Happy New Year ! J'sM - sounds a wise choice!! :)
Well, having young kids and no babysitter (on NY eve - come one, that would be unlikely!) The Memsahib and I are just relaxing in each other's company with a Blossom Hill :)
Actually I'm listening to MP3s and have to say, they sound better from WMP than iTunes... Did I *really* say that? Yup! 'Tis true. And I'm using decent Sennheisers....
Nigel
Mon Dec 31 22:33:19 2007
Being ancient, Keith and I have cracked open the Highland Park a couple of hours early. A Happy New Year to All, especially the Maison Mums!
John's Mum
Mon Dec 31 22:13:52 2007
Yes me and Chie are on our way to Rob's. Hope you all have a fun New Year's Eve!
John
Mon Dec 31 19:08:46 2007
Hawkins is en route. We await him.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 31 18:51:22 2007
:o)
Nigel
Mon Dec 31 17:51:56 2007
Cheers all! Tonight is Bourne Ultimatum night!
tom
Mon Dec 31 17:47:40 2007
TO EVERYONE: I am about to leave home, I hope that we all have a great 2008!!
Lox
Mon Dec 31 16:56:34 2007
Travis: I'd love to pass on the recipe it's quite simple... I have just finished a Dark Chocolate (average 80% cocoa) + 4 different types of nuts mousse, a mousse of dark chocolate (avg.80%) + a pear and pear liqueur mousse and the last special, a dark chocolate (avg 90%) mousse with SEVEN different spices and lime... Which one do you need? :P
Lox
Mon Dec 31 16:55:55 2007
Lox: That sounds amazing. I would love to take a look at a chocolate mousse recipe, but I understand if you would have to kill me if I saw the recipe. Our fare will be simpler and not prepared by my hands. Tallahassee is the state capital so I plan to take them to the Capital Bar and Grill, which is quite good. Then beer and gin and tonics back at my place.
Travis
Mon Dec 31 15:06:55 2007
Nigel: only if the sister in law is feeling better. Her illness postponed the trip until today if at all. We live about 5 hours from them and about 16 hours from the main bulk of my family. That is prohibitive in most cases except we try to meet up once per year. I saw my parents over the summer last.
Travis
Mon Dec 31 15:05:19 2007
Boooom!!! (ouch.. we lost John..)
Lox
Mon Dec 31 14:34:49 2007
Don't do that, it'll explode in 20 seconds. Idiot.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 31 12:29:58 2007
Rob, have printed out your last message onto rice paper and eaten it.
John
Mon Dec 31 12:03:12 2007
We are going to have:
4 Starters
Potatoe ravioli with rocket and several types of nuts sauce (I will cook this), then another pasta dish with black cabbage and sausage
then I will make a braized tuna steak with teriyaki sauce made by myself
some greens and lentils
I will then make three different types of chocolate mousse to close it up... All in all quite small compared to what we did other years... :)
Lox
Sun Dec 30 18:07:29 2007
Best of luck with the Mah Jong, John! It looks so fiendish - though colourful - and I know a guy who writes books on the subject - yet I have no idea what it's all about... :D
Travis - Family New Year? I often feel a bit guilty about these occasions. My nearest relative (on my side of the marital divide) is about 150 miles away. I know this is peanuts for you guys over the pond, but for some reason seems unsurmountable for us... :(
Nigel
Sun Dec 30 17:11:03 2007
What's on the menu, Lox? My brother and his wife are supposed to be coming tonight to spend New Year's with us, but my sister-in-law is sick so now the whole thing is in jeopardy.
Travis
Sun Dec 30 16:55:34 2007
Then tomorrow night we're going to see Rob - oh by the way Rob, I have no idea where / when etc!
John
Sun Dec 30 12:59:06 2007
Hello Nigel! Chie and I are going to visit friends of hers this afternoon to learn how to play Mah Jong.
John
Sun Dec 30 12:58:13 2007
Afternoon!! Anyone up yet? All busy getting ready for New Year? No, me neither! :) Just having a clear-out... Coffee time.
Nigel
Sun Dec 30 12:37:35 2007
Evening gents, I have spent all night talking about the coming New Years Party dinner, which as usual is going to feature me as the main cook for the evening....
Lox
Sat Dec 29 23:46:17 2007
John: I'll have to go check that out... :)
Tom: OK! ;) Anything like me and you'll probably be breathless by the end though! I will say it ties-up most loose ends very well... :)
Nigel
Sat Dec 29 21:47:10 2007
Nigel: no spoilers! I've got the Bourne Ultimatum on DVD ready to watch as soon as I get the time...
tom
Sat Dec 29 21:09:15 2007
dsp: hope all is well. I know how you must feel; whenever one of ours is proper sick, you have this overpowering feeling of being helpless. Awful.
tom
Sat Dec 29 21:08:37 2007
Apparently it was released in March! For some reason I only just heard it the other day.
John
Sat Dec 29 20:54:31 2007
Dear all - how ashamed should I be that I actually quite like that Acceptable in the 80s song?
John
Sat Dec 29 20:51:41 2007
Sounds very pleasant, Travis - a summer's day over here!! :) Kids were the main benefactors around here... !
Nigel
Sat Dec 29 16:22:45 2007
Because I grew up in Pennsylvania, I thought that the weather in Texas was hot, but it's now absolutely ridiculous here in Tallahassee, Florida. High temperature today of 75 degrees! In late December! Back in PA, it's 44.
Switching gears, anyone get anything good for Christmas?
Travis
Sat Dec 29 15:20:28 2007
nice blue skies here, i am having a lazy Saturday :)
Kev
Sat Dec 29 14:29:47 2007
Right, I'm off out for dim sum... with an umbrella.
John
Sat Dec 29 13:40:58 2007
... strike that... we have rain, Houston...
Nigel
Sat Dec 29 12:51:44 2007
Morning!!! :)
Sun!!! No rain!!!! :) :)
Nigel
Sat Dec 29 09:27:37 2007
Good night guys! Write to you tomorrow!
Lox
Sat Dec 29 00:03:33 2007
Just watched "The Bourne Ultimatum"... Phew! I'm rather dizzy now! :)
Nigel
Fri Dec 28 23:15:49 2007
Did you finish the jigsaw, John ?
John's Mum
Fri Dec 28 23:10:28 2007
Dsp: Finally you are back with us!!! What happened to Ryan... I hope everything is ok... Try give him some Parmigiano! :D
Lox
Fri Dec 28 17:27:46 2007
Hi dsp!! Hope all is ok with Ryan (though perhaps not, or you wouldn't be seeing a doctor...)
My computing probs are nothing compared to the health of family etc. but thanks. Yes, I always enjoy getting my hands "dirty" in the hardware!
Nigel
Fri Dec 28 16:49:31 2007
Hi guys. hope you are all having a great break. I'm off work too, but sat in the car outside an NHS walkFin centre. Ryan is poorly. Nigel, sorry to hear about your mac, sounds like you pc is eciting enough.
dsp
Fri Dec 28 14:58:49 2007
:)
Nigel
Fri Dec 28 14:39:56 2007
Hello chaps. I'm not at work today, whereas Chie is. This is great - absolutely no pressure to do anything whatsoever!
John
Fri Dec 28 13:36:41 2007
Afternoon - not raining.. yet
Kev
Fri Dec 28 13:22:20 2007
Morning... Raining...
Nigel
Fri Dec 28 11:12:45 2007
moArning... at work today as well....
Lox
Fri Dec 28 06:57:40 2007
Ha! Yes, that's not bad at all, Tom!! These new-gen Intel chips are the dogs' , aren't they? I actually just updated the Gigabyte system monitor, just in case I was getting false readings... Nope, 23-degrees at the moment... Mind you, I have to admit it would be hard to get that Thermaltake cooler into an iMac or MBP!! (Did you see my photo of it?)
Nigel
Thu Dec 27 23:14:52 2007
Not bad at all! CPU in (this) MBP is at 37C. Not even hot enough to do my washing!
tom
Thu Dec 27 23:01:30 2007
... and after a good thrashing the CPU is running at... 25-degrees-C... Am I alone in thinking this is truly, pretty Cool!? :)
Nigel
Thu Dec 27 22:17:21 2007
Evening all!! Typing on the Lian-Li - wireless driver problem sorted... :)
Kev: It's rained here most of the day! :(
Nigel
Thu Dec 27 21:56:03 2007
Good stuff MM!! Wireless is grand, I love it to bits! :D
Lox
Thu Dec 27 17:40:41 2007
Happy Cristmas Travis!! We're all a bit jaded here... New Year, well the kids don't really understand that. Christmas is a bit manic... (Talking personaly, of course!)
Well done MM! I've been polishing-up my Lian-Li PC... Just short of wifi at mo...
Nigel
Thu Dec 27 16:58:05 2007
Congratulations! Good news indeed. :)
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 27 16:08:36 2007
Well Rob, Cyberdad has finally done it!!!!!!! We have a wireless connection and I am adding this message from my laptop at the dining room table. So now it is not a performance to use the PC and I'm not banished to the study. Whooopeee.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Dec 27 15:59:41 2007
Been AWOL with a lot of work since I moved, but I wanted to check in and say a belated Merry Christmas to everyone. Is there a significant celebration for New Year's in your parts of the world? It's pretty massive here...so it's a cluster of big holidays from our Thanksgiving (late November) until January 1st.
Travis
Thu Dec 27 15:05:31 2007
Morning all, this year I am not in work. woohoo. At least its not raining yet Nigel :)
Kev
Thu Dec 27 11:16:58 2007
Morning guys! :)
Happily, I'm not. However it *is* a grey old, miserable old, wet old, gloomy old day, so ...
Nigel
Thu Dec 27 09:29:04 2007
In work too
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 27 09:21:33 2007
Morning! I'm in work...
tom
Thu Dec 27 08:43:59 2007
a VERY quiet day today.... Well tomorrow I am back at work, I am so not looking forward to it... But I have decided to go to show my goodwill hoping that in three months time I will not have to tell you about my present employers not confirming my contract... :(
Lox
Wed Dec 26 19:07:20 2007
John: Funnly enough, I have got several work mails from Japan as well... (GROAN)... BUT, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! :D
Lox
Tue Dec 25 09:28:02 2007
Just logged on to check some stuff at work (groan...), but while I'm here let me take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
John
Tue Dec 25 09:02:18 2007
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!
tom
Tue Dec 25 08:31:37 2007
... and a Merry Christmas to all the other Maison regulars! I hope you are enjoying the festivities!! :D
Nigel
Mon Dec 24 23:39:40 2007
Sheri: Joyeux Noel, to you! :)
Bryan: Compliments of the Season - have a splendid time! :)
Nigel
Mon Dec 24 19:35:37 2007
May I pop my head round the door and wish everyone at the Maison a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2008...!
Bryan (Greece)
Mon Dec 24 19:06:28 2007
Nigel: Intrigued. Going to do some research.
tom
Mon Dec 24 18:12:37 2007
Ok, laddies, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you!!!
Sheri
Mon Dec 24 17:36:51 2007
Yes, Christmas is for the kids, really, Lox. I'm too jaded...!
Tom: Yes, that had me confused for a bit... The new CPU isn't a Core2Duo but it *is* a dual-core Pentium, so strictly it isn't the same as in the iMac (RIP). I'm not terribly sure what the basic difference is. Perhaps a new (old?) die, and a desktop CPU as opposed to a mobile one? Hmmm... E2180 is the Intel part number.
Nigel
Mon Dec 24 11:15:56 2007
Nigel: Morning! Not really I never really liked Christmas all that much, although I think that when I will have kids things will change radically...
Lox
Mon Dec 24 09:05:54 2007
I'm not sure that the Core 2 Duo is actually technically a Pentium family processor anymore? :-)
tom
Mon Dec 24 08:59:19 2007
Morning all! Everyone excited??? ;)
Lox: It was a test for the new CPU (only upgraded part so far) a 2ghz dual-core Pentium.
Nigel
Mon Dec 24 08:58:15 2007
Nigel: Tried overclocking some old CPUs, or was it just a test for the fan?
Lox
Sun Dec 23 23:57:47 2007
Lox, John: PGL or GPL, it reminds me of the Judea People's Front gags....
tom
Sun Dec 23 21:18:04 2007
:)
Nigel
Sun Dec 23 19:42:42 2007
Che ?
Sheri
Sun Dec 23 18:38:07 2007
Just been running the upgraded PC at 12-degrees C CPU temp... OK, the garage *is* cold, but... Fan RPM 690... Cool, or what?!?!? :D
Nigel
Sun Dec 23 17:54:38 2007
I've heard that LGPL is generally more flexible than GPL (sorry, nerdy joke).
John
Sun Dec 23 14:00:31 2007
Sorry typo... LPG car.... :D
Lox
Sun Dec 23 11:35:09 2007
Big Christmas party with my friends tonight (at the restaurant), I have finally set my eyes on the new car that I'd like to buy... A PLG car (or GPL as we call it here), does anyone have any experience in these bi-fuel cars?
Lox
Sun Dec 23 11:33:42 2007
Particularly when their shopping bag is full...
Sheri
Sun Dec 23 11:02:23 2007
I like tripping grannies...
Sheri
Sun Dec 23 11:01:56 2007
Back! And I survived. No fight to the death with a granny for the last tray of mince pies....
tom
Sat Dec 22 22:58:02 2007
I suspect a sensible time might just be 3am... :(
Nigel
Sat Dec 22 20:14:36 2007
I'm going food S H O P P I N G later on. LATE being the word...
tom
Sat Dec 22 19:46:40 2007
Ah, well, the blog should be posted later this evening. I just want to snap a photo... :)
Nigel
Sat Dec 22 19:01:56 2007
Nigel:Aaahhhhhhh gooood man, now I feel a bit more calm... What type of PC did you rebuilt today?
Lox
Sat Dec 22 18:45:17 2007
Afternoon chaps! :) Hope you are both having a good weekend!
Not to worry, I'll post two new blog entries later tonight to explain what's been going on...
I've stayed clear of any shops today, and basically stayed around the home - and my famous garage!! :)
Nigel
Sat Dec 22 16:42:00 2007
Yeah, what's wrong Nigel ?
Sheri
Sat Dec 22 09:38:08 2007
Nigel: Why did you delete your blog again? Is there something wrong?
Lox
Sat Dec 22 08:24:09 2007
John: Wow that's a tough one man... Anyways have a great holidays everyone!
Lox
Fri Dec 21 21:52:46 2007
We're off to join John and Chi'e in London for Christmas. Happy Christmas everyone.
John's Mum
Fri Dec 21 17:49:04 2007
Off shortly - have a wonderful christmas everyone, may post from home after boxing day. xx
Mad Mumsie
Fri Dec 21 16:32:26 2007
Well all my shopping is complete, I've finished my final (half) day, and now I'm off home! Merry, happy thingumy-whatits everybody!
Jimmy
Fri Dec 21 12:36:29 2007
Good luck John, you mad bastard.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 21 12:08:23 2007
I'm heading for the city centre to do my Christmas shopping. I imagine everybody else in the country had the same idea as of to take today off to do their shopping and it is going to be heaving. You can never win.
John
Fri Dec 21 11:53:44 2007
LOL!
tom
Fri Dec 21 11:06:37 2007
Excellent work Kev.
John
Fri Dec 21 10:38:18 2007
Morning All,
Two snowmen in a garden, one says to the other "Can you smell carrots?"
Kev
Fri Dec 21 09:02:14 2007
Apparently I have been conned by a bunch of people into believing that speech story... Oh well better this way! :D
Lox
Thu Dec 20 18:04:38 2007
"Break a leg" Lox (A good luck expression for those about to embark on a stage presentation!)
Mad Mumsie
Thu Dec 20 16:50:00 2007
Lox: do it in Japanese.
tom
Thu Dec 20 14:48:17 2007
I have been secretly told that tomorrow I will have to make a speech in front of all the company as I am the last acquisition here... I am not relishing to the prospect, AT ALL... :(
Lox
Thu Dec 20 13:29:57 2007
As an old colleague at Softel used to say "It doesn't feel like Christmas until I've had my curry". Not sure if it is that or the fact that I officially finish the working year in 20 minutes time, but I am suddenly feeling quite jubilant.
John
Thu Dec 20 13:09:57 2007
I've been thinking, it would be great to be able to show "a search engine" a picture and say "What is this?" or "Show me more of these". How cool would that be?
tom
Thu Dec 20 13:03:10 2007
That's good skills John. Odd of the Big G to pick Pangbourne.. ;-)
tom
Thu Dec 20 13:02:04 2007
Splendido. I'll be contacting you on that about 31st's transport plans.
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 20 11:49:56 2007
No it hasn't Rob - it's the only number I've ever had.
John
Thu Dec 20 11:47:00 2007
Good stuff, John! Your mobile hasn't changed, has it?
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 20 11:46:27 2007
We're going to have a Christmas curry at lunch today - just like the good old days back in Pangbourne... Plus it is going to be one of those where (with official management approval) we won't bother coming back to the office again afterwards. AND I'm officially off work as of tomorrow - so basically I have less than 2 working hours this year! Hooray!
John
Thu Dec 20 11:39:40 2007
'False faces': great phrase.
tom
Thu Dec 20 11:06:57 2007
Crap day at work, I miss having my own company, at least I could do whatever I wanted. Internal politics, false faces...oooohhhhh I'd better stop thinking (and writing)!
Lox
Thu Dec 20 10:08:05 2007
Not all.
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 20 10:04:55 2007
John, I'm trying to write an applescript which grabs exif data out of a jpeg (to enable me to rename the original file based on this info). Do you have anything? I have a perl script which does it, but I figured it was about time to embrace the applescript world as we are 'all apple' at home now.
tom
Thu Dec 20 09:54:52 2007
Yes the phrase "myriad of sitcoms" sounds very familiar indeed. Ah, those were the days...
John
Wed Dec 19 22:00:09 2007
Well, I wasn't actually there, so this is really Johns anecdotal. It could have been an alcohol induced Anton Rodgers based hallucination :)
Kev
Wed Dec 19 21:25:42 2007
Kev- I remember an incident somewhat like that, but I'm unable to verify that it was Anton Rodgers. I recall that we all piled onto the train in the aforemention lagered-up state, and John said "Hey- it's that bloke from the telly". Well, I looked, but had no idea who he was. When I pressed John for more details, he said he couldn't recall the guy's name, but he'd been in "A myriad of sitcoms." I have spent some time sice then wondering if John should have said "He's been in a myriad of sitcoms" or just "He's been in myriad sitcoms." I've never bothered to check. Until now. It seems (according to dictionary.com, at least) that both forms are acceptable ... it can be used either as a noun or an adjective. RIP
Jimmy
Wed Dec 19 15:59:11 2007
Jimmy: weren't you there for that Anton Rodgers incident as well? I think it was Sean's leaving do, and the initial group had been wittled down to just four or five of us drinking in the Swan, prior to heading into Reading to continue the festivities. So we were waiting for a train at the station, and spotted the celebrity in question. Darren was of course the main perpetrator of the harassment that ensued. Poor old Anton, I'm not sure he ever really recovered from the trauma of being pursued at speed by a large and heavily lagered up software engineer.
John
Wed Dec 19 12:46:29 2007
Anton Rodgers popped his clogs on Saturday aged 74 apparently. No more chasing him down the hill from the station eh John!
Kev
Wed Dec 19 11:58:30 2007
Yes Rob, I understand, but I have never had an anti-PC stance. I love my Lian-Li too. I built it and, in my eyes, it's a thing of beauty. However, it is true, I liked my iMac, whether running OSX or Windows on it. They are bascially vertical laptops and so not intrinsically expandable. My comment was purely about my loss of a hugely expensive (for me) piece of my own personal IT equipment. My jocular comment about the right mouse-button was just a "brave-face", a "bon mot" I added to the end.
Nigel
Wed Dec 19 09:55:16 2007
John, as always explained it all very well. You can only read so many Anti-PC comments and see Anti-PC adverts on the telly.
Rob Lang
Wed Dec 19 08:55:51 2007
One of the nice things about working for a heavily Internet focused company like mine is the increasingly rather haughty disregard we give to what OS people use. More and more applications can be ran from inside a browser (bringing with it all the benefits of collaboration, remote access, distributed backups etc etc) and to that extent I hope over time the OS debate will eventually become irrelevant.
John
Tue Dec 18 23:19:41 2007
Hello Guys - Thanks :)
Yes screen-down from about desktop height to a wooden floor... Smashed screen. External monitor shows no boot-signs so I suspect more internal havoc. I guess the build is along the lines of a laptop so expect surface-mount and no easily replaceable chips. Maybe a cracked motherboard :( I'll open it up and hope to reclaim some components.
Perhaps it is covered by our house insurance...
In the mean time... It's a PC again. Luckily I'm still "well-stocked" in the garage department! :)
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 23:17:18 2007
Nigel: it is a bummer to hear about your Mac dying. I don't think Rob (who is incidentally a jolly nice chap, just like you are) was trying to revel in your misfortune, but was instead reacting to the somewhat anti-PC vibe that seems to have developed on the Maison over the past few months - and I have to admit I am as guilty as the next man for propagating this. Whenever a message board conversation involves some failing of a Windows PC we are all (myself included) somewhat ready to jump on this with detrimental comments about the platform. I believe Rob was just making a point in that regard.
John
Tue Dec 18 23:13:15 2007
Nigel: Well, I've only just got here after a day where my broadband was down. You have my commiserations about the demise of the iMac. Reading between the lines, the thing has presumably become the victim of the children after being used in the front room? Indoor football? I guess a smashed screen is probably as expensive as the whole unit... if it boots, you could use an external screen maybe..
tom
Tue Dec 18 22:53:28 2007
Nigel: What happened exactly to the Mac? As for the endless dispute I run happily a PC, a laptop and a Mac Book, I have to say the the latter is quite impressive, but good old PC cannot be beaten for game and hardware fiddling! :D
Lox
Tue Dec 18 22:37:33 2007
... it's also "funny" how I brought it on myself. Thinking I'd mention it among "friends" ... Maybe someone might just sympathise at losing a grands-worth of computer due to a domestic accident.... But no, I get a lecture on how stupid and environmentally unfriendly I was for making that hardware choice in the first place... Well, yes, stupid me, eh?
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 20:09:25 2007
Just realised Rob, you gave me a good pasting there, didn't you? I wonder what I have done to offend you?
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 19:25:16 2007
... oh, and now I have a good excuse to dismantle an iMac, see what's there and salvage HD, memory etc ...
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 16:28:49 2007
:) So true, Rob! However please note I've never claimed to be cool or superior in any way - far from it, I cut my hardware teeth on PCs (and as you probably guess have a garage still replete with PC spares!).
I think the reality is I'm a hardware freak and love the computing tech bit (as opposed to you software gurus) and can do most PC hardware stuff. I was attracted to Macs for the near "furniture" or "hifi" look as I had to have the computer in our living-room. That'll teach me! :D :D :D
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 16:27:15 2007
I had a problem with a PC some time ago from a hardware point of view, the bios battery on the MoBo had died. No idea why. So I opened it. Changed it. It worked again and has been ever since. Better than throwing it away. How hip and trendy is that? Fixing stuff rather than throwing it away. Very green. I wanted to play newer games so I swapped out just the graphics card and 6 months later the CPU. Better than buying a whole new computer. I just bought the bits I needed.
Oh, hang on, PCs aren't supposed to be trendy, sorry. I should tow the party line: "Oh I wish I was cool like Mac users are."
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 18 16:13:04 2007
... but you're right about the "reliability" bit as I can easily change this or that in my PC (remember the Lian-Li?) and relatively cheaply too...
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 15:58:44 2007
Touche Rob!! ;))) :))) However I can't actually blame the hardware... just the software which runs around our house! The warranty claim would have been a cheeky non-starter I feel, but desperation brings out the worst in me...
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 15:56:50 2007
Poor old reliable PC.
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 18 15:52:03 2007
Ah! I pressed it!!!! What does "context-sensitive" mean :D :D ;)
The annoying thing the Mac was just (two-weeks) outside it's warranty period. However I can't really blame the machine itself - just our "domestic arrangements"... Ah-hem!
Anyway, I can't afford another one so it was back out to my garage to sort out a PC again... Hey-ho!
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 15:46:49 2007
Oh, for goodness sake tell the poor boy what the right hand button is for and put him out of his misery. I'd tell him myself, but I can't remember :)
Mad Mumsie
Tue Dec 18 15:35:32 2007
Rumours are that unless carefully managed, use of the right mouse button can cause santa hats to appear on dinosaurs - but only wrapping paper dinosaurs.
Santa
Tue Dec 18 15:28:49 2007
Shhhhhh my PC-touting brethren, remember that we do not tell the unenlightened Mac users what the right button does.
Simon
Tue Dec 18 15:27:46 2007
Mac broke - back on a PC... What's the righ mouse button for - remind me?
Nigel
Tue Dec 18 14:15:49 2007
Thanks for the colouring-in tips, guys. The dinos are all Christmassed-up!
Jimmy
Tue Dec 18 11:50:50 2007
'allo, 'allo.
tom
Tue Dec 18 09:56:13 2007
Goodmorning masoneers! IF (and I'd like to stress that point) I am lucky, I might be able to get that document that I needed to get paid from my insurance, today! Having said that I am not expecting to be paid any time soon :(
Lox
Tue Dec 18 07:02:04 2007
Btw, from now on I'll call you John the Almighty
Sheri
Tue Dec 18 06:56:15 2007
(I was referring to you, John.)
Sheri
Tue Dec 18 06:55:51 2007
Thank you God !
Sheri
Tue Dec 18 06:54:50 2007
Thanks John! Have done so. :)
Nigel
Mon Dec 17 22:34:11 2007
Sheri/Nigel/SimonW: have just mailed you all (Nigel, wanted to confirm your address first - please reply to that mail and I'll send your FTP details on).
John
Mon Dec 17 22:03:59 2007
Evening All
Kev
Mon Dec 17 19:25:05 2007
Evening guys!
Lox
Mon Dec 17 18:28:28 2007
Bah. Humbug.
Scrooge
Mon Dec 17 17:04:25 2007
So by the time you've bought the coloured pens, and spent hours drawing hats, and writing ho ho ho, it would be cheaper to buy another roll of paper and save the dinosaurs for another occasion! It's Christmas, spend, spend, spend :)
Mad Mumsie
Mon Dec 17 16:33:25 2007
Dinosaurs are alive and well and walking the streets of Wrexham buying Christmas presents... :(
Nigel
Mon Dec 17 15:47:24 2007
John, I think in evolutionist Christmas religions, there weren't any dinosaurs due to the Earth only being 6 thousand years old. Hence the requirement beards and hats disguise. Write Ho-ho-ho next to their heads as well Jimmy, that should make it just fine.
Kev
Mon Dec 17 15:40:13 2007
jimmy, If you use coloured felt tip pens to draw little Santa hats and beards on them they will be fine.
kev
Mon Dec 17 15:35:19 2007
I believe we can apply similar logic to the mysteries of why none of the wise men were Neanderthals and Mary didn't arrive in Bethlehem on the back of a woolly mammoth.
John
Mon Dec 17 13:15:33 2007
Jimmy: could the fact that the dinosaurs died out 65 million years before the birth of Christ be a limiting factor in their involvement in the festivities...?
John
Mon Dec 17 13:12:11 2007
Does anybody think dinosaurs are festive? I've got this wrapping-paper, you see. It's all covered in dinosaurs, but I need to wrap Christmas presents with it. It doesn't actaully *say* "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" ... so will it suffice? (I think dinosaurs at Christmas look quite fetching).
Jimmy
Mon Dec 17 12:28:18 2007
Looking forward to it Rob. I for one intend to party like it's 1999.
John
Mon Dec 17 11:26:07 2007
HURRAH JOHN!
Offer well and truly there. I shall phone you nearer the time to discuss transport to the house on NYE.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 17 11:10:55 2007
Simon - it is great to see you on here again!
John
Mon Dec 17 10:23:42 2007
Everyone else - sorry I haven't sorted out your FTP accounts yet. Will try to get that sorted out today (well, this evening) sometime if I get a moment.
John
Mon Dec 17 10:20:35 2007
Rob! Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, but if the offer is still there, then yes Chie and I would very much like to come along to your New Year's extravaganza.
John
Mon Dec 17 10:19:23 2007
Hi Simon - yes it's pretty good, isn't it? I reckon maybe because we are but a few, of a like mind (ok -ish !!), rather than the rampaging hoards that populate other Forums and BBs. :)
Nigel
Mon Dec 17 09:29:33 2007
Morning all. I haven't posted on here for years but am becoming strangely addicted.
Simon W
Mon Dec 17 08:58:12 2007
Apparently they are bringing out a european one at some stage which will have 3g, so that will be better.
Simon W
Mon Dec 17 08:56:26 2007
Morning all!! :)
Lox: Same here - break over the Christmas period, which I am in desperate need of... !
Nigel
Mon Dec 17 08:43:39 2007
Sunday is over unfortunately... I am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, but fortunately there will be a short break at Christmas for me, hoping that I can recharge batteries a little... :P How was your weekend guys/gals?
Lox
Sun Dec 16 22:40:57 2007
Yeah. True. Just EDGE I think.
tom
Sun Dec 16 19:54:39 2007
I heard they are not 3G yet which sucks pretty bad.
Simon W
Sun Dec 16 12:02:41 2007
As I'm on O2 at work, I'd be happy to be locked with them... Work would pay anyway.. :-) But apparently, you have to buy your own iphone and then put the work sim in it. Hmm.
tom
Sat Dec 15 17:07:43 2007
Tom: I'd love to buy one as well... If only they didn't have all those blocks with the sims and so on....
Lox
Sat Dec 15 16:43:00 2007
It was awesome fun to play with... *will* get one one day...
tom
Sat Dec 15 16:40:46 2007
oh, you tart!
Simon W
Sat Dec 15 13:27:17 2007
posting from iPhone in o2 shop!
tom
Sat Dec 15 13:19:32 2007
Did you know it had its own website?
www.shopstopclaphamjunction.com
And a Reading Group? Although I suspect that is more to dore with books than Radstock Road!
John's Mum
Sat Dec 15 12:49:28 2007
Not sure which platform to run to and evryfing?!
Simon W
Sat Dec 15 11:18:29 2007
Chie and I have just had a spellbinding time changing trains at Clapham Junction. It has a mystical quality to it and I always find my brief visits there to be spiritually uplifting.
John
Sat Dec 15 11:03:02 2007
Morning Maisoneers!!
Thanks John, will do :)
Nigel
Sat Dec 15 09:49:03 2007
Thanks John
Simon W
Sat Dec 15 09:28:16 2007
Goodmorning!!! This looks like a promising Saturday, SHOPPING FOR MY PRESENTS!!! :D:D:D:D Can't be better! :D
Lox
Sat Dec 15 09:25:25 2007
Hello Simon! Yes please mail me and I'll sort you out with a new password.
John
Sat Dec 15 09:23:01 2007
Lox: have just mailed you. Sheri/Nigel: could you mail me at my maison address? I recently changed my mail backend and don't have your addresses... but I probably won't be able to do anything about it until later on today or tomorrow.
John
Sat Dec 15 09:22:30 2007
Hello everyone! How is it going? - any chance of me having the new password so that I can post some pictures as well please?
Simon W
Sat Dec 15 09:17:07 2007
Nigel: I seem to remember that John managed to get the new passwords...
Lox
Fri Dec 14 23:29:30 2007
Hmmm. I know what you mean Lox, my photograph of the week idea died before it really got started. Still can't be helped! I know the hosting company has had some serious "issues". Perhaps they haven't sorted it out yet... I hope our "mysterious benefactor" gets a refund! :)
Nigel
Fri Dec 14 22:11:02 2007
I'd post pictures if I had a working password for the FTP!!
Lox
Fri Dec 14 21:40:41 2007
I actually had a great evening, now sipping CARDINAL MENDOZA (Spanish Brandy) and writing on la Maison! :P
Lox
Fri Dec 14 21:40:23 2007
So then, Good Evening! :)
Quiet around here today... I guess you're all at your "Works Do"s or similar, whooping it up ... Sadly this year the "works do" was priced out of my league. It's taking place tonight at a very swanky hotel... Ah well, Armstrong and Miller for me then... :D
Nigel
Fri Dec 14 20:25:30 2007
John: Please could you mail me the password to FTP on la maison? I thought that the problem was solved but I haven't got the new passess.... :P
Lox
Fri Dec 14 14:34:59 2007
Easy? Pah. :p
tom
Fri Dec 14 13:27:26 2007
Morning Maisoneers! :)
Tom: I hope you're taking things "easy" !!!!! (Finger-wag)
Nigel
Fri Dec 14 09:56:47 2007
Been training a firewall course for the last two days. KNACKERED OUT! (And got to go run a squadron now...)
tom
Thu Dec 13 17:39:46 2007
... sub-luminal ... ? ;o)
Nigel
Thu Dec 13 16:27:12 2007
Subliminal.
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 13 15:26:31 2007
Rob: Why is the last message all grey and small? As for "CRAPPA", "CRAPPOLINA" is a diminutive version of "CRAPPA", anything ending in "...INA" is small and female, as John will start pointing out with several comments and italian words that I have taught him! :D
Lox
Thu Dec 13 14:44:53 2007
John, come to our NYE party. Go on, it will make you happy. Have fun. Drink a lot. Collapse. Fun Fun Fun. Meet new people. Meet old people. Meet new Old People. Do it, you know you want it to.
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 13 13:53:03 2007
I have no idea of its origin. Lox's way of saying Crap (when referring to just about anything he doesn't like in that hour) is "Crappa".
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 13 13:29:46 2007
Sheri: "Crappola", I think Rob is trying to be Italian there! :D
Lox
Thu Dec 13 12:43:57 2007
"crapola" ? Gee, a new word in my vocabulary ! Thanks !
Sheri
Thu Dec 13 11:56:23 2007
I feel crapola today! Bah. Humbug!
Rob Lang
Thu Dec 13 11:35:13 2007
feel
Sheri
Thu Dec 13 10:59:10 2007
Fell in a better mood, John ? No more glum ?
Sheri
Thu Dec 13 10:26:28 2007
Morning!
Where's Herbert Lom when you need him? :D
Nigel
Thu Dec 13 09:36:32 2007
Idiot!
The Pink Panther
Thu Dec 13 08:48:23 2007
Bonjour Messieurs!
Inspecteur Clouzot
Thu Dec 13 07:26:43 2007
morning!!
Lox
Thu Dec 13 07:02:15 2007
Nigel: Indeed, we also have pictures and several witnesses! :D But don't mention the incident to John, he might get jumpy if he hears again about it... :D
Lox
Wed Dec 12 19:47:02 2007
...
tom
Wed Dec 12 19:38:43 2007
Lox: Sounds just like student life to me!! :D :D
Tom: Seen the Docs yet?
Nigel
Wed Dec 12 19:26:22 2007
5n my previous deja-vu I forgot to mention Tom snogging other people's sisters.... :D
Lox
Wed Dec 12 18:21:37 2007
Just arrived home I am knackered!
Lox
Wed Dec 12 18:21:06 2007
(Just leaving work.... poo!)
tom
Wed Dec 12 17:57:50 2007
Nigel: My mouth waters.... I have sudden flashbacks of CHEESE AND CHIPS at the Union (full of "pies"), John and Tim with a "jug" of beer in their hands, Rob looking crazy with his tophat (the green one) and Chris generally being sarcastic together with Jon... AH! Melancholy ATTACK!
Lox
Wed Dec 12 16:58:25 2007
... and there HAS to be some poor girl somewhere called Leanne Perrin ...
Nigel
Wed Dec 12 10:56:12 2007
Ooooh! Cheese-on-toast with L&P!! Yum! :D
Oh, and Morning! :)
Nigel
Wed Dec 12 10:54:57 2007
Jimmy: your other comical nickname choice for your colleague is of course "Lea and".
John
Wed Dec 12 08:17:18 2007
Peopled with gnomes bearing your features. Scary.
Sheri
Wed Dec 12 07:05:39 2007
Sheri: Did you go into the black mean forest?
Lox
Tue Dec 11 19:09:00 2007
Ah! At last, there you all are! Got lost, you see. Took me two weeks to find my way back to la Maison.
Sheri
Tue Dec 11 18:56:00 2007
Tom: Woooo that's a scary happening there! What did the doctor said?
Lox
Tue Dec 11 18:31:21 2007
I work with Reggie Perrin. (Well, OK, he's really called Nicolas Perrin, but he's generally known as Reggie).
Jimmy
Tue Dec 11 16:28:01 2007
That is a concern MM, but with the thriving community of expats who have faked their own death there are probably places you can buy that sort of stuff .
John
Tue Dec 11 13:16:56 2007
John, but what about whiskey and decent cheese - can you get those in Panama?
Mad Mumsie
Tue Dec 11 11:26:16 2007
Funnily enough I too had rather liked the idea of going to Panama. I believe it was referred to somewhere as "doing a Reggie Perrin". It is very tempting indeed.
John
Tue Dec 11 09:45:41 2007
Right- I'm off to Panama. Glad to hear you're still in one piece, Tom!
Jimmy
Tue Dec 11 08:35:04 2007
Cheers guys... (been on Runescape... VERY addictive) Bed now!
tom
Tue Dec 11 00:41:39 2007
Blimey Tom - really glad you're in one piece! I'm no expert, but I get the impression these sorts of dizzy spells can come on for all sorts of reasons and judging by the amount of similar (although generally less hair raising) stories I've heard they affect lots of people. Definitely get yourself to the doctor, and take it easy for a while!
John
Mon Dec 10 23:37:30 2007
Gordon-Bennet Tom, that sounds horrible. Glad you were able to make safe before you "lost it". :( Could just be stress, or medication, or a combination. Happened a month or so back to a lady at work - well her hubby who is a Traffic Cop! They'd just pulled off the by-pass in to a retail park when he fainted at the wheel. Luckily only doing 20 or so... Never-the-less, straight across a (real!) round about - in traffic - and crashed into the perimeter fence of a college! Medical tests haven't showed anything so far... Off work though... Taking it easy ... (Hint-hint!)
Nigel
Mon Dec 10 23:20:57 2007
I felt better and then went home - about 2 miles. I've had a headache all evening and feel OK, but not fixed. Doctor tomorrow (IF I can get seen.)
tom
Mon Dec 10 23:13:10 2007
I knew I had to keep 'up' to turn off car, handbrake on, flashers on and get so that I would lie down if I did faint. You can die if you faint and are unable to lie flat; it's like hanging in a harness. Everything was black and woozy. I began to feel better as soon as I was lying down (of course). It was really scary with trucks and cars going past at 'just off the motorway' speed and my car essentially abandoned on the edge of the sliproad. (sticking out!)
tom
Mon Dec 10 23:12:18 2007
I could have died today. I was driving home on the M4 at 70mph. And I began to feel faint. By the time I had cut through the lanes of traffic, slowed and pulled off (luckily into the services sliproad!), I was basically blind. I just about (I mean JUST) about stayed conscious.
tom
Mon Dec 10 23:10:29 2007
John, interesting point but you miss the fact that Airline pilots tend to have an utterly laid back attitude to their jobs.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 15:29:23 2007
Jimmy: Find another job pronto, and thank the present employers profusely as you sidle away smiling...
Nigel
Mon Dec 10 15:24:39 2007
If the error on that computer was about to bring about the untimely death of everyone else in the Internet cafe, then yes.
John
Mon Dec 10 14:43:12 2007
If you're in an internet cafe and someone says "I've got an error on this computer!", do you jump up to assist?
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 14:20:00 2007
Rob, in that situation, if the cabin crew said "does anyone know how to fly a plane? " do they have to do rock, paper, scissors to decide who will fly?
Kev
Mon Dec 10 14:10:09 2007
jimmy, Ask yourself "Did I make a stash load of cash for practically no reason?" if so, go to Panama, if not, I hear Millets are doing a nice range in matching canoes and lifejackets.
Kev
Mon Dec 10 14:08:01 2007
Ethics question: what do you do if you suspect that you've been working for the Mafia for the last 5 years?
Jimmy
Mon Dec 10 14:01:58 2007
John, no. Except the last time I was on an airliner was en route to a friend's stag do. The stag is an airline pilot. And so were the other 5 people I was sitting with. Quite educational, they can tell you what all the different clunks and grinds are and gave scores for the landing.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 13:55:28 2007
"just remember to ask them not to call you Shirley"
Kev
Mon Dec 10 13:36:22 2007
P.S. Kev you're welcome! Just in case anyone can't remember the Mu Mu Land song, this may jog your memory.
John
Mon Dec 10 13:34:01 2007
John, get yourself onto a first aid course and have a crack at the google flight sim and you'll be just itching to put your hand up next time you are on a plane and the cabin crew say "There is an emergency in the cockpit, is anyone a doctor who is medically trained and can fly a plane?" :)
Kev
Mon Dec 10 13:33:42 2007
I have in fact been on a plane when they've asked for a doctor - although they didn't actually use the word doctor, something more like "trained medical personnel" or some such.
John
Mon Dec 10 13:20:45 2007
lol, John, If they needed a Doctor who could fly a plane they would be quids in :) btw thanks for the "mu mu land" song I now have in my head!!!
Kev
Mon Dec 10 13:12:59 2007
(given that the pilot has just eaten the Salmon mousse)
John
Mon Dec 10 12:33:51 2007
Rob, when travelling on a commercial airliner, do you find yourself secretly wishing for that moment where the air hostess comes running out of the cockpit and shouts "Can anybody fly a plane?".
John
Mon Dec 10 12:33:33 2007
They're justified, and they're ancient, and they drive an ice cream van...
John
Mon Dec 10 11:53:00 2007
Thanks Nige, powered. Vigilant
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 10:32:45 2007
Rob: Respect! Was that glider or powered? It looked a hideous sky for flying in around these parts :( Transfer of skills though, will undoubtedly "save you a few bob", not to mention time...
Nigel
Mon Dec 10 10:17:46 2007
John, console yourself by agreeing to attend the Last Party Of The Year (tm).
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 10:06:04 2007
I went flying at the w/e which was rough and something of a challenge. We had some super evenings out, though. It also looks like I might be able to convert over my air force flying experience to a civilian license. Hurrah. I just need to do some exams and a navigation exercise. Super. All down to a civilian Vigilant arriving at Henlow.
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 10 10:05:39 2007
Oh dear John. And here is the cherry - you've had a letter arrive here from the taxman.
John's Mum
Mon Dec 10 10:03:32 2007
I quite agree Nigel. My new motto is to do everything of significance whilst hideously drunk, and not to keep a diary or any other paper work. That way I won't remember when exactly it happened, and therefore won't be under any obligation to "celebrate" it.
John
Mon Dec 10 10:02:28 2007
Oh dear, John. This is why I think I hate all these "Special Occasions" in general. The attendant "stress" that comes with the expectation that you must have a good time - or else, always seems to get in the way!
I remember going to Cambridge about 17 years ago. It didn't particularly captivate me then...
Nigel
Mon Dec 10 09:52:20 2007
Hello all, how were your weekends? Mine pretty much stank. It was mine and Chie's wedding anniversary (the other one - i.e. one year on since the actual wedding day) so we decided to go to Cambridge. The hotel was a massive disappointment and it absolutely pissed out down all weekend. We had a huge row on the day itself as well, which really was the icing on the turd.
John
Mon Dec 10 09:29:20 2007
Morning all, another grey Monday morning. Still, soon be Christmas :)
Mad Mumsie
Mon Dec 10 09:13:40 2007
Morning Maisoneers! :)
Nigel
Mon Dec 10 08:48:03 2007
Every sunday night the same story, I am not happy about the fact that I dread the start of the working week, it's totally wrong! :(
Lox
Sun Dec 9 19:38:18 2007
Geeks.. But I'm liking your work. :-)
tom
Sat Dec 8 20:58:44 2007
I have just being playing with the awesome flight sim in google earth. for those of you that dont know. go to earth.google.com and get the google earth package 12MB, then run it up press ctrl-A. Fly with the mouse, ctrl-h for help. pg up/down speed, g for landing gear, f/shift f for flaps ( you want to shift-f those off to start ). Nothing like flying to work at 5000ft in an f16 at 500 kph :)
Kev
Sat Dec 8 16:57:25 2007
Hmmmm that looks very like my Mastercard logo.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Dec 7 13:33:10 2007
Excellent work Simon/Rob - ahhhh, it doesn't get any better than this does it?
John
Fri Dec 7 12:34:44 2007
Simon's next one:
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 12:29:47 2007
Yeah, but a spambot with good charts!
Another internet fave: chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=400x200&cht=v&chd=t:1.0,1.0,0.0&chl=Times+when+I+am+truly+happy|Times+when+I+am+wearing+pants
Simon
Fri Dec 7 12:22:36 2007
Clearly, you're just some sort of Spambot.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 12:19:58 2007
Yeah, would have used an img tag if I was trusted with a password ;)
Simon
Fri Dec 7 12:06:32 2007
LOL, nice, Simon! Good work.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 12:04:03 2007
With a well formed url too.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 12:02:51 2007
Need to enclode that puppy in an img tag.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 12:02:16 2007
chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs=250x125&cht=p&chd=t:78.0,18.0&chl=%50%61%63+%4D%61%6e
Simon
Fri Dec 7 11:50:20 2007
Now someone needs to create a live export of the info from Google Analytics, so you can share your analytic information with the world! :)
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 11:23:26 2007
Well put old boy.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 11:13:05 2007
It's the fact that it is programmatic and very easy to modify from script. Change the URL and you can colour in Italy, France etc as well. For example, if we just added a "which country do you live in" field to the add message page, we could very easily write a script that would display that image highlighting all the countries in the world from which people have posted messages. I'm not aware of any other existing techology on the web that would have let you do that off the shelf, without a lot of pissing about.
John
Fri Dec 7 11:06:18 2007
I am missing something here... What is so hard in picturing UK red and the rest blue? Is there something that we do not know?
Lox
Fri Dec 7 10:58:35 2007
It's superb. I love it to death. Charting is a bane. With SVC being so poorly supporting and .NET giving only lipservice to charting, Google have done it again. BRAVO! I'll be using this for generating stats in the next version of my online game, Chom Isis.
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 10:03:51 2007
(If you haven't guessed, you can colour in different countries programmaticaly)
John
Fri Dec 7 09:58:52 2007
Yes it is bloody great isn't it? One of my personal favourites is this chap (hope you can see it OK):
John
Fri Dec 7 09:54:53 2007
Google, I love you. http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/12/embed-charts-in-webpages-with-one-of.html
Rob Lang
Fri Dec 7 09:20:56 2007
Tom: I envy you guys, at least you are doing something that you like and you are a recognized professional each one in his position. Me I thought I was but in the last year and half I have just gotten more dents to my professional pride than anything... Oh well... :(
Lox
Thu Dec 6 22:27:30 2007
No no! Enjoying the trip - just tired out. I'm on a training course. Very technical. Interesting, but brain ache!
tom
Thu Dec 6 22:12:45 2007
John: Are you going to make new passwords for us as well? Will you mail them to us?
Lox
Thu Dec 6 18:11:06 2007
I've just changed the FTP password for the Maison and I can log in ok now.
John
Thu Dec 6 14:48:50 2007
They sent out an e-mail a while ago about the fact that they thought the passwords might have been hacked, asking everyone to change passwords asap. Guess if you didn't change it they're sending you a new one anyway?
Simon
Thu Dec 6 12:57:12 2007
lol seems all their passwords were hacked, turns out they didn't bother to encrypt any of the passwords they were storing. Quite unbelievable.
Kev
Thu Dec 6 12:49:46 2007
Hmm, looks like Fasthosts are sending out new passwords by post. link
Have you got it sorted yet John, or are you still locked out ?
Kev
Thu Dec 6 12:48:07 2007
This post looked so lonely I thought I'd keep it company. Lousy day again.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Dec 6 12:40:28 2007
Posting from home today, have to go to the tax office to close my company.... :P
Lox
Thu Dec 6 07:34:01 2007
Wooo osorry for the double post.... :(
Lox
Wed Dec 5 22:08:25 2007
Tom: Exporting you skills are we? :D I hope that the trip is a good one at least... You do not sound too enthusiastic about it...
Lox
Wed Dec 5 22:08:11 2007
Tom: Exporting you skills are we? :D I hope that the trip is a good one at least... You do not sound too enthusiastic about it...
Lox
Wed Dec 5 22:08:11 2007
JM: Now that's interesting.... I though that la Gendarmerie was better than the average Italian Carabiniere.... :D
Lox
Wed Dec 5 22:07:32 2007
Ah, I remember Lille, le Chat Bleu chocolate shop, the statue of the little lacemaker, the Sunday market.... the police station where we had to wait three hours to report my stolen purse and missed our dinner...., AND I had to help the very young policeman with his typing!
John's Mum
Wed Dec 5 21:57:08 2007
Evening. In Lille again....
tom
Wed Dec 5 20:46:39 2007
No it's not is it? At least it wasn't earlier. Haven't really looked outside since this morning.
John
Wed Dec 5 14:21:06 2007
Good morning everyone. Not a very nice day
Mad Mumsie
Wed Dec 5 10:44:41 2007
Rob: OH YES he quaffs allright..... :D
Lox
Tue Dec 4 18:39:50 2007
Did you quaff?
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 4 14:20:27 2007
Were you wearing a suit of armour?
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 4 14:13:30 2007
Thanks Rob - it sounds very tempting. Will have a word with the Mrs. As for the pewter tankards, they were more of a mediaeval tavern ilk, than of the crusty old man variety.
John
Tue Dec 4 13:21:16 2007
Pewter tankard? Really? Were you wearing a smoking jacket?
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 4 11:00:18 2007
There's a double bed and a separate room and everything for you to stay in.
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 4 10:59:43 2007
Amazingly no hangover this morning by the way - I was drinking beer out of a pewter tankard, I think there may be something in that.
John
Tue Dec 4 10:58:05 2007
Rob: sorry yes I did, but didn't get round to processing it yet... Will have to have a chat with Chie about it...
John
Tue Dec 4 10:57:07 2007
Trousered. As in drunk. I wish I had been last night. John did you get my email about New Year's?
Rob Lang
Tue Dec 4 09:55:27 2007
I'm quite trousered by the way. I thought you should know that.
John
Mon Dec 3 22:54:30 2007
Make sure you have the XSL file in the right directory, etc. Instructions on stuffware.co.uk/cheese/
John
Mon Dec 3 22:52:23 2007
Lox: it's because you're inherently crap. Or because I am. Or because Steve Jobs is.
John
Mon Dec 3 22:51:24 2007
John: How comes that Cheese doesn't create the HTML file with the links on the pictures? Am I doing something wrong?
Lox
Mon Dec 3 22:01:44 2007
Tom, if thats "Why is stumble upon great?" - actually I was being sarcastic - stumbleupon being the epitome of the pointlessness of most of the internet!
Kev
Mon Dec 3 21:28:25 2007
why?
tom
Mon Dec 3 19:45:47 2007
Ain't stumble upon just great link.
Kev
Mon Dec 3 16:03:41 2007
John just looking on their website it appears theres several contenders too, MobyDock, ObjectDock, RK Launcher. Surely someone must have made something similar for the Mac, ( if the current one isn't as good ?? )
Kev
Mon Dec 3 15:34:23 2007
Yep! :)
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 3 15:27:59 2007
Yes Rob, thanks. Did you get the one from Alex (Matthew) with her photos.
Mad Mumsie
Mon Dec 3 14:32:18 2007
The UI is taken from the Mac, but in terms of the functionality it looks a bit smarter than what the Mac dock does.
John
Mon Dec 3 13:58:08 2007
jimmy, yep, i quite like rocketdock too, (an idea stolen from Macs of course). I found it whilst stumbling :)
Kev
Mon Dec 3 13:34:11 2007
Kev- that's very interesting. It's not me like to use desktop gadgets, but I think I might stick with it for a while ...
Jimmy
Mon Dec 3 12:42:28 2007
Mum, did you get my email linking to the pictures?
Rob Lang
Mon Dec 3 11:32:01 2007
Good morning all. Do I feel self righteous today - YES - I've written all my christmas cards :))
Mad Mumsie
Mon Dec 3 09:28:10 2007
(oh, in a hotel again).
tom
Sun Dec 2 22:16:10 2007
Try Camino. Built on same code base (rendering engine etc) as Firefox, but more Mac like....
tom
Sun Dec 2 22:15:55 2007
Oh ! Ok then.
Sheri
Sun Dec 2 19:34:44 2007
Sorry there's not much I can do about that Sheri! Fasthosts seem to have been having problems all week, all we can really do is wait for it to get fixed...
John
Sun Dec 2 17:18:38 2007
;-)
Sheri
Sun Dec 2 15:29:10 2007
John, instead of pissing around with safari, you'd better fix the ftp problem...! Still doesn't work !
Sheri
Sun Dec 2 15:28:58 2007
All I have to say is rocketdock.com
Kev
Sun Dec 2 14:07:21 2007
Lox: there will probably be bugger all in the way of new features. As a project it has got to the point where it is pretty much crippled and very hard to innovate with - apparently the codebase is a complete mess. Time for a new browser methinks!
John
Sun Dec 2 13:42:37 2007
I never use Safari, always a Firefox person... Heard the news about the FF 3.0 beta being delayed... ? What new features are we going to see in the next release?
Lox
Sun Dec 2 11:35:33 2007
It is quite impressive though - all the widgets look Mac-ish and everything. It's almost like running some kind of VM.
John
Sun Dec 2 10:52:06 2007
...although having said that I always use Firefox on the Mac (not because I particularly like it or anything, it's just for the sake of consistency really).
John
Sun Dec 2 10:50:32 2007
Ah.... using Safari now. Suddenly the world seems a saner, safer place.
John
Sun Dec 2 10:49:12 2007
Morning all. I'm secretly installing Safari for Windows on Chie's PC. I'm going to bring her over to the Mac side one app at a time, if that's what it takes...
John
Sun Dec 2 10:42:36 2007
Good sunday!
Lox
Sun Dec 2 10:26:10 2007
WEIRDNESS in extremeness
tom
Sat Dec 1 21:47:51 2007
Tom: Wow that's pretty spooky too... I seemed to have opened the messageboard and reminded of Jon Ellis screaming that phrase in the lounge at Radstock :) OH HAPPY DAYS!
Lox
Sat Dec 1 20:19:02 2007
Afternoon!
Nigel
Sat Dec 1 13:34:39 2007
mind, that is.
tom
Sat Dec 1 12:52:45 2007
Damn! You beat me to it - that's quite spooky, as that was EXACTLY what I had in mond to post!
tom
Sat Dec 1 12:52:30 2007
Good morning GAYLORDS, are you still gay?
Lox
Sat Dec 1 09:29:59 2007
Well, on second thought, you have my esteem.
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 09:04:50 2007
Mmmm. 11 €.
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 09:03:45 2007
(how much is that, btw?)
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 09:01:05 2007
Ok, it's your lucky day! I'll give you 1,000 (yes, ONE THOUSAND) rupees!
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 09:00:18 2007
The best way to punish me is to pay me huge sums of money. I really hate that.
John
Sat Dec 1 08:51:34 2007
Shame.
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 08:48:59 2007
Incompetence ! That's what it's called, John...! What shall we do with you, hu ?
Sheri
Sat Dec 1 08:48:44 2007