Monthly Archives: September 2008

You’ve only had it a week!

It always amazes me how quickly my children sometimes manage to break new toys. So it cheered me up a bit to learn that the boffins at CERN (they have a web site you know) have already broken the Large … Continue reading

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See, George Lamb IS a tosser.

Have a look at this: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/when-hardeep-met-les#comment-57497 I can’t bear listening to the man, but David Hepworth confirms the nation’s suspicion that BBC 6Music presenter George Lamb is a tosser, he knows or cares bugger all about music which is a … Continue reading

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WiFi forgetfulness solved

Following a security update, my PowerBook kept losing its wireless connection when waking from sleep or starting up. This was a pain as my WiFi base station doesn’t transmit its SSID and I had to enter its name and long … Continue reading

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Super-connected

Did a security update on my PowerBook today; now it keeps forgetting my wireless network’s name and password. So it really is very bloody secure as it’s now mostly not connected to the internet at all any more. I forgave … Continue reading

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Bad dad

Possibly undocumented pleasure of family life: my daughter has a pink tube of Lisa Simpson toothpaste; the boys have a blue tube of Bart Simpson toothpaste. The contents are identical. Whenever possible I make sure the boys get toothpaste out … Continue reading

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Bombast

One of the unexpected pleasures of having young children who play rugby on a Sunday morning, is that one of the other dads just lent me Mark E Smith’s autobiography. I’m glad I didn’t shell out for the hard-back as … Continue reading

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Typo waiting to happen

Never mind the possible end of the universe, on Wedneday. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is an amusing typographical error waiting to happen. You know it’s true.

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Potter Puppet Pals

I saw this on the CBBC show Chute! By the end I was laughing out loud.

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Farewell, then, Ken Campbell

I can’t believe that Ken Campbell is dead, or that he was only 66. But it says so in his obituary, so it must be true. I saw two of his live performances, one-man shows… one in Deptford and another … Continue reading

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LittleBits

These look like fun… thanks to Azfar for sending me this link. littleBits intro from ayah bdeir on Vimeo.

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