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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Lent 31: Random
Well – I’m now approximately 2/3 of the way through the lent postings, so time for a quick roundup-type post: LUGRadio Season 3 Episode 12 came out on Monday, and very good it was too. Well worth a listen. Jokosher … Continue reading
Lent 30: I’D rather not
Well – it looks like the House of Commons have finally bullied the House of Lords into accepting the ID cards bill. This makes me sad. I had a big discussion at work with one of my friends from South … Continue reading
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Lent 29: From stripey-faced, to all billed up
Last night I decided that I had had enough of not being able to do work for Jokosher on my desktop, and so I took the plunge and upgraded from Ubuntu’s Breezy Badger (current stable release) to Dapper Drake (the … Continue reading
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Lent 28: ATMs
Despite having never read The Design of Everyday Things (recently reviewed on LUGRadio) I have found myself thinking more about how things are designed, and how usable they are. One thing that has always bugged me is ATMs. Firstly, that … Continue reading
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Lent 27: Today I will mostly be wearing….
…clothes from my very own shop! Big thanks to Russ (who took the photos) and JetLagJen (who told me about them) from #lugradio for the piccies mrBen
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Lent 26: Some book reviews
Before I go on to the meat of todays post, I must make a passing mention to the Liverpool derby, which I had the great fortune to watch yesterday – it was a cracking match (despite Gerrard getting sent off) … Continue reading
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Lent 25: Becoming a subversive
I’ve got to admit – I was scared of CVS. For the unitiated, CVS is a way for a group of people to work on the same piece of code (think: same text file) at the same time, and then … Continue reading
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Lent 24: 24
Given that it’s the 24th day in my Lent series, I thought I would dedicate the post to that king of all action series – 24! Season 5 has got underway on Sky – big shout out to Gordie who … Continue reading
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Lent 23: The Importance of Being Moany
Now – I know that the majority of my readership is British, and thus party to one of those little paradoxes in life – the ability to moan incessantly, without actually complaining, and remaining remarkably optimistic. It’s part of our … Continue reading
Lent 22: One of the worst and seven of the best
Last night was possibly the worst train journey of my commuting life, and certainly the worst experience since First took over ScotRail, about which I have, generally, been very positive about. The sequence of events went something like this: At … Continue reading
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Lent 21: TV For Sale
Not, for once, an imaginative attempt at a witty/cryptic title. We’re selling out TV, which will be replaced with an LCD. We’re mostly doing this for space reasons – a widescreen CRT takes up a huge amount of room when … Continue reading
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Lent 20: Almost failed
Almost didn’t get a post in today! I’m about a week into my new Ubuntu install, and so far things have been really peachy. Given that I was previously running Debian Unstable, upon which Ubuntu is based, it’s amazing the … Continue reading
Lent 19: Eclectic Day
Sunday’s is always a bit busy, but today has felt very varied. Church in the morning was busy as normal, plus we had to grab the PA from the church office, which always takes ages. This afternoon I’ve done a … Continue reading
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Lent 18: P-A-R-T…. Y? Because I gotta!
Well, as reported by Illyria, the ‘Moose social went ahead last night. We spend a couple of hours in Russells chewing the fat and supping beers, and then we headed over to the Buff Club for some super funk action. … Continue reading
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Lent:17 Cat in motion
I’ve been playing around with the ‘burst’ setting on our new camera. It has 2 different burst modes, 1 to take a series of photos from when you press the button, and store the first 10 (IIRC), and the other … Continue reading
Lent 16: Doing ‘proper’ work
I’ve been involved in the Linux/FLOSS community for about 6 years now. I’ve got involved in lots of stuff, and got the warm ‘n’ fuzzies from being able to contribute back into the community – I’m still a moderator over … Continue reading
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Lent 15: Mini roundup
Well – we’re about 1/3rd a of the through the Lent postings (as previously noted, there will be 47 posts, because the 40 days of Lent doesn’t count Sundays, but I do….), and I had a few smaller items of … Continue reading
Lent 14: Counties
I think this is about right – it gets difficult to remember…… I’ve visited the counties in yellow.Which counties have you visited? made by marnanelmap reproduced from Ordnance Survey map databy permission of the Ordnance Survey.© Crown copyright 2001.
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Frak
Very possibly the greatest swear word in the world. Given to us by the lovely people in Battlestar Galactica. Which rocks. BigAl
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the toyshop
The question isn’t “Do I really need more Lego in my life”, but it is “where can I find the space for more Lego in my life”. Batman Lego Oh, yes. BigAl
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