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Timing?
I was about to recommend Konica Minolta for anyone buying a digitial camera, but now I guess I won't bother. Reason for the recommendation was their repair division. The lens got stuck so I posted it…
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How about some sun?
Getting into that bad time of year here in London. Haven't seen the sun in weeks, and not much prospect of seeing it. Well, at least we'll be skiing in a couple of weeks, and that's something to look…
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Australia: the new Nigeria?
Just got a 419 spam with a new twist: Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:42:53 +0700 From: "Mr. Mark Kewell" <mark_kewell@walla.com> To: Cc: Subject: Hello Friend. Hello Friend, I am Mr. Mark Kewell a personal…
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Bring on the newspaper wars!
Today we bought three DVDs with free newspapers attached. I love these newspaper wars! Daily Express went straight in the recycling, but we'll enjoy the Cary Grant film.
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Calendar synchronisation
I finally found a decent online calendar site that synchronizes using SyncML. That means my new phone can synchronize with it over-the-air. Fantastic stuff!
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Independence Day
So Gordon Brown wants a British "Independence Day" like the Yanks. Well I guess first we have to throw off the shackles of the British Monarchy. Might I suggest the Romanov Solution?
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Top of the heap?
According to this article in yesterday's Guardian, the hierarchy of road users that traffic engineers should be: disabled and visually impaired people first, pedestrians next, then cyclists, public tr…
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Geo hacking
Got back from NYE in Paris last night. Photos soon. Meanwhile, I've been toying with my new phone (Nokia 6630) and Bluetooth GPS. Took this track while wandering around Paris on Saturday. You can see…
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Xmas at Pyrland Road
We just got home from Xmas at Scott and Katie's place. Fabulous day had by all. An appropriate level of gluttony and exuberence was had by all. Recipe for me curried cashews and cinammon almonds will…
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DLT drive working
Thanks to Christian's provision of a SCSI cable, I've been able to get a DLT drive going for Peaceworkers. The drive itself came free from Freecycle. I'll be a lot happier knowing Peaceworkers are get…
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Intelligently designed comic
Doonesbury is one of the comics I read every day. It's not often that it's laugh-out-loud funny, normally it's only wrly funny. Today's strip is an exception, and reminds me why I read this comic. Som…
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Demented, and I love it!
GPC just played a cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by The Cardigans. Brilliant!
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God FAQ
At last, all your questions about God answered in the God FAQ.
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Unlicensed minicabs
Those of you outside London probably won't know, but London operates two separate taxi services. The familiar Black Cabs are easily spotted and can be hailed in the street. However, due to their high…
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Save rave from superstar DJs!
ROFLMAO
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Oil junkies
Is it just me or is there something junkie-desperate sounding about BP and Shell's current campaigns to show how "green" they are, doing renewables research. It just sounds so much like: "I can give u…
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Brain warmer time
You can tell it's getting cold when I have to start wearing my sexy brain warmer on the bike. Keeps the ears warm. Holly bought it for me for Christmas last year, and it makes a real difference. Pity…
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Store cupboard sausage and cider casserole
There is one consolation to the weather getting cold: I get to make more delicious but ridicuously easy casseroles thrown together with whatever I have lying around. Last night was one such night. Mos…
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Text strike!
Last night, I sent a text message to Holly around 19:30. It arrived this morning around 07:30. Twelve hours to send about twelve bytes of payload, at a cost of 3p. It's about the most expensive data t…
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Sharon the peacemaker?
Who would have thought that Arial Sharon, the butcher of Sabra and Shatila could start to look like a peacemaker. Could it possibly be that the man has realized that humiliating the Palestinians is ne…