakes, and …
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Two Films I Want To See
Children Of Men, due for release this September, looks good. In the near future, all the women on Earth become infertile, and science is at a loss to explain why. By 2027, no children have been born in 18 years, and the future of humanity is bleak. There's a trailer about, too. It all looks …
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Dreams Of Trucks
Unusual dream last night. Gareth challenged me to a race: driving lorries (which fluctuated in size throughout the dream from mini-vans to huge artic' trucks) along a dirt track somewhere up in the Welsh hills. Jon was his co-driver, and Bryn was mine, but somewhere along the way to the racecourse our vehicle broke down …
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The Coolest “Learn A Programming Language” Tool. Ever.
Not only is it the coolest "hands on" tutorial to a programming language I've ever seen; it's also (technologically) quite impressive as a web application, too. I'm talking about tryruby.hobix.com, a stunning tutorial in the Ruby programming language that's simple enough for anybody to get started and doesn't require you to install anything. Everything is …
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And That Was That
Well; we've burned my gran (well, not us personally; our involvement in her actual cremation was limited to watching her disappear behind some curtains and resisting the urge to shout, "Uhh... a cuddly toy... a toaster oven... umm...") and we're on our way, by installments, back to Aberystwyth: we should be back in time for …
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How To Run Downloaded Stuff On Your Nintendo DS
14th July 2006: I've updated this article with some information on what could be an even easier and more cost-effective way to achieve this effect. Scroll down.
Here's a guide to what you need to easily be able to run homebrew software like DSLinux on your Nintendo DS or DS Lite. Some things to know:
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On My Grandma And The Nature Of Time, Space, And Models Of The Universe
I'd hoped to finish writing this post before my gran died so suddenly yesterday, but I guess I was a bit slow. I realised that there were so many changes of tense to be made to make the article make sense that it was actually easier to start again. So I did.
On The Nature Of … -
JTA At Graduation
Had to share that with you. Hmm... perhaps time for a new Abnib mugshot? -
Yet Another Change Of Plan
My gran stopped breathing about 45 minutes ago. We'll be in Aber.
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Out Of Town Again
My gran's condition is only getting worse, so Claire and I are going to skip town for a few days and go up there to join my mum and visit her in hospital. Claire is an absolute star and offering to drive me around the country. It means quite a bit to me to be …
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Getting Your Money’s Worth On Pizza Hut Salads
I've always enjoyed free food at pizza places. On my 16th birthday, I went to Winston's Pizza in Preston for their lunchtime buffet "all you can eat" deal. We took board games. Four hours (and many, many slices of pizza and bottles of beer) later, we were finally thrown out: the manager let us have …