Yesterday (til about 7pm) wasnt a great day...

Shell had problems at work...
Bimbo called and said that Rhiannon still didnt want to see me. Not sure about this, but I'm working on it.

... and then got better.

Turned up at Weston Playhouse to see The Circus Of Horrors. Truly awesome (yet again). Same storyline as before, but with some different acts thrown in, plus a bloke with his knob out. Wasp Boy and Mrs Wasp were as weird as always (what horrible tits she's got), the contortionist was impressive, The Great Voltini was funny and the hula hoop act was very retro.

Once again, it was the acrobatics and the silks the that impressed the crap out of everyone. The Jesuit on the swing was incredible (as he has been every time I have seen them). Shell was most impressed with those bits.


My Scrabble� Score is: 15.
What is your score?

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[link]   Posted @ 10:07

Got home last night and played on the CD32. Couple of games are stuffed (Worms and Alien Breed 3D) as I dont have the manuals for the protection system - doh! I might have originals in the garage though...

I also found some CD32 ISOs at Back 2 Roots for some more games. These have all burnt and work perfectly. Just need to find some covers, etc to finish them off.

A couple of links now - the first one for Shell:
James Marsters. Sorry - but I couldnt resist :)
Quotes from Bush or Emperor Palpatine?
Freeze dried burials anyone?

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[link]   Posted @ 14:25

So I got home last night to find that the Royal Mail had carded for something that was too big for the letterbox, so I headed off early this morning to pick it up.

Then I went to work at the branch again (this time swapping their ancient hub for an old switch) and sorted their problem out - I hope!

Then back to Weston to catch a train, but managed a quick trip home to see Shell and open my parcel. It was the CD32! All packaged well and looking mint. I'll be playing with it later...

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[link]   Posted @ 16:20

Do you know what I've done and how sad I am?

I now have the Puzzle Bobble game on my phone (most people know it as Bust-a-Move). Plus I have the Bubble Bobble theme tune (from the computer game) as my ring tone.

Retro and sad. I worry myself sometimes.

I did win an award on my mailing list last night though. I failed to retain the "Top Notch List Member" from last year (Yay to Spud), but did get the "Best List Linker" award, so I'm happy :)

Currently sat in a branch office sniffing the network for problems. Only occurred once since I have been here, so I'm hoping I can look at the trace and see the fault later on. But going home soon, and I can see Shell - yay!

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[link]   Posted @ 15:54

Well, its Sunday night (or Monday morning really) and I've had a busy weekend. Friday evening (after not having the kids), Shell and I went out and had a great time at Cheers and the Cabot. We didnt get home til almost 3am and I was up and awake by 8.30am. Shell went to work and I attacked the garage. Managed to find another whole carload of stuff to throw away.

The question is - how come I managed to move 3 times (and have 3 seperate clearouts not to do with moving) and still have anything left? The answer - cos I had so much shite to start off with!

Saturday night, me and Shell babysat for my friends Ben and Emma, and again - we didnt get home til almost 3am. I was up at 10am this morning :(

Shell went to work (doesnt finish until 8am Monday) and I started moving all my computers from the bedroom into the spare room. More space, more organised as well. I'll post a picture when I get the chance. However, I've already realised that I will need to leave window slightly open, as the 3 computers, 2 monitor, switch, etc, etc does get the room pretty warm.

I also have a funny picture to put up about internet acronyms, but I'll do that tomorrow (today) evening.

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[link]   Posted @ 00:08

Spent the morning in Bridgwater. The branch there has been having massive network problems the last few days, so I went to to take a look and see what was what. This meant installing an XP laptop last night (at home) with Ethereal, MRTG, NMap and NTop (see here for details), etc. All worked a treat this morning, and I have left it there to be monitored remotely.

Of course, while I was there, their problems didnt occur once!

Spoke to Bimbo earlier, and apparently the kids arent seeing me this evening as Rhiannon doesnt want to. Yeah, whatever.

So it looks like I'll be out in town for a bit later on. Shell is working tomorrow and also on Sunday, so I will be sorting stuff out around the house and probably moving all my computer kit into the spare room.

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[link]   Posted @ 15:05

This story made me think about whether anyone would notice if you or someone close to you vanished or died. If I did, a handful of people would soon be alert to the fact (some prompted by the lack of updates here). In the case of the brother in the story above, even his own brother didnt notice - for 18 months.

People that would notice my disappearance:
Shell
My kids
The Inland Revenue
Work colleagues/friends
My Boss
My sister
My Nan
My ex- (as money would stop)
Tim
Me ex- in-laws
Net friends
Friends at the local pub
BloodyExcellent readers

People that wouldnt notice:
My parents
The rest of the world

If however, I bought one of these, it would notice. I had (as did Shell) one of these years ago. I'll buy her one I think :)

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[link]   Posted @ 10:14

I just booked tickets to see The Circus Of Horrors at Weston Playhouse on the 11th February. Saw them several times over 2002/2003, adn they are awesome. Shell should love it :)

And now, I present, Wednesdays Waste of Time (or links for want of a better phrase):

You've heard of the periodic table - but what about the Table of Condiments - That Periodically Go Bad

Maybe Morissette really is Almighty God

David Hasselhoff claims he had hand in Berlin Wall falling. What the fuck?

Visit the Weird Picture Archive. Some of these are quite disturbing mind...


You are the grammar Fuhrer. All bow to your authority. You will crush all the inferior people under the soles of your jackboots, and any who question your motives will be eliminated. Your punishment is being the bane of every other person's existence, because you're constantly contradicting stupidity. Everyone will be gunning for you. Your dreams of a master race of spellers and grammarians frighten the masses. You must always watch your back. If only your power could be used for good instead of evil.
What is your grammar aptitude?

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[link]   Posted @ 12:04

There is a new search engine in town, and its called Booble. For some reason Google arent happy about the whole situation. Read this article from the BBC to find out more.

In more personal news...

Last night I won an auction for a Commodore CD32. I have a shed load of games for it in the garage, but never had an actual machine. Now I can play Chaos Engine and Worms again...

Some DVDs turned up yesterday as well.
House Of The Dead - one of my favourites from FrightFest 2003
The Jerk - a Steve Martin classic
Twin Peaks Season I - surrealism and brilliance from David Lynch

Speaking to one of my mates today (Hi Andy), he has offered me, not only his old TV for downstairs, but also a chest of drawers. An added incentive for moving my PCs into the spare room. Lots of stuff to move about (into the garage, etc), but worth doing.

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[link]   Posted @ 08:59

Reading through various blogs today and yesterday, it would appear there is a lot of comment about Ikea. I dont know why yet, as I cant be arsed to actually read about it. But lots of people are mentioning it.

Or, of course, it could be that 1 person has written something about it, 12 have commented and the world and his dog have linked to the original post, the comments and people are now commenting on the comments the world over. Me? I don't give a toss.

I did download the Ikea catalogue in PDF though. Why? Because I wanted to find a cabinet thingy for my lounge. Oh, and I did post something about Ikea yesterday as well didnt I? Crikey - I'm more topical than I thought I was.

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[link]   Posted @ 12:31