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Hot Puppies, Troma Night, And A Fantastic Transcript Of A Speech On DRM
[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]
Went to the castle to see The Hot Puppies yesterday evening. Everything I'd heard was true - they really are very good. They play well, they sing well, they … -
Conversation Of The Morning With My Dippy Co-Worker
"Umm, Dan? I've connected my laptop to the network but I can't get on the internet."
"That's a phone socket you've plugged it in to."
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The Register Takes Off In Aberystwyth
The Register have this story and photo, taken in Aberystwyth: can anybody identify the woman in the picture?
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Letters After My Name
Results day today, and so I finally get to find out whether or not I get a degree in exchange for my last five years at University. And I do. I'm now entitled to put letters after my name, which is nice.
I've got a lower second, which is (I know) less than I'm capable of, … -
It’s Like An Umbrella, But It Can Be Deployed Within Minutes
This'll be a giggle. I've got a little project on the go that should amuse you all for a good few minutes (we've all been laughing our socks off here at it this evening). Given my way, I'll be deploying it tomorrow afternoon.
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I’m Not The Only One
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Badger badger badger,
Mushroom mushroom.
Apart from Claire, is there anybody else who doesn't find that funny? Claire claimed that nobody does, but both Bryn and Paul laughed. -
Beach! Fire! Yay!
Come join us on the beach for fire and beer, if you're still in Aber!...
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Some People Should Not Be Allowed On The Internet
http://bash.org/?104052
In related news, I hear that some folks have been arrested on suspicion of being behind the Half-Life 2 code thefts. Maybe Valve were waiting for the arrest to be made so they could get their code back. =o) -
You Know Your Program Is Convoluted When…
...the client calls up and says, "I'm not sure if this is a bug... or a feature... but -"
Bovini is fucking scary these days. -
The Register Takes Off In Aberystwyth
[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]
The Register have this story and photo, taken in Aberystwyth: can anybody identify the woman in the picture?...
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Dan’s Best Impression Yet
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Want to see me do my impression of a coconut?
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World’s Highest Bridge Completed
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.
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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 … -
Sex, Sexuality, Friends, Family, Defecation, Unfamiliar Places, Familiar Places, Failure, And Other Things To Make Freud Blush
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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 … -
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 …