A cautionary tale of insurance

Posted on Tue 01 March 2005 in general

My credit card has just taken on wodge of debt for this years car insurance renewal. My previous insurers esure lost out on my business as they wouldn't let me proceed with getting a quote with out using Netscape 4 or IE. Tesco's also proved pretty crap, silently failing when …


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List Infection

Posted on Mon 28 February 2005 in general

I passed a milestone with Emacs today. I did some boolean logic is Emacs LISP. I have to be careful here. LISP has a bit of a cult following among language weenies and you will find staunch defenders (and critics) of it in FOSS circles. For me its just another …

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Mmmmm Pie

Posted on Sun 27 February 2005 in general

This weekend has involved a mixture of flirting, whipping, supporting, and eating.

Friday night started with me heading out with my work colleges for "just the one" which evolved into my mentors girlfriends birthday. She brought a friend from work who I spent a pleasant hour or so chatting to …


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Geek out

Posted on Fri 25 February 2005 in general

I've just spent nearly an hour making the follwing change to my .bashrc. My head is now spinning with single and double quotes.

diff -u -b -r1.12 dotbashrc
--- dotbashrc   23 Feb 2005 14:46:14 -0000      1.12
+++ dotbashrc   25 Feb 2005 17:58:06 -0000
@@ -21,17 +21 …

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Nice Weather for Polar Bears

Posted on Thu 24 February 2005 in general

As the 6 day gap in my training record shows the recent inclement weather has been interfering with my preparations for the Great Manchester Run. Luckily one of my work colleges has just joined one of the central Manchester gyms and so I got hold of a 7 day trial …


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