Year: 2006

  • P-p-p-powerbook

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    Read the prank to catch out this eBay scammer. Link.

  • Click click

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    I’ve almost got my home theatre PC back up & running after some major problems developed in the last week. Like it wouldn’t start up. And it wouldn’t play any media files. Which would be important for a multimedia PC. So without going into details, lets just say I spent much time repairing XP &…

  • Cheltenham Town vs Newcastle United

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    It’s probably the most famous game Cheltenham Town will ever play, round 4 of the 2005-6 FA Cup against giants Newcastle United. It’s great to read on the BBC Sport page, “Souness wary of Cheltenham”, but not quite as nice to be regarded as “a potential banana skin”. But hey, it’s true. It should be…

  • Coff

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    Today, I ha’ bin mostly coffin’ up phlegm. Hack hack. Note the time elapsed between Jack’s birthday party and family illness (Kim’s the same).

  • Timing

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    Today I have to do a very easy thing, but it has to be done well. The Head of Department has asked me to give a 5 minute tour of the Anatomy department to some visiting bigwigs – some people who are important to us and our funding. Easy peasy. No problem. Except that I…

  • Frozen

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    It was so cold this morning that my beard froze cycling to work. By the end of the Clyne Valley path the rear mech on my bike had frozen too, so I couldn’t change gear until I gave it a bang. The sun was very welcome when I reached the bay – a beautiful morning.…

  • Jack’s 3rd Birthday

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    Jack was 3 today, and he had a party in our new house. He had 10ish friends around, running around like looneys, plus parents. It was great that so many of his friends from Cardiff came all the way to see us, and Jack was chuffed to get to play with them all. So we’re…

  • Dusk at Caswell Bay

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    We went to Caswell last night, and took a few snaps.

  • Blogging Away

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    One of the nicest things about this blog (and admittedly one of its aims) is how friends and family from around the world follow what I’m up to, particularly when I’m traveling. When I got back from the US this week, almost everyone I spoke to knew what I’d been up to and where I…

  • Last Few NY Pics

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    The Apple Store in NY. Here’s the demo area, with great big comfy cinema style seats and a nice man at the front explaining to us all the good things about various bits of Mac software. This is a free, daily service, and is very useful. Why aren’t all shops like this? The other clever…