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Monthly Archives: March 2005
So much for the easy night
A wee bit of time spent on JK2 last night and early to bed. I had to get to work earlier this morning which is a pain normally but I’m getting out of here at 3:30 to make up for … Continue reading
Countdown to freedom…
With less than half-an-hour to go at the place I laughingly refer to as “work”, all I can think about is how to idly waste away the evening. We’re not going to the gym tonight as Ruth has a presentation … Continue reading
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And did I get an MP3 player?
Yeah, sorry. I forgot. Two weeks ago I picked up a Creative Zen Touch (20Gb) and Ruthy got her Packard Bell Audio Dream (1Gb). Ah, Bliss. BigAl
And the viewing figures for Dr. Who were?
10.5 million. Ha! Hopefully the sign of things to come. And surprisingly, after going on about it for the previous week, most of the office tuned in to find out what all the fuss was about. And everyone seemed to … Continue reading
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Spacehoppers: Bah, I’ll get those pesky kids…
AAARRRGGHH!!! Those bloody kids… Ah. Must remain calm. Take deep breaths and I’ll be fine. Eventually. Another quality evening of Spacehoppers is over (when I say evening I mean 1 hour, I think an entire evening would push my already … Continue reading
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More outage
OK – we suffered another outage over the last 18 hours or so. Looks like the server guys have had to roll back to a backup, so we may have lost some of the content. This also applies to Guy … Continue reading
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Doctor Who: Ep 1 – Rose
So. The first episode of the new series has just finished. And it was beyond expectations. Way beyond. With an excellent performance by Christopher Eccleston and The Doctor and an unexpectedly brilliant Billie Piper. The story was the reintroduction of … Continue reading
Almost time…
With barely minutes to go, I’m about as excited as a wee boy on Christmas morning. Indeed, if Doctor Who is as good as I believe it will be this will be the triumphant return of the greatest Science Fiction … Continue reading
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Some people don’t get it
In a recent search for some GPL’d collaborative project management software, I stumbled across Convea, who, up until recently, produced a nice piece of GPL’d software. They have now ceased to use an open license: “No more open source… Having … Continue reading
The return of the Doctor
And he returns on Saturday, BBC 1 @ 7pm. I expect the following: That all of you will watch it, That it will be brilliant, That I’m going to unbearable about the series return for the next 3 days. That … Continue reading
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Downtime
We appear to have had a bit of downtime on our MySQL server this afternoon, for approx 1 hour. Apologies to any of our subdomains who run anything based on MySQL……
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Condition Zero
I bowed into a bit of pressure from some guys at work the other day, and decided to give Counter Strike: Condition Zero a go. I’ve been having so much fun playing Enemy Territory with the LUGRadio guys, but sometimes … Continue reading
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Mp3 players ahoy
My sister ‘phoned last night to say that the vouchers to replace my mp3 player arrived yesterday. And how much do I have to spend on a new one? Apparently, £249 and £11 to go towards any extended warranty I … Continue reading
Posted in BigAl, Computing
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Big Al’s current reading list
Neuromancer by William Gibson. I feel really bad that for all the SF I harp on about, I’ve never read this book. This was the one that first really kicked off the whole cyberpunk thing and , after years of … Continue reading
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Back from the in-laws
Spent the weekend with Ruth’s parents, just north of Aberdeen. It was nice to get away from Glasgow for a couple of days of rest and relaxation. In fact, the only piece of excitement was when going home and just … Continue reading
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Lego madness?
Right. It’s finished. Cloud City arrived on Tuesday and we (Ruth and I) built it last night. And it’s brilliant. I’ve seen a lot of quality Lego in my time and Cloud City is among the best. The attention to … Continue reading
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A nice relaxing weekend had by all…
Oh, yes indeedy. Friday was spent with the feet up, relaxing with a few beers after a long week. Some Stargate SG1 season 6, oh yes. Ah, relaxation central. On Saturday I copied some software on to a CD for … Continue reading
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Gadget Show
I have become a semi-frequently watcher of Channel Five’s ‘The Gadget Show’ (Fridays 7.30pm and repeated later that night, FYI). They’ve covered some interesting topics this series, and by and large their reviews have been interesting, although they have a … Continue reading
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The Saga of the Faulty Creative Jukebox…
I’ve just been off the ‘phone with the lovely people at Coverplan who deal with the Dixon Stores Group Service Agreements. And they were very helpful indeed. And to start this story from the beginning… On Saturday 8th Jan I … Continue reading
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An Apology
It appears that I have been very hasty. In a previous post, I suggested that Bebo.com had broken their privacy statement, and that I was receiving an increase in spam as a result. Since then I performed a small experiement. … Continue reading
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