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January 31, 2002

The Powers of 10

The Powers of 10 - just how big are you?

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January 30, 2002

Doug on work romances…

This week on Doug Tells It Like It Is, Doug on co-worker romance:

“I always thought I’d be flattered if it ever happened to me. And I would, if it was someone else…”

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January 27, 2002

BB Pubcrawl Photos

The photos from last night’s pubcrawl are online on the Union site. (And my hangover has now cleared up. Though my memory hasn’t returned.)

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January 26, 2002

Top Tip

A tip from the top: do not idly remove the battery from your laptop if it is on and not plugged into the mains. Things stop working if you do.

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BB Pubcrawl

Last night was the Union Bulletin Board pubcrawl. A chance to go drinking with all the people who use the Board and talk to them without the use of a keyboard. As predicted only the true hardcore turned up - that being (sad bastard handles time) myself, Wrighty, Jonah, Baby-faced Don, Bob God Junior, the Gregster, Bigolslabomeat, Ms Fluffy Bunny, Vixxi, and Baby G. I didn’t really have many preconceptions about them from what they had posted on the board. Well, except one which ultimately turned out to be true. It was a laff. We made it round 7 pubs. And as Jonah was involved, there was drinking Karnagerie. There were many comic moments including the piss being extracted from Greg and Jonah’s “And that was the first time I snogged a man…” tale. There was also badness in the form of the Sheppard foot-in-mouth disease and Paul being sick outside the Lecture Theatres.

What a night.

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January 24, 2002

This never happened in Devon

“Guess who skulked into the kitchen after Sarah and the girls to discover to my mild alarm that I was probably the only man at the party so far. Indeed, that it was quite likely I was the only non-lesbian at the party.

Things like this don’t happen in Devon.” [more]

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Engrish

English is a hard language to master. It’s a bit odd to be honest - you can chop a tree down and *then* chop it up again. It’s things like this that must confuse people who speak English as a second language. And boy, there doesn’t seem to be anyone more confused than the Japanese:

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January 23, 2002

The WayBack Machine

Recently, while trying to find some long delete web pages, I ran across the WayBack machine. Sure it was linked to death when it was first launched and I have to admit that I pretty much ignored it. But now when I finally had a use for it I was very impressed with it.

What is even more impressive is the hardware behind it. They are using commodity hardware running a variety of Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD to spread the database, spidering and indexing tasks amongst the 400 or so machines in the cluster.

“There are only 5 billion people in the world and they can only be typing 60 words a minute, 24 hours a day. So, that bounds it,”

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, go read the proper, researched article How the Wayback Machine Works.

Stick to coffee

Taken from the Divine Comedy BB today:

“I used to smoke a fair bit of hash; Those people that tell you it’s harmless are fucking liars; it’s harmless if you don’t mind being a lazy, boring twat with a drug habit, but if you like an active mind that enjoys learning, fizzing and working on things then stick to coffee!”

I think that just about sums up my opinion on drugs…

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January 22, 2002

The Move

And like that the conversion was done. Not complete, not by any means. But at least it’s a start. The site is now powered by Moveable Type. Each post now can have comments on it too.

What are you waiting for? Rush off now and write something nice, like how the site looks wrong or something is broken. Go on!

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January 18, 2002

“At the record company meeting

“At the record company meeting
On their hands - a dead star
And oh, the plans they weave
And oh, the sickening greed

At the record company party
On their hands - a dead star
The sycophantic slags all say :
“I knew him first, and I knew him well”

Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package !
Re-evaluate the songs
Double-pack with a photograph
Extra Track (and a tacky badge) “

Aaliyah at number one in the charts.

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Watching Top of the Pops:

Watching Top of the Pops: Britney Spears - what’s all the fuss about?

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Simon is da bomb. This

Simon is da bomb. This looks so good…

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MouseLog, Day 5: After purchasing

MouseLog, Day 5:
After purchasing a humane trap last night, I set it with chocolate spread and crushed pistachio nuts. (I needed to use something to make the nuts stick to the lid / end of the trap.)

During the night Mousey (as he’s affectionately become known) took the bait. He’s now running free with his own kind in the local graveyard. Long may he live…

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January 17, 2002

“I talked to him after

“I talked to him after we got off the bus. I can assure you he was very pleased that the poverty and oppression in his homeland is whitewashed by bored rich druggie teenagers who only think about Bob Marley and getting fucked up.”

(via James Little)

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“So What is there left

“So
What is there left to know?
What is there left to say?
Nothing

And I thank God that you’re aware
Oh thank God that you’re aware
Of the earth and of the air
And of the girls making like they don’t care
But they are blessed and you are cursed
With the conscience of a universe
Of the mind and of the soul
And reduction science digging itself a hole”

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January 16, 2002

MouseLog, Day 3: The cheeky

MouseLog, Day 3:
The cheeky scamp had the audacity to wander across the lounge floor while I was working on the laptop. After following where he scurried off to we have determined that his escape route was through a hole above a power socket. And he’s just ran across the floor again while typing this!

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If you only see one

If you only see one streaming advert over broadband this year you need to make sure it is this one. Kylie Minogue advertises Agent Provocateur lingerie. Lets have a moment of silence to mark this special occasion…

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January 15, 2002

Corporate checking account: $1,500. Credit

Corporate checking account: $1,500.
Credit cards: 8 (4 Visas, 2 American Express, 1 Discover, 1 MasterCard).
Credit line: $35,000.
Emergency reserves: $7,500.
Cost of core product: $89.
Commute from home to office: 0 minutes, 0 seconds.
When it all goes tits up and they want the money back: Priceless.

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January 14, 2002

Following on from the mouse

Following on from the mouse post last night:

“Have no doubt people. I am at war. I didn’t want it, but these mice have invaded my homeland. I sleep here, and I eat here, and I someday hope to entertain girls here. The mice have to go, dead or alive.”
- Harvey the mouse must die. (via Simon, via MeFi)

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This week in Doug tells

This week in Doug tells it like it is, Doug on friends coming out and his sensitive gaydar:

“I had my suspicions he might be gay when he pulled my trousers down in the Union".

Quite.

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I have just seen a

I have just seen a mouse run across the kitchen floor. I was quiet.

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“From an interview with Peter

“From an interview with Peter Jackson I read, he was *contractually obligated* to provide a 2 hour cut, but the PTB liked the 3 hour cut enough to let it stand.”
- LOTR in 2 hrs

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January 11, 2002

Linux is for Bitches -

Linux is for Bitches - it’s right, in a bitter, veteran /. kinda way.

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Things round here are going

Things round here are going to change soon. A new look linkmonkeys is due within the next few weeks. Oh yes. Until then I want to see how many hits to this site I can generate with the phrase:

Sophie Ellis Bexter nude

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January 9, 2002

I thought my design was

I thought my design was minimalist. This just takes the biscuit though.

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January 8, 2002

“Take her out, Mr Mayweather

“Take her out, Mr Mayweather - steady and smooth…”

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January 7, 2002

And the strange search engine

And the strange search engine referers begin:

http://www.google.com/search?q=sex+with+monkeys&hl=sv&start=30&sa=N

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January 6, 2002

Something both myself and Matt

Something both myself and Matt have been guilty of: “59 per cent of mobile phone users have sent offensive or inappropriate text messages when drunk…”

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January 5, 2002

Welcome to a new regular

Welcome to a new regular feature, Doug tells it like it is. This week Doug on Sophie Ellis Bexter:

“She may be a posh tart who spouts pretentious bollocks, owns horses, and I fucking bet laughs like one too. But I would.”

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Simon had a strange dream

Simon had a strange dream earlier in the week, and I had an odd one last night. It was extremely Lord of the Rings influenced… The Dark Lord Sauron had returned and wanted to cast darkness over the lands of Bournemouth. And the only way to stop him was to hold a wacky races stylee race starting in Burger King. I got into Burger King to find that many people I know were supporting the Dark Lord. Boo hiss to them. And all the Sauron supporters were all dressed in sci-fi stylee costumes and laughing evily. It all gets a bit blurry from there on, excpet the end of the dream where my Grandma returned from the race saying that Sauron had got lost somewhere in the Dorset.

Ladies and Gentlemen, my subconscious is obviously very warped.

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January 4, 2002

It’s been Christmas and New

It’s been Christmas and New Year (and *everything*), hence the complete lack of recent proper posts. But, fear not, I shall compress everything I haven’t posted about into one post.

Let us hark back to the 14th of December. This was the day that I finished my exams and managed to spend over ten hours drinking in Chancellors. I was joined in this drinking quest by Paul, Scott, and Cazza. And, lo, Simon and Ali appeared to sing carols for their supper (well, their FNO ticket). This is where things started to get a little silly. You see, we gave the carol singers raptuous applause and we soon started joining in. But we were the only ones in the whole bar doing so. But we weren’t drunk eejits. No, siree. Not us. Never. Photos, sir?

We then went to the final FNO of the semester. This was good apart from the huge blister I managed to get on my foot, which hurt like buggery. As I’m dead lazy, you can read more about this fab evening on minor9th. Oh, and Scott got really pissed… *grins*

And then onto Prague. We got there despite a number of problems and it was, as promised, beautiful. The city has an amazing mix of gothic and baroque architecture and staying there is damn cheap. It’s also frickin’ cold in the winter. There was, of course, the embarrassing drunk parent event. We were in a restuarant and my Mum had drunk too much wine. The conversation went something like this:

Elaine: I know you, all you think about is sex.
(shocked silence)
Matthew: What?
Elaine: I saw you looking at that girl on the plane…
(racking brain and still unbelieving about the first comment)
Matthew: Which girl?
Elaine: The one with the blue top. I saw you looking at her…
Matthew: Who?
Elaine: Sitting opposite…
Matthew: So it’s now illegal for me to look at women now is it???

What was this all about? I have no idea. Whilst I am young and male, it’s not as though I think about sex the *whole* time. And what’s wrong with looking at attractive women anyway? I don’t need to justify enjoying the female form. The moral to this story is do not let parents drink if they can’t hold their booze…

Christmas Eve was a laugh. Everyone came over to mine for drinks and then we went down to town for more alcoholic enjoyment. We couldn’t get into the Moon, so we went to Edwards and then to the KBar. Needless to say we drank like fishes and it all went rather mad. Queue elbow wars and running through the square screaming “I’VE GOT THE CRATE!". Photoage:

Christmas Day started with a hangover, a dodgy stomach, and text from Paul which he sent when he was pissed and made no sense at all. The relatives came over and behaved themselves relatively well (bar their Daily Mail reading views). It was an uneventful day filled with turkey. I got some cool things including a lava lamp and a venus flytrap and was happy.

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As a favour to a

As a favour to a friend, I need to inform you all of this: Tories Will Enact Sarah’s Law Plus.

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January 3, 2002

I never knew that CSS

I never knew that CSS could be so complicated. I’ve been playing with it for the past couple of days in an attempt to design a page without the use of tables. Then I remembered about Glish’s CSS freebies. Time to grab all I can and attempt to inwardly digest over the course of tomorrow…

Just a test post to

Just a test post to ensure I haven’t broken anything…

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January 2, 2002

Next semester I demand the

Next semester I demand the return of some classic Sheppard/Wright catchphrases. Particularly ‘hiding it well’.

And I have a big post coming soon.

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January 1, 2002

What is it with all

What is it with all these Disney ads on ITV? They seem to be on at the beginning and ending of every single advert break. And they’re really quite irritating.

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