Bob Monkhouse and Alan Bates have both passed away, with Mr. Monkhouse losing the battle against prostate cancer, which I didn't even realise he had been diagnosed with — two years ago, according to the news report — and Sir Bates had been suffering from liver cancer. It also turns out an aunt's mother and […]
It's Christmas, or something. Eat well, drink lots and be merry, or else. Unless you're Meriadoc Brandybuck , in which case, just eat and drink.
Although the 2lmc spool 's demise has been greatly exaggerated , Blogshares and JenniCAM are both going Falco†. The former is only a wee ickle bairn compared to the seven year controversy juggernaut that is/was Jennifer Ringley's infamous "always-on" webcam site. No longer will we see JKR sitting watching TV, sitting playing on her computer, […]
For those who think Debian is "hard" to install, let the Chicken Install method dispel a few myths :) I personally have always found Debian fast and easy to install, the new installer should help that become even simpler. The tendency these days is more towards eye candy than actual ease of process. If it's […]
I've been home since about half past ten this (yesterday) morning, caught up on email (about 2,200), said lo to lots of online people, slept, watched some stuff I'd taped onto the TiVo and Sky+, slept a bit more, ate, and I'm here typing now plugging in all the offline blog entries I'd made and […]
Dunno how, but the Vaio’s battery is down to 17% — I don’t remember it being this low earlier :P I’m up on the top mezzanine floor in Top Crust, just chowed down on some Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes (breakfast of champions), am still munching on a chicken and stuffing sandwich, and I have some […]
The first time I leave my seat in hours, and someone nicks it. And it’s a soggy bint to boot. I wandered away from my makeshift crash zone to check the screens so I knew roughly where I was checking in (row 8, as it happens), and when I got back — and I only […]
I’ve found a comfy(ish) chair upstairs in the check-in hall, I’m surrounded by a few foreigners on standby for random destinations, and it’s sleepy time! I have to say that finding a page all about crashing overnight in Dublin airport just made it even more clear to me two things: first, that the Internet is […]
My plan was always — always — to get everyone to the airport in ample time to sit down, chill out, grab some munch/drinks, check-in and then go get their flights. And then I would find a comfy chair somewhere and crash like no-one’s crashed before. The reason for this is that while everyone else […]