Archive > March 2007

BST – Bloody Stupid Time

Why oh why does GB hang on to the concept of BST?
As someone who finds it very very difficult to adjust my sleep pattern the weekend just gone is normally followed by a week of rushed mornings, late arrivals and general chronological calamity.
And for what?
The basic concept behind BST is one of daylight saving which [...]

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Thinking allowed

Recovering a screwed hard drive would be so much more fun if it had flashy lights
I really need to get my arse in gear and work on my secret plan o coolness
Speaking of which I should really think about the whole XSet DTR thing
Coffee …
Ftp working – good
Hard drive still screwed – bad
How did it [...]

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Things you don’t want to see first thing in the morning…

Entrails … that is all

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ROVT – Monkeys, Movies, Mario and More

I’m going to have to keep this short today so lets kick off with some sozzled simians (aka drunken monkeys)
Hot Fuzz is making waves atm but this short clip from Spaced demonstrates the core of their British Humour … unfortunately you don’t get to see the end with Brian just lying there … brilliant. Oh [...]

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Twitter v IMified – Microblogging and who will win out

Two services, both coming from similar ends of the spectrum (the aptly named microblogging phenomenon) But I have to wonder which will win out? Twitter has the edge at the moment as you can update via multiple channels but IMified can’t be far behind and supports multiple services. Plus with a unified communication platform now [...]

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Peggle … aka a wasted weekend

Gah! Another one from Popcap (the guys who invented the stupidly addictive bejewelled) that resulted in my wasting lots of this weekend in front of the computer.
Peggle is one of the beauteous games which is so simple in concept, so flawless in implementation and so damned fun to play that hours can slip away from [...]

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The devil makes work for idle thumbs…

as witnessed by me, last night, sitting post computer clean with a can of compressed air that had been in use for about 15 minutes and was therefore nicely chilled.
The central heating was on high and I had just moved the machine back under the desk when I realised that I was a bit warm [...]

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It’s Friday, have a laugh

Cos I’m having a lovely time today… ish …
Anyway, I was listening to the rather dinky, Chillout channel on Last.fm when I cam across a tune I recognised (not that unusual really) Day For Night by Moloko. I promptly fell off my chair laughing because the same track was used at the end of one [...]

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Testing out IMified

A fantastic looking service which ties your IM account to your blog, online calendar, basecamp, and a whole lot more. Expect a follow up post if this works

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ROVT – Spoons, Slaps, Stop motion, Ships, Sickness, Sabres and more

IT’S BACK!!!
After a few weeks hiatus (ok so more like a couple of months) I’ve finally managed to sort out my timing to get Ripped Off Video Thursday back on the net.
Enough from me, let’s get on with the giggles:
First off a little gem for all those of you who grew up in the mid [...]

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