Today has been influenced by artificial conversations. This morning I got a phone call at home from a recorded message from Egg. It was an automated check on transactions which I humoured for the first few seconds ("press 1 if you are Alex...") until it wanted to do a security …

In a bizarre reversal of fortunes I actually watched Doctor Who at the scheduled (repeat) time on Sunday. In the meantime my parents are taking advantage of the On Demand services to watch it at their convenience. Obviously the demand for non-scheduled TV isn't coming from the geeks alone.

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Got back from an entertaining weekend at Wilderness Farm with SoS. I played the pun-tastic Rustle Crow with the new arrows I got at Maelstrom. Me and Fart twined up as some of the most effective scouts ever, especially handy as I only drew my sword once over the entire …

I was planning to go for a run last night after work. In the end due to the Metro being so rammed I missed my stop and walked back along the canal in the sunshine. It was a nice walk of a couple of miles so it counts as exercise …