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Been a while...
It's been quite some time since I last used Dreamwidth or LiveJournal.
I just thought I'd drop by to see if everything still works...
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Serious politics...
I see that the SNP is fighting for bigotry and booze!
Oh, wait. My mistake. They're fighting against bigotry and booze.
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Flattr
I've been experimenting with Flattr.
Well, I say experimenting. More like "have put some money in it, and now never see anything I want to Flattr".
But they give the money to charity after a month anyway, so if I don't spend it it'll go somewhere.
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30 Days, 30 Posts: Day 7 - Your Zodiac Sign And If You Think It Fits Your Personality.
My zodiac sign is Gemini. I am only one person, so already the zodiac is on shaky ground.
Astrology is bunk.
Everything you will ever need to know about astrology is in this video clip:
The quality of the video may be low, but the quality of content is pricelessly insightful...
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30 Days, 30 Posts: Day 6 - Write 30 Interesting Facts About Yourself.
(I will complete this damned meme, even if I post the last day a mere hour before the heat death of the universe!)
Interesting?
That reminds me of a Bender quote - "Interesting. No, wait, the other one - tedious."
One man's interesting is another man's tedious, so I make no guarantee of interestingness here. In fact, some of these facts were picked ( Read more... ) -
World Backup Day - Check your backups
Today is World Backup Day.
There are some good deals there for cloud-style backup systems.
But more importantly, today should be a reminder for us all to review our backups of our precious data.
And even for the smug folks like me who have backups sorted, today is a day to check your data restores properly.- If you have no backups, check the deals out ( Read more... )
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Windows 7 - Phil's Verdict
So, Windows 7. I now have a PC with it on. And, coming from Windows XP, what do I think of it?
Still shit.
My criteria for that?
Oh, many many things. But I'll narrow it down for you to one thing...
It was still easier to set up dual monitors under Ubuntu than it was under Windows 7.
Actually, let's reword that for accuracy.
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At last!
I HAVE A PC AGAIN!
I can now type on a real keyboard. Look ahead at a monitor. And do things that are disk/memory intensive!
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30 days, 30 posts: Day 5 - A Time You Thought About Ending Your Own Life.
I've had low points, a long time ago. And I may have contemplated ending it all then.
I suspect everyone has.
But they were a long time ago, and the memories are hazy and unreliable.
I think that makes this one a pass, in more than one way.
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30 days, 30 posts: 4 - Your Views On Religion.
Before I go into such a touchy subject, I want to define what I mean when I talk about religion.
For the purpose of this discussion, religion is a collective of people brought together by common belief, method of worship and expression of spiritual beliefs.
In other words, I'm talking about groups of people here - not one person's beliefs.
That ( Read more... )
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