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Most Annoying Habit In The World Ever
Statto's not the only one to get pissed off at some of the ways people abuse and misuse their language. I'm not perfect myself (contrary to my bedpartners' claims), but there's one form of linguistic butchery that really gets my goat.
The thing that really gets to me is the persistent and habitual misuse by some … -
Sundeep’s Birthday and Snowdon
Sundeep had decided that we were to celebrate her birthday by climbing Snowdon, so that's what we did. My legs are sore now, not least because I thought it would be wise to jog most of the way back down again.
Here's the piccies. As before, if you read this on my blog rather than on … -
Troma Night Is On
Troma Night is on as normal tonight, so, if you're not going to The May Ball (who's web site, I maintain, should allow web-based ticket purchases as I suggested last year), come along! It'll probably only be a "two-film" night, as a number of us are celebrating Sundeep's birthday tomorrow with a walk up Snowdon, …
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The Energy Crisis
Statto's written a piece on solar energy and the energy crisis in general. I almost commented on it, but then I decided I had enough to say to justify my own blog entry. As I see it, here's the plan to cope with Earth's immediate energy needs:
Use existing nuclear facilities - possibly new … -
Strangest Bug Report. Ever.
I'm currently working on a volunteer-run programming project and I just received a very unusual bug report from one of the test team. Not to bore you; but the project allows multiple users to log on to a web-based system and manage various details about themselves - their name, date of birth, gender, etc. - …
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The Saga Of Initial City-Link
A few weeks ago I ordered a Logitech MX1000 laser mouse. It's a nice mouse - chunky for my big hands, laser rather than LED for significantly higher resolution, wireless because it's fun (but using a frequency that makes it as responsive as any other USB mouse), charges in a cradle. It's even got a …
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River Bugging
On Thursday afternoon, Claire and I went river bugging in Scotland. I can't even find a Wikipedia article on it, it's so little-known as an activity, but apparently it's gaining popularity in New Zealand (presumably a direct result of access to white water rapids and a suitable level of insanity amongst the general population).
The activity … -
Another Troma Night At Adam’s, Perhaps?
Looks like those folks in Aber will have to have this week's Troma Night at Adam's place again: Claire and I won't be back at The Place in time for it. In other news: we're back in England from our trip to Scotland, but not in Wales yet. Updates (and piccies) to follow. You have …
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Le Grande Tour
Firstly; thanks to everybody who tested my kitten-based authentication system yesterday. It seems to be working quite well.
Claire and I are undergoing a grand tour of the United Kingdom this coming week, as follows:
This afternoon, we're driving (in Claire's car) to Cardiff. Coincidentally, Gareth, who was visiting us this weekend to help me … -
Good Friday
Yes, I'm at work. On Good Friday. People keep asking me why I'm here, despite the fact that I don't have to be, so I thought I'd try to explain myself:
It doesn't really matter whether I have to be here or not; I'm here by choice anyway. I'm off next week to do various sports … -
An Update From Gareth
We've not seen so much of Not-Gay Gareth of late. He's sent me an e-mail to let me know why this is, and he's allowed me to share it with you all, so anybody who cares can see quite how busy he is:
AAAARGH!!!! I feel I should owe everyone an email to explain exactly … -
Murder Mystery Night 2
Last night, Ruth ran the second of her murder mystery nights, which was cool. It didn't work as fluidly as the first - partially owing to, in my opinion, a less well-conceived pack, and partially because it turned out that Paul's character, who's gender Ruth had changed to facilitate the number of people available, was …
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Of Unusual Troma Nights
Well, Paul's mid-Troma Night fire was still on, so after watching The Wicker Man we all raided the nature reserve for wood, raided the filling station for petrol (mmm... accelerant) and went and set up on the beach.
Hollywood Pizza were good enough to bring us our pizza on the beach, which was awfully nice of … -
Fun And Games With Google Suggest
Ah, the fun that's to be had with Google Suggest:
Some interesting facts we've learned:
"Gay people are gay" results in more hits than "Microsoft is bad".
The only things people seem to say about Wikipedia is that it's slow and that it's down.
The only people who don't distrust or hate eBay … -
Reb Is Still Alive
Curious. I haven't really heard from her since July 2004 but it turns out that she's still alive and on the internet - I just received the following e-mail from my girlfriend of 1999-2001ish, Reb:
From: Rebecca ******** [*********@hotmail.com]
To: ***@sc*tmania.org
Date: Mar 24, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Hey you!
long time no hear, hows life?
Wanna talk?
xxxxx
Well, that's …