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Just clearing out some old email from 2000 where I was negotiating with somebody to do their web design. Their attitude was very much that they draw it in Photoshop and I "program it". We had a disagreement about how text should be handled -- they thought it was fine to put all the text in images so that every word would be in exactly the right ( Read more... ) -
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This morning I heard a Tesco self-service machine announcing "Please insert your coupon." I can just see drunk Glaswegians head-butting it. -
Red lights
Three red light cycle experiences this weekend -- none of them mine, although the serious one could easily have been ( Read more... ) -
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Am in the middle of migrating an incredibly flaky intranet between two machines and two versions of baffling software. Loads of people depend on it. Have downgraded my expectations for the day repeatedly, to the point where my target has become "locate relevant documentation, print it out and staple it together".
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Dr Sketchy's
Really enjoyed my first visit yesterday to Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. I have been wanting to go for ages but to be honest have had Unaccompanied Male Syndrome. If you haven’t heard of Dr Sketchy, the idea is that it’s like a life drawing class, only instead of a random naked person you have a burlesque model, and instead of helpful advice they ( Read more... ) -
Caffeine poll
So I have been pretty much decaff for ten years. Kahlua does not count, shhh. I have enjoyed a more even energy level and a more relaxed outlook. I also enjoyed telling my mum she was a drug addict one time in an argument about drugs.
However maleficent bangs on about caffeine helping prevent Alzheimer's and I must admit my concentration is better for a ( Read more... ) -
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Who needs a defibrillator to stimulate your heart? I just had my best day of writing for months immediately followed by what looked like a hard drive failure.
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hollow halls
I played in a big poker tournament out at the Corn Exchange yesterday and placed about 40th out of 107. I was reasonably pleased with how I played; I got no hands for about an hour and a half and still pushed and shoved my way in the game. From a 5000 chip start I breezed up a bit, then down a bit, then ran a lowly pair of aces into four of a kind ( Read more... )