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So I’m Sat At Work…
...minding my own business, and some random guy walks in through the office door, looking lost. Nobody seems to get up to see to him, so I - in my new desk, which is quite close to the door - go over to greet him. "Is there;" he begins, sounding a little unsure of himself, …
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Thai-Style Turkey & Rice
I've always been drawn to trying to prepare a fried-rice dish, but I've always been put off by the risk of burning it (I'd have imagined that it would be difficult to prevent rice from over-cooking and sticking to the pan, which would make for far-from delightful cleaning, later). But having watched Ken Hom preparing …
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Future History Of Comedy
Went to the Future History Of Comedy last night. I'm not going to write about it here, because this is what I would have said.
That post by Andy subsequently got made friends-only, so I've republished it here to save you dragging it off archive.org:
Went to a student-run comedy night last night on the promise … -
Nice ‘N’ Naughty
Claire, Matt, Paul, Sian and I visited Nice 'N' Naughty, Aberystwyth's second sex shop, as it opened at 9am this morning. Other folks who'd promised to come along, such as Jon and Hayley, Andy, and Ruth and JTA, were nowhere to be seen. What follows is, essentially, my "review" of the establishment:
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Dreams Of Scrabble
Odd dream last night:
Claire, Matt, Sian, Andy R and I were sat in a circle on the large pavement outside the dry cleaners on Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth, playing Scrabble. I wasn't very comfortable sat where I was (between Claire and Sian), so I swapped places with Matt (between Sian and Andy), which was … -
Recipe Of The Evening
Got a recipe suggestion for you all, again: Bryn's Challenge is at least allowing me to be a little bit more imaginative and try making things that "come to mind" (the bad ideas don't make it here). So, today's meal - which Claire assures me is "really, really good", is presented below:
Chicken And Bacon … -
Curry With Friends
Went out last night for curry and beers to Cafe All Spice with:
Jen - professional cynic
Claire - professional mimic
Bryn - protestable critic
Andy - procrastinating graduate
Sian - political constitutionalist
and Paul - pineapple coconut
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Sam’s Spam
I just got swamped by about 150 bits of trackback spam. Not a problem - I know how to deal with it and I was able to get rid of it all in line of SQL code... and it was also interesting to see that I rank highly enough in common searches to find 'open' …
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Free Gift For First Hundred Customers
I'm sure that by now you'll all be aware of the upcoming opening of Nice 'n' Naughty, the latest in a chain of sex shops (the latest of which was opened in Bangor, of all places), in Aberystwyth. It'll be opening on Pier Street, on the site of the old Little Amsterdam (who's web site …
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First Season Of Diplomacy
As I'm sure I've said, I'm running an online game of Diplomacy: my web-based adaptation of a classic 1959 board game of strategy and diplomacy. It's an unusual board game, in that (apart from the random assignment of countries, at the beginning), it involves no luck - the game is based entirely upon your ability …
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Tsunami Relief Concert
On Saturday night, Claire and I went to the Tsunami Relief concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which was pretty fab. We arrived at about 3:15pm, just as things were starting to kick off - on one of the many park and ride services being operated especially for the event. The buses and their …
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When The News Comes Close To Home
On Sunday, Claire was reading me a BBC News article about a woman who fell from Constitution Hill this Saturday, sustaining a severe head injury.
It turns out that the woman was Nia, the receptionist from the Technium. We found out when she didn't turn up for work this morning. The Technium manager sent a text … -
Extra Haggis For Geek Night Players
I seem to have come into posession of a couple of haggises (or "haggii", as I prefer). Would any of you Geek Night regulars like to join Claire and I a little earlier this evening for a haggis supper before we get down to the board games? A vegetarian alternative can be arranged for, if …
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Technium Phone System
Grr! Yet another fuck-up by the folks who run the Technium phone system: right now, every sixth call (exactly) to SmartData's number is put through to the WDA's answerphone (the WDA share our building). It's a fucking joke.
This is on top of the various problems we've had with our voicemail. And don't get me started … -
More Flash: “Second Term”
Jon has posted to his blog about "Second Term", JibJab's most recent parody of the American policial system (you'll remember It's Good To Be In D.C. and This Land, which I blogged about earlier). In any case, the versions you'll find on JibJab and Yahoo are surrounded by advertisements and can't easily be resized (hey; …