My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen...

Our worries: then and now

2008-01-30T21:31:56Z

As I queued at the supermarket checkout this evening the podcast I was listening finished and I began playing some music. I started with Nena's 1983 and 1984 hit, 99 Red Balloons. As I waited for the checkout I noticed - again - the worry the son...

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A lovely surprise

2008-01-28T20:03:35Z

We got an integrated e-mail and calendaring system at work, last week: Exchange. I suppose it does what it needs to for corporate communications. But with Exchange comes Entourage: Microsoft's interface for Mac OS. Unfortunately, Entourage 2004 lo...

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The weather cheers up now that I'm leaving

2008-01-26T17:49:48Z

Grrrrr. So now I'm leaving it clears up for a few hours. Last night there was a great sunset and some dry weather. Today should be dry and sunny all day, but I'll be leaving mid-afternoon. Maybe I'll have better luck at NANOG next month.

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Californian splash and drizzle

2008-01-22T16:01:41Z

Every time I visit this country another layer of rose tint is removed from my spectacles. This time it's weather. I got up at 4.30, this morning and left for work at about 5.30. The hotel I'm staying in is further away than before and the walk ta...

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Sitting down to some stand-up

2008-01-11T11:37:36Z

I'm sitting here working on some statistics and not enjoying the sound of the laser printer, outside. So I created a playlist of all the unplayed tracks in my MP3 library and found a Woody Allen CD in there that I haven't listened to since I copie...

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Integrated Gmail

2008-01-06T13:28:42Z

Lifehacker featured a great little tip, yesterday. It's a Greasemonkey script for integrating Gmail, Google Calendar and the chat widget all on the same page. I often find I flick backwards and forwards between Gmail and the calendar, so sticking ...

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Do BBC News Photoshop the Pictures in their Stories?

2008-01-04T18:59:01Z

Earlier today, this story popped up in my feed reader and when I read it I couldn't concentrate on the text for a bit because of the picture that accompanied it. I couldn't make my mind up as to whether it had been edited by the BBC or not. I'm st...

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QotD: (Not) Far From Home

2008-01-03T22:24:12Z

How far from your last home do you live? Why did you move and are you glad you did? Submitted by Matthew 25. I now live in Brussels which is about about 209km (~130m) south of Amsterdam. It's about two hours by car or three hours by train. Taki...

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"... lightly killed... "

2008-01-03T22:08:56Z

We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucos...

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Vox Hunt: Dream Big

2008-01-02T19:08:46Z

Show us your biggest dream. I'd love to be able to spend a weekend away in orbit around Jupiter. I've always thought it's an absolutely gorgeous planet and with it's moons and (faint) rings it would make a great location for a bit of sightseeing...

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