Tag: 2004-07-11 partially recovered
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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!
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Shower With Bryn
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[missing image: Chez Geek Card]
BTW: does Bryn know about his page on AberWiki?
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Last Night’s Dream
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[further fragments of this post were recovered on 13 October 2018]
Last night's dream was somewhat weird. Like so many of mine:
I'm travelling by train with Claire. We're going to … -
Futurama’s Coming Back
Okay, it's not certain yet, but Wired News reports that it, and Family Guy (also killed by Fox) will make a comeback on Cartoon Network, with new episodes sponsored by the channel.
Yay. And, indeed, hey.
And in other news, to celebrate the change of name from Lindows to Linspire, Lindows.com are giving away copies of Linspire. … -
A Demonstration Of The Next Generation Of ‘Phishing’ Attacks
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[further content was recovered on 13 October 2018]
If you've been on the internet for any length of time at all, you'll probably have come across the concept of a … -
Dead Badger Linux
Anyone with a pair of pliers can install Red Hat on a toaster or a motorcycle... it takes a real (sick) geek to install Linux on a dead badger.
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Girl, 15, Charged With Child Porn Offences And Sexual Abuse Of Childen
Not the usual kind of story I link from my 'blog, but this particular case is of interest because the girl in question is both the perpetrator and the victim, so to speak: she posted pictures of herself online, performing sexual acts. From what we can gather, she did this of her own free will …
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And I’m Off
[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]
[additional fragments were recovered on 13 October 2018]
Off to Scotland, that is, where I'll be spending a long weekend cycling and island-hopping. I've got a brief stop in Preston … -
Chicken-Heated Atomic Weapons, And Quake [TM] For Those Who Miss Text-Based Adventures
[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]
[further fragments were recovered on 13 October 2018]
Two fantastic bits of funny news for you this April Fool's morning:
1. A seven-ton atomic landmine, designed to prevent Soviet advance through … -
Plug ‘N’ Pray
Looking to change your religion using an easy, clean interface? Try Plug 'n' Pray from Holy Corporation.
A site well-worth reading.
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My New Work Computer… Won’t Be Delivered Today…
It turns out that there's been a huge fire in a BT service tunnel, knocking out 130,000 phone lines and numerous data links in the Manchester area.
This, in turn, has caused Microland UK to be unable to process our credit card details and deliver me my new work PC, a swanky-looking Athlon 64 3GHz box.
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Free Parking Jackpot
Am I the only purist here?
I am, of course, referring to Monopoly. Pretty much everybody I know doesn't play Monopoly by the correct rules, as laid down by Waddingtons. And how many arguments does this cause? It's unbelievable!
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I’m Still In Aber. Yay.
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I'm still in Aberystwyth, which I thought was a good thing even before people who don't have the same benefit complained [Alec complaining, Ruth complaining, Adam complaining] about it. …