Month: February 2008
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Self-Harm Awareness Day
There's a mailing list I'm on that just got a message that started as follows:
Subject: March 1st - Self-Harm Awareness Day
Just curious...
a) How many of you knew it was self-harm awareness day on March 1st and
b) Are you doing anything to mark it?
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It's pretty bad that the first response I thought of was … -
Gotta Play One More Level
Here's an action/puzzle game for you: Spin The Black Circle. I've played a little and gotten up to the spinning crucifix of doom level. Where can you get to?
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A Postcard From Jimmy
The first postcard has arrived from Jimmy's world tour (right now he's in Thailand).
On the front is a picture of some interestingly-shaped rocks which are apparently right outside the front door of the guesthouse where he's staying.
He writes:
Hello everyone in Aber!
Fly to Samai in Thailand. Grab a taxi (boat or car) to Lamai beach. … -
Best Bug Ever
On behalf of a client of a client of SmartData, I was responsible this weekend for moving a website over from one server to another. It's a monolithic old custom-written content management system, in Perl, which over the last four or five years has been passed from developer to developer and has begun to look …
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Aw Shit
I have a mountain of stuff to do in the next 52 hours, and my PC just kicked the bucket.
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Valentine’s Day
None of the four of us (JTA, Ruth, Claire and I) had planned to make anything special out of Valentine's Day, which is why I was quite surprised last night to come home from work and find The Cottage kitted out with candles as part of Ruth's last-minute secret plan to cook a romantic meal …
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And The Rest Of Bulgaria
Oh yeah, suppose I ought to finish writing about Bulgaria now that we've been back a couple of days.
MORE SKIING: Aced The Wall in the end, and damn it's a good run - long and fast and challenging, even when you think you know it. Coming back up on the chairlift I met a couple … -
Peter Huntley Sings "Dancing Queen"
Peter Huntley sings "Dancing Queen" at a karaoke night.
Also available on YouTube.
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News From The Slopes
Fresh from the slopes, over GPRS (at charging rates starting at "two limbs"), comes this report from the Bulgarian Holiday Team (Claire and I, along with my dad and my sisters).
JOURNEY: Uneventful, but tedious - three and a bit hours on a plane followed by a five hour bus journey is pretty mind-numbing, although we … -
In Bulgaria
Having a great time. Only seconds left on this internet cafe connection, though.
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Off To Bulgaria
Back in Aber a week on Sunday.
Apologies to everybody/thing (including this blog) that I've neglected this last fortnight. Will catch up with my inbox and voicemail when I'm back in the UK.
Right, time to go offline before I get branded a terrorist for using a phone on a 'plane or something.