Month: April 2004
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Try-A-Tri
It’s the Cardiff Triathletes’ Try-a-Tri this Sunday! Don’t worry, I’m not competing. I’ll be taking photos for the cardifftri.net website and/or marshalling. It’s the busiest time of year for that website, as everyone gets their results and photos from it after the race, so I’ll be busy with it all day on Sunday. Let’s check…
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Train/Bike Hassle
Train/bike hassle today = high I had a puncture on my way to catch the train this morning. I replaced the tube and that one deflated too. Great. So I missed the 7.54 train and had to catch the 9.02. Of course this train is one of the newer ones that you can’t get access…
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Samurai Jack DVD
Oh my God! Samurai Jack is coming out on DVD at last! Season 1 is coming out on region 1 on May 4th. What about region 2? http://www.playusa.com/playusa.asp?page=title&r=R1&title=164488
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On The Job
I was already having a good day when 2 Sony Vaios, a Sony projector and a Wacom graphics tablet arrived in my office from Dabs. I’m not sure – am I allowed to enjoy my job this much?
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Rainy Days
Traffic in Cardiff hasn’t been too bad at 7.30 in the morning over the last 2 weeks that I’ve been cycling. So why after a bit of rain (and it IS only lightly drizzly, if that) does the amount of early morning traffic increase so much? Is it because people drive more slowly in poor…
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Open Day
Today was Open Day for the graduate entry medicine course that I’m teaching the anatomy for. We’re holding three (April, June, July), and this was the first, and it was for people looking to apply for the academic year starting September 2005. It was also the first time we’ve used the brand new Anatomy Suite…
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Sunny Cycling
Now today is a day I’d rather be cycling. Probably. It is a glorious sunny morning. The Cardiff side of my commute has been gradually modified to cut out as much road as possible, and I do consider myself to be lucky to be living in a city that has some lovely off road routes…