Domesticity and Broken Records

Posted on Tue 08 March 2005 in general

Jack, my web server was shutdown last night after 274 days of uptime. This was a planned shutdown as I had to fit a new light switch in the kitchen. Proud as I am of the stability of my servers (any Windows users want to claim better uptime?) it didn't …


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A Tale of Two (or Three?) Parties

Posted on Mon 07 March 2005 in general

Friday night was a more or less standard post work pub kind of affair.After a few beers with my work colleges I ended up heading down to meet up with Lee and some of his work colleges. For some reason the bouncers in the Revolution Bar didn't think I …


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Reasons why working in town rules #8523907

Posted on Fri 04 March 2005 in general

I took advantage of my proximity to the center of town to see KT Tunstall at Fopp. She played a couple of songs from her new album ("Eye to the Telescope", rather good) and then did the usual signing and pictures.

The evening involved a few quick drinks in town …


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Cold Showers

Posted on Thu 03 March 2005 in general

The boiler pilot light went out last night meaning I had to re-light it this morning. As the hot water tank was empty I waited for the tank to heat up only to find some one jumping in the shower ahead of me using up all the hot water again …


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Must be the shoes?

Posted on Wed 02 March 2005 in general

I went to the pub last night with my work colleagues again. I didn't feel too guilty as I'd used my last day of the trial gym membership to have another go at the 5km run. I completed the run in under 30 minutes which bodes well for my target …


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