Crystal Aliens!?

Posted on Thu 19 June 2008 in general • Tagged with film, review

Despite less the glowing reviews we thought we would chance Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at the cinema. It's not the worlds worst film, in fact if you disengage brain and enjoy it for what it is I thought it was pretty good. Some people have …


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Quizical Broadband

Posted on Wed 18 June 2008 in general

Last night we headed to t'other Bury to meet up with Fliss' mum and friends for a pub quiz night. Apparently we bring depth to the team. This is the second time we have participated and yet again we managed a valiant second place (although we did beat the pub …


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BBQ, Housework and Roasts

Posted on Mon 16 June 2008 in general

Since the new blog system came in at the BBC it seems my comments are less likely to get published. It's slightly troubling. Anyway the weekend:

Friday evening was mainly spent getting the bike working again for the weekend. I suffered a puncture on Thursday and it's been a while …


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Stuff

Posted on Tue 10 June 2008 in general

In order to qualify for exemption from Council Tax in Manchester I need to empty the house of all furniture. So post party (11th July) I need to find deserving homes for:

  • Shelves
  • Budda Bag? (I'm not sure I can be arsed carting back down south)
  • Dish Washer
  • Fridge Freezer …

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Bifurcated Weekend

Posted on Mon 09 June 2008 in general • Tagged with jsp, lrp

The weekend was one of two halves, one half LRP and the other half drinking bubbly in gardens.

I worked late on Thursday to get everything I needed out of the door for our "alpha" release so I could take Friday off. This included a crash course in Java Server …


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