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- Once in a while, when I feel like I know what I'm doing (or it's a special day like today - St. Davids Day, patron saint of Wales etc.), I'll occasionally dare to utter a sentence or two in Welsh instead of English when speaking to an appropriate person who would understand what I'm saying. And then I'll get th impression that I sound a tad pretentious, presumptious and silly. After all, if someone dropped a Chinese phrase into a mostly-English conversation, my head would jerk back and I'd be mildly annoyed or piqued. |
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- Just get Sky to outbid the BBC for the rights to the Oscars, and then pretty much ignore the entire awards ceremony, in favour of: - constant plugs for the Scissor Sisters and Elton John - not coincidentally, Sky's pathetic presentation of the Oscars is brought to you from Elton John's party - The most exciting thing about the Oscars this year was that Chris Rock was presenting it. So what do Sky do? Cut down his witty bits to a three-minute opening prologue, and leave him out of the rest of the show. - have presenters who are far more obsessed by the parties and the costumes than the films and the awards - put Amanda Byron on the pink carpet for the party, and have her ask all the actors and actresses what they're wearing. |
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- (Yet another bloody meme about compiling the greatest album list of all time. Although of course consuming music via albums is merely a commercial/technical hangover from the 1950s-1990s. We're all now getting to grips with an era of consumer choice when we can get just the song we want for 79p each - hell, I just showed one of my computerphobic but muso-obsessed friends the power of iTunes UK. There won't be a similar list circulating the galaxynet in 2047...) Anyway... |
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- I am paying very serious attention to the idea of going to the United States between 11 and 24 March, mainly to get rid of all the leave I still have outstanding. I've already been quasi-invited to San Francisco and Sarasota to see some old friends (well, not that old) ... but if you're feeling bored during that time period and want to hook up / offer me your sofa to sleep on / go for wild nights on the town / offer me marriage (or anything really), then please please feel free to let me know :-) |
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- Never mind global warming, the war on Iraq, the rise of religious fundamentalism or the fact we'll all be under house arrest soon. UK Star Trek fans are planning to hold a rally to try and save Star Trek: Enterprise. Even though it's already been cancelled for good reasons. Even I stopped watching it (that theme tune really got on my nerves). |
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- One of the things drilled into me (not by choice) during my Louisiana State University journalism course was that for a feature story, an opening paragraph should ease you into the article in a warm cozy manner, emphasising the human interest angle. To me, that comes at the expense of the story itself - or "burying the lead" to use the American media parlance. This CNN.com story shows what I mean. (Spotted via Boing Boing) There's a huge 2,000-ton pile of cow manure in Nebraska that self-ignited and has been burning for three months now. |
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- It was just another normal dull Sunday afternoon. I'd come back from Cantonese class, and was making a stab at the washing-up, when suddenly the doorbell rang. Outside the door was a long-time e-friend, who I shall name Arizona Gal. I was delighted to see her, and knew she was in the country, but obviously wasn't expecting to see her. Especially in Cardiff. |
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- Thanks to the UK Weblogs Aggregator, I occasionally skim past the latest entry from Smoking Women Are Sexy, about the exploits of a "non-smoking teenager trying to get to grips with my (his) smoking fetish". He'd occasionally sneak pics of women smoking via his cameraphone, and upload them onto his blog - which of course leads to non-hilarious consequences when he gets caught, never mind the moral/ethical implications of what he was doing. Usually, I'd catch the latest entry, smirk snobbily at the boundary-less limits of human sexuality and fetishes thanks to the Internet, and move on. It's now the blog's first birthday and he's managed to do something that somehow doesn't work for me - he got a date with a smoking woman via the blog. She even let him light a cigarette. |
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- During the occasionally-traditional Friday night drinks, I end up at the award-winning Toucan Club at their Welsh-language music evening, watching The Gogs doing their energetic head-moshing rock thing. And watching the crowd, because I've had way too much drink at this point (4 pints, probably) to do much but observe. At one point, a short girl with shockingly pick bouffant hair comes in. Which makes a huge change from the uniform of skinny dyed-blonde-hair girls with handbags and boys with short hair, shirts and trousers at the club. (Not that I'm any different of course). |
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- It'd be nice to think that in this new all-design millennial era, the archetypal pony-tailed square-spectacle-wearing ice-cool (blue, naturally) designers of the world would conduct their flamewars with a little more class. My mate has finally made it into the hallowed halls of the CSS Vault Gallery for his contribution to design. A tad minimalist, but it does the job and I'd probably rip off research his CSS code to find out how he does a few tricks. If I knew how. Amusingly, however, it wasn't long before his entry got encumbered with a flame war, and insults like "Rich you're a twat... |
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- They've released the first proper trailer for The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy. On first glance, it looks suitably insane, zany and downright weird with fantastic special effects. It's going to be a good month for British sci-fi fans, what with this and Doctor Who later this month. Anyway, watch the trailer (legally via Amazon or a dodgy Quicktime version, and in the shot with the alarm clock, you'll see a BBC pass lying on the table. Nice touch! |
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- Being a total Flickr fan (so much so I might even pay for a year's subscription soon!), one of the great things about it is the way you can tag photographs to designate them a certain category, in much the same way that you can do that with Gmail. Naturally, you can also give photographs multiple tags. I've just downloaded Picasa, a new bit of photo management software. It's got lots of pretty features, but the main reason I'll use it as opposed to my existing "throw the pics into a specific folder in Windows and hope my memory copes" method is precisely the ability to multipally tag pictures. |
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- Once in a blue moon, I'll go and see a film without having read any reviews. I went to see Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), hoping for an action film that was slightly above the norm. Nope, it was absolutely average in every way, shape and respect. The main character had to have some extra motivation, the main enemy would be likeable, and it followed the three-act structure to the letter (just like Speed, in fact). None of the so-called action sequences were exciting and was just dull, dull, dull. |
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- Property investors seeking to buy in the new EU countries of central and Eastern Europe were today warned to proceed with caution. |
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- Leading Irish media group Thomas Crosbie Holdings today appointed David O'Sullivan as chief executive officer (CEO) of The Irish Post newspaper. |
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- The European Central Bank has left interest rates unchanged today after poor fourth-quarter growth data and signs of declining business confidence underscored worries about the strength of the continent's modest economic recovery. |
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- Joan Rivers. "The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it." [Quotes of the Day] |
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- J'aimerai me retrouver Pour une fois dans tes pensées Avant ce dernier suplice Juste pour un dernier délice. Tu as oublié de me regarder Tu as oublié que j'existais Alors pour une fois lève la tête Et dis moi quelle image est faite. Apparament rien n'est vu Pour toi je n'existe plus Ces derniers jour de refus, Un peu plus chaque jour, me tuent. |
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- Salut à tous, A titre personnel, j'ai dans l'idée de développer une petite appli qui me permettra, à partir d'une sauvegarde de mon joueb (fichiers binaires) de générer directement un fichier PDF avec le contenu des articles publiés (via Latex). J'ai commencé à m'attaquer à la structure des fichiers .sto, mais avant d'aller plus loin, je me demandais si vous auriez de la documentation sur le sujet qui me ferait gagner du temps, ou mieux encore des suggestions d'applis permettant d'extraire directement le contenu de tels fichiers (je suppose que de telles applis existent et sont utilisées lors de la restauration d'une sauvegarde ?). Il va de soi que si je parviens à mes fins, je mettrai l'application à votre disposition, afin que vous puissiez, si vous trouvez l'idée intéressante, l'inclure dans les fonctionnalités de Joueb (cela suppose que le serveur tourne en environnement Unix et que Latex soit installé). |
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- Pourquoi effacer de ma mémoire Ce que j'ai voulu y graver à jamais Les souvenirs de toi, sont la clarté Qui éclaire, la porte de mes espoirs Comment oublier le bleu de tes yeux Qui fait les océans blêmes et envieux Quand il me suffit de regarder le ciel Pour que reviennent ces instants immortels Pourquoi chercher à te retenir Quand tes lèvres murmurent « au revoir » Jamais Adieu, il nous empêche de croire Que demain les barreaux peuvent s'ouvrir Comment mon coeur est devenu ton antre Où plus personne désormais n'entre Je ne sais pas, je ne sais plus mais je veux Encore me perdre dans le bleu de tes yeux |
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- Salut!!! alors, je sais que tout le monde attend encore et encore la suite de mes petites aventures amoureuse, j ai decidé de donner quelques petits indices question de vous faire patienter jusqu au bon moment, et pour m aider a patienter moi aussi, car je sais que je vis surment les plus beaux moments de ma relation ( si relation il y aura!!! ;) ) |
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- jeg har en printserver (WIN2003) hvor der er installeret driver til konica 8020, driveren er EFI konica cluster 8020/31EU denne driver fungerer til alle WindowsXP maskiner men mangler AKUT!!!! en Printerdriver Til Windows98 |
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- Hej, Jeg kan ikke åbne links på min e-mails længere? Jeg har haft mozarella som jeg har slettet, kan det være noget med det at gøre? Nu er jeg tilbage til outlook express. På forhånd tak. |
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- Peliriippuvuudesta kärsinyt ex-nivalalainen mies sai kuuden kuukauden ehdottoman vankeustuomion Haapajärven käräjäoikeudelta. Tuomio kertyi 15 petoksesta vuosien 2004-2005 aikana. |
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- EZB senkt Wachstums- und Inflationsprojektionen FRANKFURT (Dow Jones-VWD)--Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat wie erwartet ihre Projektionen zu Wirtschaftswachstum und Inflation gesenkt. Wie EZB-Präsident ... |
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- StartupJournal | EnterpriseBy RIVA RICHMONDFrom Dow Jones NewswiresWhen GreenCine Inc. launched an online journal two years ago, the San Francisco online DVD-rental company hoped that a steady diet of film reviews, festival dispatches and filmmaker interviews would energize its community of cinephiles, turn regulars onto new movies and attract more members.It worked. The company's blog, GreenCine Daily, sparked a 20-fold rise in hits on the GreenCine Web site to about one million a month. Even better, films critiqued by the blog's two writers are often snapped up by renters. |
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Tanning (Mar 03 2005 14:52 GMT) - I just want to make a quick commentI have suffered from both on cycle and post cycle back acne which i have been complaining about on this board It has become a annoying problem, and its seems common Anyway, with the advise of a few members, i went tanning yesterday, and I have to say, I feel and... |
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- Writing device drivers is one of the few areas of programming for the Linux operating system that calls for kernel-specific knowledge. And device drivers literally drive everything you're interested in--disks, monitors, keyboards, modems--everything outside the computer chip and memory. |
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