Month: July 2005

  • Going All The Way

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    Fuck. That was close. And the expletive is necessary. My train home got delayed part way. I didn’t hear why, but we were slow by about half an hour. It’s Friday. Unusually, I started to doze off listening to a Dawn & Drew Show podcast (it was probably Drew’s melodious tones that did it). I…

  • Open Source Beer

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    Students from the Information Technology University in Copenhagen have created Our Beer, version 1.0. No, it’s not software, it really is beer. It was created as an example of intellectual property management concerns, hinting that the open source concept (that the “recipe” is made publicly available for anyone to use or alter as long as…

  • Port Talbot

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    A “suspicious package” at Port Talbot’s train station has evacuated it & prevented our train from passing through. This has left me with this view for some time. I don’t know when I’ll get to work this morning. I actually quite like the view. They’ve been dismantling this (whatever it was) for over a year…

  • Modern Mapping – for free

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    There are a couple of free mapping services under development and available for use, which, if you haven’t heard about them, you should take a look at. Now these aren’t your typical maps. This is a new style of doing things, and the maps are of the whole world. So, if you want to improve…

  • Nostril Vomit

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    Jack’s been feeling a bit poorly over the last day or so. He woke up last night, so Kim gave him some milk to help him go back to sleep, causing a nasty reaction in his stomach. I haven’t seen anyone puke through their nose for years, and I’ve never seen anyone pass chunks through…

  • The Picture Editors’ Awards

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    Go and see some of this year’s greatest photographic images at The Picture Editor’s Awards. Link.