Kind: Notes
Short content: a post or status update with just plain content and typically without a title.
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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.
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Half-Life 2 To Be Released As Twin-Pack
Yay! Take a look at this piccy (especially you, Paul).
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New XML-Based Markup Language: MRML
Take a look at this, fellow geeks.
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“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.
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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!...
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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.
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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.
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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]
Confused? Read this news reports from news.scotsman.com! -
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].
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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 … -
Killer Cyberloo Kidnaps Kiddie
As The Register reports, a Plymouth child was kidnapped on Saturday by a public convenience. Go read the story.
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Distractions Are Important For Concentration
...and so I recommend you take a break from whatever you're doing and go play Crimson Room, an online flash puzzle game. Some infuriating bits, but if I can solve it, so can you.
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Lots Of Work To Do; Lots Of Dissertation To Do
[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]
[chez geek cards]
I have heaps of work to do today. Then I've got to go home and get heaps of dissertation done.
There's good news, however: our favourite among the … -
Chez Geek Card Of The Day
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I'm about a quarter of the way through my dissertation. I have to have it finished, printed and bound by Monday morning.
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Troma Night Makes LiveJournal’s Interest Category Lists!
Yay! Victory for I!
Take a look at the LiveJournal interest 'Troma Night'. And if you're a Troma Night person who uses LiveJournal, add it to your interests list, too!