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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of System Tray Icons
What the fuck is that icon for? Despite the best efforts of icon designer to (apparently) make clear and comprehensible icons, and by computer users to learn and understand them, I still remain perplexed from time to time by the plethora of icons in my system tray (sorry, I mean Taskbar Notification Area). Let's take …
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On This Day In 2003
Looking Back
On this day in 2003 I wrote a short blog post about a very important event in the lives of two of my friends. This was the end of the week during which Fiona came down to visit us in Aberystwyth: the week where she first met Kit in person. And the week where … -
BiCon: The Game
I shan't be at BiCon this year, but I thought I'd share with you all something that tickled me today. Last year, at a Naked Lunch, I ended up chatting to several geeks about Interactive Fiction, and I through out a few ideas for a BiCon-themed piece of Interactive Fiction. Little did I know that …
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Women in Movies
Spoiler alert: this blog post contains significant spoilers about WALL-E, and contains minor spoilers about Salt (although these shouldn't be spoilers to anybody who's ever seen an action film before).
The Bechdel Test
I've talked to some of you already about my thoughts on the Bechdel Test, which aims to illustrate the under-representation of women in contemporary … -
Amateur Lesbians
I've recently reformatted and reinstalled, and that means that - briefly - I ended up seeing advertisements on the Internet again, until I had my ad-blocker reinstalled. And so I came to see an advertisement that promised to let me see "amateur lesbians".
Now you and I both know perfectly well what they mean, but I've … -
Working From Home
The phone rings. It's clear to me by the sound it makes and by the image on it's display that this is a business call.
"Good morning, SmartData; Dan speaking," I say.
The caller identifies themselves, and asks to speak to Alex, another SmartData employee. I look to my right to see if Alex is available (presumably … -
The Game Disbalancer
Coming to an Arkham Horror game near you... never.
Click for large-o-vision. You know, I think that having this guy on the team might just make the game winnable. Maybe. -
Vulva
Just when I think that I've gotten the hang of humans, they do something even stranger than ever before.
There's a new fragrance for men that's about to be hitting perfume counters around Europe: Vulva Original [NSFW]. Just... click the link, and watch the video that appears. Your first thought will almost certainly be: "They're selling … -
The Best Mouse In The World
This was one of my most-popular articles in 2010. It continues to be popular in Spain (¡Hola! Mucho gusto). If you enjoyed it, you might also enjoy:
Why I believe that it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009).
The Ten Weirdest Sex Toys I've ever seen (2009)!
A dirty-looking calendar I found at … -
On This Day In 2006
Looking Back
On this day in 2006 I'd just come to the end of a long weekend of coding and socialising. The code project was, of course, Three Rings, and Bryn and Gareth were helping out with the big push to make the initial release Three Rings 2 a success.
Three Rings is, of course, a project … -
Updating WHOIS Records With Easily
I've recently undergone an ordeal with Easily, with whom a number of my domain names are registered, that involved a process so painful and convoluted that I couldn't help but share it with you. All I wanted to do was to change the WHOIS data on some of my domains, because they were horribly out …
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Banquet In A Box
Earlier this week, Ruth and JTA were away, and evidently Ruth thought that I wouldn't be able to look after myself (usually she'd just leave out large bowls of kibble and water), because on Tuesday lunchtime I heard a knock at the door. When I answered, a deliveryman gave me a large parcel clearly labelled …
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Busy Weekends Part III
As if we hadn't been busy enough the weekend before last and the one before that, there's more that I'm only just getting around to blogging! It was only when I thought about writing this up that I realised how much I'd neglected to write about already (and had promised people would be "coming soon"). …
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Busy Weekends Part II
Following up on my post about the weekend before the weekend before last - here's what I got up to the weekend before last (i.e. the weekend after that). You can see why I'm confused:
Ruth's Family Picnic
The weekend before last, JTA and I joined Ruth and her family at their "annual family picnic". This family … -
Busy Weekends Part I
The weekend before the weekend before last, Ruth, JTA and I went up to Preston, for:
My Sister's Birthday
My sister, Sarah, turned 21 at the start of this month, and we - accompanied by her friends and family - went out to a new Punjabi restaurant called East Z East. The food was fantastic (although in …