Okee doke, will see you there...
John
- Sat May 31 12:42:34 2003

Back of beyond, 7pm tomorrow?
Rob Lang
- Sat May 31 12:32:19 2003

it is ottaky world. but anyway Rob, is it day time? dinking in the garden or something?
Chienko
- Sat May 31 11:48:35 2003

Anyone up for drinkies in Reading on Sunday with Gasson, Byrne and salad and everyfing?
Rob Lang
- Sat May 31 11:30:24 2003

Hey - I had this really strange dream about Buddy Holly. Anyone interested?
Jimmy
- Fri May 30 16:33:58 2003

Still no teabags. Getting quite sick of Earl Grey. Am considering attempting to raise addition tea-funds by selling my story to tabloid newspaper for (small) fortune.
Jimmy
- Fri May 30 15:55:28 2003

Emails dispatched.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 30 15:30:55 2003

Have a great time Travis! Be careful not to run out of gas!
John
- Fri May 30 14:59:06 2003

Not impressed, because I've done it.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 30 14:04:40 2003

I'm about to head cross country. Guess that's not so impressive to Brits but it's 2000 miles here. I'll be unavailable for a few days. Incidentally, found a fabulous mug.
Travis
- Fri May 30 13:01:41 2003

You are right Rob, especially the git who stole my mug. (Oops, there I go again)
John
- Fri May 30 12:04:21 2003

It's ok, John, everything anyone does is a personal affront to you.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 30 11:43:06 2003

Ok then, that's the lost time I'll mention my last mug (apart from this message, which mentions it indirectly).
John
- Fri May 30 11:26:23 2003

God, I'm sick of this.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 30 10:54:03 2003

My mug has gone missing.
John
- Fri May 30 09:29:46 2003

It got damned hot in my office... stopped me working. Had to sit ourside in the sun. Shame.
tom
- Thu May 29 23:10:25 2003

Yes, I noticed it's a nice day too.
John
- Thu May 29 17:31:33 2003

Isn't it a nice day?
tom
- Thu May 29 17:14:30 2003

I am using the FTP (Foto Transport Protocol) to send something to Tim...
tom
- Thu May 29 16:08:03 2003

Did you order cream of sum yun gai Tim?
John
- Thu May 29 09:48:33 2003

I'm ging for a laff!
tom
- Wed May 28 21:22:45 2003

We're ging to the Chinese to celebrate.
dsp
- Wed May 28 18:57:52 2003

Well, I've finished work for my holidays now! Yay!
dsp
- Wed May 28 18:57:27 2003

If I knew that, I'd be rich.
tom
- Wed May 28 15:30:06 2003

What does it all mean?
John
- Wed May 28 09:48:16 2003

We are at holiday defcon 2.
dsp
- Wed May 28 09:28:56 2003

I like Earl Grey! In fact I think I might have a cup now.
John
- Wed May 28 09:15:04 2003

Well ... what about the hot chocolate, then? Did you drink all that?
Jimmy
- Wed May 28 08:58:00 2003

Wasn't me.
tom
- Wed May 28 08:56:27 2003

Somebody's had all the tea-bags. Now I gotta drink Earl Grey :(
Jimmy
- Wed May 28 08:38:48 2003

This will cheer you up. No really! http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=141
tom
- Tue May 27 21:31:50 2003

Well. I tried.
tom
- Tue May 27 21:31:13 2003

Bitch! Get out of your slovenly low-ass time and get drunk with me. Bitch!
tom
- Tue May 27 20:51:42 2003

Thanks lads. Another time perhaps. >:-S
Rob Lang
- Tue May 27 14:05:05 2003

I'm almost beginning to wonder if I shouldn't have asked about everybody's weekend now...
Tom, that is really sad news indeed. Still though, if it's any consolation, at least she was happy, well looked after and loved for the last few years of her life - I think that's as much as any dog can want for.
Rob, I don't know exactly what has caused you so much turmoil over the weekend, but I can have a guess in the general ballpark. If you want to talk, let me know.
John
- Tue May 27 13:49:13 2003

Not yet - I am ritually cancelling everything at the moment.
Still Broken Rob
- Tue May 27 13:48:06 2003

I didn't know that Rob was a fridge.... I understand the website now mate. Give us a call and we'll go out somewhere maybe?!
tom
- Tue May 27 12:53:09 2003

Which light was that Rob?
dsp
- Tue May 27 12:43:11 2003

A light inside me switched off Friday night. :-( Utterly broken all weekend.
Rob Lang
- Tue May 27 12:41:12 2003

I had a sad weekend. My dog Nellie died on Saturday. We are devastated. :-(
tom
- Tue May 27 12:04:52 2003

Just stepped up to Holiday Def Con 3. D-Day is Thursday. GOD YEAH!!!
dsp
- Tue May 27 11:58:15 2003

I put bullet holes in a good many virtual people. But they were all bad, bad people, so its okay.
Omar
- Tue May 27 11:08:23 2003

I've had a painfully bland bank holiday weekend, it was a real disappointment. Was anyone else's any better?
John
- Tue May 27 09:04:51 2003

Hi Rob, I'm back - what's up with the web site?
mad mumsie
- Mon May 26 23:04:35 2003

Thanks for the link. I've always, deepdown, considered myself a diva.
Travis
- Mon May 26 16:21:58 2003

Well, errr, thanks for that.
John
- Mon May 26 15:37:16 2003

Fabulous handbags for Divas with style can be found at SistaShop.com!
Candy
- Mon May 26 00:46:49 2003

Another day of this? I'd rather not.
Rob
- Sun May 25 18:46:33 2003

I keep forgetting it's a bank holiday weeked again!
John
- Sun May 25 12:29:39 2003

I don't know how to, and am too lazy to find out.
John
- Sun May 25 12:27:24 2003

Well get it fixed you slags!
tom
- Sun May 25 09:30:31 2003

The dates in all my RSS feeds are wrong too.
John
- Sat May 24 23:48:54 2003

GOD YEAH!!!
dsp
- Sat May 24 19:51:06 2003

Tom: Oh bugger! That's my fault, I didn't know how to format the date time so just made it up. What can I say? Busted! Anyone know what date should be formatted as in RSS? (John?)
dsp
- Sat May 24 19:50:44 2003

Not coming tonight, John.
Rob - Fucked Over Again - Lang
- Sat May 24 15:23:23 2003

http://feeds.archive.org/validator/check?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maison-de-stuff.net%2Fboard%2Fxml%2Frss.xml OOPS!
tom
- Fri May 23 14:54:30 2003

Rob: http://78.3822.org/
tom
- Fri May 23 11:23:41 2003

Just received a letter from my official wedding photographer, he's offering me digital copy right for all our wedding pictures for the bargain price of 100 pounds Sterling. Naturally, I'm going to bite his hand off.
dsp
- Thu May 22 12:44:32 2003

Thanks Omar, that will help me talk my way out of tricky bandit situations.
dsp
- Thu May 22 12:43:38 2003

Hmm. Creo que no estas hablando en serio. Pero bueno, si quieres saber las palabras para "Yes, please" en Español, son "Si, por favor". A decir solo "Yes", es "Si". Y para decir "It's not a good idea to fuck with the Pretzel King", es "No es un buen idea a joder con el Rey de Pretzels". All set? ;-)
Omar
- Thu May 22 11:08:24 2003

Omar: Yes.
dsp
- Thu May 22 10:06:56 2003

I don't really have anything to say, actually.
John
- Thu May 22 08:33:18 2003

Sneaks, you said 'Yes please'. Is that yes please you will want to know some phrases translated or you want to know how to say 'yes please'?
Omar
- Wed May 21 17:24:56 2003

Cool. Cheers Dsp. Mmmm, cheap whisky.
Graf
- Wed May 21 15:12:36 2003

Cheers mate. Oddly, I had to write a reference to my old CO for entrance to a golf club! How bizarre.
Rob Lang
- Wed May 21 13:51:49 2003

Andy: Isle of Jura is £14.99 in Morrisson's until June 1st.
dsp
- Wed May 21 12:42:59 2003

Rob: got a request for a reference. I phoned them back straight away. They were very interested in the drug and arms running job that you did for me a while back. Naturally I told them all about your lateness and general slackness.
tom
- Wed May 21 12:24:01 2003

I've got lumps of it round the back.
Rob Lang
- Wed May 21 11:39:24 2003

Thanks Tom! +1 beer token.
dsp
- Wed May 21 11:29:24 2003

dsp: will sort them out later today for you. :-)
tom
- Wed May 21 11:27:15 2003

Bored.... been tidying up and selling stuff on ebay.
tom
- Wed May 21 11:26:25 2003

Wow! submission to the board in six lines of neat code!
dsp
- Wed May 21 11:11:00 2003

test
dsp
- Wed May 21 11:08:44 2003

Yes please.
dsp
- Wed May 21 11:05:08 2003

Hey doc sneaks, if you need any useful Spanish phrases for yer trip to Mexico, just gimme a holler.
Omar
- Wed May 21 11:04:05 2003

Tom: Is there any chance you could post the negatives you have for our wedding please? We've borrowed a negative scanner. Cheers.
dsp
- Wed May 21 09:58:35 2003

I have some brie?
tom
- Tue May 20 16:30:37 2003

Only if its Dairylea.
dsp
- Tue May 20 16:20:27 2003

I've got a lump of cheese in my pocket, does that count?
Rob Lang
- Tue May 20 16:18:23 2003

Yes.
dsp
- Tue May 20 14:49:49 2003

I'm going to Southampton on Friday. Does that count?
John
- Tue May 20 14:47:46 2003

Stuck in Britain.
Rob Lang
- Tue May 20 14:42:43 2003

Could I just take this opportunity to say that: if all things go to plan, a week on Thursday I will be in Mexico. Thankyou.
dsp
- Tue May 20 13:37:35 2003

Test
Tom
[via SMS at 20/5/3 13:30:57 0100], - Tue May 20 13:35:06 2003

My favourite whisky based tipple is Isle of Jura. I was in Venice yesterday. It's much nicer than here (in wokingham, overlooking the car park)
Graf
- Tue May 20 13:16:45 2003

I went to the doctor's just now to be told I'm not ill, which is always oddly disheartening. I think what I'd prefer is for the doctor to tell me I'd been staggeringly ill, but thanks to my plucky immune system and my good old British stiff upper lip I'd got better all by myself.
John
- Tue May 20 10:43:37 2003

I guess if you were to describe a whisk[e]y as prenolic you'd have to be pretty certain about its chemical composition.
dsp
- Mon May 19 16:51:50 2003

Tim, it seems your definition hits the nail on the head. From dictionary.com:
A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic. Also called carbolic acid.
John
- Mon May 19 16:47:01 2003

Also, I think in whiskey the drying process doesn't use peat, it's more often wood or charcoal or something. Peat is very important in Scotch, apparently.
John
- Mon May 19 16:42:07 2003

Nice one John, does Phenolic mean tastes like TCP? (the antiseptic, not the protocol)
dsp
- Mon May 19 16:35:45 2003

Whisky = made from malt, i.e. from Scotland. Whiskey = made from rye (like a bourbon), i.e. from Ireland or America. I'm really fond of the Islay malts - Laphroaig, Ardbeg and so on. The peat is pretty unique there, it's flavoured with seaweed. So Islay malts tend to taste seaweedy, quite smokey, very full, and, my favourite word, phenolic.
John
- Mon May 19 16:33:29 2003

Who's a serious whisky drinker? Serious enough to tell me the difference between Whisky and Whiskey? Favourite tipples anyone?
dsp
- Mon May 19 16:22:44 2003

Pete (Ganderton - housemate) has been with them for a couple of years and says they're the best he's tried! And he's tried a few. Aparently, the support is second to none as there are always people on an IRC channel and they are really helpful! Even helped him debug his PHP scripts.
Rob Lang
- Mon May 19 15:59:26 2003

I guess they will have a low cost-base if they are punting MySQL and PHP on a bed of Linux.
dsp
- Mon May 19 15:54:42 2003

34sp.com is a nice webhost.
Rob Lang
- Mon May 19 15:52:52 2003

34sp? WTF??
dsp
- Mon May 19 15:51:49 2003

Well, I wouldn't! mySQL is a fantastic bit of DB and php feels less clunky than ASP. Of course, it's all a matter of taste and I know that if I don't like it, then I can lump it. 34sp is only 15 quid per year...
Rob Lang
- Mon May 19 15:49:54 2003

Yea, I'd much rather work with a set of XML files than have to start messing about with databases.
John
- Mon May 19 14:30:25 2003

You can use ASP to interrogate Access databases and also XML documents. There's loads of mileage in that. I love the Core!
dsp
- Mon May 19 14:23:50 2003

It's a bit like complaining your toaster won't make you a cup of tea...
John
- Mon May 19 14:21:11 2003

Anyway Rob/Tom, you both have broadband connections at home, and I happen to know both of you have servers in your houses. Can't you both set up linux web servers to fulfil your PHP/MySQL requirements then..?
John
- Mon May 19 14:20:44 2003

Maybe. You can't blame them really, they are a business and have to make money somehow. I think all in all we've had a great deal from them over the last couple of years, so all in all I'm happy with it all...
John
- Mon May 19 14:19:01 2003

They probably charge for the clever web-based maintenance software they've written.
dsp
- Mon May 19 14:10:01 2003

I think the word "son" there is meant to read site.
John
- Mon May 19 14:07:19 2003

It's Fasthosts that have decided their Windows servers only run ASP and MS SQL, and their Linux servers only run PHP and MySQL. When we add a new domain to our package, we have to choose whether we want it to run on a Linux or a Windows server. From then on it is pretty much cast in stone as to whether we're using ASP or PHP on that domain. If anyone has a spare domain name hanging around, I'm sure we could hook it up to a new son our package running on a Linux server. Although I have a feeling we'd still have to pay for the SQL bit. Before you say it, yes I know MySQL is free software, but what Fasthosts charge is a sort of maintenance fee or something.
John
- Mon May 19 14:06:25 2003

Rob, what I meant was, with our package we would have to move to linux to do that. We have no direct control over the servers, so we can't install any new software on them.
John
- Mon May 19 13:58:24 2003

What colour are they?
John
- Mon May 19 13:55:55 2003

John.....Aha i see you're still aliving and doing well. I do hope everything is good and funky and that you're enjoying life to the full. Text me or summat.... by the way I've got a good inside track on a shipment of pelicans...wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more...
Dibble <chris@dabell.info>
nottingham, - Mon May 19 10:09:09 2003

John: No you don't, php and MySQL install easily on a Windows server. Baldrick did it to his home Win2000 server in about 20 minutes and we've had no problems since. He was surprised on how easy it all was - next to no need for configuration and he's obsessed with internet security.
Rob Lang
- Mon May 19 09:26:59 2003

Apart from possibly the bitmaps.
dsp
- Mon May 19 09:09:18 2003

No, not really any hope I'm afraid. We'd have to change to a linux based server for that, which would basically mean deleting everything we've got and starting again.
John
- Mon May 19 09:06:36 2003

Tom, I'm a big doubter that it ever will. The argument goes: "It's got ASP, so what do you need php/mysql for?". It's a good point.
Rob Lang
- Sun May 18 19:24:54 2003

Is there really no hope of mySQL and PHP on the maison?
tom
- Sat May 17 18:04:43 2003

"You're going down for being up!"
tom
- Sat May 17 16:58:35 2003

That website rocks. Humorously, the one anecdote noted that it's illegal to be aroused in public if in Allentown, Pennsylvania. That's about a 20 minute drive from my home.
Travis
- Sat May 17 13:53:31 2003

Nice thinking, Omar, I'll see if I can track the Challacombe down!
Rob Lang
- Fri May 16 14:42:58 2003

Holy shit. Apparently I deserve 67.5 years in prison and a £7000 fine. Time to change my name and move methinks...
Omar
- Fri May 16 14:29:27 2003

How dodgy are you? http://www.thesite.org/magazine/dodgy.html Apparently, I could get five years... shhh!
tom
- Fri May 16 12:42:37 2003

Rob and John: Both very valid points... I've added a reply to each. :-)
tom
- Fri May 16 09:26:53 2003

Rob, have you spoken to Chris recently? Didn't he work for Gremlin or something?
Omar
- Fri May 16 08:44:19 2003

Cool. Cuz we've all been looking for talc mineral products for a while now. Asswipe.
Omar
- Fri May 16 08:42:04 2003

Omar, you got it! And the concept design of 'em, of course! I've had a few (3 or 4) ideas about some new games that I know my friends and I would certainly like to play. Still looking into it.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 16 07:54:11 2003

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lianchun yang <lnjc@21cn.com>
china, - Fri May 16 03:53:40 2003

Rob, what area of game developing are you interested in? I'm guessing AI or the 3d artwork?
Omar
- Thu May 15 22:10:59 2003

Yo Sneaks, no I don't own a boat. But I own a lie-low that you can hold drinks next to you while you float! Oh and I live close enough to the beach to chuck things at tourists who are sun-bathing in bathing suits that they aren't fit enough to wear :-)
Omar
- Thu May 15 22:09:35 2003

Oi. Snitchboy. Read: http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=132
tom
- Thu May 15 20:27:18 2003

Of course, it was crap, John! We were born in the 70s and after that, it all went a bit downhill. Oh, hang on... I mean that the 80s had a lot to live up to!
Rob Lang
- Thu May 15 17:05:19 2003

Hmm. MDS and Mozilla. Hmm.
tom
- Thu May 15 14:21:47 2003

Hmmm the Domesday project. Nice idea, but wasn't it a bit arrogant of people at the time to assume that anyone in the future would care the slightest bit what happened in the 1980s? It was, as I recall, a largely very crap decade.
John
- Thu May 15 13:22:49 2003

PC game stuff! Cool, Omar. I am looking at going into the games business - so much quicker moving than many others!
Rob Lang
- Thu May 15 13:12:50 2003

Hey Omar!! Sound like you're doing interesting work. Do you own a boat?
dsp
- Thu May 15 13:11:15 2003

Yeah the weather is nice here at the mo. No I don't work for that company. I've doing 2d/3d animation and filming for TV advertisements since finishing Uni, and the company moved out here about 4 years ago. It's been cool but I'm a little tired of that kind of work so we are currently pulling together a team to develop a PC game. Should be starting in a couple of months.
Omar
Mallorca, Southeast of you lot - Thu May 15 12:26:39 2003

Saw Matrix: Reloaded last evening. Very...interesting. Don't know that it was quite as good as the first.
Travis
- Thu May 15 11:38:10 2003

DSP?! YOu could read it with your laserdisk player and BBC emulator... Niiice.
tom
- Thu May 15 11:19:53 2003

Cool John! I like it :-) I'm looking at a device that records *everything*.
tom
- Thu May 15 11:19:16 2003

Do you remember the Domeday project heavily covered on Blue Peter when you were kids? Its now obsolete, and the data is accessible!! Ironic that William the Conquerer's is still online! The modern replacement lasted 15 years! http://www.si.umich.edu/CAMILEON/domesday/domesday.html
dsp
- Thu May 15 11:16:48 2003

I bet the weather's nice there... Say, you don't work for a company called Electronic Farm by any chance do you?
John
- Thu May 15 10:30:08 2003

The Pretzel King sends greetings from Mallorca! How's it hanging lads?
Omar
- Thu May 15 10:27:55 2003

Nice Trav, nice.
Rob Lang
- Thu May 15 10:05:52 2003

Tom, have you seen my pictures mosaic page. It's sort of along those lines. I've taken a single picture from each set I've put on the web. I like to think of it as a sort of aerial view of the last four or five years of my life.
John
- Thu May 15 09:45:21 2003

Wanna help make one? http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=128
tom
- Thu May 15 09:17:24 2003

Oh dear. How odd.
tom
- Wed May 14 16:16:37 2003

Rob: Our degrees in the states go something like this: 2 years of study at a university is an associate's degree; 4 years is a bachelor's. Those are called 'undergrad' work. 2 years after a bachelor's is a master's (this is what I'm going for currently). 2-5 years after that (depending upon major) is a doctorate. Master's and Doctoral degrees are considered 'graduate' work. Hope this clears it up :) Oh, I'll have a Masters of Art in Philosphy and I'll hopefully be able to get my PhD after that.
Trav
- Wed May 14 16:04:02 2003

What does it all mean...?
John
- Wed May 14 14:21:40 2003

Help! I've been trapped inside the Maison for a week!!
dsp
- Wed May 14 14:14:55 2003

I am not really out there - I am in here!
Rob Lang
- Wed May 14 14:14:22 2003

Is anybody about there?
tom
- Wed May 14 14:10:05 2003

Haazh, T-Boy! Excellent! So, what qualification will you get after gradschool (we call schools different things over here)?
Rob Lang
- Wed May 14 09:18:32 2003

Been very absent. Don't know if you noticed as I'm an American. Been very busy. Was accepted to grad school to pursue a masters (and more hopefully) in Philosophy. Nice.
Travis
- Wed May 14 00:56:18 2003

I may go here tonight: http://www.vegetariancafe.co.uk/
tom
- Tue May 13 14:28:23 2003

Eh? Were they drunk?
tom
- Tue May 13 14:28:04 2003

Many a time have I heard Berkshire called "The Scotland of the South-East".
John
- Tue May 13 12:05:49 2003

I suppose it's a good job Reading is so strikingly similar then! At least he won't feel homesick.
John
- Tue May 13 11:56:59 2003

Lewes, yup. But they've sort of kicked him out! Madness.
Rob Lang
- Tue May 13 10:37:27 2003

Nice bloke that Sam. Am I right in thinking he's from Lewis?
John
- Tue May 13 09:53:56 2003

Went to the Fez last night for the first time in 4 weeks and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Sam (of drunken Scotsman fame) was quite blotto and started singing "flower of Scotland" at one late point. Smashing night.
Rob Lang
- Tue May 13 09:32:24 2003

Have they tried installing PCI cards under linux though...?
John
- Tue May 13 09:14:19 2003

The Autobots &tm; will never give in.
Optimus Prime
- Tue May 13 09:11:47 2003

This week, my mission will be to try and find episodes of the Transformers cartoon on the internet somewhere.
John
- Mon May 12 09:28:52 2003

Sorry, I forgot to put my name in.
John
- Sun May 11 12:02:10 2003

Tom - I sent a message to the SMS gateway yesterday afternoon, but it doesn't seem to have arrived. Is it still running?

- Sun May 11 12:01:45 2003

hello! I got ADSL now.
vegetarian parmesan
- Sat May 10 23:57:21 2003

MMMM. Firmware.
tom
- Sat May 10 21:48:20 2003

I was having trouble with the DHCP on my ADSL router but I just upgraded the firmware and now it seems to be working properly. I am deeply concerned by how much I have enjoyed the whole process.
John
- Fri May 9 18:11:56 2003

Niiiiiiiice Tom, nice.
John
- Fri May 9 17:43:50 2003

I am sat in the garden with a beer. Ah. Life is great! (And so is wireless....)
tom
- Fri May 9 17:41:04 2003

Probably my favourite jape of Tim's (and possibly Simon's) is when I wandered into the lounge to find him sawing the chair in half (because the kernel took too long to compile). However, this isn't the one I remembered this morning and have since forgot. It is still bugging me.
John
- Fri May 9 15:06:13 2003

I remember Tim once walking up to Computer Science in his long coat with shades on. It was a grey and grotty day, so I asked why he was wearing sun glasses, even though the sun wasn't out. He replied in a thrice "When you look this cool, the sun is always shining!". How I chuckled.
Rob Lang
- Fri May 9 14:36:56 2003

Our friend has also posted elsewhere: http://www2.btobonline.com/cgi-bin/messageboards/media50/116.html http://www.soccerclub.com/messages/GetMessage.asp?PrevRef=913 I don't feel special anymore!
tom
- Fri May 9 10:22:41 2003

That's really annoying. On the way into work this morning I was reminded of something funny Tim once said, and was happily laughing to myself. Now I can't remember what it was, and it's really bugging me. Any chance you could list all of the humourous comments you've ever made Tim, so I could look it up? Thanks.
John
- Fri May 9 10:22:35 2003

I remember that! Oh how times have changed...
tom
- Fri May 9 10:01:59 2003

Randomly, I'm reminded of the time I barged into Rich's room at St. Georges yelling "Faces against the wall, bastards!" to then meet his mum and sister. Oh how we laughed.
dsp
- Fri May 9 09:22:44 2003

Perhaps a Maison branded talc would be successful. I'd buy Essence of Veggie Cat Lovin' Snitch Boy.
dsp
- Fri May 9 09:21:06 2003

Thanks. Again...
tom
- Fri May 9 09:18:06 2003

We would like to introduce us as a talc mineral factory in China, our main mineral goods is talc, caustic calcine magnesite, dead burnt magnesite, etc, you can go and view our web site at: Http://www.talc-talcum.com If you find any of them be of interest to you, please feel free to contact us, we would be glad to give you our best price. Looking forward to your cooperation in near future. Best regards. Lianchun Yang. CHINA HAICHENG PIN YANG TALC MINING CO., LTD. DALIAN OFFICE Tel: 0086-411-2827218 Fax: 0086-411-2810866 Email: lnjc@21cn.com talc8888@sina.com.cn talccn@hotmail.com talccn@yahoo.com.cn http://www.talc-talcum.com
lianchun yang <lnjc@21cn.com>
china, - Fri May 9 03:43:44 2003

Oh well, never mind Tom...
John
- Thu May 8 15:48:54 2003

Nope! Damn.
tom
- Thu May 8 15:39:18 2003

has anyone seen my brother? he's been very quiet lately....
alex
- Thu May 8 15:30:39 2003

Tom, are you at home this afternoon...?
John
- Thu May 8 14:40:24 2003

John. Get your ass over my house soon!
tom
- Thu May 8 14:30:25 2003

You'll need a quiet pc then.
tom
- Thu May 8 13:00:13 2003

I don't mind the booting so much... I think I might end up having a PC that's on all the time anyway...
John
- Thu May 8 12:05:57 2003

The slow bit is the booting! You could install LinuxBIOS and have it boot in about 3 seconds...
tom
- Thu May 8 12:03:29 2003

I am currently loving the fact that pretty much as soon as I turn my PC on, it is connected to the internet. Lovely.
John
- Thu May 8 07:56:42 2003

Niiice dsp. Just work from home?
tom
- Wed May 7 18:09:00 2003

I predict you'll strongly dislike it.
John
- Wed May 7 14:43:22 2003

Ten weeks of road works have started on a very busy junction stretch of motorway between me and work which will mean mega delays both directions on my travels to and from work. So, as an experiment, I am going to begin commuting via train.
dsp
- Wed May 7 14:03:37 2003

The ADSL modem/router thing I got has a built-in hub, so there's four ethernet ports. One for me, one for Chie, one for a server, and one for "guests". Or something like that. Excuse me, I seem to be having a nerdy overload at the moment. I assure you it will pass.
John
- Wed May 7 14:03:29 2003

I run Win2k server to do NAT so my laptop can have Internet downstairs. For added ooo value, I'm shortly going to be investigating Wireless LAN.
dsp
- Wed May 7 14:03:16 2003

I have a sort of workstationy thing now. Chie has a nice Japanese laptop, and my old laptop is still hanging around somewhere, but isn't really much use any more. It might be nice to get a cheap old desktop to run linux and do servery type things. Although I can't think of any real need for it at the moment.
John
- Wed May 7 14:01:49 2003

John: Do you have a desktop machine at home or do you still have a laptop?
dsp
- Wed May 7 13:46:40 2003

Oooooh ADSL is very lovely. Although it has all the symptoms of a one month puppy.
John
- Wed May 7 13:45:34 2003

Welcome to the buffet John!
dsp
- Wed May 7 13:08:19 2003

I'd just like to point out I'm adding this via the medium of ADSL. I was up and running in less than 15 minutes. Marvellous.
John
- Wed May 7 13:02:47 2003

My first and second digital cameras worked really well as a webcam. Unfortunately they're both broken and the current one doesn't seem to have any way of being controlled via the PC. Poo.
John
- Wed May 7 12:40:59 2003

Get a good one.. the cheap ones (like mine) are pretty pants. You need a decent ccd in there!
tom
- Wed May 7 12:33:05 2003

I bought my mum a webcam for Christmas which meant I had to have one! ;-)
dsp
- Wed May 7 12:20:08 2003

Yes video conferencing! I've always quite wanted to have some kind of joint house party or something with a live video link-up. Any recommendations for webcams etc...?
John
- Wed May 7 12:08:50 2003

I now have the router in my sweaty little palms. I can't imagine eating much this lunchtime.
John
- Wed May 7 10:49:41 2003

Niiiice. Video conferencing anyone?? We need to get IP phones working, and save a fortune on mobile bills...
tom
- Wed May 7 10:16:11 2003

I should be getting my ADSL router today - apparently my connection was activated yesterday. This will probably result in an inordinate quantity of crap being uploaded to the 'Maison over the next few weeks. Hoorah!
John
- Wed May 7 09:22:40 2003

I used Ulead DVD Movie Factory for the dvd stuff - sadly menu authoring hasn't really been cracked by the linux guys, so i've been using Windows. I'd have a go myself but you have to pay big dollars for the DVD format specs.
Graf
- Wed May 7 01:18:58 2003

Well. At least its not Wednesday tomorrow.
tom
- Tue May 6 22:46:00 2003

What did you use to create the menus?
tom
- Tue May 6 16:03:21 2003

I had a good weekend. Didn't do much, really. Bit of house work, couple of good meals out, saw X-Men 2, played a lot of nintendo, finished off my first DVD (of Invader Zim, with funky menus and stuff).
Graf
- Tue May 6 15:05:24 2003

I had a good weekend!
Tom
[via SMS at 6/5/3 15:02:23 0100], - Tue May 6 15:04:53 2003

I can't speak for everyone, but I did.
dsp
- Tue May 6 13:54:30 2003

Did everyone have a nice bank holiday weekend then...?
John
- Tue May 6 11:04:29 2003

I haven't done any housework all weekend. Consequently my flat is a mess. On balance, I prefer it this way.
John
- Mon May 5 13:07:22 2003

GOD I LOVE DOING HOUSEWORK!
dsp
- Sun May 4 13:34:55 2003

This afternoon I have been mostly enjoying this: http://www.mantlepies.com/offlicence.html
John
- Fri May 2 14:45:17 2003

I don't think Freevo will work with my card. DVB cards are totally different to analogue TV cards. Freevo would need to incoporate the driver from linuxtv.org, and it means recompiling your kernel, sawing chairs in half, etc. Having said that, there's a bit on the linuxtv site that says their driver is going to be incoporated into the kernel at some point or something...
John
- Fri May 2 09:27:42 2003

I am going on exercise this weekend... you should see the size of my bergen! (ooh err Mrs!) I've got four side pouches attached - yes Rob, FOUR - and a full set of webbing too. Damn the British weather - if it wasn't going to be so horrible, I wouldn't need the half of it. I'll post you a picture later on..
tom
- Thu May 1 13:34:59 2003

Why? Really, why?
tom
- Thu May 1 13:33:01 2003

Knackered. Really knackered.
Rob Lang
- Thu May 1 11:31:11 2003

I may need to borrow your DVB card to test some stuff actually John....
tom
- Thu May 1 10:04:29 2003

Woo hoo! Looks like I had the honour...
dsp
- Thu May 1 01:23:15 2003

A freevo? Cool. Is that like John's MPEG card?
dsp
- Thu May 1 00:54:54 2003

Gee whizz Mr, don't you mean Soccer?
dsp
- Thu May 1 00:54:36 2003