On the subjects of Backups

Posted on Wed 11 October 2006 in geek

I got caught in a massive rainstorm on the way into work this morning. I'm still not fully dried out. As a consequence my Palm pilot decided to forget about everything. This wouldn't be a massive problem except at some point* the sync software decided to stop syncing the address …


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Spam Tweaks

Posted on Tue 10 October 2006 in geek

I've been troubled with a rather large amount of spam recently. I had a bit of a dig around today to see if I could improve the situation. The first mistake I found was in the exim directors which didn't verify the user. This meant I was getting a lot …


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Travel Rant

Posted on Mon 09 October 2006 in general

I'm visiting London later in October and wanted to book my tickets in advance. The cheapest return seemed to be £57 which is more than I was expecting given the notice (it's the same Andy paid on the day he travelled IIRC). It's probably cheaper (and a lot more convenient …


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Le Weekend

Posted on Mon 09 October 2006 in general

I did manage to strip some wallpaper on Saturday. I now need to leave it a few days to ensure there is no residual damp and repaper with some lining paper. The full re-decoration of the Kitchen is still someway of in the grand scheme of things.

Saturday's "Thatcher: The …


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Waking up is so hard to do

Posted on Sat 07 October 2006 in general

Getting going on a Saturday morning seems to be very tricky to do. I have yet to tackle the wall paper or take anything down to charity shop. I have a few hours left before heading down to the Lowry to see Thatcher: The Musical.

Rich and Al torpedoed my …


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