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Well, I'm in Derby (after a hideously long and complicated journey involving long train delays, diversions, and a taxi ride - lost - around the middle of Derby city centre) visiting my friend Katie.
And another strange dream for my collection. But this one isn't suitable for print (no, not in that way), so …

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[thanks to several people for the suggestion behind this post]
I've never really "got" the sending of Christmas cards, or, really, got "into" it. It feels like a waste of overpriced paper to line the pockets of big printing companies just to save you the bother of actually picking up the phone and talking …

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Another strange dream last night:

I was in a small aircraft (one aisle, two seats either side, about 80 seats in total, two jet engines, for those who feel the need to identify the aircraft in my dreams), sat by a window on the left hand-side, when the right-hand engine caught fire. The …

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I've been playing with HTML 5 a little this morning. It's really quite fabulous: a lot of smart design decisions have been made and it looks like - given a good few years to get things up to scratch even after the specification has been finalised - it'll really provide a lot of useful tools …

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Another unusual dream last night. I'd meant to blog about it earlier in the day, before it faded, but it's been a ludicrously busy day with one thing and another and I didn't get a chance. I slept kind-of fitfully, I think, and I'm pretty sure this dream came to me in two distinct chapters, …

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It's Sunday morning. I've just eaten a second crumpet, put some music on, and I'm working on writing some interesting program code for a project I'm involved with.
Ruth just challenged Claire to have a shower in less time than it takes her to go to the shops and buy some milk. Then made …

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Have you seen the Aber Masterplan yet? The Welsh Development Agency/Welsh Assembly Government/Ceredigion County Council document that takes a SimCity-like approach to planning the future development of Aberystwyth.


No? You oughta. Here: download a copy [PDF].





It's got some good bits. Re-routing some of the trunk roads to improve traffic …

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Strange dream last night. I only remember fragments of it, but here's what I do:

At some point during it, I left work at lunchtime to visit my dad and my sisters (who lived, conveniently, within walking distance of work). I bought a bag of sherbert along the way, but I was disappointed …

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Here's a blog post I've been meaning to write for several months now: it's about some of the varied and different ways that people reacted to the news that Ruth and I were together, and that Claire and JTA were also a couple (and, of course, Ruth and JTA are still the fabulous pair they …

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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 …

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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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