Month: December 2007
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So That Was 2007
2007's drawing to a close, so I thought I'd better say a few words to mark it's passing, and what's it's meant to me. In convenient bullet-point form, here's what I've been up to this year:
January
I was a headline act at Gorilla Monsoon, Aber's now-dead alternative comedy "scene" event. … -
Out And About
Just to keep people posted aboutour whereabouts, here's Claire and I's travel plans for the next few days:
Friday (Today) evening: travel from Aberystwyth to Norfolk.
Saturday: Norfolk (well, Lincolnshire) with Claire's dad and his wife.
Sunday: travel from Norfolk to Preson.
Monday: Preston with Dan's family.
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Further Disturbances From Dan’s Sleepy Head
Two more particularly strange dreams last night, probably owing at least slightly by the amount I drank at the SmartData Christmas meal, beforehand... and perhaps owing more to the phase I've been going though of consistently remembering what are usually quite trippy dreams. I've not been blogging them all (I had a dream the night …
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Bad Advertising
Well, I've seen it all now. I've just been in a gents toilets in a shopping centre in Nottingham in which there was a poster advertising cheaper car insurance... for women.
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Another Strange Dream
Well, I'm in Derby (after a hideously long and complicated journey involving long train delays, diversions, and a taxi ride - lost - around the middle of Derby city centre) visiting my friend Katie.
And another strange dream for my collection. But this one isn't suitable for print (no, not in that way), so … -
Christmas Cards
[thanks to several people for the suggestion behind this post]
I've never really "got" the sending of Christmas cards, or, really, got "into" it. It feels like a waste of overpriced paper to line the pockets of big printing companies just to save you the bother of actually picking up the phone and talking … -
We’re Going Down
Another strange dream last night:
I was in a small aircraft (one aisle, two seats either side, about 80 seats in total, two jet engines, for those who feel the need to identify the aircraft in my dreams), sat by a window on the left hand-side, when the right-hand engine caught fire. The … -
A Quick Play With HTML5
I've been playing with HTML 5 a little this morning. It's really quite fabulous: a lot of smart design decisions have been made and it looks like - given a good few years to get things up to scratch even after the specification has been finalised - it'll really provide a lot of useful tools …
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Still Having Strange Dreams
Last night's dream:
I visited the house of Simon [my boss] to collect £49.97 which, in my dream, he owed me. He and his wife, Jill, were there. Simon gave me a £50 note, but I didn't have three pence in change, so I have him a five pence piece and he gave me two … -
High Places
Another unusual dream last night. I'd meant to blog about it earlier in the day, before it faded, but it's been a ludicrously busy day with one thing and another and I didn't get a chance. I slept kind-of fitfully, I think, and I'm pretty sure this dream came to me in two distinct chapters, …
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It’s Good To Be Me
It's Sunday morning. I've just eaten a second crumpet, put some music on, and I'm working on writing some interesting program code for a project I'm involved with.
Ruth just challenged Claire to have a shower in less time than it takes her to go to the shops and buy some milk. Then made … -
The Aber Masterplan
Have you seen the Aber Masterplan yet? The Welsh Development Agency/Welsh Assembly Government/Ceredigion County Council document that takes a SimCity-like approach to planning the future development of Aberystwyth.
No? You oughta. Here: download a copy [PDF].
It's got some good bits. Re-routing some of the trunk roads to improve traffic … -
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