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Wicked fire

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UXB

I’ve seen for the first time today a logo with the rather worrying initials UXB.

Previously UXB has only stood for one thing, Unexploded Bomb. With the move by Apple to Intel processors, they have introduced a transitional binary file format which will function on PowerPC as well as Intel and named it UXB – [...]

Big Garden Birdwatch 2006

The results of this year’s garden watch are good but slightly disappointing. Good in that there were a number of new species, some like the Bullfinch and Siskin are not common garden feeders yet disappointing as there were comparatively small numbers of the more common species like Blue Tits.

I only saw three at one [...]

Good vibrations

If I could play one musical instrument well, if would have to be the organ.

Not only do you have to be able to play with both hands, you have to be able to use both feet – all playing at the same time. If the organist is playing Bach, your feet, your left hand [...]

Le mot juste

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Gonzo

Early in on the road to Vegas…

“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, [...]

Blog update

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Nelson

I’m pleased to announce that my Slackware box which is hosting this blog, my site and FTP server has reached an important milestone. It’s been up now for, if I may purloin a cricketing term, a Nelson.

A Nelson is of course 111. In these terms not 111 runs but 111 days, or eleventy one [...]