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ACE Lyrics / 13 February 2009 / John / 0
So the old Rocker gets out his bike to make a ton before he takes his leave. Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner just like it used to be. And as he flies — tears in his eyes — his wind-whipped words echo the final take and he hits the trunk road doing around
Ramblings / 12 February 2009 / John / 1
Ok, so I run fvwm2 and I’m very happy with it. It does absolutely everything I need with no frills, fuss, or bloat. Except I also need to use pidgin as most of our inter-departmental communication is via jabber. Except Pidgin is one of those applications written by the worst kind of code-hacker – the
Books / 11 February 2009 / John / 1
I love it when a book surprises me. It doesn’t happen very often, sadly, but it did with this one. World War Z not only surprised me, but…. well, hang on – let’s back up a bit. From reading the dust cover, you’d think this was an action / horror story. World invaded by zombies, mankind fighting
Ramblings / 4 February 2009 / John / 1
OK, so after my acerbic rant about the BBC hysterically over-reporting the alleged dangers of snow, Mrs Gubbins has only gone and slipped on a patch of ice, breaking her wrist and causing a lateral fracture along the length of her forearm. I hate it when Sod’s Law interferes with a good rant. Note: Current
Ramblings / 2 February 2009 / John / 0
Ok, so the BBC, in their usual hysterical manner, have been reporting on the fact that there’s snow. So I thought I should help out by suggesting a headline. Click the image at the start of this story to see it. Obviously, as they have to manufacture panic to give them something to report on
The Tube / 2 February 2009 / John / 2
Ok, so I don’t do this, ok? I *never* fall for quirky ads, I am no-one’s target market, and I would never ever EVER propagate viral marketing. Ok? We clear on that? But still – this is genius. Â