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Green party thinks Vista is shit

January 31st 2007

Yes – a major political party (ish) has even got behind the fcat that the new DRM mechnism in Vista is a big hairy piles of man ball bags.  The Green Party has declared “Future archaeologists will be able to identify a ‘Vista Upgrade Layer’ when they go through our landfill sites.“ Possibly Related Posts: [...]

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Lifehacker

January 28th 2007

I love lifehacker, especially the weekly tips. Possibly Related Posts: Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to play together Making your wireless router from Virgin Media work with your Mac Flickr code dev and deployment Open source monitoring tools Make your RSS feeds trackable

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Lego

January 27th 2007

I love these two groups of Lego portraits, the first seems to be in Spanish, the other is on Flickr. Possibly Related Posts: Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to play together Making your wireless router from Virgin Media work with your Mac Flickr code dev and deployment Open source monitoring tools Make your RSS feeds trackable

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Monopoly Board Google Map

January 27th 2007

Yes ladies and gentlemen, it is finished.  It’s not brilliantly accurate, and I’ll add more detail for each of the pubs (yes – this is a pub crawl) later this week.  However, until then, behold the majesty of The Monopoly Board Bar Crawl Google Map.  Oh yes. Possibly Related Posts: Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to [...]

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Just walk?

January 27th 2007

For those who shune the tube (and after fridays nights adventure because KingsX was(and actually wasn’t) on fire) aparently http://www.walkit.com/ is meant to be very good. Possibly Related Posts: Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to play together Making your wireless router from Virgin Media work with your Mac Flickr code dev and deployment Open source monitoring [...]

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Top secret new plan.

January 26th 2007

To write a googlemaps api plugin thats an overlay map for the route of monopoly bar crawl.  It’s nearly done.  Will launch after the weekend if all goes to plan. Possibly Related Posts: Home-brewed time-lapse fungus growing 101 Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to play together Hot and sour manly popcorn Mushrooms, live! Train + wifi [...]

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Graf hero models

January 24th 2007

Does somebody want to buy me Seen and Banksy for my birthday?  I love the Army of Art figures Possibly Related Posts: Getting Redis and CodeIgniter to play together Making your wireless router from Virgin Media work with your Mac Flickr code dev and deployment Open source monitoring tools Make your RSS feeds trackable

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Custom wordpress importer from Blogger

January 24th 2007

I’ve spent most of the day coding a custom importer from blogger to WordPress. I’ve ended up hacking it together by exporting blogger with an easily parsable structure – no comments, +++’s at the start of each artice and |||’s between items.  Monthly archiving set on, and a full republish. custom php script to read [...]

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Ah ha!

January 20th 2007

My email just got read out on BBC Radio 4s Saturday Live (which I quietly like). Prince Micheal didn’t answer my question about coming to stay! Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Pimp my browser Security gone made

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Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world

January 20th 2007

Just back from seeing the amazing Joanna Newsom at the Barbican. I has so much to say but the 50 minutes train journey from hell has stopped me thinking. Was good. Didn’t need the orchestra. encource of milk eyed mender could have made me cry. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! PLAY-DOH aftershave? [...]

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PLAY-DOH aftershave?

January 19th 2007

I like the smell of Play-doh, but I really really wouldn’t buy it as an aftershave. However, for those of you who would….PLAY-DOH COLOGNE SPRAY. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world Pimp my browser Security gone made

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Pimp my browser

January 18th 2007

Got firefox (of course) then why not install PimpZilla, the theme with bling and get a leopard skin, gold and diamond themed browser. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my world PLAY-DOH aftershave? Security gone made

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Security gone made

January 17th 2007

putative.com: FedEx refuses shipment of made-up stuff, empty cans. Read it and weep. Actually weep. This is nuts. 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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Technology changes afoot?

January 16th 2007

Hmm, I’m wondering about posting the whole blog (including live journal) across to wordpress. I’v installed it (dead easy), and it seems easy to make pretty, and it can import rss (so in theory I don’t have to come up with a funky cross-poster), but I do like the privacy of locked posts in livejournal, [...]

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Wake up world

January 13th 2007

Yes it would appear that the knuckle draggers are at it again. I can’t decide which is my favorite quote…”Condoms don’t belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He’s not a schoolteacher,” or the truely wonderful “The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn’t in the [...]

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When Dilbert is right, the world is wrong.

January 12th 2007

Yep. Did it again. Said it all in the subject line again. DWhen Dilbert is right, the world is wrong. 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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Wifi Camera

January 12th 2007

Not one that post by wifi, but that translates signal strengths to visual pictures. Yes it’s the Wifi camerageek 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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Dave Gorman – funny, clever and talented

January 12th 2007

Whilst looking for Papa Christmas, who I saw at Bookclub I ran across photos by Diamond Geyser, who coincidentally seems to have the same online monicer as diamond geezer who has my firend catbo as a reference, but also has Dave Gorman who turns out not only to be very funny, and very clever (he [...]

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Family tattooing

January 10th 2007

There’s something very sweet about the story of ModBlog – Three matching hearts. 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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Juicy goodness

January 10th 2007

Tonights blender experiment – cucumber, pear and lime smoothy. Yes – just wedge a whole cucumber and a whole pear into the blend, with a splash of liquid to get it started (I used apple juice), blen until smooth, pass through a sive, add a squeeze of lime juice, and the job is.. well. actually [...]

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NO NO NO NO NO YOU FUCKING MORONS

January 9th 2007

Having just read a wonderful blog entry by Tom Reynolds (Random Acts Of Reality) about the completely stupid pressure ambulance staff are put under and the reactions of the press and government I was totally dishearted to read that some daft cunt out there thinks NHS ‘must make surplus next year’. Now, for those of [...]

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Wonderful links of goodness

January 9th 2007

Whilst lost on the wifes blog, I ran across some top quality interweb fodder. First up is the truely genius Silent Star Wars opn youtube, which is actually worth going to (unlike most of the shit on there), then there is the best cover used-on-a-tv-ad-for-pants-this-christmas (narrow catagory) with Marks and Spencer used Shirley Bassey and [...]

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Moz for Eurovision!

January 9th 2007

I would certainly back Morrissey for Eurovision, lets stop sending total turd pop bands and get some talent up there! Moz, the Pippettes (ideal eurovision group), the challettes (*swoon*), The minataurs and Jenny and the Betts! Aparently the other people who are being asked to apply are… Cliff Richard, Katrina and the Waves and Bucks-total [...]

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Essencial things for living life

January 8th 2007

It’s true – virtually everybody I know requires Basic Instructions. For example – who wouldn’t want a carton guide to… How to Avoid Startling Someone How to Plan a Vacation How to Travel Back in Time How to Show ‘em Who’s Boss How to Fight Against Conventional Wisdom How to Get Up the Nerve How [...]

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Greyscapes

January 7th 2007

I’ve finally got round to posting a whole load of photos, including a batch of Greyscapes, which is a new word I am inventing for photos of dull landscapes. 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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Can’t sleep, will geek

January 7th 2007

I couldn’t sleep, so I finished my book, and then found that I could buy other books online from the publisher so logged on to see, then I added it to LibrarThing, and from there I got distracted by something, and that led me to last.fm where I rememebered that most of my songs don’t [...]

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Best TV ever

January 5th 2007

The the secret life of machines TV programs are all now in Google Video. If you’ve never seen Tim Hunkin’s amazing TV – go now. It’s amazing. 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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Armour for your kitty!

January 5th 2007

These are truely amazing – armour forCats & Mice! yes – armour. And a mini jousting ring. 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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Keyword search linking not always a good idea

January 4th 2007

I was ammused to read about Eddie the pet lobster, but when the Beeb provided a link to ” RELATED BBC LINKS:Lobster recipes ” in the right hand column, I was amussed no end. 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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Txt msgs to c dr?

January 4th 2007

Talk about slow to take up technology – I was getting bank balance statement txts from HSBC 5 years ago (they’ve now stopped it), and only now are the NHS considering sending out txt messages to remind people about their appointments. Possibly Related Posts: Stuck at werk Ah ha! Harp playing Lisa Simpsonalike rocks my [...]

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Interesting materials

January 4th 2007

New Scientist Technology Blog: The stuff of dreams: you know you want to click and find out what dilatants are. 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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Topical random information

January 3rd 2007

Personally I’ve always thought I would poke them inthe eyes or (like a proper man – grrr!) punch them out but here’s the BBC guide “How do you fend off a dangerous dog” 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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Teeny tiny aquariums

January 3rd 2007

OK – the lightbulb aquerium is just amazing but some of thes other Palmtop Aquariums are too cool. 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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Community Cinema

January 3rd 2007

A few years ago I fell in love with a cinema in Texas. It’s run a bit like a community cinema, is a wonderful place. Not more than a year ago I heard of Star And Shadow Cinema in Newcastle, and I fell in love with an idea again. It opens this weekend, and I [...]

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89028

January 2nd 2007

Aparently the  NHS is ‘facing make-or-break year’ which is an interesting idea as I would say it faced this years ago and its now basically in it’s death throws.  She’s not dead yet, but I it is the work of thosands of people doing more than they are being asked to keep her alive. The [...]

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New to the EU? Please bring us your food!

January 2nd 2007

I’m sure te Daily Mail will have a wonderful time bemoaning that fact that next to steak pies in tins their readers will now have to suffer the presense of forgein muck in Tescos, but having read BBC article about Romanian and Bulgarian food I say – bring t on! It looks like simalar style [...]

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