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The Four Ubuntu Yorkshiremen

2009-03-22 13:28

(With apologies to Monty Python) Four well-dressed men sitting together at a LUG meeting, surrounding a laptop running Ubuntu 9.04. First Yorkshireman (1Y): Ahh … Very passable, this, very passable. Second Yorkshireman (2Y): Nothing like a good install of Ubuntu Jaunty, eh Gessiah? Third Yorkshireman (3Y): You’re right there, Obediah. Fourth Yorkshireman (4Y): Who’d a [...]

Lunch Club

2008-10-03 11:26

The first rule of Lunch Club is you do not talk about Lunch Club The second rule of Lunch Club is you do not talk about Lunch Club Third rule: If someone says “nachos!”, orders a garlic bread, or eats with their fingers, the lunch is over Fourth rule: Only one plate to a person [...]

Who Wants Tea?

2008-09-04 15:32

Ahhh, Christmas Tapes …

Cabs are Awesome, Unless They’re Not

2008-08-25 21:40

Jono’s post about taxi cabs and close calls with death reminded me of how little hassle I’ve usually had with cab drivers. I usually chat away to cabbies, and tip pretty generously on most occasions, but one guy in San Francisco took the biscuit, and didn’t get tipped. Or chatted to, as I was giving [...]

I Bet 400 Quatloos on the Newcomers

2008-04-18 01:06

 Best Fight Music, Ever.

If Saul Bass …

2008-03-04 05:27

… designed the titles for Star Wars, they’d look something like this.

Drink Camp

2008-02-01 15:08

The first rule of Drink Camp is: you do not talk about Drink Camp. The second rule of Drink Camp is: you do not talk about Drink Camp. Third rule: If someone says “shots!”, orders a martini, or drinks Fosters, the drink is over. Fourth rule: Only one glass to a drink. Fifth rule: One [...]

Overheard at Develop 2007, Brighton

2007-07-30 13:38

Got back from Develop at Brighton at the weekend. Got some choice quotes from the couple of days I was there. “Do you do a fish butty?” (asked in the fish and chip shop next to the Hilton Metropole) “This is fucking awful!” (said by an unknown woman to Peter Molyneux outside the Hilton) “I’m [...]

Told You, I Did

2007-05-03 03:59

Last year, I thought “how cool would it be to have a Talk Like Yoda Day, you know, like Talk Like a Pirate Day?” I wasn’t the first to have the idea — and I certainly won’t be the last — but I’ve finally managed to throw content onto talklikeyoda.com in time for the proposed [...]

ADSL Badness; Unrelated Amusements

2006-11-15 15:53

My ADSL connection is currently tres latent due to some Cisco badness on BT’s part. If you’re trying to call me on Skype or my VoIP number, it’ll either sound like I’m the Moon, or it won’t connect. You may also find my site a tad slow too until it’s sorted out. Still, in other [...]