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Like A Sheep; Following My Friends
My friend Jen has done one of those god-awful survey thingies where you supposedly reveal yourself better to your friends, on her blog. Not one to miss out, I'm going to do it, too... I'll be skipping a few of the more boring questions and adding a couple more...
1. BASICS:
FULL NAME: Daniel Huntley
SEX: Male
BIRTHDAY: 8th … -
Amusing Line From The Python Manual
Attempts to pickle unpicklable objects will raise the PicklingError exception.
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Space Mutiny!
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Not the worst film I've ever seen (fourth worst film in the world, according to the IMDB), and seeing it as the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version only made it funnier in it's stupidity!
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Handles; Life; And Grabbing The Latter By The Former
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Oh yeh - we went to Brum on Saturday, but Bryn tells that story far better than I did, with all of it's visiting Scottish girlfriends, fallen trees (and phone lines), visits to Newtown McDonalds, and enormous … -
Final Exam, And What I Will Be Answering
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My final exam is in nine and a bit hours time. It's on "Implementing The Information Society", the 'fluffiest' module in the entire Computer Science department. … -
How Would Sian Feel About This?
Here's a conundrum. Based on prior conversations, I've concluded that Sian is against the idea of genetic modification of plants etc. I've never really agreed with her on this - although I can see her reasons.
As a member of Amnesty International, it's safe to assume, then, that she's also not in favour of landmines. I'd … -
Busy Days
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Yay! I won an eBay auction for a copy of Everyway. For £4! Yay! Winner! Now all I need are some friends, some paper, some pencils, … -
Alone, And With…
People who are in on the Secret Of The Jukebox will be delighted to hear that I've had a good long hack at it tonight (hence it being 4:30am) and I've managed to get heaps done and ready for Paul to break test, including but not limited to the new "Alone, And With..." engine, which …
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And You Thought Adam Was Difficult When He Was Drunk…
Do you remember a few weeks ago, when Strokey Adam came around drunk? Well, it turns out it could have been a lot worse - see this news report about what drunken elephants can get up to [BBC].
My Internet: Architecture And Operation exam went well this morning. I could waffle on about Aggregatable Global Unicast … -
For Sale: Wireless Network Cable
This auction on eBay Germany (you can use Babel Fish to translate it if you like) seems to be trying to sell a Wireless Network Cable.
(and, for the benefit of Adam, who won't 'get' it: a wireless network, being wireless, doesn't have cables - this is geek humour that even you can understand) -
Is This Paul?
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Take a look at this article from the BBC, about Aberystwyth train station, and tell me - is that Paul in the frame? -
Speed Camera Clocks Motorist At 406mph
As this article [The Sun] shows, a man was caught speeding in Cheshire this week at 406mph.
Quite impressive, I thought, as he was driving a Peugeot 406, who's maximum speed is listed as being 129mph.
I suppose it stands to reason that we Brits, the nation who currently hold the land speed record of 766mph [CNN], … -
Post-Modernist Geography
Adam will no doubt correct me on this, but I didn't think there could be such a thing as 'Post-Modernist Geography' until I saw this young lady's page on it. Read the page.
It doesn't really help Adam's argument that Geography is a subject worthy of mention, does it? It makes it all fluffy and arty. … -
What happens at 'Troma Night'?
The following post originally appeared on the then-newly-revamped Troma Night website. This archive copy is copied back here for posterity:
This document was originally published on the first Troma Night web site. Changes made during this re-posting are shown in italics.
What happens at 'Troma Night'?
The weekly 'Troma Night' is organised, rougly, by … -
Troma Night Website
I'm working (at long last) on updating the Troma Night website. Going OK so far, about a third of the way there. Am contemplating pulling a long, late night and seeing how much of it I can get done at once. Ideally I'll have it all sorted for next Troma Night, on Saturday - including …