Year: 2007
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Return From The Real Ale Ramble (and upcoming Abnib Events)
Real Ale Ramble 2007
Well, the Real Ale Ramble was fabulous as always. Particularly wet and muddy, especially on the first day, this year, but good visibility, so we got to see a lot of the beautiful mid-Wales countryside. Thanks to getting lost on the first day and walking a lot longer than we'd … -
Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects and Loops
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects and Loops.
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Apology, Troma Night Update, Etc.
Damnit, I wrote a blog post and didn't save it as I was going along (mistake one) and then closed the browser without posting it (mistake two). It's kind-of demotivating, and I can't be arsed to write it all again in full. So here's the much, much shortened version of what I've been up to …
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Off To Gregynog
Claire and I are off to Gregynog with the Computer Science department this afternoon. We'll be back tomorrow in time for Troma Night, which this week will actually feature a Troma film, which will be... well, unusual, these days.
I'll be giving mock interviews to groups of Computer Science undergraduates. Claire will be the … -
Quickly, Before They Turn The Glass Into Lesbians!
So, what have I been up to this weekend, you ask. Well...
"Cover The Mirrors" Launch Party
On Friday I took the train up to Preston. The train I was on broke down at Machynlleth when they linked it up to the carriages that had come down the Pwllheli line, and the repairs set me … -
QParty - Part 2 - The Party
After extended delays, here's the remainder of my "looking back at QParty" post.
The party kicked off at 6pm, and guests trickled in over about about half hour to either side, which gave Claire and I ample time to try to greet everybody as they came through the doors. At least, it did until … -
Poultrygeist (Unofficial) UK Premiere - Sunday!
Guess which mind-blowingly fabulous, as-yet-unreleased film I got to watch last night? Only Troma's newest film, Poultrygeist: Night Of The Chicken Dead! Oh yeah, baby.
I've promised I wouldn't spoil the plot or any of the cooler surprises for anybody, but I did want to share a few fun facts with … -
New PWL Music Video
In case you hadn't seen it already, I just wanted to bring your attention to the stunning new music video - Tree Of Knowledge - from Pagan Wanderer Lu. Christians like you are why God invented lions.
Normal service will be resumed just as soon as I can get five minutes in which to … -
QParty - Part 1 - Before The Party
Well, it's been three weeks since QParty (and the heap of blog posts it generated) and about thirty weeks since Claire and I changed our names to Q, and I suppose it's time to write my piece about QParty itself - I was stalling on doing so until I'd uploaded a majority of the photos …
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LiveJournal For Google Reader v1.3 Update
Earlier this year, I released my LiveJournal Atom Feed Digest Authentication Proxy (also known as LiveJournal For Google Reader Users). This tool allows Google Reader users to subscribe to "friends only" posts in LiveJournal weblogs, which normally isn't possible because Google Reader doesn't support the necessary authentication methods.
Thanks to the hundreds of users that use … -
QParty First Thoughts
Claire and I are back from QMoon now (in Italy, as you'll have guessed if you read the four virtual postcards I posted to my blog), and it was a fantastic trip right up until we went to come home and everything went wrong. You'd be amazed how much trouble you can cause for yourself …
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QMoon Virtual Postcard #4
Pompeii was simply stunning; so much more than I'd expected. For a 2000 year old town it's in excellent condition: in some places, it's even possible to make out painting on the walls of the villas and pretty much whole buildings, as well as mosaics, statues, fountains and the like are perfectly preserved. It's simply …
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QMoon Virtual Postcard #3
The motorists have a game here in Napoli. The aim is, over the course of your journey, to (justifiably) sound your horn at other motorists more times than other motorists sound theirs at you. The taxi driver who brought us from the station to our hotel yesterday is particularly good at this game: I counted …
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QMoon Virtual Postcard #2
We arrived in Rome last night to find a city teeming with life. There's a buzz everywhere, and a crowd whereever you look. Roma Termini, the central station, stretches for miles and is bustling with commuters and tourists, fighting their way through ticket office queues or met.ro (the underground train system) gates.
Not quite sure how … -
QMoon Virtual Postcard #1
Thank you all so much, everybody who came to QParty, and to everybody who's blogged about it (I'm paying a small fortune for internet access, so I haven't had time to read everything you've all written, but I've been quite moved by everything I've seen so far: abnib must be full of Q-jokes!), and in …