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One of the problems with running a blog is the spam. In addition to the junk I receive through E-mail, I also get plenty of comments spam, from people hoping to get their little spammy plug onto my blog. They don’t succeed. Not only are comments to the blog moderated, but the automatic spam filters [...]

I first saw the Google Wave videos a few months ago, shortly after Google first announced the product.

It looked quite exciting, although admittedly it wasn’t something I was entirely sure exactly how I’d end up using. The simple benefit of a communication system which fused E-mail and chat was obvious, especially when it was [...]

A few thoughts this week, mainly as none of them were substantial enough for a full blog post.
Swine Flu
Jumping in first on the topic which is most likely to generate general interest, I’d once more like to point people at the post I wrote covering the H5N1 virus. Anton Vowl, over at ‘The Enemies of [...]

The third part of the ‘On art and Games’ series won’t be appearing this week, but instead will be up once its done. That’s not to say I’ve been ignoring it, but these things can take a while to put together, and I don’t want to fling the whole thing together in a rush. I’ve [...]

From the Moral Foundations test:
Harm: 3.5
Fairness: 4.1
Loyalty: 1.1
Authority: 0.6
Purity: 0.3
http://www.yourmorals.org/
Its a bit odd as my ideals are completely at odds with my personality. The figures here would suggest that I was a hedonistic and rebellious person, when I am nothing of the sort. (As anyone who knows me well would attest, although I’m fully expecting [...]

On my (one of my) first day(s) at school I arrived to find a new delivery of BBC Micros. The slightly imposing size of the system sat on its trolley obviously impressed a young me, yet what surprised me even more was seeing the system in operation. I was fascinated, and immediately decided it was [...]

On adding Guitar Hero III to my Amazon wishlist, I noticed that the box in the corner appeared to display the price, a lowly £28.99. Now surely this is wrong, and Amazon just didn’t expect the price to show, there is afterall no add to basket button, but it does make you wonder where they [...]

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A few hours!? But, but… that means I’ll actually have to work!
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I stopped working at Alldays over five years ago now and yet I still remember the barcode for a Creme Egg. Its probably some secret code amongst past cashiers, see who has served their time behind the till of a convenience store.
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Oh dear. I like Wikipedia, its a lot of fun and usually reasonably accurate, but I just stumbled across an article which was almost entirely false. I can understand a few misconceptions sneaking in, but what possesses someone to write about a topic on which they clearly have no idea; especially when its something that [...]