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Orange phone nightmares

June 30th 2006

My phone’s little-magic-clicky-button has stopped clicking, thus no turning on or off, no menus etc etc.  I rang Orange and a very nice young lady uin Sunderland talked me through proving there is a fault.  First thing, press and hold little clicky button and see if phone turns off. No.  Ok, next thing, take out [...]

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Thinks you’d never think of

June 30th 2006

Fetish knitwear. Yep – you heard me, fetish knitwear Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Your old phone, a digital diary

June 29th 2006

My dads phone died (river+phone=phoneDeath), so I dug out my old Nokia 8210 (one of the finest phones I’ve owned in my opinion) and after swapping Sims, set about removing my old numbers. I guess it must be 2 years since I used it. Funny what it reminds you of: * An ex-girlfriend, who’s mobile [...]

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Words of truth

June 28th 2006

“They’re not newspapers, they’re comics for the semi-literate; propaganda sheets controlled by foreign billionaires who just want to make as much money as technically possible and maintain a political environment conducive to that single aim” Words by Iain Banks links by me (confusion is allowed). Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing [...]

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Spamoatry II

June 28th 2006

This time it’s the name sof the people who’ve sent me spam.  A mate and I at uni used to joke about the Irish jacker Coded O’Stolen, but these are pure genius including:Closeted O. Mackerel, Percentage R. Obstacles, Outlive U. Halberd and Acrobatic J. Cosby.  Thats just the ones in my inbox now, God alone [...]

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Homebrew highspeed photos

June 28th 2006

After a little bit of experimentation of my own I’ve finally started doing a bit of research into how to take highspeed shotos of things being shot. Luckily I ran across homebrew high-speed photography, which includes circuits, explainations an kit lists! Brilliant! Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks [...]

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Old People Rant

June 28th 2006

Thats it. I have lost my patience.  I would consider myself to be a fairly polite person.  I hold door, I pull out chairs, I remembr my please and thank yous.  So I am more than fucked off with the majority of old people I have had dealing with this week. I held a heavy [...]

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Funny stuff

June 28th 2006

Today’s RED MEAT made me laugh. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Whats that coming over the hill, is it a (hairy) monster, is it a monster?

June 27th 2006

I hate shaving.  It’s rubbish, and I hate it.  So I’m stopping, unless a)I’m seeing my lass or b)I’m going back to work.  This morning is week 2 of the no shave embargo, and I look a mess.  Compined with the need for a haircut, I look a bit like a cartoon character of some [...]

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Reading like a demon

June 27th 2006

I don’t know whats going on at the moment, but I’m thrashing through books like they might stop being made..  Last night I read Toast by Nigel Slater (whom I didn’t realise was gay), which is full of tales of woow, highlighted with food.  Most of the happy memories and tales are linked to simple [...]

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More nutjobs

June 25th 2006

Ok – I’ve not read it, but I am tempted to give it a go, becuase New Physics — The Theory Of Everything Has Arrived! sounds like the work of total headcases to me. I might be very wrong, but I hope not. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike [...]

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Geeky things for bored people

June 24th 2006

Want to build your own solar panels? How about make your own hydrogen to power your car? You need The Sietch:Projects. Oh yes. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Iain (m) Banks

June 24th 2006

Stumbled upon when looking for tartaric acid for making elderflower wine, it’s Iain Banks Forums. Bonza reading. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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The Best sandwich ever

June 24th 2006

Open to discussion as to whether this is “the best” sandwich, but it certainly kicks arse. Wholegrain bread, lightly toasted Cornbeed, sliced a little thick Smoked Tabasco sauce Whole peanuts Black pepper In no way healthy, logical, or sane, but very very tasty. Note whole peanuts (not peanut butter) and Tabasco. If anybody knows where [...]

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Hiel Kitler!

June 23rd 2006

Thank the Lord than my cat didn’t have a Hitler tash!. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Price Drop Tv

June 22nd 2006

Like QVC, only more laughable. Currently they are flogging “20 Irish classic cd’s”, each of which seems to feature a copy of Danny Boy and has a green cover. Originally a hundred quid! Who buys this total toss? Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? [...]

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Does such a wonder exist?

June 22nd 2006

I’m forever pulling cables in and out of the TV, and have a DVD, a VCR, a digibox and an iBook chained together, which is a complete mess and requires everything to be turned on otherwise any one of the “links” will stop things befor eit in the chain passing on the signal (eg. If [...]

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I drove! I didn’ty die!

June 22nd 2006

Well, I’ve just driven for the first time (excluding a couple of hours last year) in 5 years, and I didn’t die! not once! I didn’t even stall (though it’s a petrol driven monster, so thats not a great achievement.) Admittadly I chose the quietest road I know, stupidly forgetting that quiet roads and generally [...]

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overheard in NYC

June 22nd 2006

I love Overheard in NYC. It used to be such a simple little blog, and now it’s gone all shiny, but it’s still got wonderous gems such as “Guy: Give me a break, she’s into scat! She’ll eat shit, but she won’t lick some ketchup off my hand? Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah [...]

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New figure of ridicule: Ann Coulter

June 21st 2006

“American Christian destiny … is jet skis, steak on the electric grill, hot showers and night-skiing” I’m so glad that a couple of thousnd years of religion peaks in a trumped up American tart trying to explain that it is a Christian right to waste electricity. I wonder what she would make of When You [...]

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Stop bleaching everything!

June 20th 2006

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, living in stupidly clean houses makes you ill. There’s a Cumbria saying “Thee should eat a speck a muck afor ye dee lad”. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Memes bloody memes

June 20th 2006

In reply to Tweeasfuck‘s meme, I thought I should actually cover the seven songs I’m loving at the moment. Annoyingly I’ve not been listerning to much new music at the moment, because Radio4 continues to rock my world. Also, not enough people ue the Orderd List tag in HTML, so will, despite this being an [...]

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Things geeks should read

June 18th 2006

I have spent an enormous amount of time working on explaining complex technical things to non-technical people. I *think* I’m quite good at it, but then I read The 10 worst ways to communicate with end users and I realised I did/do most of them. Damn it. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! [...]

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Comic genius

June 18th 2006

b3ta.com challenges- comic roadsigns. genius. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Another dumb politician

June 18th 2006

If you’re going to try and push a bill thorugh stating that every classroom should display the 10 commandments, make sure you know them. Take a bow, my latest whipping boy Stephen Colbert. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Fear my pimping skills!

June 17th 2006

Pimp That Snack: is featuring the giant hula hoop!  Fear my skills, for next I shall be pimping the car! Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Things and memories

June 16th 2006

Whilst clearing the spare bed in my room that acts as a giant shelf, I have run across the following things A boxed Go, given to my by my cousin for Christmas, the first Christmas she was working in an office and having to buy everything online A copy of Microsoft Money 98, borrowed from [...]

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Adblock share list

June 15th 2006

Do you use the wonderful adblock extension for firefox? Then you should Share your adblock list ! If you don’t use adblock (or firefox), you should, it’s dead dead good. It blocks silly advertising images Oh – and Eng-er-land have just scored in the foot-ball Earth Cup things. The gangly one didn’t dance however, which [...]

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Perhistoric rat in photo shooker!

June 15th 2006

Yes, it’s true BBC NEWS have a photo of a “friendly, furry creature about the size of a squirrel that waddles a bit like a duck”. Sounds cuter than the photo portrays. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Amazon recomendations

June 15th 2006

I’ve just got an email from Amazon, touting their wares like the digital whores that they are.  Anyway, this was their current pitch… “Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, We’ve noticed that customers who have purchased Flanimals by Ricky Gervais have also ordered The Suicide Factory: Abu Hamza and the Finsbury Park Mosque by Sean O’Neill” How many [...]

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This week I will…

June 15th 2006

Apply for more information to run a pub and become king!, oh yes! Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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How …

June 15th 2006

To find the judges liked your s sculpture’s support more than the sculpture itself! Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Geeky graphic news

June 14th 2006

Once upon a time, many years ago, I was pretty ill, and my dad bought me a very old book on computer graphics, which started me on the road with POVRAY and a million and one things. Anyway, on slashdot today is the news that one of the things that featured in the book is [...]

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Squirrel!

June 14th 2006

I’m prone on the floor, and there was a thud at the window, and p jumped… a red squirrel!  A real red, not a fat faced American grey in colour!  The swallows were dive bombing it and it was trying to hide. He’s jumped off round the end of the barn, hopefully he’ll stay off [...]

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Just no justice here or there

June 14th 2006

It would appear that there is certainly no justice in Saudi and none in England either. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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Passwords for silly signs

June 13th 2006

Hate those site which want passwords for datatracking (papers etc) – then you will love Bugmenot.com. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser

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