Monthly Archives: December 2004

A Year in Retrospect

As promised, and in keeping with most of the blogging world, here is a look back at the year that was, and a few predictions for the coming year. Looking Back Its been an interesting year hardware-wise for me. I … Continue reading

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A wee bit from chapter 1

Out of the kindness of my cold black heart (?) I’m going to share a wee bit of the first chapter of the novel that I’m working on. This is just the first draft and I’m pretty happy with the … Continue reading

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While the wife’s away…

Ruth left yesterday to go up to sunny Aberdeenshire to visit the parents for a couple of days, leaving me to my own devices. I spent all of yesterday evening playing Icewind Dale, which was nice, and having a couple … Continue reading

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Icewind Dale – Brrr, it’s cold out there

The game I’ve been spending all my allowed pc time on at the moment is Icewind Dale. And it’s great. But I can hear you all say: “Al, it’s an OLD game. If you must play that kind of thing … Continue reading

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As the year draws to a close…

… I wonder why I’m still working for Scottish Power. Seriously though, it’s been quite a year. Got married to Ruth, I got baptised in Arbroath (in the North Sea), I started a new job and I’ve relaunched the novel. … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

Just a quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and thanks for reading JediMoose. I hope that you have found plenty to laugh at, and plenty to think about. I intend to post a retrospective of the year, … Continue reading

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As if by magic, children’s favourite Mr Benn reappears

From Scotsman.com Now all I need is to work out how to get new Polyphonic ringtones on to my Sagem myX2 phone and I’ll be laughing. mrBen

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Software patents in the EU: proposal dropped

Via I can’t emphasis just how brilliant this news is. Wlodzimierz Marcinski jumps straight into the ‘heros of all time’ list…… mrBen

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Thorp Memorial Trophy

January 15th will at last see a competition that has not been held properly for over 5 years. The Thorp Memorial Trophy was a 21st birthday present to me from Alan and Diane, and was originally raced at Scotkart in … Continue reading

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Nomad Firmware

My MP3 player went a bit funny the other day – paused itself and refused to do anything. So I pulled the key out of the battery holder, and plugged it in and nothing worked So I decided it was … Continue reading

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LUGRadio Christmas Special

Get it here I even get a mention mrBen

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Visited Countries – Cool

World66 travel guide – visited countries create your own visited country map or check our Amsterdam travel guide mrBen

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Interesting……

more pointlessness If there is at least one person in your life whom you consider a close friend, and whom you would not have met without the internet, post this sentence in your weblog, or journal, or whatever.

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It’s Here!

Not Christmas (yet), but my copy of Return of the King (Extended Edition) DVD arrived yesterday evening thanks to the lovely guys over at SendIt.com (only £17.49 including delivery). I haven’t watched everything yet (but the weekend is nigh…..) but … Continue reading

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