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Month: April 2009

  • An XKCD Moment

    As a song came on the radio (well, Club 977 - The 80s Channel), Ruth laughed. "What?" I asked.

    "This song just reminded me of a webcomic I read today about song mash-ups," she replied.

    "Oh yeah. I read that one. Which webcomic was it?"

    "I don't remember."

    It was only when we started thinking in terms of Venn โ€ฆ

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    • posted 30 April, 2009
  • Guess What Kind Of An Idiot I Am?

    Something that happens with reasonable regularity at work is that the caterers, who bring delicious sandwiches and cakes for the many meetings that take place in the building and the building next door, have excess food at the end of a meeting (particularly if it's a Welsh Assembly meeting, as they seem to be particularly โ€ฆ

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    • 5 comments
    • posted 27 April, 2009
  • Lots Of People Visit Aberystwyth

    Sloppy blogging, on my part, but I've been a busy boy lately and haven't had time to say a lot. On the other hand, I've been twittering a little (but don't worry, you'll never catch me telling the world what's on my sandwiches at lunchtime or what song I'm listening to right this second... unless, โ€ฆ

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    • posted 16 April, 2009
  • Terrorist Threat Affects Refuse Collection



    Clicky for a bigger picture. With thanks to James Holden's billboard generator.

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    • posted 9 April, 2009
  • Claire And The Dwarfers

    I think Claire would appreciate me sharing the following photograph with you all. Click for a bigger version:


    From left to right - Kryten 2X4B-523P (Robert Llewellyn), Arnold Judas Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Claire Q (playing herself), and The Cat (Danny John-Jules).

    In the background you can just make out the tail fins of what I'm told โ€ฆ

    Read more (86 words)

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    • posted 8 April, 2009
  • You Know How Smiling Makes You Feel Happier?

    Turns out that the principle doesn't apply to everything. This week, I discovered that wearing shorts and a t-shirt doesn't stop it from raining.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 8 April, 2009

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