Monthly Archives: September 2006

METAR

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Virgin on the ridiculous

Virgin trainlines’ timetable on the web has a video clip with “click here to view our latest TV ad”. Are they having a laugh?

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Mr Bloggy

I’m sure my wife just disappeared into the bedroom beckoning me with “Come on Mr Bloggy”. Let’s hope she doesn’t start calling out for Noel in her sleep…

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Strange connection

It seems I sufferred something called ‘transient global amnesia’ last Saturday, when I lost my memory of the previous two days for several hours. After seeing the doctor I decided to look it up and one of the links on … Continue reading

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Long term illness

After someone referred to me recently as ‘not exactly wall to wall health’, I realised he might have a point as I have had a bit of a bad 2006 with various ailments. I was just sending an email to … Continue reading

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Heed the warning

I poured myself a glass of full cream Jersey milk and then wondered about the fat content. Reading the label for the nutritional information, I noticed above it, the ‘Allergy warning’ with a red triangle making it prominent. The warning … Continue reading

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Shoot the messenger

Nothing personal but the continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 in the evenings needs to be replaced pretty sharpish. The strange accent is a mix of American and a quick pass through a ring modulator.Call me old fashioned but the … Continue reading

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Snake bite

I chanced upon a ‘wiki how to’ on the web and one link led to another. Before I knew it I was drawn to http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-a-Programming-Language I loved the opening so much, and I know a man who won’t be able … Continue reading

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Dr Watson – not dead, just in hiding

I haven’t seen evidence of Dr Watson since Windows NT4, but today not only did XP’s Explorer crash, but Dr Watson appeared and crashed too. Alive, but not so well it seems.

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Pyramid search – Dragons’ Den

There are at least (or perhaps at most) three people who read this blog. My plan was to get each person to send out three emails in the classic pyramid style in order to locate me a video copy of … Continue reading

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