Monthly Archives: September 2005

Finally resolved

Posted on 26/9/2005 by mrBen

Over the past six months I have had an extremely irritating problem with my desktop computer – whenever I went to play games in 3D it would last a couple of minutes, and then crash out. Sometimes the game would … Continue reading →

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Are you part of the problem?

Posted on 20/9/2005 by mrBen

Well, it would appear that the UK is top of the infected PC charts again. (At least according to Symantec, who aren’t exactly unbiased given that they sell security software – not sure I always agree with their ideas). The … Continue reading →

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Blame Culture

Posted on 20/9/2005 by mrBen

Over the past couple of years since I started taking public transport to work, I have become an avid reader of the Metro. It may not be the best quality publication, but it’s free. (The quality has dropped since they … Continue reading →

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Meet Tigger

Posted on 10/9/2005 by mrBen

Well – here he is for the first time. Our new kitten, named Tigger (after much deliberation). He’s settled in surprisingly well, and is very friendly (and already taking visitors). tigger/tigger.jpg (It’s also a nice time to show off the … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Extinction

Posted on 9/9/2005 by BigAl

Okay, maybe a little melodramatic. A better title might have been “The countdown to the great big Scottish Power cull”. At some point in the next two weeks I (along with everyone else in the company) will find out if … Continue reading →

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International Incident

Posted on 8/9/2005 by mrBen

There’s not really anything to be said about the last 2 England football games, other than that they were rubbish. Completely rubbish. Plus in the Wales game they did something that I always hated when Liverpool did it under Houllier, … Continue reading →

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Cat! redux

Posted on 6/9/2005 by mrBen

For those of you not yet avid readers of Illyria, we are getting a cat, but are unsure what to name him. He’s an 11-week old tabby. Sensible suggestions welcomed. Non-human names, or obscure human names preferred. Literary and/or geeky … Continue reading →

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Hidden Gem

Posted on 3/9/2005 by mrBen

I spend a huge amount of my time looking at bits of software. I have, as you can imagine, an active interest in computing, but there are certain areas of software that I often feel are lacking a certain edge, … Continue reading →

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What Superhero Are You?

Posted on 1/9/2005 by BigAl

You’ll find out here. Looks like I’m… Whoo… Brilliant. BigAl

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All hooked up!!!

Posted on 1/9/2005 by BigAl

Bwah ha ha!!! The fools! What have they done? They gone and given me broadband again. Ha ha! Settling back down to Earth for a moment, it wasn’t the most straightforward setup. According to the nuggets at NTL customer service, … Continue reading →

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The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey

Posted on 1/9/2005 by mrBen

Probably one of the funniest cricketting quotations leads me nicely into a short homage to this years Ashes contest. I’m a football fan, through and through. But over the last 5 years of so I have come to appreciate cricket … Continue reading →

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