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I've been concerned for a little while now that “functionality” isn't really a word – I always thought “functions” or “features” were more succinct and sounded less like someone trying to talk up what they were doing… out of curiosity I popped it into Dictionary.com, and this is one of the things I found: functionality…
I'll get straight on with it shall I ? There's a lot to write about. This week I've been to 3 (count them, 3 !) bands, which is probably 2 more than I went to in 2003. If you can spot any kind of unifying theme here, then you're doing well. Monday night I went…
I love that our work Windows Password Policy is set for strong passwords – i.e. when you set your password, it must be longer than 8 letters, contain a mixture of upper and lower case letters, and at least one number, and not contain your name (or significant chunks of your name). There are reasonably…
Don't ya hate that when you discover that you've been saying something incorrectly for rather a long time ? In this case, I think since about 1998 whenever I've been describing to anyone the paroxysms of laughter I used to dissolve into whilst singing The Anvil Chorus with the Cantabile Singers, I've explained that we…
A better title for this might be “Fun with Wireless Broadband, Part 2”, but it's sort of relevant as-is. Saturday I decided to pop down into the city to go to a computer fair to pick up a new (working) ADSL modem, cos I wasn't gonna just sit by and have unusued bandwidth at the…
I do hope I don't sound like I'm always complaining about this place – I'm really enjoying being in the UK, and wouldn't have traded the decision to come over for anything (maybe for a dinosaur, but that's just a pipe dream)… But I tell you what, life seems to be needlessly comlicated over here,…
I've been trying to write something for the past few days, but when I'm at work I'm meant to be… well… WORKING, and when I get home I'm usually too knackered to put together a blog entry. Mind you that didn't stop me stayng up til 2am wiritng my six-monthly message to the folks back…
I think I've discovered the exact opposite to perpetual motion ! This morning I had to go to the mail depot to pick up a couple of parcels that nobody was home to receive (don't even get me started on how much I love the Royal Mail…), and on the way from the train station…
Wow, surreal day. I bought some Blu-tack the other day, and noticed an important difference (it's the little differences that mean so much) between the English way and the Australian way: ours comes in a long narrow pack, with about 5 or 6 long strips of the stuff. Here you get a short, squat pack,…