2001
March
I've set up my own blog. Hopefully this will help keep my content current, and avoid the... (
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I said it two years ago, and I'll say it again: look out for polymer displays! They've actually... (
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Goodness, I'm all blog-happy! Hopefully I'll write some longer ones soon. But I just had to include... (
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There's a brilliant article on AlterNet about America's attitude to school shootings: namely, that... (
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There's just no excuse for not using The Bat as your e-mail client if you use Windows. No Outlook... (
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Well, after two weeks of unemployment (I'm on vacation, and need money to avoid going into the red)... (
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April
I got a new mobile the other day, the ubiquitous Nokia 3210. I've been having fun with custom ring... (
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I've stopped posting interesting stuff I read on SlashDot for two reasons: It's all interesting,... (
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Hilariously, if you know the people involved, a management coup has apparently been attempted at... (
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Okay, so this one's worth mentioning... a black-hat hacker's diary on ZDNet: they paid two... (
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A really interesting new concept: Extreme Programming. A bit of a misnomer, it's actually a new set... (
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Fame at last! Kinda. A few weeks ago, my housemate Simon exhibited a better-than-average display... (
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Reason just rocks. Journalistic intelligence in its purest natural form. Rocks rock rocks. (
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Have found another pretty good site for text messaging -- free SMS, costs 5p per message if you... (
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Fantastic article on Kuro5hin (a sort of Slashdot clone, but more general in scope) about the... (
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Also, I may be in love. (
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Should you ever have to, as I am now, work with a database in MS Access, this place is a pretty... (
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I am under the impression I should be posting to this a lot more than I am. Four days is a rather... (
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More on the possibilities of plastic transistors, one of the ingredients in the flexible displays... (
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Today's articles of interest include another Wired article on big media in the US, a fairly good... (
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I need to get into the habit of posting all the articles I find interesting here. Here's one from a... (
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Next generation fibre optics will be hollow tubes filled with air. And it only took them forty... (
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Fantastic news! (Thanks to Ed for pointing it out). Apparently, laziness is good for you. This may... (
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Fame! I'm gonna live forever, etc.. Hot on the heels of my Dilbert-newsletter fame, I have finally... (
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COLUMBINE RANT (
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The Economist has an interesting article about Silicon Fen, the Silicon-Valley equivalent in... (
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My acquaintance (he would probably object if I called him my friend) Matt Elton has put up as... (
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I am grievously ill, and back at University. I will probably not be posting for a few days as a... (
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I am just about better now, but without in-room internet access thanks to the ever-clever IT... (
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Back in London for a weekend, what joy. An amusing link comparing Microsoft Tech Support and the... (
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I hate getting access from the Computer Science building at uni. I have to do all my online... (
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May
Such a pity. I was all geared up to spend the day rubbing my hands and giggling as bearded... (
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Hooray, non-corporate news! IndyMedia appears to rock; I will investigate further. Continuing in my... (
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A fairly amusing article in the otherwise dull Telegraph about the town of Telford being destroyed... (
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Thanks again to wondrous Ed for the very amusing stick-man kung fu. Clearly, this guy has too much... (
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Told ya. Microsoft changes to three-year licensing plan. You no longer own your copy of Office,... (
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Depressing. Douglas Adams has died of a heart attack, suddenly. He was only 49. (
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An amusing page about why Titanic was a bad movie. What's amusing is the fact that the movie was... (
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Revising is boring. (
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Die, XBox, die! Microsoft's new gaming console crashes during a demo, revealing a PC-like boot... (
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It has recently been suggested that the content of this weblog is a subset of the content of... (
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Cool! Play a clone of Risk online. Thanks to Nigel for sending me the link. The game looks pretty... (
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I had an interesting lecture this morning by a guy from Intel about the Pentium 4, the Itanium, and... (
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There was also a mildly interesting article about dinosaur robots that really walk and talk. Well,... (
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Are these people really smart, or really dumb? Scientists created nanotubes in well-ordered arrays,... (
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An interesting article on Reason (as always) asking why is polygamy illegal? True, it's kind of an... (
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Sadly -- especially from the standpoint of my revision -- I am once again addicted to Big Brother.... (
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June
Aaargh, aargh, arrgh! Exams are evil! And very depressing. But not as depressing as my bank... (
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Hooray, exams are over! Now I'm unemployed again. Oh well. Job Hunt 2001 (TM) is now on, and I may... (
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Told ya. People are complaining about the new product activation feature in Windows XP. So MS... (
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July
Continuing my anti-Microsoft (who, me?) rant of recent days, here's an article about Kodak being... (
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Way to go with shooting yourself in the foot, Bill! Good news on the I-hate-Windows front at last.... (
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Okay, so I'm scared. The first arrest under the DMCA has been made. This was always a very scary... (
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Hmm. Flat panel CRTs have been developed by IBM; just as cheap as the latest LCDs and possibly... (
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Okay, this is really getting beyond a joke. George W. Bush really need to be stopped. According to... (
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Okay, so it's my first day of work at the new job. So, why am I blogging instead of working?... (
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August
Day 3 of the new job is at an end, and things are looking very nice indeed. I'm learning oodles... (
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Semi-interesting and way too long article on the structure of the Internet. Executive summary: it's... (
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Ooh! Get in on this one quick. A new language called Curl, with Tim Berners-Lee (like, the inventor... (
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Dammit, I'm being outclassed! Now more than one of my friends has a top-notch website being... (
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Ooooooh. Can I have one? (
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In the news today: the Onion, which you should really be reading every week anyway, presents highly... (
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I was interested by this page of global internet usage statistics. For instance, less than 50% of... (
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Never a truer word was spoken. Survey question: "Across the U.S. and on Capitol Hill, debate is... (
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Long weekend! Woohoo! Now, if only I didn't have so much work to do, things would be fine. Some... (
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In between a surprisingly productive weekend, I finished reading Space by Stephen Baxter. It's a... (
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Buzz was funny today; Adobe has a press release about its new product, including a hilarious quote... (
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I don't know what's more sad: the fact that boxers are beginning to get into... (
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This kicks butt. Oh yes, indeed. A web-enabled Etch-A-Sketch! That's not an application that looks... (
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September
The first neuroelectronic chip. It's all very cool -- neurons grown on silicon, signals passing... (
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Hee hee! In case you didn't have enough reasons to dislike George Bush, according to New Scientist... (
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For those of you not from the UK, the Daily Mail is a staunchly right-wing newspaper. Now, without... (
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The next time you really need to insult someone, remember to say "You're nothing but a... (
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This is really quite good, if you have a stupidly fast Internet connection: Pig Brother. Yes, 5... (
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Attention, all computer-using citizens of the United States. EMIGRATE NOW. Hot on the heels of the... (
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Goodbye, WTC. Goodbye, world as we know it. (
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This is my first blog post-WTC. I'll be posting a bunch about WTC and related items after a while,... (
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October
The RIAA is planning an offensive against the new crop of file-sharing services, including a PR... (
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At last, the long wait is over! Forgive me for losing perspective somewhat, but we have ADSL and... (
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A sign that things are getting back to normal: I read the Onion today, and found their WTC issue.... (
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Interesting things I've found or been pointed to in week 2 of fast Internet access... this quite... (
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November
It's time for another round of Microsoft-bashing -- you know how much fun that is. It's been a bad... (
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Worrying: Osama bin Laden makes a televised statement, and five major US networks agree not to... (
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Okay, so a few random funny things. Firstly, Office XP apparently no longer has clippy, that... (
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Wow, Ralph Nader has done something! In his first impingement on my consciousness since election,... (
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I had forgotten. (
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An interesting argument and counter-argument about how computer security should work. One side... (
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All hail the cut-and-paste grafitti artists of this world. Also, nobby the northern dinosaur's 50... (
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It's official, I love Beautiful Garbage. The first album was good, Version 2.0 was better, and this... (
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Well, it's time for a bookmark dump. Things I've bookmarked recently but not mentioned here: A... (
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Thanks to Simon Miles for this link to GagPipe -- why bother with one satirical website when you... (
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Scary chart of worldwide HIV/AIDS cases since 1980. Aaargh! It's World AIDS day on December 1st,... (
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Think you know how big companies are? This list of who owns what will surprise you. Okay, so you... (
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Perspective please, people. Okay, so one of the less-popular members of a pop group that split up... (
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December
It's nearly Christmas. Do you feel Christmassy? Are you in debt yet? Are you stressed out? Or do... (
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Sadly, it looks like the web-enabled etch-a-sketch is no longer around. But fear not! Coming to... (
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Hilarious. As reported by Slashdot and Wired, KPMG says you cannot -- must not -- link to its site.... (
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Yay for Darren's 21st birthday party! Talking, dancing, drinking, puking and much merriness,... (
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This is worth mentioning: Google Groups (the web-based USENET service from Google) has now expanded... (
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Get 'em while they're hot! Your number one site for Anna Kournikova bestiality pics (scroll down.... (
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Asperger's Syndrome and autism are rising sharply in Silicon Valley because the same genes that... (
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Merry Christmas eve! I probably won't post for a while, so I should get this in now. No... (
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The Info Service (your guess is as good as mine) maintains this really quite fabulous index of... (
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Text-mode Quake 2! Okay, so I don't play Quake and I seldom use text mode, but it's still a cool... (
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2002
January
England and Warwick! It's not as cold as I expected it to be, thanks to all the fog, but I haven't... (
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The wonder that is Memepool has supplied me with the neverending stories of Sam the goat. Hint: Sam... (
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Okay, so this is a little bizarre: according to astronomers, the average colour of the universe is... (
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End of week 1, term 2, year 2. Finished my assignment on time, so yay, and also managed to visit... (
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It's Sunday, and I should be working, so it's time for a blog update! It's all very technical this... (
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A word about my weakness... I'm totally addicted to bass. (
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Apparently one of my lecturers, Alexandre Tiskin is evil. Be warned. That is all. (
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A pretty good article from BBC News about the Tories changing their attitude to homosexuality. Now,... (
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Partly because it's funny, and partly to motivate him to update the damn thing, I'd like to point... (
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February
Okay, so I haven't been updating this at all. This is because I've been busy, okay? But I've been... (
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Second blog in two days! Can you guess I have an exam? A combination of sleep deprivation and... (
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Okay, so I slept for like 45 minutes last night. Which isn't good. But I did finish my HCI... (
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Hmmm, I need sleep. Yay for the one-click personality test (which I found surprisingly accurate),... (
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You heard it here first (unless Raymond, who recommended it to me, told you first): Alanis is back.... (
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My second blog for the day, I'm trying to get up to date. I was amused by a controversy that... (
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This timeline of the future is a pretty interesting read, especially when you consider that the... (
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I recently discovered the video for Do the Evolution. The song's lyrics are excellent, but the... (
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Fab! More webcams of Warwick's campus! Check out what's currently going on in Cholo and the cooler!... (
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Home on a Saturday night. Z is a bloody evil language; a recurring theme with languages I've had to... (
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Thanks to Timothy for the link to the definitive penis size survey. Go on, you know you want to... (
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March
For sheer sad-git comedy value, you don't get much better than Planet Timmy. Check out the... (
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My favourite news site, Slashdot, has recently mortgaged a little bit more of its soul and... (
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So, some friends and I were having a discussion, and it seems to us that there is a very strong... (
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I've done rather a lot of blogging in recent days, but what the heck, it's not like anybody reads... (
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Maybe it's just me, but did you ever wonder where it is science writers for magazines and... (
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Evil corporations can be funny! Watch as the Coca Cola Company spews propaganda on every possible... (
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I've noticed that recently BBC News Online seems to always have the same three types of article as... (
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And in other IMHO history-making news, the UN security council formally backed the creation of a... (
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Another week without sleep, another deadline met. Having caught 14 hours of sleep to make up for... (
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Easter vacation has begun! Yay! It's my first day off with no deadlines around the corner that I've... (
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The Great Blog Backlog, Episode 2: I rediscovered Oasis Magazine, which I first read when I was... (
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It's been a quiet week of Easter vacation so far, verging on mind-numbingly-dull. There have even... (
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April
Still working on an update to the site... it's looking quite nice, if I can be bothered to finish... (
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I notice that I quietly let the one-year anniversary of this blog slip by nearly two weeks ago. But... (
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Okay, my unsorted-bookmarks list has got long enough, so it's time to blog. In reverse... (
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Hey, Slashdot posted a story I submitted! Yay. (
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Buggy Browsers (
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Friendships (
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How to be happy (
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Me versus God (
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Nature versus Noise (
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On Stimulation... (
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Philistines (
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Recloseted (
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Why Science Fiction is the only kind worth reading (
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Why Science and Religion will never agree (
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Ever had a sitcom moment? (
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Stages of computing expertise (
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Why Microsoft must be stopped (
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World Peace (
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Connection (
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Dance, Dance, Dance! (
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Dirty Little Secret (
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Three Years On (
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Can't Forgive You (Alternate version) (
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I Miss You (
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Like Me (
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I hope they love you too (
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Leaf in the stream (
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The River's Course (
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My Inner Self (
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He's sitting there thinking (
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Cruel (
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Sideshow (
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Soul music (
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The Beauty (
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Why so down? (
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Feeling sort of Blah (
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Random (
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Shallow (
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The Hardest Fall (
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Thoughtflow (
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Wrong (
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Another chapter (
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Cliches (
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Good Enough (
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Growing up (
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Inspiration (
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No reason to Hide (
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Raypist (
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Snow (
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Story of a boy (
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New Title (
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Winning (
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Advice (
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Model Child (
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Crazy boy (
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Humble Girl (
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Neurotic (
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Second Kiss (
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Pretty Boy (
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The Lad (
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Slut (
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Lonely Woman (
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Drama Queen (
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Shy (
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The arena was vast, and dimly lit by the rays of the dying sun reflecting as a velvet haze from... (
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(I like Shield best, but isn't it already the name of some kind of superhero group from D.C.... (
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Why I hated my school (
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May
Better than U (
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Who and Why (
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Anywhere but Here (
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Well, I think I've finally got the weblog back-end working -- I've been too busy to work on it. But... (
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Saturday, and I'm supposed to be revising. To amuse yourself, I invite you to read all about the... (
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Mondays suck, especially when you have to revise. All that revision is why there's not going to be... (
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You always wanted to know, really: the lyrics to Duel of the Fates. In sanskrit, naturally. Other... (
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June
More random entries from the Great Blog Backlog: What do you get when you send inner-city inmates... (
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Yes, so I've been avoiding revision by reading more SatireWire. In particular, finally a good... (
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The Scientific American Web Awards are really quite good. Among my favourites are the Living... (
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Well, 2 down, 9 to go, but unfortunately my brain's also gone which is going to make the remainder... (
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Some encouraging -- and extremely surprising -- news from the Evil Recording Industry People:... (
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Hmm, maybe everybody spoke to soon about that economic recovery... the markets are in freefall.... (
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I was reading this MSNBC article (surprisingly critical of Microsoft for a company owned by MS)... (
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I am so tired of this shit happening every bloody day. On the lighter side, an query on Google... (
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July
Okay, so as of this week, thanks to the brilliant state of corporate finance, it would be a bad... (
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Hey, I'm in New York! And it's surprisingly like a bigger, slightly cleaner version of London. It's... (
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Well, day six in New York. I've seen Central Park, the statue of Liberty (from a significant, 9-11... (
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Last night in New York, spending it like I have nearly every night here: hanging out in Ed's... (
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Yeah, I know, two in one day. I'll stop soon, I promise. But I just had to point out the joy that... (
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It's official: the US is sick of hearing about Afghanistan and the Middle East again. So it's back... (
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Oooh, pretty-looking crop circles. (
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Okay, day 3 at IBM. I'm at the office now -- my accommodation only has dialup, and I haven't set it... (
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Okay, so it's amusing to think that the ex-dictator of Sierra Leone is broke and living with his... (
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Interesting links today include a story about invisible comets, coming soon to an extinction-level... (
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Saturday night's all right for fightin', and for not a great deal else, apparently. Yay for living... (
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Mass Transport Rant (
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Ten Commandments 2.0 (
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In the news today, it seems that British children are officially banned from having fun in any way,... (
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Second blog for the day, WOW I'm slack. But work today has actually been a lot better: I actually... (
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Ah, the Dow: my favourite spectator's sport. What will it do today? Will it plunge downwards again,... (
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I can't believe FARK reported this story as real. Yes, diving humour can be funny, folks: you heard... (
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August
I wish the upcoming recession (I tell you, it is going to happen) would just get it over with, so... (
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So there I am, being my usual cynical self, and then I hear about Gander, a town in Canada,... (
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Far be it from me to let a good meme go unnoted. So go, everyone, and watch the Lego men build a... (
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Oh, and the news today is that, um, yeah, UFOs are probably real after all. The US military has... (
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Okay, I have to admit it: I have gone from horrified fascination to being really quite enthralled... (
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Somehow unreported until today, Edsger Wybe Dijkstra died two days ago on August 6th 2002. Although... (
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The Dow's been climbing for the past 3 days in a row -- triple-digit climbing, mind, none of this... (
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I was quite interested to find today that, contrary to my expectations, Google has in fact indexed... (
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Yet another story indicating that Yasser Arafat is gay. Coming on the heels of this earlier story... (
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Roll on the space elevator. In 15 years time, low earth orbit will be a four-hour elevator ride,... (
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A fairly random grab-bag of items have been occupying my consciousness in the past 24 hours. Last... (
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Come, spend hours browsing the ad graveyard -- don't be fooled by the really tiny "[more]" links,... (
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This guy exists for the sole purpose of making me jealous. Yes. Yes he does. Also, this is very... (
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Okay, no funny links today. Today, I'm going to indulge myself and write a totally self-involved... (
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The gifts that keep on giving: cows. The Masai people of Kenya gave the city of New York nine cows... (
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Aw, fuck. Just when I was forgetting. (
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Everyone, and I mean absolutely everyone, needs to have a go IMMEDIATELY on Celebdaq. A... (
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Ah well, I suppose I really should credit Matt Elton for directing me to When Office Supplies... (
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Retro-futurism reaches its logical peak: VW is bringing back the camper van, this time with a... (
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Today, my pretties, I adjust my monocle, stroke my white persian cat and present you with two... (
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The great joy of the Internet is that the size of the audience means that any niche market, no... (
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So this is what the BBC has to say about Trinidad. I've already sent them an e-mail pointing out... (
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I find it difficult to express how disturbed I am at the contents of this article from the... (
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September
Okay, I'm amused. Those fine people in charge of Harry Potter merchandising came up with a great... (
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My birthday is coming up. (
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The Dow dropped an amusing 355 points yesterday. Raymond, Ed, Martin and basically everyone else... (
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Your alarm clock may annoy you, but at least it doesn't make your heart stop. Totally unrelated,... (
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Heeeeeeere's bloggy! I took Friday off, and went into London. Joy. There I met up with Lee, and... (
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I'd forgotten these guys existed, and this is way out of date now, but I'm still amused. What do... (
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I have been long in searching. There have been many pretenders to the throne. But finally I have... (
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September 12th is officially "take the piss out of September 11th" day. So share their pain as... (
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I hear you, brother. Just had a fabulous birthday weekend in London, thanks to all who turned up... (
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Enjoy the inaccurately-named tribute to Ray Harryhausen; how often do you get to see Skeletor... (
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On compulsory English speaking as a requirement for British citizenship: My probabily ill-advised... (
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I love the Weekly World News. Stories this week (all exclamation marks theirs): The sun will... (
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Microsoft TNEF file decoder (
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Top of the mornin' to ye. I've been browsing Freshmeat a lot recently (word to the clueless: it's... (
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There's not been a whole lot of blog this week, because I've been working really hard. So you'll... (
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Last day at IBM Hursley today; back to Warwick! Woohoo! In other news, there may be life on Venus.... (
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Back at Warwick! Living on campus rocks. Being the tech support for the campus network rocks not... (
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Anyone fancy a new ice age? I thought it was cold yesterday... (
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October
Been busy with -- gasp -- real life recently, so not too many interesting web finds. LindowsOS is... (
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I work in tech support these days. Also, I think you know you're living in an excessively litigious... (
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So it seems we've discovered a new planet. It has the funkiest-sounding name ever; well done there... (
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Now available: fog screens, as last seen on SeaQuest. (Y'know, Lee was right, the SeaQuest font... (
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Living in the US is so exciting! Suicide hijackings, anthrax in the mail, hideously overpublicised... (
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Until about 2 minutes ago, I was having an unbelievably shitty day. I went to bed last night with a... (
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Fuck that woman rescuing her worm, my face hurts and the world sucks. Ow ow ow. The dentist says... (
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In case you were wondering, my tooth still hurts. A lot. But probably not as much as this did... (
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Boy, did I get a lot of complaints about Tuesday's entry. Here's the ideal solution to raising the... (
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Y'know what? The legal system sucks. On November 26th, 2001, a previously-convicted child molester... (
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Fire alarms should not be allowed to go off at 5.30 in the morning when it's below zero outside.... (
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Okay, it's time for big old backlog of links, since I didn't get to post much recently. First up... (
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Download your mind to silicon by 2040. What else can I say? How about YES, YES, HELL YES! BRING IT... (
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So, you're the police chief, and a mysterious sniper is running around several states randomly... (
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Congratulations to Scott Adams for continuing to push the boundaries of being the biggest sell-out... (
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In possibly the wittiest bit of American advertising I've ever seen, a new campaign points out how... (
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You assholes! The way to resolve a hostage crisis is not to lob nerve gas into room full of 700-800... (
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I'm beginning to buy into this whole CNN-makes-the-news conspiracy. People were beginning to get... (
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Hey, I'd switch just for him. Does the sexy geek come with the sexy computer? His name is Jeremiah... (
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November
And today's We Are Amused™ prize goes to BBC News Online for "Moodiest Picture of a Mouse and... (
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This is what it look like in Trinidad right now. I hate winter. Veering randomly to a totally... (
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Brace yourselves, it's time for another one of those semi-meaningful all-about-me blogs... November... (
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Calling Mr. Sharon... we haven't even started the war on Iraq yet; is it really necessary to start... (
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I love sitting 6 inches from a window when I'm at my computer this year; it's almost like going... (
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And so, after a long hard struggle, the battle is over, and democracy has lost. President Bush has... (
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Old lady gets weepy, nation goes apeshit with in-depth analysis of what might have made the Queen... (
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Oh all right then, I'll blog, if you insist. Things to check out today: Those clever people at... (
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Hey, America! Getting a bit chubby? Maybe 1 in 3 of you are obese or something? No problem! Why eat... (
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Living on campus again is a unique and fascinating experience, which leaves me filled with... (
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The world is in safe hands, courtesy of Melton :-) And it's good to see Bush's supporters are not... (
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"If Sharon and Bush are men of peace, we are also men of peace" Al Quaeda makes a good point. (
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Okay, I just had to blog this. Entitled US Youth can't find Iraq, an article from CNN reveals the... (
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A funny thing happened to me today. I was reading this article about President Bush, and for a... (
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I really love the Economist (thanks for the subscription, dad!). Apart from being amusingly... (
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'Tis the season to make money. And what better way than to play my current candidate for... (
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Fog is like rain that has been caught in the act. It hangs there, motionless, guilty, waiting for... (
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God bless Scott Adams. From the Dilbert Newsletter 44.0 ("A little ray of bitter... (
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How could I possibly resist? And if you want to pretend to yourself you're doing more than just... (
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6.50am: Fire alarm. Uh oh. We've heard this tune before... 6.52am: And again. Thought... (
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December
December! And as my first blog of the festive season, I would like to present a checklist of the... (
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And so it's the final Monday of term... I sit at Moz's computer in New Gaggle House, waiting for... (
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In London today, a bus collided with a tree. One bus, with one tree. Interviewer: So, Mr. Britain,... (
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See? Sometimes I blog before midnight... Last blog before Trinidad, woohoo! Bring on the tropics!... (
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Woohoo! I'm in Trinidad. It's hot, it's sunny, and my tan is only just beginning. As I type this, I... (
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I'm not really online at the moment, being in Trinidad and all, but a few things have been brought... (
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I have written another play, tentatively titled Spree. This one is very firmly aimed at Freshblood... (
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Not that I want to distract anybody from checking out Spree, but this is interesting: Ever heard... (
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You know what I did today? Today, I woke up around mid-day. I had a liesurely breakfast of bacon,... (
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First, read this article in the Register to find out who Elliot Spitzer is. Then read his speech to... (
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Back from four days in Tobago, the even-more-tropical, even-more-paradisical sister island. I... (
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As the US moves ever closer to the fundamentalist police state it supposedly dislikes, on top of... (
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Happy new year, you bastards! England will be getting this 3 hours early, Trinidad six, and the... (
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2003
January
Back at Warwick! First blog of the year; not much to say except "Aaargh, I have too much work to... (
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We should definitely bring the word quidnunc into popular usage: One who is curious to know... (
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This could be big. A company called There Inc. has just launched a new online world. As the article... (
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Why I love this university, and never ever want to leave: Last night, I went to Top B. Top B is a... (
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President Bush today jumped into the affirmative-action debate in the US by challenging Michigan... (
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All Your TV Presenter Are Belong To Us Britain has a paedophilia problem, and it's time it was... (
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I got in touch with Amy Phillips of the excellent 50 Minute Hour and asked for her opinion on the... (
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You know the old chestnut about what would happen if Microsoft made cars? Well, now they do. And... (
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The poetry section is a bit broken. When it's fixed, I'll put this there. Until... (
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Although I am well-known for my self-effacing and humble nature (ahem) I feel it necessary to point... (
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Okay, so I've finally come up with a proper ending and finished polishing off Spree. Now tell me... (
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Hoo boy, is the US military dumb. You know .mil domain, used for sites like Pentagon.mil? Well,... (
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February
The end of an era? (
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Michael Jackson's career: RIP. I feel sorry for Michael Jackson. Really I do. I grew up watching... (
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Time for a big 'ol link-dump, I feel; it's been far too long so these are going to go waaaay back,... (
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No mega-blog today; I'm busy. But one thing for you: A British think-tank thinks the best way to... (
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Part 2 of the Bumper Blog Backlog is today. Once again, there's too much to do a song and dance... (
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Those of you who've spoken to me about it will know that Africa's AIDS pandemic depresses the crap... (
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That poor shuttle. If it was this bad on the ground, what must it have been like up there? I'm not... (
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Thanks to Beardy Ben for forwarding this to me. The original parody is by one John Robbins, but the... (
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Oh. My. God. Listen to this US Congressman rag on France over their blocking the defence of Turkey;... (
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404: WOMD not found. Meanwhile, Slate is still hawkish. So Blix can't find weapons, and the US has... (
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Random for today (I should be coding...): Go on: cook my sock. Oh yeah. In honor of Valentine's... (
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Yuck! BBC News has a new look and it's awful: too busy, lots of headlines with no detail behind... (
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In-jokes: you know you love them really For no other purpose than the amusement of myself and... (
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Oh, today is a Very Good Day™ so far. I did my french homework, didn't fall asleep and miss the... (
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All that needs to be said about America's domestic security: me: I was wondering where the... (
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Margaret Thatcher would be spinning in her grave, if only the old bitch would actually die, at the... (
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The BBC has an article up about blogging from your mobile phone. The idea is not really news, but... (
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A look into my twisted mind, and my bizarre design method. To make up for lack of short-term... (
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The upcoming war continues to produce great art. Apart from the picture below, I invite you to read... (
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Update 6pm: Going to the glitter ball? [Partially cross-posted from Gay Geeks...] Encomium has... (
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This blog is increasingly becoming a superset of my other two blogs (gay geeks and free Trinidad,... (
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Arty! Sarky! Intensely disturbing! Surely, pleix.net was designed expressly with Matt Elton in... (
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March
Far be it for me to ignore one of the most fascinating über-forwards to be seen in a while. It was... (
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Oooh, retro futurism at its best. (
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The Glitter Ball 2003 was a great success, thanks to my friends, who are way cooler than anyone you... (
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Some random linkage for you, my all-time favourite random websurfer. First off, from a few days... (
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So, USA Today has an article about how Americans travelling abroad at the moment can avoid being... (
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"When it comes to our security, we really don't need anybody's permission." In other news, the UN... (
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Everybody else is doing it: 100 short things about me Finally, a meme that involves the creation... (
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3.5 hours in hair salon getting blue hair: £50 Blue l