Shorter posts, links, or thoughts. No schedule, not heavily considered.
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Eat, drink and be thankful
So I’m guessing the net will be a tad quieter today as all those Yanks (hey I can call them what I like, they are stuffing themselves full of food and watching a 14 hour long American Football game, or is it the commercials they watch? Hmmm) are celebrating Thanksgiving. As it’s only a holiday…
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Scottish Blogs Webring
So, The Scottish Blogs WebRing has been running for two days and already has 7 members. I’m still learning the admin side of things and today ran a quick check to see if everyone had the code properly implemented on their site (nothing Big Brother, just seeing if it would work). So to the six…
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Scottish Blogs Webring is live
Gulp, take a deep breathOK, I’ve gone and done it. After months, nay, years of procrastinating I’ve finally done ‘something’ for this little thing we call blog. Now I’ll be honest I’m not sure how this will go, I’ll drive it as hard as I can (so a few of you out there can expect…
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Trivial Pursuit Companion
Weekend InspirationSaturday we ventured through to see the families and drop off an HTML book to my nephew (15yrs old and I just KNOW he’ll be coding like a pro in about.. ohh 2 weeks?). Ended up staying at my parents for dinner, having a few Guinness and a game of Trivial Pursuit. Now I’m…
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R.T.F.M.
If you work in I.T. you will no doubt have heard the abbreviation R.T.F.M. at some point. It stands for “Read The Frickin’ Manual”. As a Technical Communicator by trade it is always disappointing to hear it uttered. Hours and hours of research, learning and knowledge accumulation are pored into most software manuals, and all…
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Tag&Rename
Buy this softwareOK, I don’t plug software very often but this is a must. If you don’t use MP3 files, then skip this ‘cos it won’t make much sense. I have a few MP3 files (OK around 4000) and I’m a bit of a stickler for conformity. All the files are named the same way…
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What should I read next?
I know why I’m in a bad moodAt least I have an idea, could it be because I’m reading American Psycho? I go through phases when I’m reading. I’m aware that I should try and read more of the classics, and generally expand on my staple of crime novels, thrillers and Stephen King.. however I…
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Lorem Ipsum
I knew most of this, but it’s always good to find everything you’ve picked up about something (over a few years) confirmed in one place. Lorem Ipsum. “There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain….” Also includes a Lorem Ipsum generator,…
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Working at home
It’s oh so quiet, and I’m getting loads done. The main thing I enjoy about working at home is the freedom it gives you. I did a couple of hours last night so I could have a bit of a lie-in, and I’m ploughing through various bits and bobs I’ve been meaning to tackle for…
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Alter-blogging
Hmmm need a better title. Anyone else noticed a subtle shift in the way we blog these days? With the arrival of stable commenting systems, BlogRoll etc, there is a lot less cross-linking of personal sites, instead the you get mini-dialogues between site owner and site visitor, played out in the comments box. Could someone…
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Staring into the Singularity
Singularity is the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence. If computing speeds double every two years, what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research? Computing speed doubles every two years. Computing speed doubles every two years of work. Computing speed doubles every two subjective years of work. Two years after Artificial Intelligences reach human equivalence,…
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Music Protection
Many others have stated the argument for and against protecting music CDs. My personal position which has remained unchanged for the last 2 years or so since I ‘discovered’ MP3s, is that I will download a few tracks to see if I like them, and if I like enough tracks I will buy the CD.…
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Remixes
OK, confession time. I used to be a ‘DJ’. Well not often, a couple of weekends in a pub, and a few parties in bowling greens, you know the type (Hey there, can you play some Tom Jones?). We also did a couple of disco’s at a local school, including a professional lighting set supplied…
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Bad Driving
My name is Gordon. I break the speed limit. I’m not proud of it, I know why I do it, and I don’t do it all the time, in fact mainly on motorways. However I totally agree with the sentiment expressed here about inconsiderate drivers. Like most drivers (male drivers?) I think I’m a good…
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Excitement
A quick recap. I injured my ankle on Thursday 17th October (my birthday, what a great present!). Since then I’ve been laid up at home. I still can’t walk properly but at least I can move around. So much so, I’m being taken out for dinner and a movie tonight, having missed them for my…
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Strange thoughts
I’ve said before that I do this (maintain this website) for me. So how come I feel slightly guilty for hardly touching it for a week? The weird thing is that I feel and think exactly the same when some of my regular reads go on hiatus (take a hiatus? what’s the correct usage here?).…
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So
How are you? It feels odd having been ‘away’ for a week or so. My ankle is healing, although still very stiff and bruised. I’ll be at home all week but hope to spend some more time on the PC catching up (soooo much catching up). If you’ve sent me an email I apologise I’ll…
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Men on the phone
Chatting on the way into work, we delved briefly into the subject of men on the phone. Using myself as an example, men are awful on the phone. Well… awful according to most women I know anyway. A typical phone call with my best mate. Me: Hello? Him: Hello! Me: Hello! Him: Hello… (not sure…
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The Contract of Common Sense
I think Meg may be onto something here.. particularly in light of a recent letter I received from.. eh.. someone to do with our gas meter. The letter stated that they would be sending someone round to ‘review’ our meter and ensure it was functioning correctly. If we could just make ourselves available at some…
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This and that
MiscellaneousI have nothing to say about this: The Prior-Art-O-Matic.“It’s a series of randomly-generated product ideas! It raises questions about the nature of prior art in patenting issues and is occasionally amusing!” I have a lot to say about this: When is middle age?.“If I had to pick numbers, then I’d probably choose the range from…