I was just looking through a load of old e-mail from university, and found this:

To: [the entire biology, chemistry, physics, and pharmacology departments]
From: [DELETED]
Subject: The Chemistry of Fireworks
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:07:27 +0000

I would like to apologise to all those people who attended The Chemistry of
Fireworks lecture yesterday. I ( Read more... )

EDIT: all claimed or dumped now, sorry.Does anyone want any old window glass (e.g. for sheds, cold frames, etc)? We are getting new windows fitted, and the old ones will go to the dump if not claimed. There are some large complete panes (2-3 feet on each side), and a few smaller ones still in frames. Please let me know soon if I should save you ( Read more... )

It's time to get rid of some neat stuff (mainly vintage Unix workstation hardware) that I'm never realistically going to have time to use. Leave me a comment if any of it is any use to you!

• SGI Indy with 17" monitor. Needs a standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse, which I can probably supply if necessary. Currently running some old version of Debian ( Read more... )

Terrorism suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab will appear in court in January, charged with attempting to blow up a plane using explosives concealed in his underwear.

However, the court is unlikely to believe Abdulmutallab's testimony, as eyewitnesses clearly state that his pants were on fire.

Dear Meter-Reading Bloke,

The digits 3 and 5 are not interchangeable, especially when you do it in the thousands column.

HTH,
pfy

(After a chat with customer services, my bill has just gone from £2058.68 to about £9)

I have the following computers, laptops, networking gear, and parts to give away, because I desperately need the space. They're all yours if you want 'em. If not, they go on Freecycle.

• Tower PC. Intel Celeron 333 MHz processor. 128Mb RAM. 1 Gb hard drive. Tekram P6PRO-A5 motherboard. S3 ViRGE 4Mb video card. CD-ROM and floppy drives. Adaptec AHA- ( Read more... )

I just saw a really fat cat run through some railings and get stuck halfway. There was a long, manic flailing of paws until he gave up, reversed, and stalked off huffily into the bushes. It is times like this I wish I could upload bits of my memory to Youtube.

My pension company is urging me to save the environment by switching to paperless communications. Personally, I think they could start by not sending me two copies of my annual statement and three copies of the "Go Paperless" leaflet.

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I bought a coffee and some fries at Burger King on Saturday, because I was about to go on a three-hour bus journey and needed something to keep me from dying of starvation before I got to the end of it. This cost three pounds and something, which is a rant all in itself. But anyway, this is how the transaction went ( Read more... )