February 2003
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Google Blogger
Google Blogger, so it begins…Ouch. In the midst of the chaos and “But how does it affect ME!!?” questions that have met the news announced yesterday, Evan trys to allay fears of Google favouritism. Whilst I realise that the matter hasn’t been properly discussed internally I sincerely hope that Blogger users are NOT automagically added…
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100th Window
Massive Attack’s latest album appears to be, to resort to the vernacular, a ‘grower’ (as Jez suggested). So I will revise my previous opinion, and as Lyle pointed out, it sounds much better when played on a decent system (and not my laptop). I also bow to Stuart’s one-liner “I think it’s about texture, rather…
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St.Valentine
St.Valentine’s Day“Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed…
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Fate
“…And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate…” So who should nip onto my carriage of the train last night and sit directly behind me? Why it’s Loud Woman and a friend of hers. Sounded like they had been for dinner and some wine. Well that’s all…
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Train Station
Continuing yesterday’s theme, I was thinking this morning about my people watching habits, and the regular cast of players that make up my morning journey to work. It’s like the station platform is split into groups of similarly thinking people, why do I always stand halfway up the platform then, after checking we are getting…
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Voicing my opinion
Over at the kitchentable, Stuart is able to name who does the train announcements for a couple of rail stations (or thinks he can anyway). It got me thinking about the ‘new’ voice of Scotrail. You see they’ve started running new trains, with nice LED displays of which train you are on, armrests for most…