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Monthly Archives: May 2007
The 3 B’s of advocacy
I have, in the past, waxed lyrical about the different types of “user” that we see in the IT, and more specifically Linux / Open Source community. However, another year has passed, and there have continued to be many discussions … Continue reading
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Sanctuary
Can’t remember where I first heard about this, but Sanctuary is a big-budget, straight-to-web sci-fi tv series. The first episode was released on the 14th May (you can view it for free at SanctuaryFans.com, and the next ep is due … Continue reading
Posted in Film & TV, Internet, mrBen
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Fishing for jobs
I’m leaving my job! I’ve been with this bloomin’ company for 4 years now and enough is enough. It’s hardly a snap decision as anyone who knows me will testify and although I don’t have another job lined up, it’s … Continue reading
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Musings from holiday
It really is a different way of life over there (there being Crete). Everything is so much more relaxed. Except on the roads, where they drive like madmen. Ice-cream always tastes better on holiday. Always. You can have a beer … Continue reading
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A new hair day
At last I, and all other bald men, finally have hope.. BigAl
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Even though it has been reported in many places, I couldn’t fail to mention this. The mighty (in character, not stature) Matthew Revell has departed from the LugRadio team. He’s been there since the beginning, and the show will not … Continue reading
Hello from… Not Glasgow!
I’ve got a strange pattern of sunburn, an interesting eye problem from being out in the sun for too long, a new taste for beer (diet? What diet…) and Ruthy and I have already got our traditional holiday argument out … Continue reading
Procrastination vs Excitement
Not much of a battle, really. I was sitting at work today, contemplating doing some “proper” work for once, but in the end I decided on something completely different. For the last 2 years, in the run-up to the mighty … Continue reading
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Feisty Video Codecs
The other day I did a fresh install of the newly-release Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). There are a number of new features, but one I had forgotten about was the video codec detection system. I logged onto the BBC website … Continue reading
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Holidays!
Not that I post enough that anyone will actaully notice…Â Â But I’m going on holiday for two weeks and you’ll be at the tender mercies of mrBen and his rising excitement of going to this year’s Lugradio Live. See … Continue reading
Thou Shalt Always Kill
Check out the song (and interview) from Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip, which I found over at Phil Crissman’s site – a brilliant piece of rhetoric, and funny too (Recent links is broken at the moment, otherwise this may … Continue reading
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An Unexpected Pleasure
Well, thanks to a couple of generous offers, and my endlessly patient wife, it looks like I will have the unexpected pleasure of attending the mighty LUGRadio Live again this year. I really hadn’t expected this to happen, so it’s … Continue reading
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