Monthly Archives: August 2005

Spares vs The Island

It seems like the new Sci-fi blockbuster The Island has more then passing similarities to Spares by Michael Marshall Smith. I’m reading Spares at the moment and, without a doubt, it’s one of the finest SF novels I’ve read in … Continue reading

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15 seconds of fame

In an effort to secure that elusive 15 seconds of fame after leaving the Big Brother house, Orlaith has finally done a Page 3 spread for that shining example of quality British journalism, The Sun. And now she will be … Continue reading

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Almost time…..

We move tomorrow! I’m a weird mixture of excited, nervous and just plain tired. I also hit upon the realisation the other day that, while moving to a new place is exciting, I will actually be quite sad to leave … Continue reading

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A-Z of Browser Autocompletion

I saw this on PerfDaves blog and thought it sounded like fun: A: http://anyterm.org/ – interesting tool reviewed in LXF which someone on IRC needed B: http://bbc.co.uk/football – getting ready for the new season C: http://cheezy.jedimoose.org/ – keeping an eye … Continue reading

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The book baton

As with the Musical Baton, this was passed to me by Aq, but will probably be a lot easier for me to complete Books Owned Hundreds – today they’re all in boxes or on their way to a charity shop, … Continue reading

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More difficult decisions

Well, after my previous post about networking decisions for the new house, and with only 4 days to go until we move, I finally decided on buying a Linksys combination ADSL Modem/Switch/Wifi AP/Firewall box, mainly for size reasons. But there … Continue reading

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