End of LUG Radio

Posted on Tue 01 July 2008 in misc • Tagged with development

Well it seems the chaps at LUGRadio are calling it a day. I only discovered the podcast last year and although it's quite long and full of swearing I generally found it very entertaining. The irreverent style blended quite well with the occasional deep technical geekery and random wittering. Time …


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BBQ, Parties, Who

Posted on Mon 30 June 2008 in general

This weekend was mostly taken up with Saturday's welcome home BBQ and party for Fliss' sister who has just returned from travels. I headed over to Fliss' Mum's on Friday night to join Fliss who had already prepared a small metric load of food for the bash. We chilled to …


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Play the games you can win

Posted on Fri 27 June 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

It speaks volumes about how much Labour believe in themselves that they put a candidate up for Henley, one of the safest Tory seats in the country but won't for Haltemprice and Howden. It's odd logic because there, with the Lib Dems stepping aside, they arguably stand a good chance …


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BBC Follow-up

Posted on Thu 26 June 2008 in misc • Tagged with politics

Well the moderators have finally got back to me on my previously mentioned blog comment. The "reason" was:

Comments posted to BBC blogs will be removed if they are considered likely to provoke, attack or offend others; are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable; are considered to …


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Happy Birthday Fliss

Posted on Wed 25 June 2008 in general

My all together wonderful other half is one year older, temporarily narrowing the yawning gap between us. We'll be in London tonight celebrating. Hopefully the first of many quick jaunts to the city now we live considerably closer. I get to try out my Network Rail Gold card which I …


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