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random tunes

November 29th 2005

and tonight SWEFT picked … Disco Tex & the Sexolettes – Get Dancing What a name! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Luxury bog seats

November 29th 2005

Ah the delight at finding a loo at work with a real wood seat! When i build Chateu Coldclimate all my loos with have real wood seats,and the maid shall polish them daily. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic [...]

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`big news in music land

November 29th 2005

stolen from myspace: Members of New Order, Stone Roses and The Smiths search for vocalist Freebass – a supergroup consisting of New Order’s Peter Hook, The Smiths’ Andy Rourke and The Stone Roses Mani – are on the lookout for a singer. The band are looking to complete their line-up with a fresh face. “We [...]

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Musical Goodness

November 27th 2005

Tyne and wear music scene – for all your NE music requirments. yay! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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The rise of Google

November 27th 2005

Well, lets hope google keeps going. They’re getting big, and the cash is flowing, which is always a bad sign to me (cynic that i am – remember Winamp?) but lets hope that this continues: Several current and former insiders say there’s a caste system, in which business types are second-class citizens to Google’s valued [...]

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Independant: teen drinking horror!

November 27th 2005

Bloody hell – I used to really enjoy The Independant. It was a great paper, but just lately (in the last few months) it has become distinctly pro Lib Dem, and even worse, has stared making silly judgement. For example, this mornings cover is a piece about “Teen Britain:The Shocking Truth”. Yes, as a generation, [...]

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remember Aung San Suu Kyi

November 27th 2005

Once again Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest. How is this happening? When the world can recognise somebody with the Nobel Peace Prize, and yet let this continue? Grrr I say – Grr! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and [...]

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Big Shiny Toys!

November 26th 2005

Fuck me, it’s this simple. Yes, I could buy a normal car, which will tootle around, and be fuel efficiant etc etc, or I could buy1968 V8 Daimler 250 Automatic which is far far sexier. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling [...]

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SWEFT

November 26th 2005

Stereo Web Front End version 1.0 is released! SWEFT is rough and ready, but working in the coldclimate house. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Someboy elses media solution

November 26th 2005

So, after weeks of hacking my own into existence, I discover Jinzora which looks like a very neat media solution. Encoding, streaming, video and tunes, this looks like it kicks ass. But I wrote mine, and like all proud fathers, will look past my little ones flaws. Apache+php+xmms+xmms-shell+usb mounted media+samba for sharing = proud daddy. [...]

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Made up words in The Simpsons

November 26th 2005

I love The Simpsons. It’s possbly one of the few bits of TV i actually miss (I try not to watch TV – it’s bad for the brain ) but it’s scary how many of Made up words in The Simpsons are faintly familiar. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the [...]

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Active morning

November 26th 2005

In my attempts to be productive this morning I’ve managed to Not managed to mount by NSLU2 drive’s disk so I can’t hack it Not consolidate my music collection using cvs Not get noxmms installed becuase of a pain in the ass error about glib-config Not tidy up the flat Bend a spoon digging out [...]

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Twiglets?

November 25th 2005

Are they the best salty nibbly snacks, or are they sticks smeared in marmite? Th make me miss theGirl, whch is odd, becuase Im sure she hated them. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important [...]

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Snigger snigger

November 24th 2005

Oh call me childish, but dmit you’d be amused by rimming sugar too! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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CVS – its not just for geeks

November 24th 2005

OK, I’m lieing, it is just for geeks, but its really handy for loads of things. I’m currently checking my photos in for easy syncing. Heres a handy Mac orientiated CVS guide I found handy. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling [...]

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Back to the fox

November 24th 2005

Well, after my month long trial of Camino, I’m back to firefox. Camino’s good. It’s shiny, and neater, but it has some really annoying habbits (apple-click down’t put you into a new tab, text boxes are agonisingly slow to type in etc etc), so it’s back to firefox for me. Never like IE, not convinced [...]

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Freedom and liberty

November 23rd 2005

For Gods sake people – can you start thinking about what’s happening in our contry at the moment as a very minimum. Better yet, start shouting about it, or doing something else. We are beginning to live in a state of fear, and this is fucking with our own heads. There is no “enemy”. Not [...]

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So much to see, so much to do

November 23rd 2005

Well, after a busy weekend, I’ve had a pretty busy week thus far. Last night I get to see The Prodigy live (only a single photo from the night, of me). So tired and bruided this morning its unreal. Tonight: a quiet evening of making my stereo work via a webfront end (she works! Will [...]

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Single point piercing fun

November 21st 2005

Well I’m not massivly keen on piercings close to the eye (its just a bit icky) I love thee look dermal anchors are pretty! I love the stone in the finger. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing [...]

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Ibooks

November 21st 2005

aI love my eyebook. It;s lovely. But I’ve managed to make th trackpad all gooey and horrible by having hummous on my fingers when typing and tracking. I should probably learn to eat when not working, or watch TV or somehting, but isn;t the world just too full of stuff to do? Possibly Related Posts: [...]

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Dsico!

November 21st 2005

Yes, its the gayes song ever. Yes – the video involves large numbers of marching men in leather and baby oil, but Your Disco! is still a storming tune, however I’ve only just run across its bonkers lyrics, including the gem: “Desperately seeking someone willing to travel, You’re lost in conversation and useless at Scrabble” [...]

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Optical illusions fun

November 21st 2005

This makes my fcae hurt, but it’s really really good! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Weekend status report

November 21st 2005

Well, a busy weekend of ffun had been had. Friday flight to london (only just made it, had to run for the plane etc etc) followed by treking across london for a few pints in The World End with C. and L. Then a stumble back to L’s via the booze shop. We all fancied [...]

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Funkalicious science

November 18th 2005

Yes – you too can be mad sceintist! I wanna be a mad scientist, when i grow up Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Food experiments

November 16th 2005

The last few weeks have been work intensie, so much so Ive done no exiting cooking fun. In fact, I’m not positie I’ve eatern anything outside work that wasn’t wrapped in a pitta bread Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The [...]

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What not to wear

November 16th 2005

As much as I quite fancy Trinny and Suzanna, they really are quite horrible to people on their program. The 360 degree mirror will make anybody cry – let alone middle aged women with image problems. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale [...]

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The best sandwich

November 15th 2005

Is the BLT. Fact. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Tescos full of wankers

November 14th 2005

Why is it when you’re in s real rush and just want food and home, Tescos is rammed to the gunnles with tossers. “erm yeah, like I, you know, daddy, errr.” Cocks. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of [...]

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A hectic weekend

November 13th 2005

Well, despite best efforts to make sure I got away from work on time, and made my train, I left work late, and only got on the train to Sheffield with about 10 seconds to spare. Then I got a telling off for not having bought my ticket in advance (did my lieing in a [...]

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Comments are working againj

November 12th 2005

Why is it always my comments that I break? Maybe because its the only bit I change… Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Work, life and the world

November 12th 2005

Well, it’s been a pretty hectic week. Finally the routine stuff at work is settling down enough to mean that I have a chance to think about the longer term stuff (maybe?), although its possible it’s just ramp up again and result in total chaos. Not a huge amount to report otherwise – though this [...]

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Texas home cooking…

November 10th 2005

Jerky: It’s Not Just for Christmas Anymore. Ah yes – fine american food, and very tasty too! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Hidden trap!

November 10th 2005

Its taken over a year,but ive finally found the halcian goal-the spacious bog at work nobody uses!Craptastic. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Ken Saro-Wiwa

November 10th 2005

Let us not forget Ken Saro-Wiwa. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Safari default browser

November 9th 2005

well – its been a busy – so limited blogging – however a Camio update. Its pretty good. Shiny too. I’ve uninstalled firefox, and finally worked out how to not have safari as the default webbrowser. You have to set the default browser in Safari! Imagine going into IE to set something else to be [...]

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Camio

November 6th 2005

As well and penning that fine tune “word up!” camio appears to be a new mac orientated browser from the mozilla foundation. I shall try and report back. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important [...]

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