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Achtung, Baby

Posted on December 25, 2006 by blogmywiki

I was going to write a small rant about Christmas tree lights (why wired in series, not parallel, etc) but they are almost all working now. A mere 7 bulbs replaced in one set, a mere hour and a half … Continue reading →

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Polar Excess

Posted on December 21, 2006 by blogmywiki

Is it just me, or is the animated film Polar Express a nasty piece of work? I watched it at the in-laws last year on DVD – I may have had too much goose and port but it made me … Continue reading →

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Great un-taken photographs, No.3 in an occasional series

Posted on December 11, 2006 by blogmywiki

Outside Royal Festival Hall early in the morning, about 50 identically dressed construction workers in a neat queue lining up to get on site, all wearing same hard hats and high visibility tabards. Title: “Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work … Continue reading →

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G4 Tower of Power!

Posted on December 4, 2006 by blogmywiki

Someone was chucking this out – a G4 PowerMac with OS 8.6, a 10GB hard drive and 64MB RAM. I spent £30 on 256MB more RAM, and stuck in it the 20GB hard drive I used to have in my … Continue reading →

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Bad Parenting Tips

Posted on November 27, 2006 by blogmywiki

No.2 in an occasional series If you are bothered by your small children insisting on climbing into your bed in the middle of the night, deter them with water pistols. I mean, it works with cats…

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