oh yes
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 20:09:34 2003

Friday night! Come ON! (Have it!)
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 20:09:24 2003

Go get your shine-box you cock-eyed f*ck. (Here's 10p etc.)
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 16:42:56 2003

The disclaimers make that sentence lose some of its impact.
John
- Fri Jan 31 16:41:25 2003

OK I stand corrected. So who are you agreeing with somebody else in potentially identifying me as gookie (sorry, it wasn't geeky was it) then, monkey boy?
John
- Fri Jan 31 16:40:50 2003

I didn't call you a geek monkey boy. I agreed with Rob. That's all.
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 16:38:22 2003

How are you calling a geek monkey boy?
John
- Fri Jan 31 16:36:41 2003

And I need spikes. Welldone MY OLD SON!
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 31 15:53:56 2003

Yeah, I agree with Rob. Tom and John do look really gookie.
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 14:58:39 2003

GOOD GOD ROB!!!!. I would like to hear about your escapades in more detail, however perhaps you might not want it to be via the medium of message board...
John
- Fri Jan 31 14:57:36 2003

Not such a bad idea dsp. I need to find some better pictures of some people and rearrange them a touch. The pic I used of you was pretty good but I think the Hawkins one could do with changing. And Tom looks a bit like a startled rabbit.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 31 14:56:03 2003

Should that be collagé? or collarrrrsh?
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 13:59:25 2003

How about merchandise based on the collage from the top?
dsp
- Fri Jan 31 13:46:28 2003

Oh, and I would have liked some notice, if you were going to be on campus, mate. Then I could have come along and thrown stuff.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 31 12:53:59 2003

John! Wasn't in this morning cos I pulled last night. :-)
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 31 12:53:31 2003

The censorship bit is done...
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 31 09:11:43 2003

Did I say 11? I meant 10. P.S. the coke vending machine is broken. Amusingly, on the careers advisory service board, there is a job advert for Burger King.
John
[via SMS at 31/1/3 9:04:47 ], - Fri Jan 31 09:10:56 2003

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am currently sitting by the vending machines outside the Gordon Lecture Theatre! Giving a lecture at 11.
John
[via SMS at 31/1/3 8:55:19 ], - Fri Jan 31 09:01:00 2003

Maybe a good idea Tom - I'll leave that one up to your discretion mate! :)
John
- Thu Jan 30 17:44:45 2003

Mayeb the script should just log those that are from unknown numbers and email someone to get permission to add it??
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 30 17:36:09 2003

Oh. Those old sim cards eh!
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 30 17:30:33 2003

--censored--
(unknown)
[via SMS at 30/1/3 16:35:49 ], - Thu Jan 30 17:28:54 2003

Rob, yes I do seem to see (or be involved in) a fair share of this kind of incident. Oh well.
John
- Thu Jan 30 12:29:57 2003

dsp: You know you want to.
john: You don't have much luck, do you mate?
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 30 12:04:58 2003

Actually I don't like London much today, I just saw a guy get kicked in the chest by some thug for no reason. I've written an article about it, in fact.
John
- Thu Jan 30 11:54:57 2003

I'm not biting.
dsp
- Thu Jan 30 10:56:57 2003

There's more to Britain than London?
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 30 10:52:48 2003

Tee hee! The yanks always fall for that "There is more to Britain than London" gag don't they!
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 30 10:05:08 2003

Beg to differ, Mr. Lang. I prefer Like a Stone to Cochise :) I've recently downloaded some Smiths...and a fine tune by Blur. Any of you seen the flick "24 hour party people"? I'd not heard of it but it seems like a British flick. Everyone's British in it. It's about the club, Factory, formerly in Manchester.
Travis
- Wed Jan 29 20:26:34 2003

I'll post a message then.
dsp
- Wed Jan 29 16:10:59 2003

I downloaded these and some others just a while back. Been listening. I like it! Very good. Not as heavy as I'd expected, but altogether excellent.
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 28 16:14:40 2003

T-Boy, like a stone is actually not their first single. Cochise is. And it is by far the best on the album!

The only things I would change would be to increase the contrast, bring out the red of the phone box a bit. To make the text a bit stronger, either make it bold or 'stroke' a line around it. Most paint packages can do this and you'll notice I do it a lot!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 28 10:34:28 2003

Rob and John. Email your addresses over to tom@rowanboy.co.uk. dsp, we have yours.
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 28 10:32:58 2003

Rob - don't worry about it! We kind of half guessed you'd be away at the weekend anyway... Hmmm I didn't think the little icon I made was so wonderful, I was quite surprised you liked it. Any idea how I could make it better? I quite wanted to outline the text, but couldn't work out how to do that...
John
- Tue Jan 28 09:53:39 2003

By the by, Rob, the song is 'Like a Stone' by Audioslave. Simply ridiculous guitar. That guy rocks.
Travis
- Tue Jan 28 02:58:55 2003

Oh, another thing. John, the little button you did for your pictures is fab and should be included higher up the list on the front page. Perhaps even first!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 28 00:19:41 2003

Tom, Two Months? It'll take that long for the Station tailor to re-rank all of my bloody uniforms! It would be an honour to wear No 1s to your wedding. T-Boy, Audioslave is brilliant. Buy the album or I will torch you. Yes, from over here.

Sorry, I have been a bit of a shit friend recently (especially to John and Chie, sorry, I shall make it up soon), I shall explain all of this in due course...
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 28 00:18:38 2003

Rob (or whomever might know), has Audioslave released a second single? I've heard a very cool song twice that has some impressive guitar playing in it. Reminds me of Rage.
Travis
- Mon Jan 27 23:14:44 2003

Flt Lt Lang. It is required that you wear No 1 uniform for our wedding. Get polishing. You have two months.
Rowanboy
- Mon Jan 27 19:24:55 2003

Despite changes, it's still crapping out... I'll see what I can do about ssh access for you John.
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 27 17:15:06 2003

You need to see this, John. A Japanese-English expression of an overly relevant mood: http://www.engrish.com/recent/source/en-crapworld.html
Mark
- Mon Jan 27 16:00:42 2003

Yeah John, of course it was Chie.
dsp
- Mon Jan 27 14:32:43 2003

It was Chie that wanted to go in there, not me.
John
- Mon Jan 27 14:30:32 2003

Hence the urgency in get the SMS working. You were planning to send a message from Argos all along. Shame on you. A shiny award for "the first pre-meditated catalogue-based retail SMS post" is on it way to you.
dsp
- Mon Jan 27 14:15:48 2003

So Tom, any idea why that one wasn't posted onSaturday?
John
- Mon Jan 27 13:22:02 2003

Hi!
Tom
[via SMS at 26/1/3 16:51:18 ], - Mon Jan 27 11:40:43 2003

I'd like to receive all due shame for being the first person to submit a message whilst waiting in a queue in Argos. Bloody Argos.
John
[via SMS at 25/1/3 15:11:17 ], - Mon Jan 27 11:40:28 2003

Tom, is there any way I can get an ssh/telnet login to the server that is running the SMS gateway? I might be able to fix some of these problems remotely then...
John
- Mon Jan 27 11:38:54 2003

Perhaps there's been a localised meteor attack in Theale.
dsp
- Mon Jan 27 09:49:01 2003

Doh! I'm sure you all will get it working again! If it was left to me, well... whose to say! ;)
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 27 09:47:07 2003

I havn't touched the form itself, thats kind of an agreed interface. Love.
dsp
- Mon Jan 27 09:43:23 2003

Yep it calls the same one as the board does... Hmmm well unless you've changed the names of the entries in the form (which it doesn't look like you have) it should still work fine... Hmmmm I wonder if a female relative of Tom has been around to do a spot of cleaning and has helpfully turned off all the power switches or something?
John
- Mon Jan 27 09:41:05 2003

How would that happen?
Oh yes I did comment out a load of:
if FORM_SRC = "SMS" then...
How stupid of me.
The sms-submit script does call the cgi-bin addmsg.pl doesn't it? (that is what the www form calls).
dsp
- Mon Jan 27 09:37:35 2003

Could it be that Tim's additions to the add message script have stopped the SMS gateway working...?
John
- Mon Jan 27 09:28:46 2003

Tom - I tried submitting an SMS yesterday but it didn't get there... Has it been turned off or something?
John
- Sun Jan 26 11:39:16 2003

Tim - it looks very smart.
John
- Sun Jan 26 11:38:32 2003


dsp
- Sat Jan 25 19:20:49 2003

This utility will popup new board posts! It should save you time and bandwidth.
dsp
- Sat Jan 25 19:02:20 2003

And XML character encoding. Again, thanks O'Reilly Peacock. Well worth the wonga £££! Ps. Trying to think of a word containing posh letters, my solution: cliché!
dsp
- Sat Jan 25 19:00:39 2003

I think I've got to grips with Perl now. Thanks O'Reilly Lama!
dsp
- Sat Jan 25 18:59:16 2003

Its a test!
dsp
- Sat Jan 25 12:39:08 2003

I see. In the US, we call it "text messaging" and it's unfortunately 10 cents per message last I knew (I haven't used my cell phone/mobile in months). Good luck with the lady, Rob.
Travis
- Sat Jan 25 12:15:03 2003

I shall repair the damage to you last updated bit. It'll take my mind of last night's hangover!
dsp
- Sat Jan 25 09:44:08 2003

After my next trick, I will be your vb-whore!
PS. Is everyone on at least Win2K? Or are there some NT4s and 98s around?
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 15:43:45 2003

Tim, you've always been my perl goddess. Erm.
John
- Fri Jan 24 15:40:52 2003

Oh come on John, its easy!
Now I am a Perl godess, I'll fix it tonite in 5mins!
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 14:58:57 2003

On the funny side, you can see the precise time it stopped working :-)
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 14:44:23 2003

John: I editted the \board\addmsg.pl then uploaded it to \cgi-bin\addmsg.pl
I think that might be why.
We need a version control method, (or at least remove the \board\ one.)
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 14:26:42 2003

Tim I have noticed the script no longer writes out the date/time of the most recent message so the board monitor doesn't work. Any idea?
John
- Fri Jan 24 13:18:54 2003

Ping
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 12:38:34 2003

I will rise above that.
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 11:30:27 2003

You've been looking at our code Rob!
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 24 10:46:54 2003

I think it senses from where the mobile is, if it's north of Watford, it just says "Unlikely to have the technology: must be a hack!" ;-)
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 24 10:40:36 2003

John: I kept getting banned last night. Couldn't work out why so blatantly disabled it. Does it sense spam? Or does it require IP manually adding? IPs from dial ups are so random is it worth doing by IP? Fool.
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 10:29:52 2003

John, no, we only lost a couple of me saying "test".. and Tim's "Hi Mike".
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 24 10:25:36 2003

The SMSgateway needs a bit of testing :-)
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 24 10:24:57 2003

Will it work like a charm?
Tom
[via SMS at 24/1/3 10:20:36 ], - Fri Jan 24 10:22:08 2003

Tim I secretly really love that. Nice.
John
- Fri Jan 24 10:18:08 2003

Excellent Tim! Now, can that be added to a sort of backend news feed? Perhaps the last twenty messages?
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 24 10:14:57 2003

Well. I'm think I've fixed it. Tests please throught the day. Can someone send one between 10:15 and 10:20 please?
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 24 10:13:54 2003

This is of course phase 1 of my evil plan.
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 10:11:16 2003

Ooops!
Last night's effort resulted in the ability to do this: access xml message!
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 10:10:21 2003

Tom, can you check the logs? Did any messages go missing?
John
- Fri Jan 24 10:10:05 2003

Last night's effort resulted in the ability to do this: dsp <tim@nonhostile.com>
Home, Lounge - Fri Jan 24 01:16:45 2003

John: I've done something mildly contraversial which I'll discuss with you today.
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 01:12:36 2003

Fingers crossed...
dsp
- Fri Jan 24 00:55:21 2003

Standardly it was whilst showing someone.
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 22:15:27 2003

Really Tim? Did you send a message that didn't arrive?
Johntti
- Thu Jan 23 21:20:19 2003

Has the SMS thingy broke?
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 19:01:47 2003

Me neither. Sad isn't it?
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 23 17:33:30 2003

No.
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 17:00:00 2003

Have you been down the pub?
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 23 16:56:10 2003

"The message board of love!" A song idea? (HTML embarassment)
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 16:38:40 2003

"e;The message board of love!"e; A song idea?
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 16:38:10 2003

All thanks to the message board of love!
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 16:37:39 2003

I hope she reads the message board, discovers how you feel and love blossoms. Then we can write a love story about the board, sell the rights, and one day you may be played by Hugh Grant in a mega cinema epic.
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 16:37:22 2003

I've just had lunch with a girl I really really fancy! :)
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 23 16:15:07 2003

v. v. v. quiet!
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 15:07:58 2003

Seems quiet.
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 15:06:43 2003

Well spoken Tim!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 23 11:09:04 2003

T-Maid: SMS is Short-Message-Service which allows you to send abount 160 character message from a mobile phone to another mobile phone for about 10 pence or one of your shiney nickels.
dsp
- Thu Jan 23 09:05:04 2003

I'm obviously ignorant...of both life and of computerspeak. What's this SMS business?
Travis
- Thu Jan 23 03:47:51 2003

Its so addictive. Bugger.
Tom
[via SMS at 22/1/3 20:15:12 ], - Wed Jan 22 20:20:18 2003

Wow! This page has reach <60KB already!
dsp
- Wed Jan 22 15:09:01 2003

Arse!
Rob Lang
[via SMS at 22/1/3 14:31:57 ], - Wed Jan 22 14:34:50 2003

Online nerdiness!
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 22 14:33:23 2003

Have you fixed it Tom?
John
- Wed Jan 22 14:21:04 2003

Test again.
Tom
[via SMS at 22/1/3 13:59:42 ], - Wed Jan 22 14:14:49 2003

Ahhhh... Tom I think I know the problem. What happens when the script runs but there is nothing to read on the phone? I guess the messages file would be more or less empty, and that first line of text would be blank... Can you put something like if len(s)>=2 then around line 98?
John
- Wed Jan 22 13:58:19 2003

Jim. Bob. Test. This will never work! What was wrong with my computer?
(unknown)
[via SMS at 22/1/3 13:46:47 ], - Wed Jan 22 13:49:49 2003

You weren't standing near the bakery when you sent that message were you Tim? We didn't take cheese topped bread into account when writing the script.
John
- Wed Jan 22 13:47:24 2003

Do you want me to go back to Morrisons and re-create the bug?
dsp
- Wed Jan 22 13:43:50 2003

The VBS script. It died with a mismatch.... and then immediately worked again. Line 98.??
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 13:38:38 2003

A crash? What crashed? gnokii? The script?
John
- Wed Jan 22 13:17:09 2003

Clearly the script thought your message so important, that it believed it worthy of posting twice, Tim.
John
- Wed Jan 22 13:16:24 2003

FYI: I only sent the Morrison's SMS once.
dsp
- Wed Jan 22 13:07:23 2003

OOh. John.. We had a crash a while back..
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 13:07:08 2003

Hello from Morrisons!
dsp
[via SMS at 22/1/3 12:45:46 ], - Wed Jan 22 13:05:16 2003

Hello from Morrisons!
dsp
[via SMS at 22/1/3 12:45:46 ], - Wed Jan 22 13:04:48 2003

And yes. The phone IS held together with tape. I an wondering what happens if i send a really long text message. Will it cope? Well that should be long enough!
Tom
[via SMS at 22/1/3 12:30:55 ], - Wed Jan 22 12:39:49 2003

http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/tom/smsgateway/
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 12:26:25 2003

Spot on, Tom, me ole china. Spot on.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 22 12:19:18 2003

Bollocks! ITS Done.
Tom
[via SMS at 22/1/3 11:42:30 ], - Wed Jan 22 11:43:25 2003

Before I go ahead and modify that - and easy change! - is this what you had in mind?
rowanboy
[via SMS at sometime], - Wed Jan 22 11:39:25 2003

Even blocks html, Nice.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 22 11:25:17 2003

html link from sms? [via SMS at 22/1/3 11:20:04 ]
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 22 11:25:02 2003

You lot really need girlfriends/wives. [via SMS at 22/1/3 11:20:13 ]
dsp
- Wed Jan 22 11:24:48 2003

I would prefer it if the sms info went underneath the message with the other info. Easy fix? Btw, nice work lads. R. [via SMS at 22/1/3 11:15:16 ]
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 22 11:19:50 2003

(a href=http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/bull.htm) How handy (/a)
Graf
- Wed Jan 22 10:27:06 2003

There is no need whatsoever to send this by SMS as I am sat in front of my PC. [via SMS at 22/1/3 10:17:43 ]
John
- Wed Jan 22 10:24:47 2003

(smug) That's done automatically if it knows your phone number (smug)
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 10:15:44 2003

Hello world. How do you put your name in then? Graf [via SMS at 22/1/3 10:12:37 ]
graf
- Wed Jan 22 10:14:48 2003

Well. That was painless. The script runs every 5 minutes, so be patient.
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 10:08:37 2003

This is going via the server. [via SMS at 22/1/3 10:04:22 ]
Tom
- Wed Jan 22 10:07:35 2003

Yeah will do! I just got up (sleep = healing!). I'm sorting out the cabling and then moving the software over from the devlopemtn box to the production system.. (ooh sounds good eh?) I'll send the number to those who post regularly once it's tested. If anoyone else wants the number, let us know!
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 22 09:58:11 2003

Hopefully Tom will send it to you when he has set up the "release" version on his server - last night was kind of a prototype. I've written a brief article if you're interested in finding out how we did it.
John
- Wed Jan 22 09:21:12 2003

So what's the number then?
dsp
- Wed Jan 22 09:01:39 2003

Boo [via SMS at 21/1/3 23:25:13 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 23:37:06 2003

Test c [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:26:46 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 22:27:32 2003

Test b [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:26:36 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 22:27:19 2003

Test a [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:26:16 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 22:27:07 2003

It even does locking. :-) [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:25:12 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 22:25:32 2003

10 [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:07:56 ]
Tom
- Tue Jan 21 22:08:13 2003

Hello message board! [via SMS at 21/1/3 22:03:33 ]
John
- Tue Jan 21 22:06:04 2003

Hello are you ok [via SMS at 21/1/3 21:29:12 ]
sMsgName
- Tue Jan 21 22:00:40 2003

I wish! I wish! ;-) [via SMS at 21/1/3 20:25:39 ]
sMsgName
- Tue Jan 21 22:00:28 2003

This is a really nerdy thing to do on a tuesday. [via SMS at 21/1/3 20:08:08 ]
sMsgName
- Tue Jan 21 22:00:18 2003

This is an HTTP POST test.
John
- Tue Jan 21 21:39:47 2003

This is an HTTP POST test.
John
- Tue Jan 21 21:39:26 2003

Nice tim! I always screw up the paper doing that. CAN I DO IT, TOM?!?
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 21 18:03:42 2003

Will they use one of those crocodile bitey staple removers to get them out?
dsp
- Tue Jan 21 17:44:01 2003

oooooh, human staple gun!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 21 17:42:09 2003

It's not like they used stitches either - I'm stapled together!
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 17:01:50 2003

Had we known sooner, me and Tim might have offered to do the operation for you, on the cheap, using the network skewer. (and perhaps some gaffa tape)
John
- Tue Jan 21 16:55:40 2003

Rubbish. I'd still be waiting to see the consultant!
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 16:54:14 2003

On the NHS, you'd be dead by now.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 21 16:50:40 2003

Ouch!
dsp
- Tue Jan 21 16:43:28 2003

Um. The insurance gets paid by Sarah's company. We pay a top-up for me (amount unknown by me!). I guess it cost BUPA quite a bit though. Put it this way, a 15 minute consulation was billed at 110 pounds!!
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 16:26:09 2003

Tom: You say you were treated at Bupa. Is that expensive?
dsp
- Tue Jan 21 16:05:26 2003

John: Feel free to bring the missus.. how would you get over? Unless Rob is driving?? What time do you want to come? Sarah says she's not really up to cooking as she has a few things to get done - paperwork I think - and I only eat mush anyway. So i'd eat before you come over I recon..
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 15:00:53 2003

Rob, the new info site layout is now at http://community.rowanboy.co.uk
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 10:37:51 2003

Is it OK for Little Miss Chie to come along too?
John
- Tue Jan 21 10:37:41 2003

That sounds top banana john!
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 21 10:36:08 2003

Tom, how about tonight?
John
- Tue Jan 21 09:44:25 2003

Tom: hope you're healing. Have you got strange alien abduction scars?
dsp
- Tue Jan 21 09:20:12 2003

Handwritten mate! It was pretty painful to start with, but I'm doing ok now... when you guys coming over? I need entertainment!
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 19:17:31 2003

Tom - have just been and read your entries from when you were in hospital... Were these all written by hand and typed up when you returned home then? Or could you use a laptop in the hospital? Hmmm those first few hours after the op sounded pretty horrible...
John
- Mon Jan 20 18:11:08 2003

I've kept all the old stuff just in case!!
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 18:07:11 2003

Nice mate, much better. However, less stylish. May I recommend you lose the two vertical black bars either side. Also, your header repeats in a wide monitor. It's a lot more bland than your old site, which I don't like. Also, the colours are little off. You can try http://www.colormatch.dk/ for some matching colours. Also, the header looks like it's just slapped on and doesn't really fit with the rest of the site. Don't like the way the LJ loads into the iframe like that. Also, the iframe could stretch to the bottom of the screen. Sort of prefer your old site, even though it was less information driven.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 20 17:56:18 2003

Awww! Hence asking about the message board and RSS...
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 17:30:17 2003

I loved the newsfeeds thing Tom, it made me feel all warm inside.
John
- Mon Jan 20 17:26:15 2003

Gentlemen.. I've gone online with this early, so that I can take on board your ideas and objections to the layout and colours (rob!!).. I intend to mess with them a bit anyway ok. please try out http://www.rowanboy.co.uk ITS NEW.. check the newsfeeds... :-)
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 16:52:30 2003

"I keep submitting 'VB' as a Priority-1 bug, but apparently no one here knows how to fix it." - Nick Hodapp, Visual C++ .Net Product Manager
John
- Mon Jan 20 16:48:20 2003

Nice, but carries the bulge of VB.
dsp
- Mon Jan 20 15:40:06 2003

Nice Tim! That was what I was aiming for...
John
- Mon Jan 20 15:09:31 2003

Yeah, I was playing with system tray balloons, like "your network is unplugged"
dsp
- Mon Jan 20 14:51:43 2003

Tim - did it work? Tom, no there's no RSS feed... It's possible I suppose, but a little bit awkward...
John
- Mon Jan 20 14:36:51 2003

John, is there an RSS feed for the messageboard? If not, why not. You'll see why later on today.
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 14:32:16 2003

Just testing my Board Watcher!
dsp
- Mon Jan 20 14:23:07 2003

Remember Tom, sip it!
dsp
- Mon Jan 20 13:04:09 2003

Careful now Tom.
John
- Mon Jan 20 11:49:13 2003

Well done sir! No more an F. Off. then? I think I go and have a drink - water - to celebrate!
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 20 11:30:16 2003

Congrats Rob! How's the old handle-bar moustache coming on?
Mr Tim
- Mon Jan 20 10:38:37 2003

Aaaahhhh I see your title. Congratulations sir! I always though Fg Off looked a bit rude, to be honest.
John
- Mon Jan 20 10:35:57 2003

Errrr... what is?
John
- Mon Jan 20 10:35:09 2003

Subtely different.
Flt Lt Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 20 10:09:47 2003

Nice Tom! Good to hear all is well. Ish. Don't expect to be left alone for long!
Rob Lang
- Sat Jan 18 22:58:54 2003

Coool!
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 18 17:39:20 2003

Good to hear you're home safe Tom! I'll get in touch soon about coming to visit...!
John
- Sat Jan 18 14:30:57 2003

Well. Firstly, thanks for all your concern guys - I'm doing okay today! That sounds incencere in text doesn't it, so I need to add this: :-) I got out of hospital last night at about 1900, after a comfortable, if somewhat dull, day. The operation was a success, and thankfully they did it all through the keyhole method. Secondly, visits would be much appreciated over the next two weeks. I'm up and about and really mobile (which was a pleaseant surprise to me). I just have to be careful for a couple of weeks. I'm just going to type up and post my journal entries, so check my website in an hour or so.
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 18 14:23:07 2003

Yea actually it works OK for me now too - I just had to change a couple of flags to get the refreshing thing OK. The icon flashing... hmmm is that sarcasm? It is one of the cheesiest pieces of code I've ever written!
John
- Sat Jan 18 13:50:53 2003

Works fine here. Does it poll the board automatically, or do you have to hit update to refresh it? V. impressed by the flashing icon though, didn't know you could do that!
Graf
- Fri Jan 17 17:08:06 2003

monkey.
jim
- Fri Jan 17 15:50:52 2003

OK you can download a very pre beta crappy version here. It probably won't work, but it includes some very shoddily written source code so you can probably fix it yourself...
John
- Fri Jan 17 15:22:38 2003

...or maybe I have just worked out how to solve that.
John
- Fri Jan 17 15:13:40 2003

Tim: the monitor program is actually a bit poo at the moment. I can't seem to work out how to stop the CInternetSession thingy from caching, so it keeps receiving the same version of the page and as such it isn't very useful. Clearly this is a schoolboy error... As for Tom being in the pub, I reckon that won't be the case for quite a while - he's not supposed to drink until he's all healed up if I recall correctly...
John
- Fri Jan 17 15:10:30 2003

Tom, if you're reading this: GET WELL SOON And that's an order.
Fg Off Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 17 14:57:11 2003

If Tom comes out of hospital, will he be in the pub?
John: Can I have your monitor program please.
dsp
- Fri Jan 17 13:10:04 2003

Just another test message.
John
- Fri Jan 17 09:43:39 2003

Thanks Sarah! We were all a bit concerned so it's good to hear it all went OK...
John
- Fri Jan 17 09:24:34 2003

Hi, Tom is fine but very sore! They managed to do everything by key hole so he's happy about that. If he's recovered enough then they may even let him out of hospital this evening. I'll keep you guys informed. Please feel free to email me on the above you you want our home number so that you can call Tom when he's back. I'm sure that he'll welcome any calls or visits over the next two weeks.
Sarah <sarah.clifton@integralis.com>
- Fri Jan 17 08:54:15 2003

John: I've emailed you Sarah's mobile number. I thought it was best not to post it to the board :) I used your John@maison... address.
Graf
- Thu Jan 16 19:31:54 2003

Oh it has a flashing icon... HOW cheesey?
John
- Thu Jan 16 18:14:20 2003

It must be miller time pretty soon.
John
- Thu Jan 16 17:37:53 2003

In fact, I've written a little desktop monitor thing... I can make it pop up when a message is posted.
John
- Thu Jan 16 17:15:35 2003

I never get bored of the 'nice pear' gag.
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 16:52:50 2003

I made a cheesey mod to the message board script so that the time of the last message posted can be seen on the main page via the somewhat dodgy medium of iframes... The idea being you have less pages to check to see if there has been an update... Please let me know if it works OK with your browsers... Cheers.
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:55:26 2003

It would seem so.
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:49:25 2003

Read a bit of those surgery things, am I right in thinking Tom has a rip into his chest cavity allowing his tummy in?
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 15:45:48 2003

Andy, do you have any numbers for either of them other than Tom's mobile and the house?
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:44:52 2003

FWIW, I contacted Tom earlier about visiting, and he said that would be cool and to get in touch with Sarah about it. Having said that, I've no idea where he is either.
Graf
- Thu Jan 16 15:31:38 2003

It will be good though, no, really.
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:14:59 2003

And another test...
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:12:59 2003

Just testing.
John
- Thu Jan 16 15:09:44 2003

Kawaii.
John
- Thu Jan 16 14:35:13 2003

thank you. I have to go back to work now.
little panda
- Thu Jan 16 14:26:39 2003

Hello sweetheart! Hmmm I have no idea - that isn't very useful is it? It could be either way round I guess...
John
- Thu Jan 16 14:11:56 2003

hello! does anyone know how to read the best before for batteries? I bought lights for bike with batteries but one of them was leaking. and the battery says 01-08. Do you think it means Jan 2008 like English way or 2001 Aug like American way?
little panda
- Thu Jan 16 13:45:04 2003

Doh, I forgot the password, there was meant to be a link here: his website.
John
- Thu Jan 16 13:21:01 2003

You can find a full explanation of what he's having done on his website. It sounds painful to me. I think the operation is today, and he'll then be kept in for the next few days... I'd quite like to drop in and visit him, as I imagine he'll be phenomenally bored, but I don't know where he is exactly... I'm going to try and get in touch with Sarah later on today I think.
John
- Thu Jan 16 13:20:18 2003

Sorry, XMsmelL
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 13:18:51 2003

Anyone using and loving XML?
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 13:18:20 2003

Why is he in hospital? Are they surgically removing his wallet?
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 13:07:43 2003

I guess Tom's in hospital now isn't he? It would be nice to give him a call to see how he's getting on, but I'm guessing he's not allowed to used his mobile in the hospital... Hmmm...
John
- Thu Jan 16 12:51:02 2003

Thanks Tim! As it's just me lolling around not doing very much most of the time, I imagine they're largely a bit bland from a third person perspective, but hopefully there are one or two good pictures intermingled among the not so interesting ones...
John
- Thu Jan 16 12:26:28 2003

Nice piccies John!
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 12:19:49 2003

I finally finished uploading my pictures from Japan today. If you're interested, you can see them here.
John
- Thu Jan 16 11:48:49 2003

How about a USB harmonica?
dsp
- Thu Jan 16 09:37:57 2003

Thats the only problem.. :-)
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 15 15:25:42 2003

Hmmm... sounds interesting... but I thought we said the 'maison couldn't do PHP...? Anyway, we can talk about it later like you say...
John
- Wed Jan 15 11:29:26 2003

John: I have been playing around with something (in PHP funnily enough) that would *possibly* transform the maison... we shall talk after my op!! I shall eb chaing rowanboy.co.uk to work this way I recon. I may even accelerate the recordedlife.com project if any of you are interested...
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 15 00:26:57 2003

John: I have been playing around with something (in PHP funnily enough) that would *possibly* transform the maison... we shall talk after my op!! I shall eb chaing rowanboy.co.uk to work this way I recon. I may even accelerate the recordedlife.com project if any of you are interested...
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 15 00:24:35 2003

John, what's your point?
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 14 17:28:58 2003

Nostalgia alert: They are repeating Knightmare and The Adventure Game on Challenge TV. The Adventure Game is absolutely classic, although it's a later series and the talking aspidistra has turned into a teapot. Look here http://www.joolsweb.co.uk/tag/ if you can't remember or it.
Graf
- Tue Jan 14 15:23:32 2003

That's a bit like saying monkeys are the bi-product of cheesey 80s action films.
John
- Tue Jan 14 12:25:14 2003

Indeed. Milk, and cheese the biproduct of Hamburgers.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 14 11:34:44 2003

I'm not sure that statement is entirely true. Firstly, of course, milk which comes from cows has to go through a secondary processing phase before it becomes cheese. Secondly, I'm not totally sure biproduct (or by-product) is the word your looking for: by-product, n.

1. Something produced in the making of something else.
2. A secondary result; a side effect.

John
- Tue Jan 14 11:11:15 2003

I'd just like to say that cheese is a biproduct of cows. Thankyou.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 14 10:35:54 2003

Would that be a Tone - short for Anthony - or a auditory tone? ;-)
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 13 16:07:22 2003

Don't come that tone!
dsp
- Mon Jan 13 14:42:25 2003

And a 'fireguard' is clearly someone who guards the fire from the theiving heathens...?
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 13 14:19:23 2003

Oh I see. Are egg plants made of eggs then? Is kitchen roll a bit like a swiss roll but kitchen flavoured?
John Again
- Mon Jan 13 14:15:02 2003

Duh! Then they would be Jaffa Biscuits! Could it be any clearer?
dsp
- Mon Jan 13 14:12:45 2003

Sounds like a more expensive pastime though. I paid 99p for my digestives, and I must have got over 30 of them. Jaffa cakes are more like a quid for 12. Anyway, technically, are jaffa cakes really biscuits?
John
- Mon Jan 13 14:07:33 2003

12 digestives is still pretty good going. Now, try a record for eating Jaffa Cakes and you'll probably get higher values. Oh, and my earlier post was supposed to say 'completely *random* interest', not 'completely interest'. As in, I do actually have some interests other than whether or not John has seen Ring. ;)
Mark
- Mon Jan 13 13:30:17 2003

Yes, I've definitely now reached the biscuit event horizon. I did alternate with a rich tea just now, which helped slightly, but still, I can't see me being able to eat any more digestives for a while. I may have damaged my record attempt - I assume the biscuit identity has to remain consistent contiguously throughout the run in any kind of record breaking feat involving biscuits. Consider, if you will, the jacobs cream cracker challenge. This would become an absolute farce if people were allowed to insert hob nobs, or god forbid, jaffa cakes, willy nilly inbetween cream crackers.
John
- Mon Jan 13 11:47:28 2003

Biscuit fatigue has definitely set in. I am floundering around the 9 or 10 mark.
John
- Mon Jan 13 11:23:58 2003

What's the maximum quantity of digestive biscuits any of you has eaten in a day...? I'm currently aiming for 12, which may be my personal best.
John
- Mon Jan 13 11:15:35 2003

Nope I haven't. I've not really seen a great deal of Japanese films. The only ones that come to mind are Battle Royale, which was probably the most disturbing film I've ever seen (I think this was the intention) and Gohatto, a film about gay samurai, which was excellent.
John
- Mon Jan 13 09:12:38 2003

John, out of completely interest, have you ever watched any of the Japanese 'Ring' films? (Scary enough that the forums for those films give posters titles like "Further along the Spiral", and "The Chosen Infected".)
Mark
- Sun Jan 12 22:39:46 2003

Yes I went and had a look Tom. It was nice. However, I'm not sure you meant to write "Comment's". Do you mean that this section belongs to someone called Comment? Hmmm.... P.S. Thanks I got your message last night, although I was drunk by the time I got it, so sorry I didn't reply... We'll have to meet up sometime in the week instead...? Unless that is, you want to randomly come along to a works outing involving pies with me tonight - you'd be very welcome.
John
- Sat Jan 11 13:53:53 2003

I now have a PHP guestbook with a mySQL backend. Go to my site and click the link at the bottom marked 'guestbook'. Can you please test it for me???
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 11 13:07:25 2003

Rob, perhaps I can come up with something? You could run a script on my box, but have the data appear (in an iframe) in your area of the maison???
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 18:06:15 2003

perhaps you meant: http://www.readingrestaurants.com/cross_keys/
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 17:30:40 2003

Doesn't work! Is Chiesan up for it?
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 17:29:24 2003

Mmmmm.... Cross Keys...? Mmmmm....
John
- Fri Jan 10 15:58:27 2003

If you can't tonight John, what about tomorrow? Just to keep the options open.. :-)
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 15:31:11 2003

Yup. I'm limited to 5Gig per month. Hmm....! Seriously, I will move to another supplier if I need *big* bandwidth and space.
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 15:30:16 2003

Yea Tim, you tell them! Despite the minor niggles, I actually really like our package. SQL is for girls.
John
- Fri Jan 10 13:53:40 2003

Virtual Names gives you limited webspace, <150MB and restricted bandwidth something like X MB per month, 10 POP3 vs Unlimited. Sounds like a load of pony to me (IMHO)
dsp
- Fri Jan 10 13:48:20 2003

Good that you got your gallery working Tom - now you just need to upload a few more pictures :). Dunno about sending email via mobile phones anymore, there used to be sms->email gateways (probably still are), but these days my phone does email natively (Sony Ericsson t68i).
Graf
- Fri Jan 10 12:51:10 2003

Win32 Gnokii seems to live here :- http://www.deboer.gmxhome.de/Gnokii/
Graf
- Fri Jan 10 12:42:06 2003

if you go to http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/tom/test.php you will find a file that tests a php installation... and the maison clearly doesn't have php right now... *when* it does, try again!
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 12:39:02 2003

Can your linux package do ASP?
John
- Fri Jan 10 12:36:20 2003

I use virtualnames.co.uk - all linux based - and I get both as part of my package. I'm surprised that you lot don't have that as a reseller..???
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 10 12:32:51 2003

It's ok, I already know perl and php... I won't bother.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 10 10:47:17 2003

On our Fasthost domains you can use Access databases and ASP with ADO for free. I know its VB Rob and it makes you feel dirty, but it is very productive and JonE and myself can support you.
dsp
- Fri Jan 10 10:26:36 2003

Oh! Right... didn't know you were hosting this on another server! I thought it was on your own server. Sorry about that.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 10 09:42:33 2003

Ah. There we go - fasthosts charge 25 quid + vat a month (very steep!) for use of a MS SQL server... On the other hand they charge 50 quid + vat a year for use of a MySQL server. They make out that it's best to use MS SQL with Windows 2000 servers (as all of ours currently are), and MySQL should be used for linux domains (I don't think we have any of these yet). However, I would imagine this is just a recommendation, and not a fixed requirement.
John
- Fri Jan 10 09:17:04 2003

Rob: we don't have complete control over our domains - we can't install our own software, at least not to my knowledge... In the control panel they give us, there is the option to add an SQL database but it is charged... If Tim or Jon know of a way to get mySQL going I'd be more than happy to have it here - I'd like to use it myself too!
John
- Fri Jan 10 09:04:46 2003

Rob: Just looked for bodgeworld.com and its available. Quick, register it today (UKReg). (no commision)
dsp
- Thu Jan 9 22:26:12 2003

mySQl is free, as is PHP. It works on IIS. If you don't want to put it on, say so. ASP is based in VB. I don't like VB. A whole world of bodge. PHP is based in perl and although perl gives you enough rope to bury yourself, at least its powerful. Fair play. I'll excerise my PHP lifestyleee elsewhere!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 9 17:14:12 2003

Thanks mark, wow, you learn something new everyday! I'll now have to come up with something about the van that follows your rules.....
Alex
- Thu Jan 9 15:00:16 2003

Got my cable... Gnokii is working and it's really smart! However I could only get it to fly under linux. However, it does everything we want, so it ought to only take a couple of hours of development effort to get the SMS to message board demon working...
John
- Thu Jan 9 13:44:48 2003

I've got all that on mine at home.
dsp
- Thu Jan 9 13:18:19 2003

We would have to pay an extortionate fee for an SQL server... plus I think as the server is IIS based it just doesn't do PHP at all... Can't you make do with ODBC and ASP...?
John
- Thu Jan 9 12:55:34 2003

I like PHP and mySQl and as I do a lot of coding I would like to use it on my site. I don't think that's unreasonable.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 9 12:42:21 2003

Oh, yea, just to be geeky. Haiku are 5-7-5, BUT the first line has to mention a season, and the second line has to have a 'shock' or 'stopping point' at the end. So the pattern is "blah blah Summer blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah OUCH, blah blah blah blah blah". If it doesn't follow that, but is 5-7-5, then it isn't a haiku but is something else in Japanese that means 'not quite a haiku'.
Mark
- Thu Jan 9 12:05:12 2003

PHP and MySQL? May as well run the thing with Slashcode, then..
Mark
- Thu Jan 9 12:02:41 2003

(click my URL) http://www.giveboobs.com/ FANTASTIC!
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 9 11:26:31 2003

I also have mySql.. I'm even thinking of *de de der* using it soon!
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 9 11:03:12 2003

Cheers T-Boy. Look! Tom has PHP on his server. Could we have PHP and mySQL on the maison purlease! *nice smile*
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 9 10:05:12 2003

John: Actually, you might be right. I think some haikus are 3 - 5 - 3. So we could both be right!!
Alex
- Thu Jan 9 08:52:15 2003

Damn. Guess I won't be posting for some time then...all my posts were to be about nudist groups who employ industrial calcium. Still, sorry to hear about your van, Rob. My car ails as well. *sniffle*
Travis
- Thu Jan 9 01:52:11 2003

Did somebody try and post HTML there? No thanks, we don't want any industrial calcium or nudist beaches, thanks very much.
John
- Wed Jan 8 17:59:17 2003



- Wed Jan 8 17:28:13 2003



- Wed Jan 8 17:27:56 2003

It could also poll the board and email new messages, might just do that anyway!
dsp
- Wed Jan 8 17:27:54 2003

As an alternative, I have written POP3 polling/fetching software which could be modified in an A-Team stylee to serve as a gateway to the board (with magic Spam protection of course). The issue is then sending email from your phone. Which I'm sure Andy G has knowledge of.
dsp
- Wed Jan 8 17:22:20 2003

John: I have a Win2000 box which is more or less permanently on. I'm sure Jon Ellis has many but can't come to the message board right now...
dsp
- Wed Jan 8 17:16:31 2003

How odd. Excellent... must get a guest book.. anyway: I don't actually run a Linux box *shock horror* - but I do have several Solaris 8 systems... Hmm.. wonder if the serial port will drive the phone?????
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 8 16:01:23 2003

ello, we stumbled across your pics page and liked it so were leaving a message. bye x
tessmon and chunk <tess_mon@hotmail.com>
- Wed Jan 8 15:54:21 2003

Tom, I tried but I failed. I thought good old cygwin would be able to do a build, but I couldn't get it to work... Don't you have a linux box you could run it on? Wouldn't that be easier?
John
- Wed Jan 8 15:53:14 2003

Alex, I bow to your superior knowledge of poetry!
John
- Wed Jan 8 15:47:34 2003

Graf: http://rowanboy.co.uk/php/gallery/
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 8 15:42:17 2003

John: Its 5 - 7 - 5 syllables!!
Alex
- Wed Jan 8 15:31:48 2003

Thanks, John, that's brilliant! *tear*
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 8 15:31:26 2003

Tom - I'll have a quick look to see if I can knock up a build...
John
- Wed Jan 8 15:26:15 2003

Alex: I didn't recognise it as Haiku because it's too long!
John
- Wed Jan 8 14:36:17 2003

I won't take any criticism from anyone called "Pengy".
John
- Wed Jan 8 14:35:21 2003

John, you don't have a win32 build of Gnokii, um, built do you? I don't have a windows compiler... I could spend hours sorting one out, or then I could ask one of my mates (ie: you) who compiles stuff all the time......... I have an 8210 and cable all lined up an connected!
rowanboy
- Wed Jan 8 14:34:22 2003

That's brilliant John!! However, I'm very disappointed that given your Japanese knowledge you didn't recognise my effort as a shining example of that most elegant form of poetry, haiku. Your poem definitely kicks my poem's ass though - well done!
Alex
- Wed Jan 8 14:22:01 2003

RE John's comment about Multi-taking. If he can write huge long odes about a van then he obviously has no work to do.
Pengy
- Wed Jan 8 13:56:14 2003

Alex - was that to the tune I thought it was? You've inspired me to write my own ode here.
John
- Wed Jan 8 13:14:06 2003

A poem for Rob's van: Goodbye yellow van/ It was but a tiny dent/ But insurers suck.
Alex
- Wed Jan 8 11:33:02 2003

Thanks for the support John, I am really going to miss the old bugger. :(
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 8 11:16:53 2003

Yeah, happens all the time. Whats best is when the jobs are for the same person, and the make a higher priority then bollock you for making no progress on the others.
dsp
- Wed Jan 8 11:04:58 2003

Is anyone else expected to multitask in their jobs to such a degree that they just end up thrashing and hardly get anything done?
John
- Wed Jan 8 10:20:30 2003

Don't mention the PhD! The 'maison is meant to be a haven from such horrors... Yes I shall have to pop to the forum again at some point...
John
- Wed Jan 8 08:51:44 2003

Oh yea. Oi, Monkey bloke. Get over to the YakYak boards and decide if you're going to the London meet in Feb or the RetroVision in March. Decisions in the positive are appreciated, but those in the negative are fully understood. (How is the PhD going anyway?)
Mark
- Tue Jan 7 22:08:02 2003

Oh mate! Really sorry to hear it... All good things come to an end though I suppose. If you feel like drowning your sorrows at some point, please let me know.
John
- Tue Jan 7 18:02:18 2003

They've written off the van. Looks like I am going to have to sell it. :(
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 7 17:37:37 2003

No, no, not pointless! I get disconnection fever when I'm out and about and can't access the 'maison... However with the new SMS gateway I ought to be able to still contribute in real time wherever I find myself...
John
- Tue Jan 7 17:16:55 2003

Nice, John. Pointless, but NICE.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 7 17:01:52 2003

Tom (or anyone else): if you do have a suitable phone with a data cable, you might want to have a play around with gnokii or something similar for doing stuff with SMS... I was hoping to use this as the basis for the SMS gateway.
John
- Tue Jan 7 16:35:16 2003

Any with data cables...?
John
- Tue Jan 7 16:32:59 2003

I have some spare phones if stuff breaks....
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 7 16:23:50 2003

It still works. Clearly you had future proofed it from the outset. Well done sir.
John
- Tue Jan 7 16:07:11 2003

I had forgetten about the submit tool. Thanks John!
dsp
- Tue Jan 7 15:42:58 2003

I was testing Tim's message submit tool... I have just ordered a data cable, and have located an old mobile. I have a feeling a SIM card will become available today (Chie is buying a new phone), and I've taken a look at the software... So I ought to be able to implement the SMS to message board gateway pretty soon...
John
- Tue Jan 7 15:19:55 2003

What, the internet, John? I think it still works.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jan 7 14:18:34 2003

Does this still work?
John
- Tue Jan 7 13:50:14 2003

You are going to, um, love this. Well, you'll laugh a lot. You need sound to get the whole effect... http://members.aol.com/COUNCILMW/KnightMasonsUSA.html
rowanboy
- Tue Jan 7 12:27:46 2003

You're too right Mark. Nine out of ten academic papers I read are, to quote the Archbishop of Canterbury, "bollocks".
John
- Tue Jan 7 10:01:06 2003

Mark: You've just talked yourself out of those bonus points, son.
dsp
- Tue Jan 7 09:01:40 2003

I didn't mean (to nest) them (so (heavily)), I didn't know (that the (forum) server would eat (my) (carriage) returns).
Mark
- Tue Jan 7 00:40:36 2003

So. How are you dsp (Tim (married (in Blackpool)) Hastings)?
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 6 18:08:35 2003

Mark: Bonus points go to you for the nested parenthesises(?) in your last post.
dsp
- Mon Jan 6 16:07:08 2003

I can't do tonight (cadets), and the only day it looks like I can do is Friday... anygood? *nerd alert* I'm posting this from a Javastation running Debian, and Mozlilla booted from a Sun Ultra 10 running Solaris 8 and it's fucking slow! *nerd alert ends*
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 6 15:55:40 2003

Hi everyone, Happy New Year and all that, and welcome back to John after his Japan Jaunt. I had a friend tell me the other day that I might get depressed if I don't go to Japan myself, which I'm sure made at least some sense, but I've been cut off from that area recently as the Japanese course has been cancelled during the holidays so the only vaguely Japanese thing I did over the holidays was to watch Ringu (which was nowhere near as scary as everyone (including my Japanese teacher) says it is - creepy and tense, yes (which is still pretty good), but scary nope.) (I suppose it probably didn't help that I watched it with Raj, but I won't repeat any of his comments because they'd spoil the film for anyone who hasn't seen it.) Well, can't say much else at the moment, so I'll just leave you with a thing I read in the Staff Handbook for Brookes that left me distinctly impressed: "The problem with bad academic writing is that it's infectious. You read it, and don't understand it, so you feel stupid; and you then try and disprove that stupidity by writing your next paper in just as complex a way. Many excellent, clear, and concise explanations have been avoided or deleted by their own authors because they 'sounded too primitive or childlike'." I think that's brilliant, and the worst thing is, I've seen it happen.
Mark
- Mon Jan 6 15:41:12 2003

Yes here I am again in old blighty... Although it almost doesn't make any difference in terms of my presence on the 'maison... Thanks again for the lift Tom! Sorry again about not going to the pub last night - I was asleep myself within ten minutes of sending that last message! Is tonight any good for a rematch? Anyone else feel like joining in...?
John
- Mon Jan 6 14:14:07 2003

Welcome back, John, me ole slag. Hope you're not lagged too much. Of course, we could reduce that lag by plugging you into a higher bitrate switch... AAAAARG!
Rob Lang
- Mon Jan 6 11:21:17 2003

I looked in each day as new ones were added. Fantastic! I was like being there... hope you're more awake this morning 'awkins!
rowanboy
- Mon Jan 6 10:26:08 2003

A little piccy rendered last week, a building for Icar.
Rob Lang
- Sat Jan 4 14:42:04 2003

I'd just like everyone to take note of John's Japan photos. There's only a few pages up as yet but they're all quite excellent! I recommend you ALL surf through to John's page NOW and go through the photos. Some of the sunsets and the ones of the Castle at the start are my favourites. Nice one, John.
Rob Lang
- Sat Jan 4 14:40:28 2003

Spamming once is forgivable. But FOUR TIMES? No sir, no.
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 4 13:59:46 2003

Spamming once is forgivable. But FOUR TIMES? No sir, no.
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 4 13:59:43 2003

Spamming once is forgivable. But FOUR TIMES? No sir, no.
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 4 13:59:42 2003

Spamming once is forgivable. But FOUR TIMES? No sir, no.
rowanboy
- Sat Jan 4 13:59:41 2003

Roger that, Tom-san.
Rob Lang
- Sat Jan 4 11:03:24 2003

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Omkari Devi Dasi <omkari_devi@yahoo.com>
- Sat Jan 4 07:44:24 2003

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- Sat Jan 4 07:40:35 2003

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Omkari Devi Dasi <omkari_devi@yahoo.com>
- Sat Jan 4 07:16:53 2003

Awww thanks guys, you're the bestest! See you in England!
John
- Sat Jan 4 03:00:53 2003

Right. Nice one Rob. I should be finished by about 14:30, so there's plenty of time. Sarah can't help actually - she's seeing her family, so it'll be me or you dude! Will speak to you on Sunday about 12:00 to confirm.
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 3 14:35:10 2003

After all, it's only Heathrow. I drive further to my Squadron!
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 3 14:01:30 2003

One of us will pick him up. I'm free Sunday afternoon.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 3 14:00:59 2003

Thanks Tom! But if you can't make it, don't worry - I don't want to put Sarah out too... Why don't I just give you a call when I land and you can let me know where you are then... I'm going to be offline now as it's almost bedtime here... If I get a chance, I'll check the board in the morning, but failing that I'll just give you a call when I land... Cheers!
John
- Fri Jan 3 13:30:16 2003

I'm going on a walk with cadets in the morning, but I *should* be back and able to get to Heathrow by then. If I can't make it, I'll have Sarah pick you up (Will check with her first!!!).. Check back later for a *definate* answer ;-)
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 3 13:23:26 2003

Actually that's not quite right Tom - I was looking at the wrong time. The flight gets in at 16:10 on Sunday... However, I guess it'll take about another half an hour after that to get through customs and security and so on. So, around 16:45 I guess we should be ready to leave the airport.
John
- Fri Jan 3 12:35:04 2003

Yes Tom! I'd love it if you could give us a lift... But if it is at all incovenient for you please don't worry - we can go by public transport instead.
John
- Fri Jan 3 12:25:48 2003

Tom, my flight is scheduled to get in at 15:55 on Sunday, and yes, it is Terminal four (sorry about that).
John
- Fri Jan 3 12:22:43 2003

I too have a deep love of RATM, but I guess all good things come to an end, and we just have to accept that they're gone and Audioslave are here sort of instead. So I'm prepared to keep an open mind about Audioslave... I'll get back to you once I've bought the album and played it through a few times...
John
- Fri Jan 3 12:18:15 2003

John: what time do you land (at Terminal *FOUR*)? and would you like me to be there (if I can)?
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 3 12:17:11 2003

Rob: Yeah, you're correct. Chris Cornell is the fellow's name, I believe. I preferred Rage.
Travis
- Fri Jan 3 11:56:58 2003

That is cos I am far superior than yao.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 3 10:53:21 2003

Dammit Rob, you beat me to a "said the bishop to the actress" style comment.
John
- Fri Jan 3 10:49:58 2003

Yeah, I heard that about you, Tom.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 3 10:43:52 2003

Tim: not really my speciality, but I'll give anything a go!!
rowanboy
- Fri Jan 3 10:06:02 2003

I noticed Tom has a load of books somewhat precariously stacked on one of his servers... Is this what you mean by load balancing Tim?
John
- Fri Jan 3 09:43:11 2003

John, correctomundo. if you don't have teir CD yet, SHAME ON YOU. They're ab fab.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jan 3 09:35:46 2003

Rob: Sorry to hear about the funeral.
John: Alright there?
Tom: What do you know about Load Balancing web servers? In particular under Win2000?
dsp
- Fri Jan 3 09:11:13 2003

Rob, Am I right in thinking Audio Slave are in fact Rage Against The Machine, minus Zach De La Rocha, plus the bloke who used to be the lead singer for Soundgarden...?
John
- Fri Jan 3 08:07:25 2003

Yea Rob, sorry to hear that. What a way to start the new year! I hope you're not too down about it mate...
John
- Fri Jan 3 04:25:18 2003

Sorry to hear that mate. I'm sure (s)he got a good send off though... :-(
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 2 23:51:58 2003

Just been to a funeral. Met lots of people what I know. Poor bloke. The church was packed with blue!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jan 2 17:17:46 2003

Did you guys have a good "sort of" Chistmas and New Year? Did I mention my lovely wife bought me a digital camera.
dsp
- Thu Jan 2 13:17:15 2003

Yeah. There are "sort of" some pictures of our "sort of" party!
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 2 12:35:40 2003

Hey Tom were there any pictures from your new yea bash...?
John
- Thu Jan 2 12:12:37 2003

Is that a fuzzy logic "sort of", in the same way I am sort of eating the Taj Mahal...?
John
- Thu Jan 2 11:55:11 2003

I'm about to head off to work...wondering how's the weather for you all. It's been cold, snowing, and raining quite a lot lately here.
Travis
- Thu Jan 2 11:53:45 2003

I am sort of working.
rowanboy
- Thu Jan 2 10:35:01 2003

Well it could be worse...
John
- Thu Jan 2 10:14:11 2003

That would be yes. Sulk.
dsp
- Thu Jan 2 09:48:53 2003

Oh, right, that time. Is anyone back at work today?
John
- Thu Jan 2 09:42:27 2003

Hmmm.... I wonder what time it is in England now.
John
- Thu Jan 2 09:42:00 2003

Sounds good Rob! I will be back in service from Monday (6th January)...
John
- Thu Jan 2 04:12:11 2003

John, please don't forget to bring one back for me.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 1 11:38:38 2003

John-knee-boy and Tommy-boy, when John gets back from his travels, fancy going to dinner somewhere? (alright, you can bring the women)
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 1 11:38:10 2003

Ooooh new message board! Happy new year everyone!
John
- Wed Jan 1 08:14:01 2003

Happy New Year. And everything.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jan 1 00:47:09 2003