Month: January 2006

  • Frosty

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    The beach was frosty this morning, and the tide was high and the sun low. The view from Jack’s bedroom window is of frozen fields and woods this morning. And rising houses.

  • I’ll Do It Tomorrow

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    In addition to that previous entry, I thought I’d mention that I finally got round to filing my tax return this evening (for year ending April 05). Just one day before the deadline. Sheesh. Every year I say I’m going to do this thing in April. It doesn’t even take that long to submit online.…

  • Work avoidance techniques

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    I went to see Blue C the other day. He’s not all powered up yet, but he’s all set up in a nice big room. He’s our new IBM supercomputer at Swansea University, by the way. Yes, OK, it’s Sunday evening and I’m blogging because I’m procrastinating. I’m preparing my teaching for tomorrow morning (the…

  • Updates

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    Just to update you all, that thing the other day went fine (they always do, and I didn’t hack up on anyone important), Cheltenham lost 2-0 to Newcastle (and made an awful lot of money in the process), and all of my computers are currently working. Kinda.

  • 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.…