Partaaaay Aftermarth

Posted on Mon 16 November 2009 in general • Tagged with home, house, party

Well this weekend was filled with the preparation, execution and aftermath of our House Warming party. Fliss finished a number of final touches to curtains, clothes racks, and other such details while I pottered around moving cardboard to the outbuildings and ordering two polypins of local ale to keep people …


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SIM Troubles

Posted on Thu 12 November 2009 in general • Tagged with phone, sim, t-mobile

My SIM card is starting to show it's age and refusing to allow my phone to connect to the network. It's not surprising as the thing is fairly old having had it since I first joined T-Mobile. I managed to order a new SIM yesterday throwing only a minor strop …


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Are the Armed Forces being let down by government?

Posted on Wed 11 November 2009 in general • Tagged with politics, rememberance, war

Well the gruby counter accusations continue over a letter sent by Gordon Brown to offer condolences to a bereaved mother. For all the heat and noise it's generating for the papers, no doubt not helping the poor mother come to terms with her grief, it's become a proxy for a …


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Familiarity and Contempt

Posted on Wed 11 November 2009 in general • Tagged with a&, e, rememberance

I didn't walk into the office today, instead I drove in. This was mainly because I spent a few hours at A&E this morning playing taxi driver to YABT (Yet Another Broken Toe). I'm considering asking for my money back from evolution, surely these vestiges of our tree swinging …


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Spotify

Posted on Tue 10 November 2009 in general • Tagged with audio, lastfm, music, paid-content, spotify

I was all set to fire up the free Spotify client listen to one of the suggested albums from a previous post. I was ready to accept the rather grating adverts every few tracks when I noticed the people at Spotify over a 0.99p day pass which I duly …


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