May 2008
25 posts
Once More Unto the Breach
On the verge of wiping the MacBook. Thin client here we come. I have rescue all the files and documents, got a list of applications I need… I suppose there just comes a time in life where we must just jump. Wish me luck… :-)
“As early as the 9th Century B.C. the Catalonian King Wilfred came upon a site by...”
– Humphrey Lyttleton
“LORD POLONIUS:
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both...”
– William Shakespeare - Hamlet (via An Englishman’s Castle)
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Even American Journalists Are Completely Mad.
I’m slightly shellshocked, having read the story of Isaiah Otieno (via The Macalope and Adrian Kingsley-Hughes) who was walking to get his mail, listening to his iPod in his headphones as many of us do, when he was struck by a helicopter. Yes, you read that right, a helicopter. One of those crazy aircraft with rotating spikes on the top that you often see getting blown up in movies (One...
Picnic At Markeaton →
Gordon Brown IN or OUT? – The Madame Tussauds... →
I urge everybody to take part in this extremely important referendum being held by Madame Tussauds. Have a guess which way I voted…
Geek Joke
A project manager, hardware engineer and software engineer were in a car heading down a hill when the brakes failed. The driver managed to get it stopped by using the gears and a convenient dirt track. All three jumped out and after peering under the car the hardware engineer said, “I see what the problem is and with this handy roll of duct tape I think I can fix it good enough to get us...
A Gorgeous Video Of Kayleigh... →
Insane Assignment Submission Requirements
Needing to vent my frustration while printing my last EVER university assignment. I have to include the source code of my program as the Appendix. How can it be necessary to print out 22 PAGES of program code, when I’m handing it all in on a CD with the project anyway?!?!?! Insanity abounds, and knows no bounds. Incidentally, below is my hand-in receipt for my Independent Studies project....
Ellie's Personal Statement for 'Seed To Table'
I am interested in things that grow. My work for this project is all about growing food in the garden and cooking it in the kitchen. I was inspired by Sarah Midda’s wonderful book In and Out of the Garden to try and capture the essence and joy of growing food at home rather than buying it in the shops, and the journey that it takes on the way to our plates. Food, and the...