Auntie Links

Posted on Wed 25 January 2006 in geek

I'm famous* :-). Of course the BBC edited my original question and skipped the last bit (which is fair enough, it was probably overly technical). However they either didn't get the point or chose to interpret the question in a different way. The phrase "harder to move around than a CD …


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Gloves and Gnomes

Posted on Wed 25 January 2006 in geek

I failed to buy some gloves from M&S today. The only ones they had left where nice leather gloves. However at ?35 a throw I'm not sure if I'm capable of buying accessories for a mere cold snap for the price of a pair of decent trousers. I can …


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TV Night

Posted on Tue 24 January 2006 in general

Karen visited last night to catch up as we watched Life on Mars. I must say I've really warmed to the show and it is certainly developing nicely. It's still keeping me guessing as to exactly what is really going on but it keeps dropping clues along the way. That …


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And now for a little geek...

Posted on Sun 22 January 2006 in geek

I made it back in more or less one piece from last night although I didn't make it to the planned Badminton session this afternoon. I have instead spent most of this morning trying to get to grips with ripping Moby's "Hotel" onto my machine. It seems the CD isn't …


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As with everything, pacing

Posted on Sun 22 January 2006 in general

I went to the Manchester Winter Ale Festival to celebrate Marks slowly climbing years. Being a veteran of beer festivals myself I got one of the half pint glasses instead of the usual pint. I also drank a lot slower and generally avoided the stronger beers in an effort to …


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