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This journal is not completely friends-only, but the reasons for whether or not an entry is marked friends-only are not entirely straightforward.
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But Homes You Did Not Read It Was A Can of Dog Food!
Working for a training establishment has its benefits, but it also has its drawbacks. I don't remember house training being part of my remit, yet this is what I found after returning from the Xmas break (FTR, I don't drink coffee)
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But I Need Sorrow Baby, Like Sorrow Is The Drug
The charge of being anti-establishment or at least anti-authority is one that gets levied at me relatively often. It tends to be correct, but there is a very specific reason for that. I'm not opposed to authority or establishment in principle, what I'm opposed to is the abuse of power and position. When we talk of authority or the establishment ( Read more... ) -
Transparent Lies Engulf the Sky
Two things have collided in my mind.
1) the relative merits of hotlinking, that is including material in one website that's actually hosted elsewhere.
2) the large amount of jet activity overhead at the moment.
The greatest problem with hotlinking, the fact that what it's linked to can be changed (or moved) can also be a benefit. For ( Read more... ) -
The Devil Grows His Blood Red Roses, Just For Me
You know how sometimes life just seems to roll at top speed, you've barely finished one thing before the next is on you, then the next and the next? If you're on top of your game and can just go slamming through everything then it's one hell of a ride. If you're playing catchup then it's the kind of thing that nervous breakdowns are made of ( Read more... ) -
It Came as a Heavy Blow, But We Sorted the Matter Out
Bored in the office? Someone who irritates you gone on lunch / vacation / holiday? Want to annoy the bejesus out of them when they get back?
Here are two suggestions.
- Using a coin or similar, prize a couple of the keys off their keyboard and put them back the wrong way around. Don't do it with lots, just two should do. This will take them ages to ( Read more... )
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Switch My Soul to Ajax
Why is it that firms stop making stuff that was actually good? Two cases in point.
1) The Nokia 6310 and 6310i GSM Cell / Mobile phones. OK, so they were fairly large by modern standards but they had a 3 week standby time, excellent reception and they worked practically anywhere in the world. The business world ran by this phone, when Nokia ( Read more... ) -
I Guess There is No-one to Blame
One of the trivial little things that I am not going to miss when I leave this firm on Friday is dump-O'clock. That magical time of the day when the first cups of tea have worked their way through and a visit to the smallest room is in order. Only it seems that everyone else is ahead of you - every bog in the entire building is for some reason -
No-One Told You When To Run, You Missed the Starting Gun
One of my school friends was killed in an accident on Monday - I found out last night. I'd known him since primary (elementary) school, he was a really nice guy and a good friend at school ( Read more... ) -
Beneath the Wings of October the Raven Rides Again
Now that was a weekend ( Read more... )