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Nia’s Back
Nia, the Technium receptionist who became badly injured after falling from Constitution Hill over six months ago, is on her feet again and well enough to come back to work. She'd only just started a permanent contract with the Technium when she sustained her injury, and now she's back.
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Microsoft SQL Server Versus FTP
This is a geeky post. You have been warned.
Microsoft SQL Server is one of those funky advanced database management systems that supports replication. One of even fewer that supports merge replication - where data edited and updated at two separate databases can be merged on a schedule and the changes reproduced at both ends, and … -
Cold Dead Badge
Those who (for reasons of their own) enjoyed the cold dead fingers wallpaper I produced a week ago are invited to buy, if they wish, a Cold Dead Fingers badge!
£1 to anybody who wants one. All proceeds will be donated to a local volunteer-run nocturnal telephone listening service. 14 available. The box is by my … -
Abnib v2.2
Abnib now supports "feed hiding" of the "community" feeds (RockMonkey, Troma Night, Gallery). Just click the "hide feed" link at the bottom of a post of the type you don't want to see. This feature by demand of Jon.
In other news, Blue Dragon is proving somewhat popular, with 7 registered players (plus me, but I … -
Notting Hill’s Passenger Warning
This photograph taken using a camera phone in Notting Hill station, London.
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Legend Of The… Blue Dragon
Following up my thoughts earlier about old-school online games, I did some investigation into what became of fab old games like Legend Of The Red Dragon. It turns out that there was an effort to revive this particular one as a web-based game called "Legend Of The Green Dragon". Well; as it was open-source I …
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What Is A Door And Why Do I Care
Geeky post with little value to most people: ignore if you don't want to learn a little about the history of the BBS, "Doors", and the subculture around them. This post is written for folks like Ruth, who seemed interested, and others, who seemed possibly-interested.
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Another Meme!
Don't you hate those tried-and-tested "quiz" memes and things. Well, here's a variation on the theme.
1. Post this meme to your weblog or journal.
2. Stick a nail bomb in a rucksack.
3. Blow yourself up on a London bus two weeks after I do.
"These aren't suicide bombers - they're just cry-for-help bombers!"
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An Interview With Gary McKinnon
Dan recommends listening to an interview with Gary McKinnon via BBC World Service.
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Thai, Catan, And Gantz
Claire and I cooked thai food for Ruth, JTA, and Bryn last night. Paul, too, but owing to a communications breakdown he didn't know about it, so he missed out. Unable to decide between making a sweet red Thai chilli and a black bean dish, I decided to make both, which immediately compounded into a …
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War Of The War Of The Worlds
Last night's Troma Night was War of the War of the Worlds night, in which we'd planned to listen to the War of the Worlds radio play, watch the 1953 film (which is very, very good for it's age), listen to the Jeff Wayne musical adaptation (which, in my opinion, remains most true to the …
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Why I Hate Apache [PDF]
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Why I Hate Apache [PDF].
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Wild Haggis
"According to a survey released on 26 November 2003, one-third of US visitors to Scotland believed the haggis to be a real creature."
Thanks, Wikipedia.
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Next Week’s Terrorist Attacks
Here's our predictions:
Terrorists detonated a pollen bomb this morning in Birmingham City Centre, spreading chaos amongst hayfever sufferers throughout the area. Four people have been treated with antihistamines, one of also has asthma. "I was scared for my life," she said in an interview with our correspondent.
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Reflections
Ruth wrote:
Something surprised me today. I was looking through the various blog-posts relating to the nastiness with the Union, and I was quite shocked to realise how many of the people that I (certainly now, probably always) think of as nightliners are now, in fact, ex-nightliners.
And I thought about the influence that those …