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Limited updates from me today, just shut my finger in the car door, so only my left hand is in action.Not broken, but can't type so well. Oh dear, can't do the housework either.Made my first mapplet on Friday. Going to investigate more, mapplets and ...

Portchester weekender

Spent a smashing weekend in Portchester as it was Mum's birthday yesterday. Headed over Friday afternoon on the train, meeting up with Andy on the way in The Golden Lion. Not a great pub but a good evening anyway and some nice pints of HSB and a chat...

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Today I invented a brilliant new thing, called "podcasts"

Was surfing for news of Kid Rock yesterday, as a friend has been working with him and I was wondering if she'd show up in any paparazzi shots of him stumbling out of nightclubs or anything. No joy there, but he was interviewed by the Guardian yesterd...

Great book, slight repost

I've got this book and it's great, a full history of all the drinking establishments in Folkestone and surrounding villages. And here's a rare copy on ebay, starting bid 99p.Splendid weather today, think the storms have moved North, it's bright and c...

Mothers day update from The George in Rye

Mothers Day is nearly here. If you haven't sorted anything out yet, fear not: we're hosting a Mothering Sunday Lunch at The George in Rye.Your mum will feel like royalty and you can all enjoy a lovely menu from our head chef Rod, full of the promises...

Cheaper DRM free downloads from play.com

Announced earlier this week, www.play.com have only got EMI on board so far, but that's a big chunk of the record industry. The tracks will be free of DRM so you'll be free to play them on any player and copy from computer to computer I think, also t...

Apple Airbook

There's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ...

Not sure where that came from...

... but I just got my old PC internetting wirelessly at last, without needing to buy any new bits, and by following a forum post from 2005. How many times have I tried this and failed? This time I tried something new, and it worked. I think I was ins...

Twitter

Just revisited twitter.com for the first time since I don't know when, as I noticed it was one of my jabber instant messenger buddies. I must have set this up when it first launched, but I don't think it worked right away. I just sent a message to my...

Day of SPORT

No, more likely day of EATING, with SPORT for dessert. Don't suppose we'll see any of the England v Estonia game today though you never know, we will be in Canterbury. There's some kind of food fair on in Dane John gardens, which is near the bus stat...

Ricky Gervais

Ricky's on TV tonight, the trailer didn't look very funny at all though :-( here is an updated from www.rickygervais.comHelloIt's the last week of Ricky's 'FAME' tour and there are some newly releasedproduction seats available for today (Monday ) and...

Hacking the WidePod

OK, I have not actually hacked the new ipod Touch yet, I do not have one and have not seen one in the flesh, but I wanted to have a post on subject anyway. I love the idea of being able to go online on the device, but if it's all geared towards just...

Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)

Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu...

Technology, and how it cancels itself out

Bah, got my wireless camera working in the house at last, for the first time since we went over to BT HomeHub and all the settings changed, and what happens the very same day? The IPOD stopped working. I suspect Apple monitor the blog and heard about...

Should I buy me a new IPOD?

It feels like ages since I bought myself something new, should I get a video ipod? It feels a little be decadent, as my old IPOD is still working just fine, after four years or however long it's been, I just want some of the new functionality, like ...

RE: Do these look poisonous or what?

I'd say no - Russian Roulette with mushrooms does not sound like an interesting way to die. It does sound like an amusing way for someone else to die though, you would be the source of many jokes.In other news, I heard this quote from Douglas Adams t...

Mac H8erz

Just browsing del.icio.us, I see only 141 people have bookmarked these new Mad ads with Mitchell and Webb, but over 400 people have saved this rant against them....

RE: osx

hmmm so i think i meant which config store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/61144040/wa/PSLID?mco=26BBDC17&nclm=MacBookPro&wosid=BP4m2Yjt8LWP2G8e4sl1XH7JxB8as there's a few - just curious to know how quick it is and stuff. having real problems ...

Blood on the tracks

Watched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea...

Mmm, iPhone

Looks good actually, 3.5 inch screen, and 4GB (or 8GB) storage, along with wifi. Oh and it's a phone, camera, etc, looks like a neat little device.Gizmodo reviews it here....

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Interesting pop chart changes afoot, now downloads are eligible for the chart even if there is no corresponding CD single available. As this is a relatively new technology, changes are happening all the time I'm sure, but this is quite a meaty one. W...

RE: That's top of my list too

it was financed mainly by Sequoia, the venture capital firm. Previous investments for them included Apple, Paypal, Cisco and ironically Google itself. They put $11m in, which gave them around 30% of the equity. Plus those rumours of spending $1m a da...

Bluddy Grate

better than pineapple. And then some.

All the best, Pauly. I'm crap at reading blogs so hope we all stay in touch elsewhere. I'm hoping you find something good really soon.

Earl Brownes set menu

Not a review, but something I've done before... we're off to Earl Brownes in Hythe for a post wedding feast next month, and as we're such a huge crowd they've asked us to pick in advance from a set menu. So, here is that set menu, to give you an impr...
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RE: I think it's not cheap

naw, youd be right there. We had a couple of the flash G5 workstations at my previous works. Actually we have a couple of hundred at the new place. any way. hardware for them is not cheap, and neither is software. There is a fair bit of open source a...

Another scorcher

Maybe it's the nice weather, but every day this week I've not been able to sleep properly, not at night, and not on the train, bah.Plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to a visit from the family, taking them to Escondido for lunch and then out ...

Organic food deliveries in Folkestone

Got a brocher through the door from Abel Cole, a mixed box of organic veg for a tenner a week, sound like a good deal..?This week's box will contain;Apples In ConversionBlood OrangesBroccoliCarrotsFennelJerusalem ArtichokeKiwi FruitPotatoeswith all i...

Habitat Radius Oak Dining Table

More Habitat Radius Oak Furniture, this dining table. Far too big for us, and optimistically priced I'd say at �490. Got some new bargain offers from Amazon too, PSP Giga Pack with 4 games at �310, it'd be great if you could pick your own games, but ...

Digg

Hmm, are Apple really going to give me a free battery? That would be nice. Via digg.com, a newish slashdot.org type thing. Got lots of nice AJAX functionality on it....

search.cpan.org: HTTP::Cookies::Safari - Cookie storage and management for Safari

Damnit, why should safari cookies be different? This sounds like a bit of a bodge, but I am having trouble on popex where users of safari (the browser on macs) are being logged out all the time. It's seemingly because safari sets cookies differently ...