Year: 2009
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Snow Day Like Today
Dan and Paul brave heavy snowfall to take a series of trains from Aberystwyth to Preston for Christmas.
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Snow Way Out
This year, my plan was that my friend Paul and I would head up to Preston to spend Christmas with my family there. My sisters even kindly offered to drive down and pick us up, which is nice , because the alternative for moving the presents I've got boxed up in my living room would โฆ -
SmartData Merry Christmas 2009
The singing and dancing elf talents of Simon, Dan, Alex and Gareth are back! Merry Christmas one and all!
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Pudd
pudd /pสd/ (verb, third-person singular simple present pudds, present participle pudding, simple past pudded, past participle pudd)
(transitive) to cause an observer to interpret meaning where none exists
"The beauty of the sunset pudds me into believing that it was put there specifically for me to enjoy."
"Interpreting the lyrics pudded Dan with ideas far beyond โฆ -
Mystery Hot Chocolate
The week before last, I received an unusual package at work. It contained a single-serving packet of organic hot chocolate, which I later consumed (and it was delicious).
There is, however, a mystery: from whom did this care package originate. The postmark is unclear, so I'm not sure which post office handled it, but โฆ -
Insanity Clause
This was one of my most-popular articles in 2009. If you enjoyed it, you might also enjoy:
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A dirty-looking calendar I found at work (2011).
My beliefs about why it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009), complete with pictures of naughty elves. โฆ -
Alice Cooper, Richard & Kathryn's Wedding, Etc.
A very brief summary of some of the things I got up to last weekend with Ruth:
Nottingham
Alice Cooper concert in Nottingham.
Absolutely spectacular: it's amazing that this over-60-year-old man can spend a couple of hours singing and dancing and leaping around and being executed - I was tired just watching him.
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Kiwi Evolution
A discussion at SmartData this morning:
Dan: (eating a kiwi fruit) So why are kiwis hairy?
Gareth: To give insects something to cling onto?
Dan: Like "kiwi headlice"? But to what purpose? How does that benefit the plant?
Gareth: Well, then maybe it's to make them look even more like gonads.
Dan: Heh. But again, to what purpose?
Gareth: To โฆ -
My Friends Are Amazing
I'd just like to take a moment to say how amazing my friends are. It's likely to be a little sappy: for those of you who like your blog posts on the other side of the wall, please switch off your eyes now.
Earlier this month, I blogged about Claire and I's break-up. For many of โฆ -
Murder in the Reign of Terror
Apologies to those who've been waiting to see the photographs. Since my last blog post I've been kind of distracted and not had the chance to blog properly.
On Friday 31st October, Ruth hosted another of her fabulous murder mystery nights in Paul's end of The Uberflat. The major difference with this one to all of โฆ -
The Break-Up
Yesterday, Claire and I broke up.
We've had several rough months, and several even rougher weeks, and this seemed to be the best solution to a variety of difficulties we've faced recently. It's hard to answer the question as to whether the split could be described as mutual, but it can certainly be described as amicable, โฆ -
Saw It A Mile Off [Drink!]
Can I be the first to say "Saw it a mile off!" (the giveaway was Sian "getting organised" by looking up people's addresses).
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From Feed Proxy To FreeMyFeed
As those of you who use my Feed Proxy service to get your LiveJournal friends' blogs (including friends-only posts) into Google Reader or a similar service know, the service hasn't been working for the last few days.
I made all of the changes that LiveJournal's bot policy required of me. I e-mailed them; no response. I โฆ -
Ruining One Of My Favourite Films
As you may know, I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki's awesome animated film, Tonari no Totoro. It's truly one of my favourite films.
Today I heard a new interpretation of the plot of the film. If you love the frivolity, the joy, the upbeat sweetness and the happy ending that this classic movie has, then โฆ -
Your Experience May Differ
To: Daniel Hill <dlh9@....>
From: Dan Q <dan@....>
Subject: Aberystwyth University Is Awesome! Warning: Your Experience May Differ.
Dear Daniel,
There's an age-old tradition amongst Aberystwyth graduates, and in particular amongst Computer Science graduates. But to truly understand it, you first need to understand a little bit about Aberystwyth University. Also, to understand recursion, you must first understand โฆ