Archive for October, 2008

  • The FAIL bot.

    The FAIL bot.

    There are times when you just have to do things the hard way. For example, on finding a bug in a piece of software deployed to thirty-odd client systems, it would generally be considered a good idea to connect to those systems, ascertain whether or...

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  • Elsewhere on t’intertubes…

    Elsewhere on t’intertubes…

    more animals

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  • Orange Ditches Phorm

    Orange Ditches Phorm

    Well, there’s a turn up for the books! It appears that Phorm are being dropped by Orange. Hopefully more ISPs will follow suit. In an interview with the Financial Times, a representative from Orange said: “Privacy is in our DNA, so we need to be...

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  • Oh No!

    Oh No!

    Starcraft / Broodwars. It’s got me again.

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  • Communing with my Inner Idiot

    Communing with my Inner Idiot

    So I was woken up the other day by the sound of Son #2 leaping about excitedly because The Goon Show was on the radio. (Actually, it was the TV, as that’s where our digital reception comes from, but let’s not let today’s climate of...

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  • Ace Lyric #7

    Ace Lyric #7

    “I wants more wenches, More wenches and mead. I wants more wenches, Mead and wenches is what I needs.” Alestorm – Wenches & Mead

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  • Magic: The Gathering

    Magic: The Gathering

      Well, I promised my lad I’d have a few games of Magic with him at the weekend. The trouble is, he has a Mortivore. It’s a pretty rare card, and it’s rare because it’s bloomin’ evil. In two ways. First of all, its strength...

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  • AWESOME!

    AWESOME!

    I know this SHOULDN’T be awesome, but IT ACTUALLY IS. When the BBC post an article entitled something like “Pirates Threaten Christmas Shopping”, it gets an automatic eyeroll for me, half expecting it to be a rant comparing unauthorised copying of music/moves/whatever to pillage and...

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  • Oh Dear

    Oh Dear

    I’ve just realised I haven’t written anything on here since the 13th of October. That’s not very good, really. Having said that, saying nothing is probably better than posting every day but having nothing to say. Anyhoo, as it happens, I DO have something to...

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  • Muhh

    Muhh

    I don’t normally post recycled lols, but I have to make an exception for this one. more animals

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