It's official. I really can't stand driving. At least, not city driving. Not driving where there are other people to contend with.

On Thursday, I took my car to get washed after work. I parked at the petrol station, went in, bought a ticket, and was just driving to their car wash when this fucking asshole drives into the car wash ahead of me, ( Read more... )

I've got 15 instances of LAME running. I've got 8 BitTorrents running. I'm playing MP3s, browsing the web, writing mail, editing and compiling code. There is no loss of responsiveness in the GUI, despite a load of more than 18. Apple should take note! Whenever there's heavy network or disk activity, Mac OS X 10.2's Aqua interface slows the fuck ( Read more... )

If it's not too out of the way, a silver one of these would make an ideal gift.

Just saying, you know.

I went to the aforementioned Niddry Castle after work yesterday.

Yes, work on a Sunday. Such is life. At least I get a shift allowance.

Niddry Castle is really quite interesting. A family lives in it; the Nairns, if the Internet is to be believed. It sits in the middle of a golf course, flanked by two giant bings of shale to the west and north- ( Read more... )

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So, B3ta asked 'what turns you on?'. Most of the answers are either sensible or obviously made up, but some meet that perfect threshold of quite believable yet utterly mad:

Not me (honest, guv)
A friend tells the story of a girl he met who seemed fairly nice and conventional. Until, that is, he went back to her place for the first time. He opened ( Read more... )

I came home on Friday and found a cheque for £375. The insurance company really are paying my entire excess, as they said they'd do when I finally got through to them. They also said this would all come off the other guy's insurance once they'd finished with the claim. For a change, I believe them.

On Saturday, I went bike-shopping.

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The London Underground song is absolutely hilarious (lyrics)

If Tom Cruise was masculine...*

Does anyone else think the picture of "masculine" Cruise would perfectly suit a role of Monster in a remake of Frankenstein?

*: He is masculine: proof.

This LJ is now the number one Google hit for "remonstrare". This beats all the online dictionaries, which seem to be the only other place on the internet where you'll find the word.

Now, if only I had the same influence over "nigritude ultramarine".