Thursday, December 31st, 2037
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11:59 pm - - THE FUTURE IS WATCHING... -
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REAL ENTRIES START HERE:
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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1:30 am - Nicely done.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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12:49 pm - Blood sacrifices
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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6:19 pm - "'Twas gravity, 'twas gravity..."*
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*(With a bow to my erstwhile partner in chrythm and chryme, Dan Bennett)
First, there was this...
But then zeroth, there was the even cooler this! =:o>
current mood:  amused
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
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8:49 pm - Roundup of interesting stuff
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8:22 am - Windows boot-up text mode
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SO... Not many Windows users will be aware of this, unless the've ever felt the need to do a boot-time defrag or CHKDSK or whatever, but when you first power up your PC, and Windows (be it 2000, XP or even presumably Vista) is showing that dreary start-up screen with the progress bar, it's actually hiding from you an awful lot of interesting and potentially useful stuff that could have been displayed instead. There's a way you can tell Windows to stop hiding its light under a bushel all that crap under the carpet, so that next time you boot up you get a good old-fashioned VGA text box, with 25 rows of text in columns of 80 characters, and you can see what's going on.
And text will crawl slowly up this screen, one line at a time, until something appears that peaks your interest that you *really* want to take a closer look at... wherupon a sudden flurry of output (probably exactly 25 lines of it, knowing my luck) will push the interesting lines of text off the top of the screen before you can even reach for your monocle. Damn!
( Read more... )
current mood:  frustrated
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1:05 am - Still a bit stunned by this.
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
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10:30 pm - Happy journeys, dear friend.
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The long and intermittent battle to find a new home for my 2nd ever car - She Who Refuses To Be Named - is over at last! A tightly run race between three contenders resulted in her passing into the care of a very competent farmer and his aid, who brought a cattle truck (or somesuch) to carry her away safely (and legally, given that she's not currently taxed). She is promised to the farmer's son, who is learning to drive and needs something to make all his first mistakes in.
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current mood: relieved and content
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12:25 am - Abby Sciuto *belongs* aboard the TARDIS!
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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7:43 pm - And in case you were wondering...
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4:38 am - Awwww......
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It's impossible to feel stressed with a kitty kiss. =:o}
In other good news from the last couple of days:
1. My colleagues have pretty much unanimously declared me King of Windows. =:o} (And that has nothing to do with Microsoft.)
2. I haz a payday! I haz fud! =:o} (N.B. must be careful with the fud. Chipshop fud is nice-now-but-hungry-for-three-days-afterwards fud. Bottled fud is only calories and then "wheeeee!!!" and then hangovers, and is not proper fud.)
OK, I triez sleep again. Is it can be nap time nao?
[LOOKS AT PIKCHUR] OK, I iz a dog. I still talks like a cat.
current mood: amused
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
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6:42 pm - So here's how it goes.
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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11:36 pm - Kyoooooooooooooooooooot! =:o}
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
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4:46 pm - Essential skills for shop assistants, No 32 in a series of 2863104362427: Clairvoyancy
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So... I slept about 4 hours last night. Couldn't settle down; felt cold even though the room's at 22degC; head would clear for a bit and then start feeling like it wanted to explode again. So, up I get, since tossing and turning doesn't lead to relaxation whereas sitting upright helps to clear the head a bit, and noodling on the computer to distract myself helps the frustration drain away enough to try again...
Eventually got to sleep by getting fully clothed, taking an extra dose of Ibuprofen (it was after midnight, so it's a new 24 hour period, right?), and sipping weak tea while waiting for comfort level to raise to the basic minimum. That was after 3am.
( Consequences. )
current mood:  gloomy
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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3:46 pm - Watching you, watching Who
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