Year: 2008
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Curry And Penny
Went out last night for curry and beer to celebrate Paul's birthday (yes, we're all well aware that Paul's birthday was almost a month ago, but this was the first chance we'd had to really get together and make an ocassion of it). It was great to get together with a handful of folks rarely …
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Australian Pink Floyd Intermission
In the middle of their concert at the Cardiff International Arena, 3rd April 2008, The Australian Pink Floyd Show began their 20-minute intermission by projecting the "Intermission" from Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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The Australian Pink Floyd Show
I took Claire, Ruth and JTA to see The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Cardiff International Arena last night. Claire and I had seen them before, back in 2005, and they were as fabulous as ever: I maintain that this tribute band is the only one I've ever seen that, at times, can be …
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Bryn And Heather
I don't want to stir up trouble, and I don't have any intention to take sides. I'm going to say a couple of things, for which I fully expect to be misinterpreted and I'm all set for the barrange of comments I'll get hereafter. But hey, that's enough disclaimerism. On to the controversy:
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Garfield Minus Garfield
This is fabulous: Garfield Minus Garfield. It's what you get if you digitally remove Garfield from Garfield comic strips - a better comic, touching on themes of loneliness and schizophrenia. Genius.
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My April Fools
I've always had a thing for big, overcomplicated April Fools' gags. Traditionally, we'd always play pranks on Penbryn Halls at the University, but it's not so easy these days to gain access to halls of residence, now that they've installed door locks that don't open by themselves when you so much as breathe hard on …
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Google's April Fool...
...seems to be to not text me me Google Calendar alerts this morning. So I didn't get reminded to put the bins out, which I've kind-of come to rely on. Whoops!
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What I've Been Up To This Weekend
This post should have appeared on Monday 24th March 2008, but owing to technical difficulties didn't make it online until Thursday 27th. Sorry!
Like many others, I've had both Good Friday and Easter Monday off work, and as I haven't blogged enough recently, I thought I ought to provide a quick update about the things I've … -
Best Joke I’ve Heard This Week
Following up on Claire's post about Easter, here's the best joke I've heard all week:
What did Jesus say to his disciples as he was being nailed to the cross?
I'll be back on Monday, so don't you dare touch my fucking Easter eggs!
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I’ve Been Q’ing For A Year Now
Post Offices, eh? But those aside, it's now been a year since Claire and I changed our surnames to the letter "Q". Here's a quick look back:
The Good Things
It still feels like it's "ours," and something that's ours alone - a great sense of identity and togetherness that we probably wouldn't have gotten … -
Maniac Nurses Find Ecstacy
A return to Troma Night form. This film is absolutely terrible. Watch it.
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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 …