Monthly Archives: October 2006

Scott Sigler

Posted on 31/10/2006 by mrBen

Given that I’m now in the process of listening to his 3rd book (Infection) I thought it was time I put in a mention for Scott Sigler. He writes science-fiction thrillers (quite gory – you have been warned) and releases … Continue reading →

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Recent excitement

Posted on 27/10/2006 by BigAl

I totally forgot to blog about this. Last Saturday night two police cars and two vans were outside our flat. All we heard were shouts, a bit of a scuffle and by the time we get to the window, whoever … Continue reading →

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Titus and Andromeda (and Orion too)

Posted on 27/10/2006 by BigAl

Occasionally Ruth and I discuss baby names. Not that there’s any important news in that direction. Nope the only JediMoose baby on the horizon is the Thorp-spawn. Unless, of course, there’s something that Ruthy hasn’t yet told me. But until … Continue reading →

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Heavy Gear 2 on Ubuntu

Posted on 25/10/2006 by mrBen

A long time ago I bought myself a copy of the (sadly extinct) Loki Games Linux port of Heavy Gear 2, Activision’s version of Mechwarrior. It was great fun to play, except that there was a known problem with the … Continue reading →

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Edgy

Posted on 23/10/2006 by mrBen

Upgraded my desktop to the release candidate of Ubuntu Edgy Eft (6.10) at the weekend. Everything went smoothly, and it all seems to work the same as before. When I get a moment I will be putting on the AIGLX/Compiz … Continue reading →

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Django Feed

Posted on 19/10/2006 by mrBen

As mentioned before, I’m putting all my Django development notes onto a new blog, so as not to muss up Jedimoose too much However, just as a FYI there is now an RSS feed available for the blog at http://django.misterben.org.uk/feeds/blog/, … Continue reading →

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Web Design

Posted on 18/10/2006 by mrBen

After reading Jeff Croft’s post on ‘professional web designers’, I thought it was time to put down on virtual paper some of the thoughts that I have shared with some people over the last 12-18 months. This will be a … Continue reading →

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Django

Posted on 13/10/2006 by mrBen

Over the last few weeks I’ve been playing with Django, a Python web-application framework – basically it allows you to quickly and easily build custom content-managed sites. But rather than talk about it here, I’ve developed my very own blogging … Continue reading →

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Blogging is ‘Un-Christian’

Posted on 11/10/2006 by mrBen

Apparently this here website is un-Christian behaviour. Sometimes I’m amazed at the sheer stupidity of some of the statements put out by churches. Even more, I am consistently angered about the continual confusion within organised religious groups between medium and … Continue reading →

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24

Posted on 4/10/2006 by mrBen

http://www.24trailer.com/ mrBen

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Good things about last night’s Alpha

Posted on 2/10/2006 by BigAl

Seeing so many people there. Having Edgy, Billy and Ruths friend Helen along. Jumping Cheezy (although he is slippery like an eel). Trifle. BigAl

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1st malicious phone call

Posted on 1/10/2006 by BigAl

So yeah… Tonight we had the first malicious phone call since we moved in to this flat. Exciting times indeed. It was the usual early teenage sounding filth, the usual breathy laughter as they mutter about bums and the putting … Continue reading →

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