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Monthly Archives: July 2005
Epic Pooh?
I’ve been a less obvious about my browsing today (as we are being watched) and as a result I’ve had to be a bit more choosy about my browsing subjects. This afternoon, as I’m working through the Elric series, I … Continue reading
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Getting Things Done
In the course of attempting to ‘Get Things Done’ somebody invented the latest craze of the Hipster PDA. It has become, in many ways, the ‘geek’ version of a filofax; far from being technical it is very low-tech – it’s … Continue reading
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YWriter? YNot.
For a while I’ve been struggling with all aspect of my novel, from outlines to character development to struggling with the scale of it all. But on friday I made a breakthrough. Ruth found a wee program called YWriter which … Continue reading
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The good, the bad and the ugly… and the JSA too
Or David: The Shepards Song, Battle Pope and The Walking Dead. The highlights of the Al’s comic book world for this weekend. Well, except for JSA #75 which was just so good that it was on a completely different level … Continue reading
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Winning the War Over Terror
What happened in London yesterday was a truly horrible event perpetrated by evil, evil men. But we should never forget the continuing evil that’s taking place in Iraq as terrorists take the lives of countless innocent men, women and children … Continue reading
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Proud to be [British|Netopian]
By now the dust will have settled on the awful events in London yesterday. I don’t want to forget to mention how disgusted I am that such things happen in our world; it is such a marked contrast to the … Continue reading
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Back to work…
…after a few days off sick. My lovely wife suffered from the flu at the weekend and passed it on to me. And this afternoon I face the inevitable “Return to Work” meeting. This is where they ask the “were … Continue reading
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24
Well – season 4 has just finished. A big shout out to SGM for recording it all off Sky One for me to watch. 24 is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best US TV show that I have … Continue reading
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A momentous decision
No, I’m not talking about getting the Olympics in London in 2012. I’m talking about the rejection (by 648-14 no less) of the ‘software patent’ directive in the European parliament vote. I cannot understate how brilliant, fantastic, awesome, amazing, wonderful, … Continue reading
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A few plugs
I’ve just finished listening to Wil Wheaton’s talk from Gnomodex that he plugs in this blog entry. One of the free books I got from LRL was Dancing Barefoot – Wil’s second book. Those of you at church on Sunday … Continue reading
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