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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Morrowind: First Impressions
Morning, campers… After having a sly day off yesterday, and spending an enjoyable afternoon in the pub, I thought I’d bore you all to tears with what I got up to. There was a successful trip to Static for some … Continue reading
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A bit of baking
Not ‘proper’ baking, but a bit of Website Bakery. I’ve spent some time over the last week playing with the templating and module system, and I must say that I’m very impressed how well laid out the code is, and … Continue reading
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Voting for hugability
And why not? You could vote for anyone you want and they’d still make a ham-fisted effort. So why not vote for the cuddliest party? Imagine getting a hug from Michael Howard. Doesn’t bear thinking about. You’d have to check … Continue reading
Do you double?
Click, that is…. I’ve been thinking about Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) recently, thanks mostly to the guys from LUGRadio, who interviewed Seth Nickell, one of the GNOME usability guys at RedHat, in their latest episode. I’ve also read an interesting article … Continue reading
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Massive Update
Wow – it’s been ages since I wrote anything here, and I decided that it was time for a big update of whats been happening in my world. This goes doubly now that I am also being syndicated over at … Continue reading
Comic Review: Conan #0 (nov ’03)
Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Cary Nord Colourist: Dave Stewart Issue #0: The Legend (Nov 2003) Dark Horse Comics had the enviable task of bringing Robert E. Howard’s Conan back to the comic book. The last company to tackle the property … Continue reading
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Concert Review: Porcupine Tree
Venue: The Garage, Glasgow When: 8th April 2005 @ some point after 8pm This is the first time I’ve seen the Tree since the Stupid Dream tour and if anything they were miles better this time. Most of the set … Continue reading
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Doctor Who: Ep4 – Aliens Of London
Awful. Terrible. A waste of my time. Naw, only kidding. It was good. Just good? Not as good perhaps as previous weeks but still well worth watching. However, there’s part of me that’s really disappointed with the way the series … Continue reading
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David Beckham looks like a girl
Or at least he does in the Gillette M3Power advert. Or at least Ruth seems to think so. And, to be honest, I’m with her. The plucked eyebrows are a dead giveaway. BigAl
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An evening of Trade Justice
The wife and I are not long back from a gruelling trip to London for the Trade Justice march. A lass who Ruth works with, Sarah, was taking some kids down to this, partly tagging along with some Christian Aid … Continue reading
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David Tennant as the new Doctor Who?
Yep. And you never know. He might just be good at it… BigAl
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So Who Do I Vote For?
So. According to this link which mrBen put in the Blogmarks menu, I should be voting Liberal Democrats. And they said sone really nice things about the rights of asylum seekers. Which is nice. BigAl
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Doctor Who vs. Celebrity Wrestling
Oh, can this get any better? Or any more pathetic? Starting on Saturday 23 April at 7pm, at the same time as the good Doctor, ITV will be showing Celebrity Wrestling. Yep, you heard right. In an attempt to knock … Continue reading
You’re standing in a cave. The available exits are…
After a long (make that a looooooonnnnnnng) amount of time I’ve finally re-installed TADS (the Text Adventure Development System) on the pc at home. And I ve actually started using it. So far, using a map I created the last … Continue reading
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Vote for me, I’m for you…
Fortunatly, this time around, I’ve avoided all the election guff that’s usually forced down our throats. Is it the bad-mouthing or the lies which have turned me away from it all? I don’t know. All I know is that Labour … Continue reading
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OH YES!
Liverpool progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Bring on the Chelsea! mrBen
Doctor Who: Ep3 – The Unquiet Dead
Another week, another 45 mins of sheer class. This week we have elemental aliens from a distant world who are trying to get to our world through a rift in space and intend on animating our dead in order to … Continue reading
The boy’s in love
And this would be a good thing seeing as the boy happens to be married. He also happens to be me. That’s one of the things that still fills me with joy. I’m in love, and married, to the greatest … Continue reading
Greed is not so bad
We have a Lottery syndicate at work and today they dished out their winnings (£20 each. Not bad for a year and a half of trying…) and sent the form around the office to start a new one. This is … Continue reading
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Doctor Who: Ep 2 – The End Of The World
Oh. My. God. It just gets better and better. This week dealt with… The End Of The World. But you may have guessed that. The Doc takes Rose to the last days of Earth where, on an orbiting space-platform, the … Continue reading
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