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A Jolly Good Fundraiser
Just got back from three days of fundraising for Aberystwyth Nightline, selling hot dogs, burgers, and fries at a stall at the University "Fresher's Fair". That was pretty successful.
In other news, a large padded A4 envelope arrived at The Flat today, addressed to Paul. The stamps, letter header etc. all seem to imply that the … -
The Aber Effect
Last night really works as a great example of the 'Aber Effect'. Claire and I went along to Sundeep's housewarming party, where she was feeding curry to her housemates and those of us who came along to welcome her back into Aberystwyth. I'd also promised to help sort her computer out with an internet connection, …
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Foreshadowing?
This photo was shared here retroactively, on 26 May 2019. It could possibly be seen, in hindsight, as foreshadowing the four of us pictured in bed together here ending up in a set of polyamorous relationships together a few years later.
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Interview With Hayoa Miyazaki
The Guardian ran an interview with Hayao Miyazaki, director of such films as Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Tonari no Totoro. My favourite bit of the interview:
Miyazaki taps a cigarette from a silver case. The Disney deal suits him, he explains, because he has stuck to his guns. His refusal to grant merchandising rights … -
Magic Story
Inspired by Andy's PassThePageGame on the RockMonkey wiki - a collaborative storytelling game based on that silly game you used to play at school, I've written my own tool:
MagicStory is a collaborative wiki storytelling tool designed to be harder to "run away" with than normal wikifiction. Having read the story, participants can write a suggested … -
Rock Exchange
This weekend I hope to release Rock Exchange, my latest WikiGame on the RockMonkey wiki. I'm just finishing performing some tests and fine-tuning on it now. Here's a screenshot:
In Rock Exchange, players will be able to invest their hard-earned Rocks (a unit of currency) in shares in the various pages on the RockMonkey wiki. The … -
Client Of The Day
Oh, some of our clients are funny. A client of ours, who hosts her web site and e-mail with us, calls me up because she has difficulty getting access to her webmail:
Her: "My e-mail doesn't work."
Me: (not knowing much about her configuration) "Are you using a web browser to check your e-mail, over the web? … -
Frag!
Frag! arrived this afternoon, earlier than expected. If anybody wants to come around to The Flat in advance of Naruto Night this evening, we can have a quick blast at it... what do you think?
In other news, Predictive Solutions, with whom we share the offices on this, the first floor of the Aber Technium, are … -
[this post originally appeared on AvAngel.com; a copy is archived here]
It looks like the shit has hit the proverbial fan as far as Diogel is concerned. AvAngel.com, and all other sites formerly part of the Big McLargeHuge collective, is very, very dead.
This site is coming back online by installments. Watch this space.
Normal service will be … -
The Abnib Real Ale Ramble 2005
Wow; there seems to be a lot of interest in the idea I just blogged. That's brilliant!
Now there's just the small matter of arranging how everybody who wants to go is going to get there, and where they're going to stay once they have. To this end, I've set up a web page: The Abnib … -
Llanwrtyd Wells Real Ale Ramble
What's everybody doing on the third weekend in November? If I could find reasonabley-priced accomodation (everybody likes camping, right <wink>), who'd be up for the Llanwrtyd Wells Real Ale Ramble - two days of trekking over hills and being fed real ale at various points along the way?
From the web site:
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Google Talk
In case you hadn't seen, Google Talk has been released, a free multiplatform instant messaging system (akin to MSN Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM. There'd been rumours that it'd be coming for months and months: not least thanks to Google paying for several of their summer job students to help code Gaim, a free, open …
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Bryn Wanted You To See This
As you probably know, Bryn and Liz are taking a week's holiday in Ireland. Bryn just sent me an MMS with the following picture attached:
So; Bryn finds himself 'exhausted' after just a day with Liz. Least said the better. Hope his car survives the trip. -
10 Rules For Arguing Effectively
10 rules for arguing in an effective, pleasant, and productive way. Thoughts of Dan. Disagreement and comments welcome.
1. Stating your opinions without backing them up is a very effective way of communicating your feelings, but is not very productive in advancing a debate. Explain why you think what you think.
2. Don't assume that the other … -
Andy’s Gig - Logistics
Andy is putting together the logistics for the Pagan Wanderer Lu gig in Manchester this weekend, so here are the instructions for Team Aber. Please contact me if anything here seems wrong or needs clarifying!
Team Aber's PWL Plan
Team Aber currently consists of:
"Wheels" Claire "Steals" Dan Paul "The Hat" Matt "The Hat Copycat" And special …