Year: 2004

  • Train Bike Hassle

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    Bike/train hassle today = high Check this: I was sat on the 4.30 train from Swansea by 4.20. Announcement- “Apologies but this service has been cancelled because we’re shit”, or words to that effect. So I haul my arse, my crap and my bike off the train, back out into the rain and waste an…

  • Goldie Lookin Chain

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    Stick this into Kazaa and find the MP3: “half man half machine”. More local talent from South Wales (the ‘Port). Alright Clart?

  • Ooooh

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    Now getting lifted out of the sea, blown over a fish and chip shop and dashed into a wall is a very unlucky, and quite bizarre, way to die. Oh dear. Full article from BBC news.

  • Strict diets ‘cut heart disease’

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    Sweet! This is exactly the sort of diet I’ve followed when training hard for climbing. In the past (pre-Jack) I cut my daily calorie intake to around 2000 calories to stay light, but still ate a balanced diet, just less quantity. Yeah, it’s hard, and you generally need good motivation to do it. This new…

  • Coastal Cyclepath

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    Wow, 2 punctures this afternoon! Impressive. One front, one back. So I had a bit of time to kill between fixing a puncture and getting the later train. I pootled east on the coastal cycle path in the sun, and followed it around to the marina. Quite lovely. It almost cheered me up. And just…

  • Everybody’s Back

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    The station car parks are full, lots more people are on the trains, and we have students milling around the campus. Easter holidays must be over then.

  • HL2 Stats

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    Geek out with the hardware stats collected by Valve from people using Steam for the future HalfLife 2 game: http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html Wow, Nvidia are really leading the graphics card show.

  • Jack’s First Bike Ride

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    Jack had his first time out on the bike today, up, down and around the Taff Trail. He enjoyed himself, and we had no mishaps! It’s fine at speed, but you really have to pay attention when you’re moving slowly. Bags of fun.

  • Fire!

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    I just read this email: “Could all staff in the Abbey evacuate the building immediately. The fire alarm has been activated but the sounders are not all working.” ROFL. This is terrible. I read this 20 minutes after it was sent, so I guess it was a good job I wasn’t in the Abbey building,…

  • Beach

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    Hassle cycling/training to work today = zero.