With it’s road surface 270 metres above ground, and 2,460 metres long, this bridge could be visualised quite well if you imagine a bridge joining the tops of Pen Dinas and Constitution Hill, in Aberystwyth. Just another impressive feat of engineering I thought I’d share with you. I like bridges. Read the full story here.
Kind: Notes
Lariam
This stuff is seriously trippy. Since mid-afternoon I’ve felt nauseous. Now I have a killer headache (paracetamol seems to be kicking in, now, though), and I can hear a whistling in my right ear. I’m still in the list of side-effects I don’t need to tell my doctor about, so all’s well.
Weird stuff, though. I did a search online for things that provided relief for the side-effects, and came across this rather depressing article.
Time for bed. Exam in the morning. Hope I feel bouncier then.
Sex, Sexuality, Friends, Family, Defecation, Unfamiliar Places, Familiar Places, Failure, And Other Things To Make Freud Blush
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
Oh your god. What a dream! It’s been years since I’ve dreamt anything so ‘out there’. Perhaps a result of all the Hobgoblin I drank last night. Perhaps caused by exam stress. Perhaps we really are just a product of the things we take in from the world around us – my dream seems to twist and contort …
I AM Scared Of Bootloaders
I’ve spent the evening looking at bootloader source code (small programs, crucial to every Operating System, which do the first fundamental steps towards loading the kernel, the ‘core’ of the OS). Just to show you quite how scary this stuff is, here’s a snippet of code to “stop the floppy drive motor from spinning”:
mov dx,3F2h
mov al,0
out dx,al
Is There Anything More Romantic?
Claire and I stayed up late and played multiplayer Civilization 3: Conquests together. When the Carthaginians picked on her, I stuck up for her and razed one of their cities. We’re hoping that by working together, we might be able to get a spaceship to Alpha Centauri before 1900.
We played until it started to get light. Then we went to bed and rolled around, laughing. Then we had sex as the sun rose.
A long multiplayer games session followed by a shag. Is there anything more romantic?
Half-Life 2 To Be Released As Twin-Pack
Yay! Take a look at this piccy (especially you, Paul).
New XML-Based Markup Language: MRML
“To Test Security On Your PC, You Must First Make It Inherently Insecure”
WTF??? If you go to Symantec’s Online Virus Scanner using most browsers, you’ll be told that you need to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to continue! Isn’t this just asking for trouble? It’s like saying, “Yes, we’ll check your house is secure. Now just unlock your door…”
Just plain weird.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
I still can’t get my online bank working. Too close to the deadline to be at this stage. Shit! Shit! Shit!…
Sponsored Masturbation
Feel like taking part in a sponsored masturbatathon? The internet remains a strange and wonderful place, as this form [PDF] indicates. Go take a look.
Long Deadline
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[on 13 October 2018, I was able to confirm that only the image is now missing]
[chez geek card]
The problem with long deadlines is they creep up ever so quickly.
This weekend, I’ll be learning JBoss, Ant, and JUnit, and then writing an an online bank program. Eep.
Hedgehog Farming For Chez Geek Players
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[more of this post was recovered on Friday 24 November 2017]
[missing picture: chez geek card]
Minutes Of The Incorporation Meeting Of Peter Huntley Limited
If you’re interested, you can read the minutes of the incorporation meeting of Peter Huntley Ltd., of which I seem to be a director: Minutes [PDF Format].
10,000 Word Celebration
I just reached 10,000 words in my disseration (the minimum word limit). Well, 10,003, actually. I’m having a celebratory can of drink and some nice, loud, Goo Goo Dolls.
Speaking of which, I’ve found a great internet radio station that plays all kinds of fab rock music – Radio Oiram, if you’re interested. It’s been keeping me amused while I’ve been hacking away at my diss’. Which is nice.
God, it’s good to be alive.
Killer Cyberloo Kidnaps Kiddie
As The Register reports, a Plymouth child was kidnapped on Saturday by a public convenience. Go read the story.