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Stress
Things that are causing me excess stress and reduced sleep:
WORK
I'm writing program features that have been paid for, but may never be used.
I can't keep a pcAnywhere connection to the client open for more than a few minutes.
I've been abandoned to sort out the database replication by myself.
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Equilibre - Theatre For Horse-Lovers And Other Wierdos
Just got back from seeing Equilibre (horse theatre thingy) with Claire. What can I say? Great music, brilliant dancing, some very impressive singing, the second best use of stagecraft (circumstances given) that I've ever seen, the work of a director with great imagination, impressive horseplay...
...but I can't help but feel that I've come away from … -
Train Girl Fantasy
Take a look at the thread on Train Girl Fantasies that Andy has accidentally started. Participate! Tell us all about your Train Girl Fantasies. We all know you've had them.
Last night I fixed eight or so of the bugs that Paul and Kit found in my software project the night before. They've promised not to … -
Kit’s Rant
I agree with Kit's rant:
I learn today that the funding may be cut *again* to the Nightline here is Aberystwyth. I don't care what the reasoning is - cutting the funding anymore is plain dangerous.
Its lie after lie in the Union. I have seen little in five long years that has actually … -
Now Where Did I Put My House?
Did anybody see the story about the American who had their house stolen this weekend? That's a fantastic theft to pull off. Wish I'd thought of it first. Ah well.
Also this weekend, a man is killed in a collision between a car and a train. Not particularly noteworthy under normal circumstances, I know, but the … -
Saddles
As if Adam's Bike Saddle Problems weren't bad enough, somebody's stolen mine! While left parked outside my house, somebody came along in the night and swiped the seat of my bike! I'm not in the slightest bit pleased.
Claire's not feeling well. Kit and I are keeping our eyes out for any good placebos. I need … -
Banks
It seems that NatWest now only open during the hours at which I am at work. Yet somehow I'm expected to deposit my paycheque. This makes no sense.
Mostly, I've been watching Futurama and drinking good beer. On Saturday, Claire and I went up to a forest North of Dolgellau and ate sandwiches and failed to … -
Helpless
I can't sleep.
For the last week or so, I've talked a little every day or two with a really good friend of mine who is, unfortunately, going through some problems at the moment. They'd been quite understating and evasive about talking about them at length until yesterday, when they suddenly revealed to me quite how … -
Grindstone
Claire called me up at work to taunt me about the fact that I'm working late. Well; okay, she didn't, but she night as well have, because I'm still at the office, slogging away at a chunk of Bovini for a deadline tomorrow, not making much progress, and I only spoke to the client earlier …
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Idea Of The Day From Alex And Dan I
Wouldn't the world be so much better a place if Brits had to go through some kind of vetting procedure - a test of sorts - before they were permitted to go on holiday to Ibiza?
An example extract from an interview might be:
Interviewer : Question twelve: if you were to be granted passage to go … -
Andy’s Party And Other Happenings Up North
This is my third and final attempt to write this journal entry without something terrible happing that causes me to lose it in it's entirety.
Spent a long weekend (Friday to Tuesday) in the North-West of England, firstly at Andy's party, then later visiting my folks in Preston, with Claire. Details follow...
ANDY'S PARTY
The weekend started at … -
Safe Road Use Of Elephants
Aside from the main point of this article, I found it most amusing to find that state-run Indian elephants are fitted with reflectors 'in an attempt to prevent road accidents'. What does it take to accidentally crash into an elephant?
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Thursday Afternoon
Good progress at work today, easily catching up on the things I didn't get done yesterday on account of having been at the Royal Welsh Show.
AbNib is proving itself popular, but I'm still not happy with it: there are a load of really cool features I'd like to add, yet. But that's a job for … -
AbNib
As this article from the BBC and this article on icWales states,Aberystwyth is getting a sex shop (you can confirm it for yourselves by checking the pink banner at the top of the official web site.
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Spent last night in a dark room with Paul, Kit and Claire, listening to a DTS-encoded 5.1 surround sound version of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon". It was the most beautiful thing I've heard in a long while. The sound quality was unbelievable - the patterns moved and shifted around and through us. …