Not long now Tommy Boy! GOD YEAH!!
dsp
- Mon Mar 31 22:42:59 2003

 I'm no expert but I think it's a lineup for a rave.
Travis
- Mon Mar 31 18:29:40 2003

 Perhaps Bovine Feline ought to put his beautiful words to music...?
John
- Mon Mar 31 13:41:44 2003

 Perhaps he's not advertising anything at all, and it is actually some form of modern art...? Perhaps it is very poetic and we are yet to notice...?
John
- Mon Mar 31 11:42:46 2003

 I think the length of his posts somehwat denotes their quality. Of which I approve.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 31 11:41:38 2003

 Strangely, I was beginning to miss our industrial fluoride (no idea how to spell that) producing chum. Any chance you could make your posts a bit shorter though yang me old mucker? Shay shay!
John
- Mon Mar 31 10:33:29 2003

 Cheers T-Boy. I am currently doing consultancy workfor a company called Bellwether. It's all good fun. I have a deadline tomorrow, after which I am going to get on with the ole PhD for a while. I also have some web design clients, but they tend to be very slooow and quite shite.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 31 09:05:08 2003

 Hmm. There I was wonder where I could possibly purchase some industrial grade wollonite. Thanks mystery chinese poster!
tom
- Mon Mar 31 08:52:09 2003

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china, - Mon Mar 31 04:29:10 2003

 Hey Julia. Glad to see you've stuck around this time... and glad we've all been a bit more mature! :-)
tom
- Sun Mar 30 20:24:53 2003

 Er John do you work, for the 'Beeb'? if so Elstree or White City? Can I also ask if anyone remembers a rather patriotic American called Stanhope and some guy called Mike, they also started posting at the same time as I did way back, and I just wondered if they were still knocking about?
Julia
- Sun Mar 30 16:38:26 2003

 How goes the job situation, Rob? I'm seeking a producer for a screenplay I've written. Feel like ante-ing up? Would love a 'British' movie. Strangely, I'm still working at the ski 'resort' though the temp has reached 70 here (not centigrade, of course). Hope you're feeling well. My father just had a hip surgery. Old man's falling apart.
Travis
- Fri Mar 28 22:32:01 2003

 Together, we will defeat them.
Rob Lang
- Fri Mar 28 18:40:01 2003

 I believe this message will pop the annoying rant off the bottom of the RSS feed.... Hooray!
John
- Fri Mar 28 17:21:35 2003

 Shut up, so called Rob.
John
- Fri Mar 28 17:20:57 2003

 Mike, why not follow your tongue and just climb right up his bum!
Rob Lang
- Fri Mar 28 17:09:22 2003

 Cheers Mike, I appreciate that. Cheque's in the post, etc.
John
- Fri Mar 28 16:30:14 2003

 Sure, I'll help you out there John, and while I'm at it can I point out what a great job you do, not only in your regular job (where I hear they could barely manage without you, despite the fact the never tell you anything like that at all) but also in making this website, which I like very much.
Mike
- Fri Mar 28 15:34:59 2003

 Hopefully, if we post enough messages, i will drop off the bottom of the RSS feed.
John
- Fri Mar 28 15:33:22 2003

 It's still in the RSS file. It's ruining my aggregator. Bloody annoying.
John
- Fri Mar 28 15:10:35 2003

 I've deleted that huge message without reading it. It was just too long, and this isn't an appropriate place to post it. Apologies to whoever it offends but I found it very irritating.
John
- Fri Mar 28 14:52:00 2003

 kill saddam, the twat
johnnny <csamel@shkj.iraq>
- Fri Mar 28 12:51:45 2003

 Yeah, like I'm gonna read that.
dsp
- Fri Mar 28 12:29:44 2003

 Nice Tim, I am secretly very jealous. Well, it's not secret now.
Rob Lang
- Fri Mar 28 10:35:04 2003

 There was Q&A session, and I couldn't think of any good questions that weren't going to be seen as taking the piss.
dsp
- Fri Mar 28 10:22:21 2003

 Was there an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the lecture Tim? Did anyone ask him how to get past the boss at the end of level 4 on Super Mario 3?
John
- Fri Mar 28 09:53:29 2003

 They were nice weren't they?
John
- Fri Mar 28 09:51:46 2003

 God I hope so!
dsp
- Fri Mar 28 09:45:54 2003

 The return of those special edition Dark and Light bars perhaps?
John
- Fri Mar 28 09:45:18 2003

 He was giving a lecture at Marine Hall in Fleetwood, he's on his 80th Birthday tour. It was all about Mars and what he thinks will come about in the next 50-100 years.
dsp
- Fri Mar 28 09:32:17 2003

 Tim, that is quite fantastic. How did this somewhat monumentous occasion come about then?
John
- Fri Mar 28 09:27:33 2003

 Damn, Sir Pat's a happy bugger. What is he now? 100? 102? I'm sure he used to be happier when he was The Gamesmaster... all those years ago.
Rusty Brudenell
Nottingham, Chair - Thu Mar 27 23:47:14 2003

 That would be a picture of Sir Patrick Moore and me.
dsp
- Thu Mar 27 23:19:10 2003
dsp
- Thu Mar 27 23:18:32 2003

 Can I just point out that my wedding is a week tomorrow. ARRRRGH!!! Thank you.
tom
- Thu Mar 27 17:25:17 2003

 Lovely place, great for sea food. Don't drink the water.
dsp
- Thu Mar 27 16:46:47 2003

 all good stuff, thanks guys. Mat has heard good things about Tiscali - any ideas about them?
alex
- Thu Mar 27 16:45:51 2003

 NTL aren't too bad around here. They tried to skank us by putting the lowest grade cable in but the connection was pretty appalling. So we complained. Got straight through to the head of NTL Home and made him come to our house and test the levels. On their tests a reading between -2 and 5 is acceptable, ours was -7. He said sorry and gave us top grade cable. He even insisted that we have it shielded. He really was a lovely man. It's been good ever since. It connects at around 350-420kbps, not quite the promised 512 but that's probably down to the USB connection. There's downtime every few weeks, but that usually occurs between 2am-5am and is really only a problem if you happen to be downloading movies all night. *cough* Speaking of which, there appear to be no limits on the amount i've downloaded. This week alone i've stolen 18 films at 700+ mb each. Then there are the mp3's and the copious doses of pornography... erm, so yeah, overall: NTL Nottingham are not too bad.
Rusty
Nottingham, - Thu Mar 27 16:08:46 2003

 Did you keep a copy of Pete's letter Rob...? Any chance of producing an online version? Sounds fun!
John
- Thu Mar 27 14:31:26 2003

 I have broadband through Freeserve (BT behind it all) and its really good. No complaints what so ever.
dsp
- Thu Mar 27 13:41:40 2003

 So, errr, not NTL then.
John
- Thu Mar 27 11:55:15 2003

 p.s. When we finally refused to pay them, Pete sent a letter with 63 separate complaints on it. In two years. You have to work hard to be that shit.
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 27 11:08:00 2003

DON'T GO WITH NTL (NTHELL)

They are charlatans of the first order. The service is terrible, they put caps on the amount you can download, the customer service is awful, you never get the bandwidth they promise and they smell.
We're disgusted by them, frankly. We're going with an ADSL line, which comes down the phone line from erm... I think pipex or someone. It's very good but you do need BT to upgrade the exchange.
NTL are bastards, let them burn in hell.
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 27 11:06:26 2003

 We had the same thing in my little village. Lots of people campaigned to get Broadband, and BT have just turned it on. Surely though once it is on at the exchange, you can use any old ISP (Freeserve, Demon etc). I have heard good ish things about Demon broadband.
John
- Thu Mar 27 10:22:13 2003

 OK geeks, I need some advice.....we want to get broadband for when I'm on maternity so that I can keep in touch with people and stay sane. At the moment our only provider is NTL but BT are promising to upgrade our exchange if more people show an interest. Do any of you have any feelings (positive or negative) about Bt vs NTL? We'll also be looking to buy a laptop as we don't have space for a big computer and I was wondering if any of you had any recommendations.
alex
- Thu Mar 27 09:09:55 2003

 What did they decide you had in the end? Get plenty of rest, drink lots of water and hopefully you'll feel better soon. These things can knock you for six sometimes. Don't forget its Mother's day on Sunday!
alex
- Thu Mar 27 09:08:07 2003

 Back in Reading. The swelling has gone down now, so I am back on solids. Which is fabulous. However, the aftermath is terrible. It took me 3 1/2 hours to do a 2 hour journey. I had to miss two trains because I feel sick. I have sporadic headaches and I feel dizzy if I move too fast. It's very difficult to stay awake in normal hours and I just get the feeling I'm in a bit of a daze.
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 26 21:39:15 2003

 hello boyo, how are you feeling?
alex
- Wed Mar 26 16:54:22 2003

 I'd like to say I am enjoying home cooked food, but half the suff mum wants to cook, I have to puree and slurp it through a bloody straw. Nanna's rock cakes were legendary. But now mum is Nanna... eh Alex?
Rob Lang
- Tue Mar 25 18:35:44 2003

 I would only have joined in on any booing because of peer pressure, and wouldn't have meant any of it. Welcome back Julia!
dsp
- Tue Mar 25 09:19:07 2003

 BOOO! (Sorry.)
tom
- Mon Mar 24 17:50:27 2003

 Optimus Prime launches attack on Iraq: http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=3828
tom
- Mon Mar 24 17:49:27 2003

 Apologies if there was any booing previously! I don't remember it personally, but I'm sure we didn't mean it!
John
- Mon Mar 24 17:44:35 2003

 Erm, probably don't remember me so this could be a totally pointless exercise, but i started posting on your web-site in 2001 i think it was. But because i practically got booed off I left sharpish. Well i found u again by sheer chance and just wanted to say hello and your phrases continue to amuse x
Julia <jules_jd@hotmail.com>
Barnet, Mill Hill - Mon Mar 24 17:04:08 2003

 I dont want to know what the scone/Leicester is, no doubt it is very dull.
dsp
- Mon Mar 24 16:17:19 2003

 Yeah, it was my Nanna who used to make them - they were legendary. My Uncle has been threatening to give them a go and I might try the recipe out myself one of these days. I don't think that being banished to Alaska would be all that bad, its a pretty nice place.
Alex
- Mon Mar 24 15:54:49 2003

 Yes.
John
- Mon Mar 24 15:52:31 2003

 Is there a scone/Leicester link that I am unaware of?
dsp
- Mon Mar 24 15:17:39 2003

 Was the mayor of Leicester involved at any point?
John
- Mon Mar 24 14:45:55 2003

 I think it was Rob (and Alex) granny who made them. I found myself eating lots of scones as a poor-man's substitute.
dsp
- Mon Mar 24 13:51:21 2003

 I had forgotten all about the rock cakes. Did Rob's Mum make them? I seem to remember really liking them.
John
- Mon Mar 24 13:42:07 2003

 An allergy to Rock Cakes would be very unfortunate.
dsp
- Mon Mar 24 13:38:19 2003

 (Strictly speaking, that's not an illness.)
tom
- Mon Mar 24 13:35:52 2003

 Apart from perhaps banishing all gingers to Alaska.
tom
- Mon Mar 24 13:35:22 2003

 Unable to speak? It would be hard to imagine a crueler illness befalling Rob...
John
- Mon Mar 24 11:17:31 2003

 You might not be hearing from Rob for a bit - he's in London and he's got some horrible throat infection. Came home for the weekend and could barely speak, spent the whole time in bed poor bugger. Still, it was quiet...
Alex
- Mon Mar 24 10:24:17 2003

 How was everyone's weekeends then?
John
- Mon Mar 24 09:55:33 2003

 I'm glad to see Friday lunchtime drinking is so clearly alive and well.
John
- Fri Mar 21 13:40:54 2003

 What do you think you're doing, pig? Do you really give a fig, pig? And what's your favourite sort of gig, pig? Barry Manilow? Or the black and white minstrel show?
Peoples Poet
- Fri Mar 21 13:24:57 2003

 Oh, Cliff. Sometimes it must be difficult not to feel as if. You really are a Cliff. When fascists keep trying to push you over it. Are they the lemmings? Or are you Cliff? Or are you, Cliff?
Peoples Poet
- Fri Mar 21 13:24:19 2003

 You're so right...
My name is Jed (dedle dedle)
With an extra leg (dedle dedle)...
dsp
- Fri Mar 21 10:23:39 2003

 Will you walk me to the edge again? Shaking, lonely and I am drinking again. Woke up, tonight and no-one's here with me. I'm giving in, to you! Take me Under! I'm giving in to you. I'm dying tonight. I'm giving in to you. Watch me crumble. I'm giving in to you. I'm crying tonight... I'm giving in to you.
Caught up, in life. Losing all my friends. Family has tried to heal my addictions. Tragic, it seams to be alone again. I'm giving in..... to you. Take me Under! I'm giving in to you. I'm dying tonight. I'm giving in to you. Watch me crumble. I'm giving in to you. I'm crying tonight... I'm giving in to you.
I look forward to dying tonight. Drink 'til I'm myself. Life's harder everyday. The stress has got me. I'm giving in... giving in... giving in.... NO! I'm giving in to you...
Giving In - Adema
So many snatches of music - so applicable in whole or part.
Rob Lang
- Fri Mar 21 09:54:55 2003

 On the plus side, as a very cross (and late for his set) Money Mark once said, it could be worse, at least we don't have bombs dropping on our heads.
John
- Fri Mar 21 09:42:15 2003

 Wise Up Sucker! Yeah she loves me, she loves me not. Yeah she loves me, she loves me not. Wise Up, son, what you got?
If we stand here shaking much more.
We're gunna come apart,
Split in half.
Telling me you don't want no more.
Cos my head's my arse, watch my world through a glass.
I'm just a crazy, tired shit from your past.
You say it's love that you need.
It's what you got.
That you wanna make you life to have not, to have not.
Better wise up and face my lot.
Yeah, she loves me. She loves me not. Yeah she loves me, she love me not! Wise Up, son, what ya got?

I'm freaking and you couldn't care less
I've got the deep down crazies, trying to get my head round this mess.
At the sound of the bell.
That you know so well
You give me 16 different flavours of hell.
You say it's love that you need.
It's what you got.
That you wanna make you life to have not, to have not.
Better wise up and face my lot.
Yeah, she loves me. She loves me not. Yeah she loves me, she love me not! Wise Up, son, what ya got?

Wise Up! - Pop Will Eat Itself
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 20 11:19:18 2003

 That's 'cos you're the hard man of the mountains, T-Boy! You drink petrol and wash in acid!
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 20 09:25:14 2003

 Not that it matters too much...but seeing the bit about vomit, I thought I'd add that I haven't vomited in at least 9 years. And I do a bit of drinking. Eerie.
Travis
- Thu Mar 20 03:54:39 2003

 Thanks for checking the site please come again and don't forget to leave a message and vote for your favourite
MOD
- Wed Mar 19 14:12:55 2003

 Cars eh! I'd be hard pressed to come up with a better way of wasting money, that wasn't drug related.
dsp
- Wed Mar 19 13:29:51 2003

 John, do you actually have a GPS unit? (I wondered if you did because of the GPS info thing in Photo Studio..) Anyway, if you have one or know anyone who has one, turn it on and watch it. When it goes mental, you know the US just attacked Iraq. (They plan to degrade all civilian GPS signals at that moment.)
Mark
- Wed Mar 19 13:07:39 2003

 NOW! There's a crack on the inside, and I start to play! NOW! My finger's stuck, overstood my stay! NOW! NOW! NOW! My world is bent... from this development!
Oh, god... Missing her...
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 19 09:57:49 2003

 I'm scared to.
John
- Wed Mar 19 08:53:55 2003

 Check out my site possibly the worst site ever www.geocities.com/checkmyspecs
MOD
- Tue Mar 18 16:56:32 2003

 Ok, well, anyway if you're not so bothered about the full sized images on all of them for the time being, then the page is at: http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/pictures/tomjohnbirthday/
John
- Tue Mar 18 13:29:45 2003

 The index page and all the thumbnails are uploaded now. I'm in the process of uploading the full sized images, which I'm having to do fairly manually which is quite annoying. Ho, hum.
John
- Tue Mar 18 13:20:27 2003

 I seem to be having immense difficulty in uploading the pictures. I've had to go through an intermediate node to get round our firewall, and now the connection keeps crapping out... Quite irritating.
John
- Tue Mar 18 12:58:43 2003

 John, may I add comments to the piss up when you've uploaded it?
Rob Lang
- Tue Mar 18 12:10:54 2003

 Are you going to upload your pictures Tom? Mine aren't on the web yet... Maybe tomorrow...?
John
- Mon Mar 17 17:21:54 2003

 My 4 mile walk home, drunk and in the dark, was pleasant. Thanks to chie's scarf! I awoke hungover at 6 am ready to go walking another 20 miles yesterday. Niiiiiice!
tom
- Mon Mar 17 15:07:01 2003

 Rob, I have a few tweaks I need done to the website.. ;-)
tom
- Mon Mar 17 15:05:53 2003

 That does sound very annoying Rob. Not sure what I can offer as advice really. I guess you've just got to be persistent.
John
- Mon Mar 17 14:37:32 2003

 Rob: Sounds to me like you need to hire the A-Team. Hope this helps.
dsp
- Mon Mar 17 14:31:24 2003

 I am getting really fucked off with people I have worked for. They just don't fucking pay me the fucking money I have earnt. It's like they expect me to work for free because I have no money. It's pissing me off no end. The biggest bunch of useless puss-sucking-shit-eating-fuckign-wankers is the University. They've lost the paperwork regarding me 3 times now and th £800 I should have got in JANUARY has still not appeared. When I eventually get someone to do something, they claim it's not their fault and then act like it's a big service to be helping me out at all! Besides that, people who just keep wanting more tweaks to their website are bastards too. Pushing back the finish date so they don't have to pay. This just sucks.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 17 14:05:40 2003

 Don't worry about it Byrnie. One day we'll all look back it at and laugh!
John
- Mon Mar 17 11:55:02 2003

 The mess being created was something I had little control over, but failing to have the good manners to stay and clean it up is something different.... I made an attempt at doing so at the time, but it was quite obvious that I only made a small dent in the job. I should have stuck about.
Byrn <andrew.obyrne@thalesgroup.com>
Work, Reading, - Mon Mar 17 11:48:37 2003

 Sage-like.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 17 11:43:56 2003

 Well Byrnie, shit happens I guess. Let me tell you a story. When I was about 11 years old, I was on a ferry to France. The sea was very rough, and I'd eaten something dodgy (possibly badly cooked sausages). Anyhow, I felt I was about to be sick, and ran to the edge of the boat. It was very windy, and a fair amount of it blew back and, I believe, made contact with a couple of innocent bystanders. I think this is possibly an exceedingly long term bit of karma returning to bite me in the arse. I suppose the thing about being sick is that no-one does it by choice, and you seldom have much control over it. The cleaning was pretty horrendous but, as my Dad would say, it's character building.
John
- Mon Mar 17 11:25:23 2003

 I'm very sorry about the bathroom John... I should have stuck around and cleaned it up.... I wasn't thinking straight. Staying about for a while would have made little difference to the trip back to Reading, as we waited over an hour for a train... Sorry again
Byrn <andrew.obyrne@thalesgroup.com>
Work, Reading, - Mon Mar 17 10:59:23 2003

 As a vegetarian, I found picking bits of semi digested chicken out of my plughole particularly offensive.
John
- Mon Mar 17 09:35:30 2003

 Whilst violently hungover yesterday I spent about an hour attempting to remove someone else's vomit from my bathroom wall. Which wasn't nice.
John
- Mon Mar 17 08:55:33 2003

 Sorry to hear that Alex...! Sunday morning I'll throw up on your behalf if it makes you feel any better...
John
- Fri Mar 14 17:45:01 2003

 or even alcohol
alex
- Fri Mar 14 16:58:02 2003

 Have a great time you pissheads. (I'm only jealous as its pretty difficult to eke out one unit of alochol a week)
alex
- Fri Mar 14 16:57:46 2003

 Ok Tom! It'll be great to see you whenever you can make it!
John
- Fri Mar 14 15:14:49 2003

 Like I said, I may have to be late. I'll probably walk from here... will keep you posted.
tom
- Fri Mar 14 15:04:42 2003

 Yep 12 noon. There is an 11:55 train from Reading which gets in at 12:04. Alternatively, if you want to come to my place first there's an 11:25 train which gets in at 11:34. Give me a call when you arrive and I'll direct you to my flat (if you don't remember)...
John
- Fri Mar 14 14:31:07 2003

 John, is it 12 noon tomorrow? Byrn and I would like to crash at your pad. We'll bring crash kit but will need to dump it off before we start drinking.
Rob Lang
- Fri Mar 14 10:33:36 2003

 Just a typing is harder than I thought.
dsp
- Fri Mar 14 10:16:07 2003

 Impersonating Nimal is harder than our mystery imposter would have thought. He clearly game himself away.
dsp
- Fri Mar 14 10:15:46 2003

 Pimples? What's that got to do with anything?
tom
- Thu Mar 13 17:51:50 2003

 P imples Q which is Skip. Which was nice.
Nimal
- Thu Mar 13 16:54:28 2003

 Wasn't attacked by an elephant. Which wasn't horrible.
tom
- Thu Mar 13 16:21:17 2003

 Was attacked by an elephant. It was horrible.
Brian
- Thu Mar 13 16:04:23 2003

 Just had lunch with Catherine. She's lovely.
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 13 14:48:41 2003

 I was at BBC Television Centre this morning. It was great.
John
- Thu Mar 13 13:09:29 2003

 Love it!! (read-detail): http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
dsp
- Thu Mar 13 12:27:21 2003

 New bit of art:

Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 13 10:56:06 2003

 Do you now? I am back from my walk and have a nice pint (well can) of Guinness in front of me.. :-)
tom
- Wed Mar 12 17:54:36 2003

 I want BEER!
John
- Wed Mar 12 17:42:18 2003

 Uncle Rob - christ, there's a terrifying thought. Mind you, we have booked him for babysitting duties for the next 20 odd years. I think this glowing stuff is total bollocks - unless glowing means you look like death (the lack of sleep starts early as you're always going to the loo in the night!)
alex
- Wed Mar 12 15:36:30 2003

 Tom: Happy birthday! Get the cakes in!
Alex: Congrats on your bump! Double cakes for you!
Rob: Congrats on the prospects of becoming Uncle Rob!
dsp
- Wed Mar 12 15:10:59 2003

 But Alex, you're eating all the pies for two now.
John
- Wed Mar 12 14:54:56 2003

 No sign of Tom on the board then. I think he's out having a nice walk...
John
- Wed Mar 12 14:54:02 2003

 Are you 'glowing' yet? People always say 'You're glowing' to pregnant women. Does this mean you can save on the electric bills. Is it difficult for Mat to sleep if you're incandescent?
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 12 14:53:48 2003

 Tom: Happy Birthday. Rob: Yep, I have something of a bump, although rather than a baby it looks as though I've eaten not only all the pies but the donuts and biscuits as well.
alex
- Wed Mar 12 14:38:39 2003

 Happy birthday tom. Have a good one.
Graf
- Wed Mar 12 12:25:13 2003

 Happy Forking Birthday, You (nearly) old, (nearly) married man!!
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 12 11:37:43 2003

 Pink was a mistake, I confess.
John
- Wed Mar 12 09:56:31 2003

 Hey Boys and Girls, it's...
Tom's Birthday!

John
- Wed Mar 12 09:56:11 2003

 Alex: does it show yet?
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 12 09:53:27 2003

 Why is it that small alterations to your web page can sometimes take bloody ages. Last night, I added Javascript windows to my art section (so the art pops up in nice neat custom-windows, rather than in a whole new browser) and it took forever cut and pasting and such. Madness!
Rob Lang
- Wed Mar 12 09:53:08 2003

 ah! I thought as much. won't offer you a beer then.
alex
- Wed Mar 12 09:10:36 2003

 Ah. Mozilla.
tom
- Tue Mar 11 22:16:31 2003

 Piss piss piss piss piss piss piss. Piss.... Piss.
John
- Tue Mar 11 17:46:47 2003

 oh, and I can't resisit this one: John, what are you drinking?
alex
yep, still here, - Tue Mar 11 17:12:00 2003

 What do you mean the iMood would have to fluctuate continually if wimmin posted? Bloody cheek! Oh look, little fluffy kittens....
alex
still at bloody work, - Tue Mar 11 17:10:52 2003

 Lads: On Saturday, we *must* dance like in the Lynx Pulse advert. Hopefully some fit chicks will...... hmm. ah.
tom
- Tue Mar 11 17:07:34 2003

 I have the technology mister lang.
tom
- Tue Mar 11 16:46:51 2003

 Wanted to ask that upload favour again...
Rob Lang
- Tue Mar 11 16:18:53 2003

 Softel. Why do you ask Mr. Lang?
John
- Tue Mar 11 13:56:21 2003

 John, you on campus today or at Softel?
Rob Lang
- Tue Mar 11 13:27:46 2003

 Sign on a music school entrance: "Handel broken, use Bach door."
tom
- Tue Mar 11 11:13:40 2003

 Today I am wrestling with the Quicktime API. Look at this beauty I just found in the documentation:
"The handle data reference handle is a Macintosh handle whose data is the handle containing the actual data."
Nice. (P.S. Piss).
John
- Tue Mar 11 11:04:19 2003

 In reality probably slightly of blue cheese, but to hell with it. Piss.
John
- Tue Mar 11 09:49:29 2003

 John, what do you smell of?
dsp
- Tue Mar 11 09:37:48 2003

 Today I plan to post nothing to the board except: piss.
John
- Tue Mar 11 08:48:46 2003

 Morning all! :-)
tom
Home, At desk - Tue Mar 11 08:31:51 2003

 I would like to point out i do not smoke invisible cigarettes. In fact, i dont even smoke visually impressing ones. I think i had an itch and just got caught getting to it. If anyone knows different, please let us know...lol
Chris Rowan <chris@rowan.me.uk>
- Mon Mar 10 19:21:48 2003

 Tom, please would you email me your Squadron boss' email. I'd like to request a visit! Cheers mate.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 10 17:48:07 2003

 It's probably wise not to have IMoods for some of the moods I get into. I have also found it is a little time consuming to set the thing. If we had girlies on the maison, it would have to fluctuate at random. Speaking of girlies, why don't any of the girlfriends post here? It's not like everything here is nerdy or blokey, is it?
Rob Lang
Reading's Shitty Computer Room, Reading Uni - Mon Mar 10 17:46:19 2003

 Bored? Get yourself an iMood. (imood.com) and tell the world! It takes, sadly, only a few minutes too. I recon the maison should have an Imood section like on my site...??
tom
- Mon Mar 10 16:35:28 2003

 Bored.
dsp
- Mon Mar 10 16:09:45 2003

 Programmer's Notepad ROCKS. It gets my vote.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 10 14:37:14 2003

 Wow. I went to Safeway at the weekend, and amongst other things, bought some Heinz Ravioli 85p a can. Today whilst buying some lunch in Morrisons, its 69p a can. This is very alarming.
dsp
- Mon Mar 10 12:43:54 2003

 Drinking and fighting and walking and training and drinking and drinking and singing and drinking and stumbling and drinking and fighting and falling and drinking!
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 10 11:40:43 2003

 I'm up for it. If I get permission :-)
tom
- Mon Mar 10 11:19:14 2003

 Tom - check your email!
John
- Mon Mar 10 10:55:40 2003

NOW! There's a crack on the inside and I start to play. NOW! My finger's stuck, over stood my stay! NOW NOW NOW! My world is bent, from this development!

- Development, Nonpoint
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 10 09:17:46 2003

 Wednesday. What are you planning for your bday John? Perhaps a joint drinking session on Saturday?
tom
- Sun Mar 9 23:26:49 2003

 John: read this! http://www.thekansan.com/stories/030603/agr_0306030007.shtml
tom
- Sun Mar 9 21:34:07 2003

 John, I am right thinking your Birthday is very very soon, innit? Got you a prezzie. You's gunna love it.
Rob Lang
- Sun Mar 9 17:09:35 2003

 Tom, am I right in thinking it is your birthday very, very soon?
John
- Sun Mar 9 16:37:03 2003

 dsp: ok. it does now. odd. I hit update a few times in feedreader and al my other feeds updated. Hmm.
tom
- Sat Mar 8 17:35:35 2003

 They couldn't be bothered TABbing all the way down to the bottom?!
tom
- Sat Mar 8 17:34:44 2003

 Somebody down there seems to have written all of their message in the URL section...
John
- Sat Mar 8 11:47:51 2003

 Is the add message thing too confusing now?
John
- Sat Mar 8 11:47:23 2003

 Now the rss feed doesn't work. feedreader didn't pick up any changes tim!
tom
- Fri Mar 7 17:59:47 2003
Rosa Guidry
- Fri Mar 7 17:27:29 2003
Rosa Guidry
School, Houston - Fri Mar 7 17:24:52 2003

 PS. Have you book a room for you and Chie for Tom and Sarah's wedding? Which Hotel?
dsp
- Fri Mar 7 14:23:57 2003

 John, I have the script under version control at home, I'll update with you new version. Don't worry.
dsp
- Fri Mar 7 14:23:32 2003

 Tim, I made a load of changes to the add message script yesterday - please don't overwrite them (it was a pain in the arse to write!)....
John
- Fri Mar 7 14:22:34 2003

 Just some XML testing, please ignore! & ' " < >
dsp
- Fri Mar 7 14:18:20 2003

 Just some XML testing, please ignore! & ' "
dsp
- Fri Mar 7 14:18:03 2003

 No mate, John has to give you a password. Ask him nicely and he'll set one up for you! ;-)
Rob Lang
- Thu Mar 6 19:07:42 2003

 I am forced to download an excel file so I can obtain a course and major number from a certain university. When I try to open the excel file, I receive a message saying that the file type is not valid. It's an .xls and shows up when I do a search for Microsoft Excel files. Any clues why? Also, for the password above, if I post HTML, do I use the password I use to log on to FTP? I'm apparently clueless.
Travis
- Thu Mar 6 18:41:46 2003

 Right, I think it all works now.
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:10:04 2003

 Here's something elsewhere than in the message field that looks URL like.
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:09:40 2003

 Here's a link with a password (that I actually wrote properly, actually really with the password): [link]
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:08:30 2003

 Here's a link with a password (that I actually wrote properly): [link]
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:08:11 2003

 Here's a link with a password: [link]
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:07:46 2003

 Here's a link with no password: [link]
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:07:34 2003

 Here's a URL with no password: http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/rss/
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:07:10 2003

 ..and fere I am submitting some HTML with a password....
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:06:24 2003

 Here I am submitting some HTML with no password....
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:06:01 2003

 I have deleted a load of messages that were either unnecessary or messed up. HTML filtering (with passwords) should work again properly now...
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:05:31 2003

 At bloody last.
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:01:39 2003

 It's official, I strongly dislike perl.
John
- Thu Mar 6 18:01:26 2003

 Yes it was for a while, but it ought to be better now.
John
- Thu Mar 6 17:35:46 2003

 Your board's retarded. I'm going home.
Rusty
- Thu Mar 6 17:31:05 2003

 I didn't expect you to... I bought two cameras today. For a total cost of £13.25 i'm now the proud owner of a 19th Coronet Portrait Box (which smells of old people) and a 1950's AGFA Vario Silette. They both need a damn good clean but they're actually in prime condition. Rah! Well bought that man!
Rusty
- Thu Mar 6 17:30:22 2003

 Told you! Damn thing.
Rusty
- Thu Mar 6 16:40:44 2003

 Wow the add message thing has gone really spaggy.
John
- Thu Mar 6 16:35:17 2003

 No, i'm sorry, i'm just not happy.
Rusty
- Thu Mar 6 16:22:27 2003

 Very quiet today it seems...
John
- Thu Mar 6 15:04:50 2003

 I'm using feedreader to keep an eye on the messageboard now that the rss feed is in place. :-)
tom
- Wed Mar 5 12:24:47 2003

 will the errors be nerdy? I hope so.
tom
- Wed Mar 5 10:53:15 2003

 Personally, I secretly quite like the idea Tim.
John
- Wed Mar 5 08:48:21 2003

 Would it be improper for me to use the message board as an error log for my application?
dsp
- Tue Mar 4 15:47:21 2003

 Is the SMS thing broke? I sent one on Saturday from B&Q and its not arrived yet.
dsp
- Tue Mar 4 13:06:30 2003

 You still have to include the http etc though.
John
- Tue Mar 4 11:24:10 2003

 Nice :-)
tom
- Tue Mar 4 10:39:54 2003

 rowan.me.uk/module.php?mod=gallery&op=view_album&set_albumName=TomsStagParty
John again
- Tue Mar 4 09:29:30 2003

 For example: www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=41
John pretending to be Tom
- Tue Mar 4 09:27:24 2003

 Links ought to be nicely linkified now: www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/
John
- Tue Mar 4 09:25:59 2003

 Please wait while I break the message board. www.maison-de-stuff.net
John
- Tue Mar 4 09:23:33 2003

 Please wait while I break the message board.
John
- Tue Mar 4 09:22:17 2003

 Please wait while I break the message board. t
John
- Tue Mar 4 09:20:23 2003

 Please wait while I break the message board. http://www.maison-de-stuff.net
John
- Tue Mar 4 09:17:48 2003

 Which Linux Distro. for my laptop please?!?! (graf!!?) http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=41
tom
- Mon Mar 3 17:36:38 2003

 Hmm. The port of Gallery to work with the backend engine for my site is dodgy (apparently). You *should in theory* be able to add comments... Doh. Will let you know when it's fixed.
tom
- Mon Mar 3 15:49:44 2003

 Nice pictures Tom! Is the add comments thing meant to allow any old tom dick or harry add comments? I tried and it didn't seem to work... So I guess that's only there for you then...? There do seem to be lots of error messages popping up all over the place...
John
- Mon Mar 3 13:58:46 2003

 Wonderful pictures, both. Ab fab.
Rob Lang
- Mon Mar 3 10:34:59 2003

 However, my pictures from Tom's stag do are now available here.
John
- Mon Mar 3 09:14:38 2003

 Damn that pesky high speed internet connection at Tom's house... There was me thinking my pictures would be online first.
John
- Mon Mar 3 09:03:44 2003

 http://rowan.me.uk/module.php?mod=gallery&op=view_album&set_albumName=TomsStagParty

- Sun Mar 2 23:03:59 2003

 http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?title=stag+party
tom
- Sun Mar 2 23:00:22 2003

 That's a question I don't want the answer to.
Rob Lang
- Sun Mar 2 22:38:29 2003

 What does John know about donkey's cocks then?

- Sun Mar 2 15:59:37 2003

 Wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Good job we took that Taxi, though. Aparently, the rail replacement service was bollocks. We went all the way to Ealing Broadway in the Taxi. It cost £30, but between 5 of us was not too bad. Then we got on the 23:45 train to Newbury which was nice. Then John started talking about Donkey's Cocks. Which wasn't.
Rob Lang
- Sun Mar 2 12:39:11 2003

 Did you have fun getting home then?
tom
- Sun Mar 2 11:27:09 2003

 "[Insert Phrase Here] Donkey's Cock" - J Hawkins
Rob Lang
- Sun Mar 2 01:22:25 2003

 This week I have mostly been confused by the idea that Nine Inch Nails Unplugged actually exists in CD form (Still - a CD that came as a bonus disc to the live album). Also, this time tomorrow, I will be even more drunk than I am now. Which seems impossible. Oh, and a community I am a member of made the top story on ntk.net this week, which probably means jack sh*t to all of you, but it is a wierd collision of different aspects of my life for me.
Graf
- Sat Mar 1 01:03:08 2003