Archive for April, 2008
Friday, April 18th, 2008
There were three motorbikes, including mine, filling up at the petrol station I visited yesterday. Apart from when an instructor brings his duckling learners in to a station this is the most number of bikes I've seen filling up at any one time. With motorbikes being quite a ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I heard a rumour that because Weyland-Yutani has been profitable in the last year we employees are due to receive a bonus this month. The bonus is nothing particularly extravagant but it's something, and after so many years of no bonuses at all this new culture, and I hope ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I finished re-watching the first series of The Wire and have moved straight on to rewatching the second series. It's an interesting combination of stories, with the main team working on a case on the docks and the Barksdale story continuing almost in the background. The two stories ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I couldn't drag myself back in to Azeroth last night. A problem with playing on a US server from the UK is that weekday evenings coincide with when US friends are still at work. Without any friends to team up with I didn't have the will to run ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I have found that starting to accelerate about half-way through the '2' count gives your kart or bike a boost at the start of Mario Kart Wii races.
Edit: the maximum boost may be achieved by starting to accelerate just after the '2' count zooms in from the front of the ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I completed the first two cups of the 100 cc Grand Prix in Mario Kart Wii last night, although the second cup was only bronze. This unlocked the third cup for competition but I wasn't able to win that cup on my only attempt. I need more practice, that's ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
I popped in to London on Saturday to pick up a ticket for Blitzen Trapper, as well as a bunch of tickets for this year's Sci Fi London film festival, which thankfully looks far better than last year's disappointing schedule. I was able to get all the tickets that ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
It's funny, but someone repeatedly saying 'you've got to keep your sense of humour' has decidedly the opposite effect.
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Here's the dilly yo. The renewal date for my domain was due recently. Normally that isn't a problem, as I pay someone some money and retain control of the domain for another year or two. However, as the first automated e-mail I received about this was from ...
Posted in Technical | Comments Off on Hosting hassles
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
I saw an advertisement for Blitzen Trapper playing live soon, so I am off to get myself a ticket. I picked up their second album some time back, although I can't remember how I found out it had been released. The advertisement for their gig states that the ...
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