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These are some pretty old posts! I don't blog that much any more, but if they are of interest, feel free to browse. Alternatively, you can go back to the homepage to see some more recent stuff.
These are some pretty old posts! I don't blog that much any more, but if they are of interest, feel free to browse. Alternatively, you can go back to the homepage to see some more recent stuff.
This week has been a good one for food. Thanks to non-traditional (or at least not traditionally British) Christmas dinners, I’ve had five different meats over the last three days, if you’ll indulge my reference to pork loin and gammon as different things. And I’ve two days running had my...
What the hell? Suddenly, it’s the 19th of December. It’s my last day at work before two weeks of Christmas holiday. But where was the build-up? Where the sense of the joyous release of the holiday season? Is it a sign that I’m getting older - or perhaps that I’m...
Clearly I work for an uncool defence contractor, or something. I wonder how you get into the cool side… Also squee, (the bit after the credits)!
As promised on Twitter earlier today: A roleplaying revolution! An assault against all things politically correct! Hilliary Clinton is Captain America, and there are zombies! War on Terror: The RPG!
For the attention of Winter and Spring, Would you guys please sort your shit out? This is getting kind of silly now. Regards, Me.
Eric bought a plushie Higgs Boson off t’internet. First thing she said when she took it out of the box? “Jesus Christ, it’s heavy!” Well, er, yes? (Warning, comedy may be completely lost on non-physicists)
Discovered this in the window of a phone box on the way home today. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsuki_chama/2242586834/
Slowpoke I know, but I just got around to watching it. Is it just me, or was there supposed to be an ending there? You know, one where they don’t just go happily flying off into the sunset?
So, KDE4 eh? No offence to the programmers, they’ve certainly achieved something beyond my capabilities, but… So many irritations =S Despite a more streamlined codebase and less memory-hungry Qt4, it still runs slow as a dog on my EeePC. That's without any visual effects. Turning on compositing makes it near...
In an age so concentrated on consumerism and tacky plastic ornaments, I believe we should all take time today to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. By which, of course, I mean goose, Christmas pudding and brandy! Merry Christmas everyone!