Archive for October, 2006

  • We’re up and off

    We’re up and off

    A 4am start isn’t a natural thing. But we’re up, and the taxi to the airport is due in 45 minutes. I don’t feel like I’ve had any sleep at all. Gaaaaah!

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  • A Brief Interruption of Service

    A Brief Interruption of Service

    Nelefa.org will drop off the net for a while on Monday evening – both the website and email will be unavailable. Poor old jem, the box we host on, is undergoing some disk surgery by the highly trained secret ninja administrators of the Yoyo collective...

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  • Eek!

    Eek!

    Nelefa.org just dropped off the net for an hour or two! I think there were strange technical wierdnesses at Yoyo Towers. I’m sure all will be revealed in time.

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  • Bumpy Ride

    Bumpy Ride

    Theres no time for tears – they ll come later when we look at pictures of our friends and family once the journey is over – we have had to be strong for the sake of the kids cos kids are very perceptive!. Theres been...

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  • Packing

    Packing

    Oh God, make it end soon. We’ve been packing for what seems like days. We have a baggage allowance of 20Kg each. There are five of us. That’s a tenth of a metric ton of luggage. No problem, right? Wrong – we seem to have...

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  • A new way to update

    A new way to update

    I’m posting this entry using Deepest Sender, an add-on for firefox which gives a nice little mini-blog-posting thingy. It’s really very nice. The only thing I’ve found that it doesn’t allow me to do via the gui is to change a link property to open...

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  • Packing

    Packing

    I hate packing. This is a well documented fact. It’s also why I’m sitting here writing about packing instead of actually doing it. So far, my morning has been spent dismantling Bionicle models after being nagged into photographing them from every conceivable angle to aid...

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  • The End of Procrastination

    The End of Procrastination

    Well, it’s been done. The flights are booked for the 31st of October, so we’re off to Oz. We’re spending the coming week doing all our pre-departure visiting, as well as fun things like setting up bank accounts and packing. It’s all going to be...

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  • 42 All-time Classics (Nintendo DS)

    42 All-time Classics (Nintendo DS)

    What an Ace little cartridge! It has card games, board games, bowling, darts – it’s just ace! I forgot how much I like Rummy It’s also multiplayer with a single cart and even has 7-player online multiplayer. Not only that, but it’s only twenty quid....

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  • World of Warcraft (PC)

    World of Warcraft (PC)

    I have too many characters. It’s official. I’ve been having a blast with ol’ Pooky recently. I got him over the horrible hump of the early twenties. It seems to be a bit of a rough spot with mages – not enough damage to attack...

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