Monthly Archives: May 2006

Which Doctor are you?

Which Doctor (from Doctor Who) Are You? You are the seventh Doctor! Warm and friendly to those around you, your manner can take a dark turn at times. Those who cross your path have significant reason to fear, as your … Continue reading

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I want to be like this…..

A great story of a Dad teaching his 6-year-old to program a game with Python. Lovely story. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 mrBen

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Only 1 week left

I did it last night, but there is only 1 week left for you to ‘Renew for Freedom’ – renew your passport before 31st May as part of a national campaign set up by the No2ID people. Renewing now means … Continue reading

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Cunning Plan

Here’s an idea for a new piece of software that I might get around to developing, once Jokosher is finished As we all know, Linux is great. However, getting it can be tricky at times – in an ideal world … Continue reading

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Anniversary Outing – Part 2

OK – here is the provisional plan: X-Men3 at 1900 at the UGC Following the film head to Republic Bier Halle for some nice beers. The time of the film and the cinema are negotiable, but not for much longer….. … Continue reading

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Elephants Dream

OK – there’s a tonne of commentary about this online already, so most of my regular readers can probably ignore this, but if you haven’t, here goes: Elephants Dream is the culmination of a project (“Project Orange”) to create an … Continue reading

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Big Brother series 7!!!

I watched the opening thing for BB7 last night as I was waiting for Bring Back the A-Team on Channel 4 last night. I’ve never seen the “introducing the housemates” bit before and although I have slated the series previously I … Continue reading

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Bad Flash

I’m not the hugest fan of Flash (the web tool, rather than the cartoon character), and I’m mainly not a fan because it’s so often been used poorly, and, more importantly, obtrusively. But there is one thing worse than poor … Continue reading

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Official JediMoose Anniversary Outing

Yes – this year we are eschewing the traditional party in favour of an outing. Said outing will take place on Saturday 27th May. We will be going to an early evening showing of X-Men 3, partly due to the … Continue reading

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Can’t believe I forgot

Yesterday was the 3rd Anniversary of Jedimoose.org. You can see the first ever post here. There will be an anniversary event, although this year it’s probably going to be an outing rather than a party. Details to follow soon. mrBen

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Quick Movie Review: Steamboy & Nightwatch

Steamboy is pish. Nightwatch was excellent. That quick enough for you? BigAl

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Quite a journey

Well – my heart has finally slowed to its normal pace, after being stretched to the limit during the FA Cup Final on Saturday. It’s one of the best cup matches I’ve seen in a long time – very exciting, … Continue reading

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One thing I missed…

…when the home interweb access was gone was two of my favourite songs. Kablam and an excellent cover of Walking On The Moon. And now, because I love you all very much, I share them with you. You lucky people. … Continue reading

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Fear, Respect, Love

(entering rambling incoherent rant mode) The problem is that society has become this simpering wreck which on one hand won’t get in the way of any individual living the way they want to and on the other fiercely wanting those … Continue reading

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How far must society fall?

A 12 year old girl is pregnant to a boy of 15. Does anyone see the problem with this? Apparently she’s happy and is looking forward to motherhood. AT 12!!! I’m sure this world is going to hell. We may … Continue reading

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New Alphonse

Yeah, recently we’ve had a new Alphonse a week for a couple of weeks but I’d forgot to mention it. Oh well. So there’s a new Alphonse. Several, in fact. And hopefully the updates will stay nice and regular.. BigAl

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You don’t appreciate it until it’s gone

We had the NTL guy around yesterday with the replacement cable modem as the last one broke because of the whole electrical storm thing that happened last Thursday evening. I blogged about it here. The ethernet port is knackered so … Continue reading

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Enjoy your imperfections

I do my best to avoid advertising on the box. This is harder to do now that so many more programmes are sponsored. I will happily jump over to BBC1 or 2 for a few minutes of reality/home improvement/dodgy sitcom … Continue reading

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Information is your friend

Hmmm. Today at work we had a meeting with our new (temporary) department manager, Grahame “no nickname yet” Weir, who had replaced Eric “Fatneck” Graham. I can’t get around this “telling the staff what’s going on” policy that Grahame has. … Continue reading

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Bleh

Another reason to play the awesome Tremulous – their tribute to Irn-Bru, scattered around a few maps mrBen

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