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Abnib Quotes
It only occurred to me the other week that there are lots of people who would probably want to know about Abnib Quotes - people, even, that are quoted on it - that don't. And that's probably my fault for not blogging about it.
So yeah - there's an Abnib Quotes. It replaces the long-defunct RockMonkey … -
Bicon 2008
Claire and I have decided that after all the fun and games of last year's BiCon, we're going again this year. So, if you want to come, now's the time (well, within the next 30 days or so) to let us know, and we can help you out with lifts, combining payment, etc. If there's …
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Savage Love Readers Talk About The Campsite Rule
As some of you no doubt know, I'm a huge fan of Savage Love, the world's coolest sex, love, and relationships advice column. A few weeks ago, author Dan Savage revisited his "campsite rule," which can be summarised thusly:
If you're in a sexual relationship with somebody significantly younger or less-experienced than you, the rule … -
Super Munchkin
There's been quite a lot said recently on abnib about class. JTA opened up the debate; Claire followed up by listing some of her least favourite things about the stereotypes of the middle class, and attracted a lot of debate in her comments; Matt P argued that the class system doesn't exist (or, at least, …
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The Danville Public Service Announcement
I don't visit Facebook often. In fact, I usually only log on once or twice a month to clear out the billions of requests to install applications (and block those applications) that people don't seem to have noticed that I never accept, or to check up on a mis-placed phone number or e-mail address for …
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Curry And Penny
Went out last night for curry and beer to celebrate Paul's birthday (yes, we're all well aware that Paul's birthday was almost a month ago, but this was the first chance we'd had to really get together and make an ocassion of it). It was great to get together with a handful of folks rarely …
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The Australian Pink Floyd Show
I took Claire, Ruth and JTA to see The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Cardiff International Arena last night. Claire and I had seen them before, back in 2005, and they were as fabulous as ever: I maintain that this tribute band is the only one I've ever seen that, at times, can be …
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Bryn And Heather
I don't want to stir up trouble, and I don't have any intention to take sides. I'm going to say a couple of things, for which I fully expect to be misinterpreted and I'm all set for the barrange of comments I'll get hereafter. But hey, that's enough disclaimerism. On to the controversy:
In case you … -
Garfield Minus Garfield
This is fabulous: Garfield Minus Garfield. It's what you get if you digitally remove Garfield from Garfield comic strips - a better comic, touching on themes of loneliness and schizophrenia. Genius.
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My April Fools
I've always had a thing for big, overcomplicated April Fools' gags. Traditionally, we'd always play pranks on Penbryn Halls at the University, but it's not so easy these days to gain access to halls of residence, now that they've installed door locks that don't open by themselves when you so much as breathe hard on …
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What I've Been Up To This Weekend
This post should have appeared on Monday 24th March 2008, but owing to technical difficulties didn't make it online until Thursday 27th. Sorry!
Like many others, I've had both Good Friday and Easter Monday off work, and as I haven't blogged enough recently, I thought I ought to provide a quick update about the things I've … -
I’ve Been Q’ing For A Year Now
Post Offices, eh? But those aside, it's now been a year since Claire and I changed our surnames to the letter "Q". Here's a quick look back:
The Good Things
It still feels like it's "ours," and something that's ours alone - a great sense of identity and togetherness that we probably wouldn't have gotten … -
Self-Harm Awareness Day
There's a mailing list I'm on that just got a message that started as follows:
Subject: March 1st - Self-Harm Awareness Day
Just curious...
a) How many of you knew it was self-harm awareness day on March 1st and
b) Are you doing anything to mark it?
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It's pretty bad that the first response I thought of was … -
A Postcard From Jimmy
The first postcard has arrived from Jimmy's world tour (right now he's in Thailand).
On the front is a picture of some interestingly-shaped rocks which are apparently right outside the front door of the guesthouse where he's staying.
He writes:
Hello everyone in Aber!
Fly to Samai in Thailand. Grab a taxi (boat or car) to Lamai beach. … -
Best Bug Ever
On behalf of a client of a client of SmartData, I was responsible this weekend for moving a website over from one server to another. It's a monolithic old custom-written content management system, in Perl, which over the last four or five years has been passed from developer to developer and has begun to look …