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Monthly Archives: April 2006
It arrived!
Some of you may be aware that back at the beginning of the year I entered a competition over at LUGRadio called ‘Stupid Hat for Corporate Tat, and was one of 3 winners. Well, yesterday I got my tat! /misc/Corptat.jpg … Continue reading
Posted in Linux, mrBen
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May Challenge!
I thought, given that I had provided 47 consecutive days worth of entertainment, I would offer something a little different for the month of May. So – here it is: Background As you will all be well aware, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, mrBen
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The Final Beckons
It’s nice to see Mourinho being a good sport about Chelsea’s loss in the semi final yesterday. Oh wait – that was in an alternative universe. On a day when he got his tactics horribly wrong, and when Liverpool outplayed … Continue reading
Tremulous
One of the guys over in #lugradio pointed me towards a new (kinda) game called Tremulous. It was originally a mod of Quake3, requiring the Quake3 game to run. But since id software open source their older game engines, and … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Games, Linux, mrBen
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For Jill and Morag
Thought this site would appeal to Jill and Morag (my sister-in-law) – a shop that only sells things that are purple….. Purple Store mrBen
Kungfu Kitten – another subdomain!
It just doesn’t stop, does it? Another recruit to the hallowed halls of the JediMoose – Kungfu Kitten. BigAlÂ
No holiday Monday for this boy
When the rest of the known world is having a day off due to excessive chocolate consumption, muggins here has to go into work. Yep, because people are selfishly continuing to consume electricity, I have to go in and work … Continue reading
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Lent 47: And so it ends….
Well – I’ve made it. 47 posts on 47 consecutive days. There were moments when I thought it would never end, or that I would give up halfway through, but now it is finished! It’s been an interesting experience; probably … Continue reading
Posted in Lent2006, mrBen
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Lent 46: V for Vendetta
Went to see this last night, and was very impressed. I’ve never read the comic book, so it was probably hard to be let down in that way, but I was impressed that they managed to keep it ‘British’, and … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, Lent2006, mrBen
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Lent 45: Things that stick
I don’t know about you, but, while I’m in some ways a massively habitual person, I also have a tendency to float between different things in life – ‘fads’ as it were. My parents vividly remember the period of time … Continue reading
The IT Gestapo strike again!
Picture it: a Good Friday and you still have to go to work. Knowing that everyone else in the known world is off you sneak on to the internet and seek out some inspiration for a post on your website. … Continue reading
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Lent 44: New != Better
This morning I went to buy my season ticket for my daily commuter train to IBM, only to discover that they had installed a new ticket system. Now – there are benefits to the new system, I’m sure, like Chip … Continue reading
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The triumphant return of Doctor Who
I’m sure I said that before the last series started and I’m sure I’ll say it again. As long as the good Doctor continues to have series after series commissioned I’ll keep on saying it. After all, the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in BigAl, Film & TV
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Lent 43: Only a few days left
…..until I get my 8MB broadband! PlusNet are due to upgrade all 2MB customers to 8MB during April, on the day of their payments. I pay on the 15th, so by this time next week, I should have quadrupled my … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Internet, Lent2006, mrBen
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Lent 42: Gameplay is King
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been replaying the game ‘Driver’ on my laptop (AFAIK Driver won’t install/play under WINE, so I am running it on the works WinXP install, I confess). Driver bears a lot of similarities to … Continue reading
Lent 41: Things to do if you want to annoy me
We all know that the world would be a darn sight better without all these other people doing things wrong. This is aggravated the more people you have the misfortune to interact with, and thus as a worker in a … Continue reading
Posted in Lent2006, mrBen
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Lent 40: 1 week to go
Well – almost there. True to form, a bit of a summary-type post: LUGRadio Season 3 Episode 13 is likely to be out today – I’m preparing the mirror as we speak This morning I managed to preach a half … Continue reading
Lent 39: Something broke
After the excitement of the stats from the other day, it would appear that something is now broken, and so you might get an error message when you post. I am looking into it mrBen
Lent 38: Famous blog; tragic story
I spent some of today reading the rather tragic story of Jason Mewes’ (aka Jay) drug addiction problems, through the eyes of Kevin Smith (aka Silent Bob) on My Boring Ass Life. It’s a wonderfully told story, but really heart … Continue reading
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Lent 37: SerenityStuff does exactly what it says on the tin
I’ve been a frequenter of SerenityStuff.com for a couple of months now – it’s a great (wordpress-based) site for finding out everything that is happening on the retails side of Firefly and Serenity. Plus they have great competitions each month, … Continue reading
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