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As yet, no progress

Posted in on my blog on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So, I was hoping to put up a new update this week, but as I’ve not done any work for… well, anything, I don’t have time for that. So, instead, here’s another filler post
Back soon! Janek x

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Woops

Posted in on my blog on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So, I’ve been at a conference, and then spent the week running around, and now just promised my supervisor that I’ve have my upgrade document ready for him to look at on Monday. So, I’ll be back sometime next week with some updates, after I have recovered. Damn side-projects.
Meanwhile, here’s something dishy I [...]

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Serenity

Posted in on literature, on me on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Fog.
An all-encompassing thick soup of fog.
The clock chimes 3.30, but few hear it.
The city is peaceful, serene, empty;
and yet filled with sleeping minds and distant dreams.
The smoke from my cigarette twists whistfully into the night,
a car speeds by on another street,
the moment seems mine and yet shared, invasively.
A child-sized bench sits damp from dew,
5c placed [...]

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Palin Bailin’

Posted in on the US Election, on the government on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

So, everyone knows by now that Sarah Palin has decided to leave office. No one quite knows why. I don’t think SHE even knows why. Try listening to her resignation address, or her spokesperson’s interview with Anderson Cooper, and if you understand it, please tell me.

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MacGyver to the rescue!

Posted in in pictures, on the interblahs on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As an engineer, you need only two tools. WD-40 if it doesn’t move and it should, gaffa tape if it moves and it shouldn’t.
Anon.

I’d like to thank Wired.com for this wonderful, wonderful link. As an engineer, I’m often called on to fix things. This is not how they usually turn out. [...]

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A not so cool thing

Posted in on gay rights, on homophobia, on homosexuality, on the government on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The whole business with DADT and rights of the Gays in America keeps dragging on, and Obama proves to not be fighting so hard. Here’s what was said by Alison Stewart and Keith Olbermann on the matter:

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A Few Cool Things

Posted in on nothing in particular on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I read tonnes of things online every day, and here are some of my favourite videos (or links to videos) that I wanted to share:
Mrs Slocombe discusses her pussy

Web-Side Story
Those folks at CollegeHumor have put together this little ditty to the tunes from West-Side Story about, well, the internet: Link
Africa, complete [...]

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Addiction

Posted in on me on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not one who usually latches on to things relentlessly, but I’ve recently become addicted to True Blood and Nurse Jackie.
True Blood
After Six Feet Under (a favourite of mine) finished, creator Alan Ball moved on to the Sookie Stackhouse Novels by Charlaine Harris, presenting this great, wonderful, brilliant show. With Vampires.
It’s very allegorical, with [...]

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