xset | Archive | December

Database Background

// December 29th, 2003 // 2 Comments » // Personal

This is purely to help out Joey with his databases … feel free to correct me in the comments
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Snooze Button Dreams Design

// December 23rd, 2003 // 5 Comments » // Personal

Some of you may recall that a while ago Jim from Snooze Button Dreams put out a call for a new design for the site. Well, I have finally answered that call and two of the initial designs are available for your approval and comments. The third should be joining them any day now, maybe when I stop doing massive catch up posts about the past three days activities.

There is also a fantastic design from the Bartender which has been up for quite a while now (what I’ve been BUSY!). All I have to work out is how to combine all three designs into a Skinable interface … ugh! I have a few ideas though so don’t worry.

When is a Raven like a Writing Desk?

// December 23rd, 2003 // 1 Comment » // Personal

I have absolutely no idea but I do know that the soon to be ‘rolled Victor is a man worthy of my admiration. Not only does he randomly inspect the alt tags on obscure images on foreign Blogger’s side bars, but he also answers the questions asked therein! (To work out what the hell I’m blathering about just hover your mouse over the picture of the spooky looking dude in the top hat!)

So the first of the XSet points go to Victor for correctly identifying the image as that of the Mad Hatter in American McGee’s Alice – a wonderfully screwed up take on the Lewis Carroll classic story. IF you have a PC then you really have o excuse for not playing this game – it’s totally twisted and wonderfully warped, a veritable vision of vice and iniquity … and I alliterate too much.

Right, I’m feeling much better now,

// December 23rd, 2003 // No Comments » // Personal

And as such feel I owe the world an update. Unfortunately I have quite a lot to say today and rather than bore you with one long stream of consciousness post, I’m going to break it up into bite sized pieces for your consumption.

Xmas Shopping

// December 23rd, 2003 // 2 Comments » // Personal

I’ve been very busy over the past couple of days what with this whole Christmas business and all. For some reason, My being on holiday (i.e. annual leave) has led to my being the one who does most of the tidying of the house, sweeping of drives and cleaning of windows… Which bit of holiday suggests the innate desire to perform such tasks? All I wanna do is have some fun …. no wait, that’s Sheryl, all I wanna do is kick back and read the paper, maybe blog a bit and generally slob out. But, there are windows to be cleaned and so I must clean them…

I finished all of my Christmas Shopping yesterday and was amazed to find that I had made it home without killing anybody! Christmas shopping is one of those times of year that I am glad we live in a country which doesn’t recognise a right to bear fire arms…

After 30 minutes of horrendous fake cheer from shop assistants, rabid shoving and pushing from mothers with small children on a seemingly random orbit around the push chair (strangely reminiscent of the roman battle chariots! what with the spikes and everything) and the fact that I am burdened with vast quantities of large boxes with evil corners and sadistic bags full of delicate breakables which gravitate toward the nearest lamppost without the slightest provocation … 30 minutes of that and I’m reaching for the fortunately nonexistent M-16 … lock and load …3 round burst … ho (BLAM!) ho (BLAM!) ho (BLAM!)

A taser would be nice though…

But I survived the various perils of the High Street (anybody know why they call it that?) and limped home with all of the relevant gifts in tow. Now all I have to do is wrap them, pop them under the tree and wait for the credit card bill to come through so I can see how much I spent – I didn’t dare add up the receipts last night.

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Fuck you Logitech (nouveau-portablog)

// December 23rd, 2003 // No Comments » // Personal

Some of you may remember my troubles with Logitech and their lame ass technical support for my Palm Keyboard. Well, I have since managed to dispose of the offending item (Amazon Market Place and a quick email to explain the situation to the buyer – I didn’t want to rip the guy off) and have replaced it with the incredibly sexy, Palm Stowaway XT. This beauty boasts a fully working driver, no gap in the middle for the hinge and is just about the same size as the old Logitech POS.

It also means I am proud to present my new PortaBlogStation�
. Now I can blog from anywhere in the world Muwahahahahahaha!

Piccy of the car

Oh and I also got round to uploading a piccy of the lil Bluetooth Remote Control Car which has since been crashed so many times it only turns to the left!

I hurt today

// December 21st, 2003 // 3 Comments » // Personal

But I think I can work out why. It might have something to do with my not getting back until 5am last night, having to be up at 9 the following morning (4 hours sleep – ugh) and having consumed my bodyweight in Gordon’s and Tonic.

So which bits of me specifically hurt? Well, my liver isn’t talking to me and is in discussion with the UABO (Union of Abused Bodily Organs) regarding the possibility of a transplant. My back hurts … this may be due to one or more of the number of times I accidentally fell of my seat last night, or it might have something to do with the ill advised dive, headfirst though a hedge to “hide” from a totally innocuous car that just happened to be coming up the road behind me. Or it may be that when I finally got to bed and collapsed in an exhausted, drunken sprawl, I slept funny. My head hurts (well duh!) and I seem to have managed to dive through a bramble hedge last night. All of my clothing is smudged with something that I hope to heaven is mud and generally I feel lousy.

But apart from that I’m doin’ good… how’s you?

Cheddar X lay round about, deep and crisp and even.

// December 19th, 2003 // 2 Comments » // Personal

Well, for some reason I’m back at work even though I finished yesterday. Apprently there is an Xmas party in the office at four thrity so I’ll hang around for that.

In the mean time I can while away a few moments with some … CHEESE!!!
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