Handy list there dsp. Cruel some of the files, for e.g NAVSVC.exe looks sooo like the genuine NAVAPSVC.exe and nvsvc32.exe, bound to confuse many an innocent... :( Fiends!
Nigel
Oswestry, Home... - Thu Jun 30 20:09:47 2005
I'm now counting down the days until I'm on maternity leave. Officially finish on the 29th July - can't wait. I've never been so desperate to leave somewhere!!!
Sarah
- Thu Jun 30 16:57:06 2005
Hi Lox: Even some legitimate services have odd filenames in TaskManager. A good way to check (if mind-numbingly slow!) is to choose a filename you're not familiar with, do a File-Search on it to find out where it lives, then right-click the file, choose properties and check version details. If it's legitimate it should give Maker and version name. If a virus masquerading as legit, it won't... (usually :/ ) Any file beginning "win*.*" is a good target...
Nigel
Wrexham, Work... - Thu Jun 30 14:58:08 2005
Kev: It seem that the page is not working. This means that probably is is a virus then. Strange as I cannot detect any strange process running or strange service started up... will check more.
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 14:01:34 2005
MM: Well the nurses aspect certainly is intriguing, but fortunately this operation is done in arthroscophy and I will be in the hospital just for a day. Still you are right there is no point in worrying. At the moment I just have to be careful and start some training for the muscles.
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 13:59:34 2005
Lox: From One Who Knows!. Surgery is not too bad, for a start you are probably a whole lot fitter than I am. I was very scared when I went into hospital the first time, and more than a little apprehensive the second time. But the result was so spectacular that the discomfort was worth it. And think of all those nurses!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 30 12:24:58 2005
As for the computer I will install an AV (maybe Panda) and see what it says. Still I think it's something not related to viruses... Oh well, I can always flatten the Hard Disk and start over, that will surely solve the problem! :)
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 11:44:24 2005
Thanks Mumsie for remembering!! :)
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 11:43:04 2005
Ciao Tim, actually it could have been a better month ... :) I have seen the doc today, I will have to have surgery, probably in September.. I am a bit scared to be honest, it's the first time that I have such a bad condition that needs an operation, and I am now thinking if I will ever be able to go back to normality and so on (which of course should not be a problem, but...). Let' see July what will bring, but all in all it could have been a lot worse, I am actually taking this whole injury stuff in good way, all things considered!
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 11:42:20 2005
Lox; when are you seeing the Specialist?
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 30 11:40:19 2005
Lox: Are you still having problems buddy? Its just not your month. Hopefully, July will bring you better luck.
dsp
- Thu Jun 30 10:57:45 2005
Ciao John, actually I have tried that first. I have a ps2 keyboard and it gave the same problem so it has to be something to do with software. It might be Firefox because other applications don't give me any problems, maybe Java/Firefox combination... I am still researching, though it might also be overheating... Or a virus, I am in Florence now and the av is in Varese so it'll have to wait...
Lox
- Thu Jun 30 10:42:21 2005
It may not help Lox, but yesterday my Dad's computer started going all weird on us, a while after booting up it would sort of freeze - it stopped accepting input from the mouse or keyboard. We went through the whole rigmarole of checking for viruses, trojans, spyware etc - updated his virus checker, went through windows update to get all the latest patches and so on, and so on.... In the end it turned out to be a straightforward broken keyboard.
So the moral of the story is, if it is easy to do, try using another keyboard. Do any of your friends have a USB keyboard perhaps? Laptops generally accept these without much fuss.
John
- Thu Jun 30 07:40:21 2005
Ciao Nigel, I don't keep an av running to be honest, it's an old laptop and it would cripple it. The only time I have installed an AV I was STORMED by virses, so I decided to avoit it.. I rarely connect just to check mail and see this site so I feel there is little need. I do have an anti spyware active all tme (actually the MicroSoft one).. This afternoon it was working fine, the behaviour is too erratic to be a virus, I think it might be either windows or some component overheating...
Lox
- Wed Jun 29 19:46:39 2005
It's raining.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 29 15:47:42 2005
Cursor not moving points to a process going on in the background... Reversed characters? Either a "trick" font or... (reprogramming VGA regsiters??) virus... But is that likely? Do you go aorund unprotected (?!!??!!) :)
Nigel
Wrexham, Work - Wed Jun 29 14:30:43 2005
Help!! Guys I have massive problems with my laptop. Never seen anything like that before. Basically when I write the cursor "sometimes" doensn't move and the charaters are written BACKWARD!! What could it be? I have thought or possible virus infection, or maybe an issue with Windows. If I plug another keyboard at the back I have the same problem. Any Ideas?
Lox
- Wed Jun 29 11:46:09 2005
nicknames... know your limits !
kev
- Tue Jun 28 22:40:50 2005
I think the moral of this story is:
Nicknames: use with caution!
John
- Tue Jun 28 22:38:00 2005
One of my old work mates had the childhood nickname of Pope because he once got an A in R.E. It pissed him off that much that the next year he did deliberately badly to harm his reputation.
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 21:37:19 2005
Hi all. Interesting! Well my nickname was, er, "Nigbo". I had a motorbike you see, so amalgamating "Nigel" and "Greabo" (slang term for a long-hair on a bike!). Trouble was we were in Sheffield, me on one side of a road, friend on another. "Hey, Nigbo!" said friend shouted, to attract my attention. Only ten did we notice a predominantly black population. They gave chase and I did a sub-four-minute-mile!! Shudder!! And all in innocence too!
Nigel
Oswestry, Home - clammy - thunder!!! - Tue Jun 28 20:33:49 2005
Whilst we're getting all these past issues off our chest, I'd like to apologise for kicking you once Tim - I believe you'd stuck a humorous sign to my back, which I hadn't noticed for ages, and reacted rather badly to when I did eventually find out. It was a neanderthal response and I should have been above that!
John
- Tue Jun 28 20:02:07 2005
How about these three pearlers: "Come on everyone its easy!" [???], "Yes the next few months will be very interesting" [babs], and "Remember, you are the artist!" [Alan Butt]
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 19:57:16 2005
The present me can't believe that a past me did that. Disgracful behaviour i am ashamed of. That was so shit of me. Sorry Rob! Is there any way that i can make it up to you?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 19:53:07 2005
Yes, I had a real soft spot for the whole "So Mr. Bond..." line. I also enjoyed many other great lines such as "Don't clog up the One-Nine!", "We need women immediately. They are nice.", "Everything but electrical equipment." and the all time classic "Don't worry, I'm not looking at your breasts."
John
- Tue Jun 28 18:44:54 2005
Sorry, actually the previous message was John snitching on Tim, telling Rob that Tim punctured the inflatable Mr.Blobby...
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 18:04:09 2005
Ha the phrasebook... how many memories... Do you remember the "So Mr. Bond you've found my missiles" line?
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 18:01:46 2005
I also seem to remember that John actually snitched on Rob that Tim punctured his inflatable Mr. Blobby with a cigar...
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 17:57:25 2005
I had forgotten all about: "They're still in the buffer" Mnnphfff
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 17:06:50 2005
This talk of snitch boy etc has prompted me to go and look back through the original phrasebook - I had forgotten much of the humour wrapped up in these simple words... Marvellous.
John
- Tue Jun 28 16:58:42 2005
OK Nigel - you can't leave it there - what was your nickname?
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 16:55:01 2005
Ah! Ho-ho, I see! My own nickname of old was pretty mild compared but it did cause near physical harm once... Dangerous things, nicknames, in the wrong hands...
Nigel
Wrexham, Still working... - Tue Jun 28 16:49:05 2005
The worst thing about it is John usually snitched on you whilst you were they and was so accurate with his facts that he left no room for plausible denial, leaving you with "Sorry I am shit" as your only defense.
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 16:23:27 2005
It was so long ago that I cannot remember anything about the snitchiness other than the blind rage it caused. I seem to recall Chris Challacombe was involved, it was probably something like Chris said Lox had the same hair as Claire, and John told Lox in front of Chris (or something equally Snitch-like).
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 16:22:29 2005
so john, do you have a list of your '10 greatest snitches'?
kev
- Tue Jun 28 16:16:10 2005
Actually this was my nickname from the old Radstock Road years - I lived in a house (with many of the regulars from the maison) in which I was the only vegetarian, and seemingly the only person who preferred cats over dogs (funny, I thought Lox preferred cats too, but that is beside the point)... Also I am afflicted with a particularly awkward social condition called honesty, earning me the other title "snitch boy".
John
- Tue Jun 28 16:01:28 2005
Also lizardboysnest.com is free. Now you can have your own kellog-bed online!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 28 15:58:36 2005
See, we go "surreal" again... I like this! At least with an email like that John, it's just a weeny bit harder for spammers to blanket it! Maybe...
Nigel
Wrexham, Working - Tue Jun 28 15:53:30 2005
Does that mean I could have: veggie.cat-lovin@snitchboy.com as my email address?
John
- Tue Jun 28 15:34:02 2005
On a mini-tangent, I just checked, and snitchboy.com and lizardfingers.com are still available!!
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 15:32:17 2005
No the interview questions were generally pretty sensible really - none of that crap about describing your weaknesses or anything...
John
- Tue Jun 28 15:31:30 2005
AH! John!! Did they asked to describe the usual three positive sides and negative sides about your character? Did you mention strnage fingers on the positive ones? Kick some asses in Seattle and make sure that you solve all explorer issues after you get the position, I wouldn' t expect less from you of course!
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 15:28:19 2005
Good luck, John. If(when) you get the job, you'll become my scapegoat! HAHA!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 28 15:26:38 2005
Thanks MM!
John
- Tue Jun 28 15:23:27 2005
Good Luck in Seattle then John.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 15:04:26 2005
Well the actual job itself sounds really good to me... It is considerably better than any of the other options I've had presented to me so far....
John
- Tue Jun 28 15:00:16 2005
Sooooooooo, you're hoping to take the thirty pieces of silver are you.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 14:30:22 2005
Yep that's me!
John
- Tue Jun 28 14:15:31 2005
Arse kisser.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 28 14:13:39 2005
Can I just say, in no way connected to any possible interviews I may be having with any well known software companies: what a great guy!
John
- Tue Jun 28 13:55:31 2005
I am going:
...to visit my Mum some time this week.
...to the toilet soon.
...round the bend waiting to hear back about my corrections.
John
- Tue Jun 28 13:49:53 2005
John: I feel the same about flying, always glad when I'm back on the ground - and it was me who suggested New Zealand for a holiday this year.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 13:33:59 2005
John: But DO you know where you are going?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 13:32:06 2005
I haven't (yet) had any of those weird problem solving questions - the most irregular question I've had was "What makes you smart?", to which I pretty much replied that it was a consequence of being a natural worrier!
Oh that and "Do you know where you're going?", which actually turned out to mean "Do you know where your hotel is?" rather than the initial "What are you aiming for in life?" that I interpreted it as, to my embarassment... They generously stopped me in my tracks just a few words into my long speech about what I want to achieve, etc.
John
- Tue Jun 28 13:28:52 2005
John: That was Japan... Sorry I have woke up at 5 today and I am completely fused... :( Good job on the interiew too!! If that's the company that you were telling me during the stay in Hiroshima is pretty good!! Better than selling whiskey in Harrods Japan anyways... :P
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 13:08:16 2005
Hmmm... 9 and a half hours on a plane each way, for someone who hates flying.... not much of a perk to me!
John
- Tue Jun 28 13:06:42 2005
Nice one John! They probably need all the interogation to ensure you'll be a loyal "company man". After all, when the share options kick in, you'll probably be a millionaire before the end of the decade... ;) Ok, I know I'm being cheeky, but I've just endured one of those "corporate health and safety" seminars which basically tell me the correct way to sit at my computer... Which naturally I've been all wrong for years... :/ Hey-ho...
Nigel
Wrexham, Working away like a good 'un - Tue Jun 28 12:58:49 2005
John: Did they ask you any wierd problem solving questions like... how would you move everything in this room to the top floor without using the elavators?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:58:06 2005
John: From what I gather, the interview at HQ is a kind of perk (I presume they are paying) plus it gives them a chance to impress you with the scale of the 'campus'. Enjoy it!!
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:55:59 2005
John: surely some japenese employee will be using YOU to clean the bins WITH. Emptying Bins, pah, I think you have expectations well above your station :)
Kev
- Tue Jun 28 12:54:44 2005
Yes I have had two interviews already, both in Tokyo. Not sure how many it will run to in total - one of the coordinators there said in extreme cases it can be as many as six! My guess is there'll be four in total - if I pass the one in Seattle there'll be a final one back in Tokyo. It is becoming a very long drawn out process...
When I say emptying the bins - I of course mean that somewhat metaphorically, but it is the lowliest of all the positions they had on offer in the new team, and I really don't see why high up management need to be involved in the decision of whether I get the job or not.
John
- Tue Jun 28 12:54:04 2005
MM: I'll be ok unless an ice cream van parks up outside!
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:38:47 2005
That looks very nice dsp, but isn't it distracting.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 12:34:40 2005
Will you actually be emptying the bins? Or is it sneekily something different? Have you had some interviews already?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:33:08 2005
The job, if I get it, is actually going to be in Tokyo, but for some complex reason I don't fully understand I have to go to my third interview at the international HQ in the vicinity of Seattle. I don't really get this, because I've applied for the lowest plebbiest job possible - I'm practically emptying the bins, but apparently even the lowliest scum like me need approval from the big boys before being let in.
John
- Tue Jun 28 12:27:31 2005
Good man!! Is the job based in Japan?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:22:22 2005
It's for a job with a *well known software company*...
John
- Tue Jun 28 12:18:57 2005
<dsp>This is the view from my office window :-)</dsp>
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Tue Jun 28 12:18:00 2005
John: What is the interview in Seattle for?
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 12:16:34 2005
Errr not sure I understand what you mean Lox... At the moment I am in Wales at my Dad's, will probably go by train to my Mum's tomorrow, or at the latest Thursday. I will be in England up to about the 10th or 11th of July when I'll probably be going to Seattle for the interview... then I'll be returning to England, and probably heading back to Japan later that week - some time around the 15th perhaps.
John
- Tue Jun 28 12:12:04 2005
Johnny boy do you know already when are you flying back to england?
Lox
- Tue Jun 28 11:49:34 2005
Actually my corrections have not been approved yet either, and with only just over 24 hours to go until the deadline, I may well not be attending the July graduation either. If I don't go to this one, I won't go to one at all, because I won't be in the country.
John
- Tue Jun 28 10:33:18 2005
Aw go on Rob, you know you want to wear that funny hat. AND Graduations are only put on for parents' benefit, I thought everyone knew that.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 10:19:24 2005
Careful now Tim, don't do anything rash. That's fresh air out there.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 10:18:20 2005
Thanks for the kind words. My parents have been waiting for this ceremony since 1999, I can't not go. I don't need it for work but it's just fucking me off now. Sorry you're having troubles too, T-Boy. I know the hell other people have gone through (John being a good example).
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 28 10:01:46 2005
Morning MM, its lovely here to. I'm working from home today. Might open the patio door!
dsp
- Tue Jun 28 09:53:41 2005
Good morning to you all. What a lovely day, the sun is shining in a perfect blue sky, and its not too hot - yet.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 28 09:43:55 2005
(part 2) It does matter. I could be teaching at a small university with a master's degree while I took classes toward a 2nd master's. That would be a huge help financially but it's not a big deal to my program so it's not to be. I hate my current job. I get off work at 1:30 in the AM sometimes and then have class at noon and then head back to work by 5pm.
Travis
- Mon Jun 27 23:56:01 2005
Rob, I'm having a not-so-pleasant time with trying to finish my 1st master's thesis. I've already begun classes on my second but because, mysteriously, none of the students from my class were funded for summer positions, I've had to get a shit job and don't have the time now to work on finishing and defending my thesis. They have no sympathy either, apparently, and think it's fine if I wait until December to defend it. (continued)
Travis
- Mon Jun 27 23:54:26 2005
Hey Rob - sorry bud, that sucks bigtime. I say we nuke the site from orbit - its the only way to be sure.
dsp
- Mon Jun 27 19:54:34 2005
Really sorry to hear you've had such a shitty time of it Rob. I can understand that feeling of just wanting it to all be over and done with, and it must be soul destroying to have it all dragged out for another year like that, when it is completely beyond your control... Although it may not be much consolation, graduation is just the ceremony - I think you can get some kind of certificate before that as soon as the final approval comes in from your examiners. So I don't think you have to wait for a graduation ceremony to officially have the qualification... Perhaps you could just say bollocks to graduation and organise your own party instead...?
John
- Mon Jun 27 17:23:59 2005
Rob I am really sorry to read about this problem, it dangerously resembles what we have here in Italy both for postgrad and undergrad thesis. It usually takes 2 years to get it done, and almost 1 to get it approved.. I have never experienced such delays, but I can understand that it must be rather frustrating, especially as you have done your job on time, and as they requested. Does the officialization of the PhD stops something at work (like promotion or stuff like that)? Maybe you can push them saying that you'll miss out on something.. Mmm maybe it's a far shot that one...
Lox
- Mon Jun 27 16:57:34 2005
[bad language warning]
Because of those fuckers at University, my corrections will not be signed off for another few months. Because they have not looked at them yet. Both internal fucking and external fucking examiner have not bothered to look at the bloody corrections I slaved over for a year on the train to and from work.
Because mum and dad are holidaying in New Zealand this December, I can't grad then either. So I have to wait a year. I finished this fucking thesis in February.
I have been fucked over by those cunts who call themselves professionals and I have to wait more months to find out whether the corrections are valid or not.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 27 16:32:46 2005
Doh! wrote the message but waited too long to send it, dsp was faster than me!!!
Lox
- Mon Jun 27 15:29:05 2005
Jimmy, fill the contact form on Tim's page, be sure to put the e-mail there and he will contact you with the details.
Lox
- Mon Jun 27 13:19:05 2005
Hi Jimmy. The pictures are submitted by sending them as attachments to an email to a special address. I need to add your name to the anti-spam whitelist. If you send my your email address via my Contact Form on my home page, I'll add it tonite and send you the address. The same goes to anyone else who would like adding :-)
dsp
- Mon Jun 27 13:03:45 2005
All this picture-posting is rather cunning. But I think I've missed a trick ... what do I do to send my photos in?
Jimmy
- Mon Jun 27 12:54:38 2005
I was in England when she died, it happened a couple of days before I left for Japan. I didn't have a fixed opinion on Lady D, in my view if she wasn't happy with her life it was her choice to change it the way she wanted (i.e. having affairs and whatever) but of course being a VIP she was slapped right on every front page that the world could print. Her two son might as well be serial killers for what the have endured in these years...
Lox
- Mon Jun 27 09:32:31 2005
I'm with you there Lox; let the poor woman rest in peace. I have never been a fan of Diana, but enough is enougn. Also its her two sons I feel really sorry for.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 27 08:35:56 2005
Good morning, I hope that your week will be nice... I was checking out some internet pages and look what I found on this italian newspaper.. Apparently the SUN is coming out with news of an alleged night spent by Lady D with John Kennedy... Can't they leave her alone, now that she has passed away?! I can't understand this morbid search for scandals regarding a person that died a long time ago... How do you english people feel about it?
Lox
- Mon Jun 27 08:16:36 2005
IT WORKED!! Truly impressive piece of software Tim!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 21:01:48 2005
Ok let's try now with piccies, this is from my sister's wedding!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 20:55:50 2005
First trial from Lox, only text for now, later will try to attach
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 20:52:50 2005
Nice work dsp! Like the zoom-zoom! Do we all have those graduation piccies on our book cases!?!? Here's a shot of lovely Oswestry...
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 19:37:02 2005
The dspBot can be used to submit text only messages using the subject line. I'm working on something to interpret the email address to say who posted the message. Nice one!!!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 16:05:33 2005
God yeah! (the last message was deliberately text only)
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 15:51:41 2005
We should be back in business now!!!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 15:47:36 2005
Zoom!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sun Jun 26 15:09:54 2005
Yes, great work dsp! Have you got a separate mail-server somewhere? I always wanted one myself (just to fiddle with really :/ ) Mine wouldn't be a "blade" thouhg, more a !wooden spoon"! Before going I must tell my sheep story. Joc and I were walking in the hills, a woman stopped her car, got out with a bag of bread. "Going to feed the ducks?" we asked. "No, the sheep" she said looking at us as if we were mad! And she did, threw it over a fence at them...
Nigel
Oswestry, Eyelids drooping... - Sat Jun 25 23:18:08 2005
You're welcome Tim - it's a really neat thing you've made there and I'm glad to have been a small part of it!
John
- Sat Jun 25 23:11:46 2005
Right, I'm going to call it a night... thanks for your help and patience!
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 23:09:35 2005
Those extra few pixels are vital to undertstanding the sheep's inner meaning. Errm.
John
- Sat Jun 25 23:09:10 2005
Yes, Joc finds those door catches - and a miriad other little gems. Not sure where! I remember we had one of those video locks once. I sat and watched one day as Tim crawled over, pressed the release buttons and took it straight off! John: Yes, we went to Dinosaurland! Only us and one other couple there. The phot was taken at The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester though. Not as good...
Nigel
Osw, PC - Sat Jun 25 23:08:21 2005
Third time lucky...?
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 23:07:24 2005
I'll repost your sheep with a bigger image...
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 23:06:18 2005
Are the Dinosaurs in "Dinosaurland" in Lyme Regis by any chance? I have fond memories of this place as I was shat on outside it by a seagull.
John
- Sat Jun 25 23:01:36 2005
The thumbnails are perfect - unless there are any issues at your end I would have thought there is no harm in making the full size images a bit larger - 640 x 480 or even (gasp) 800 x 600 perhaps?
John
- Sat Jun 25 23:00:09 2005
Do you think the thumbnails and subsequent linked images are big enough? The thumnails are frame 120x120 and the bigger ones are 480x480.
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:57:13 2005
Hoorah!! Nice pics guys! Nigel - do I spot a cupboard door anti-kiddy device? Gonna have to get me some of those! Thanks for the testing guys, its amazing the subtle differences between clients. I'm going to have to code a couple of improvements before I have the confidence to leave it running! I'd hate it to go mad and spam up the board!!
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:56:17 2005
Nice Sheep! Yes, we were in West Dorset (still attached as far sa I could tell!) We certainly did Lyme and Charmouth - hence the Dinosaur bit. That particular beach was West Bay, Bridport, if I remember rightly.
Nigel
Os, PC - Sat Jun 25 22:53:37 2005
It's a lovely sheep, isn't it?
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:52:15 2005
Hooray Tim - look - there's my sheep!!
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:50:07 2005
Very cute kids Nigel! Whereabouts in Dorset is that (the beach picture)? It looks sort of familiar - it's not anywhere near Lyme Regis per chance? (or is that no longer Dorset by that point - West Dorset perhaps?)
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:48:53 2005
All working - thanks! And if I'd told you I had a fairy at the bottom of my garden, what would you have thought!?!
Nigel
Oswestry, Same... - Sat Jun 25 22:47:39 2005
Third time lucky...?
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 22:46:57 2005
Yet again... a few pictures from Nigel - Hope it all works!! From Dorset - Izzy fairy - Tim being eaten - Tim on the PC - The new PDA!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 22:38:53 2005
True John! It's really odd how fast the tolerance to us "foreigners" can change. In Wrexham where I work, they don't bat an eyelid, but five miles down the road (west) they do the old stop-talking lark if you dare to walk in to their local.
Nigel
Oswestry, PC-ing - Sat Jun 25 22:37:09 2005
John, did you walk out of your viva and say: "Well I basically just took the piss!"
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:33:56 2005
I know what you mean about the pub Nigel. As much as I love North Wales it is a bit isolated. I'd love to be in the pub right now, but unfortunately the nearest one is something silly like a six mile walk - even Roger Bannister might struggle to make it there for last orders now. Besides, I always feel whenever I go to a pub round here that all the locals are muttering in Welsh behind your back about how much they hate the "colonists", etc.
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:33:35 2005
Hiya, I've tracked the problem and you're pics will be posted in moments (and I promise I'm not doing it manually)
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:32:24 2005
Well, my first attempt at pictures had them embedded - using OE 6. My second attempt has them as file attachments... Norton has been checking them all but keeping mum... just gone...
Nigel
Oswestry, Home... - Sat Jun 25 22:29:08 2005
Well, Joc has just gone out to investigate "Owls" - apparently we have a family in the trees behind here, making a right racket and scaring the other birds... Hmmm, I've just had this awkward feeling we chaps should actually all be down at some pub or other propping up bars... Sorry, flash-back to student days... long ago... and yes, probably in a galaxy far, far away...
Nigel
Oswestry, Home... - Sat Jun 25 22:26:59 2005
Incidentally all the attempts I have made the pictures have been attached, not embeded.... Not really sure what the difference is in terms of how the mail gets packaged up, perhaps it is more or less the same....?
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:24:44 2005
Ha - my virus checker just popped up and said "potential worm activity detected", because I'd sent a similar ish email three times in a row... genius.
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:23:40 2005
Actually that reminds me Tim... In my viva my examiner got out what is basically the revised version of Bird and Wadler (just Bird now), referred to something I'd put in my thesis which could have been misconstrued as an original contribution, and said, ahem, hasn't this been done before? Old habits die hard, eh?
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:21:20 2005
Please - I'll pop in test mode and stop deleting them! John, could you send yours too please. I'm discovering lots of different quirks of MIME encoding. My T630 really arses it up!
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:18:48 2005
Oh well, works on my machine :-(
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:17:30 2005
Ah... Hmmm... So I'll try again...
Nigel
Oswestry, Home - Sat Jun 25 22:16:22 2005
I've heard there's a really good algorithm for this in the back of Bird and Wadler...
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:16:21 2005
Thanks! Just sent a set of piccys over to the "bot". Not sure if they should have been "attached" or "embedded". I'll just have to wait and see!!
Nigel
Oswestry, Home... Sobering up :( - Sat Jun 25 22:15:40 2005
A few pictures from Nigel - Hope it all works!! From Dorset - Izzy fairy - Tim on the PC - The new PDA!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 22:14:47 2005
Tim's 1st Law
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 22:13:19 2005
I think I am clearly still doing something both spaggy and wrong.
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:13:12 2005
A picture of a sheep again...
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 22:06:39 2005
Thunderbird - I think I just attached the picture normally. Could it have been too big by any chance (it was 1600x1200)...?
John
- Sat Jun 25 22:02:14 2005
John: Yes, we went for a picnic and sat in the car with a flask of tea!! John, your sheep picture didn't appear. Could you resend it? What mail client are you using??
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 22:00:17 2005
Here is a picture of a sheep!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 21:54:06 2005
Is that by the sea? In the car...?
John
- Sat Jun 25 21:45:21 2005
John - no, it was a boob up!
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 21:41:39 2005
Retry!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 21:41:07 2005
Tim - was your earlier picture from your mobile a very small one of a snowy landscape, per chance?
John
- Sat Jun 25 21:29:47 2005
Hmmmm Cadfael - never really watched a whole episode, but always thought it was a great idea. You can imagine the script meeting:
- Right, we want to do a series about a monk.
- Yea, original, but not that exciting.
- OK, a monk who is into extreme sports.
- It's set in the 12th century.
- Bugger. Can we give him a zany pet - a gorilla?
- Oh and it's based in Shrewsbury, an area noted for its lack of indigenous primates.
- Errrrr..... can he be a private investigator then?
- Bingo! We'll get Derek Jacobi.
John
- Sat Jun 25 21:28:50 2005
John: Yes, probably the famous Abbey you saw? Famous because it is where Brother Cadfael (of Derek Jacobi) fame is based. I think it's near the railway line. Actually pretty sure it is... Well thanks for the invite - appreciated! I'll download my camera's latest and see what I have. I'm not as prolfic as you chaps! If there's anything of interest I'll have a go!
Nigel
Oswestry, Home - Sat Jun 25 19:58:32 2005
From my mobile phone!
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 19:36:33 2005
John, Travis et al, use the contact form on my home site to send us your email address, I'll send you the email address so you can submit to help my testing :-)
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 19:35:35 2005
Here's some from the Radstock days [another test]
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 19:29:23 2005
John, yes.
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 19:29:06 2005
Incidentally Nigel I for one would be delighted if you posted pictures to the site!
John
- Sat Jun 25 19:08:55 2005
So Tim, do you have a server at home somewhere which is always on then....?
John
- Sat Jun 25 19:08:03 2005
Nigel - I went through Shrewsbury just the other day - on the train from Birmingham to Pwllheli. Err, actually that's it - I didn't pay any real attention to the place at all as I was passing through, although I did vaguely notice a cathedral (?).
John
- Sat Jun 25 19:07:16 2005
John: I already have the domain name lined up for the mobile bit, and yes, a wildcard should be no problem. Nigel: The dspBot shinks the images for you! The idea was for it make posting images (to any website) as easy as possible. So even your mum can do it! (tm)
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 18:33:49 2005
Further to my PDA failure (dsp - I notice in the photo you have the same Dell I had?!?) I've now gone back in time to a Psion Netbook. This is a stunning little (tiny!) PDA with full wireless internet access (well now I've added an Orinoco card) More like a mini laptop than a modern PDA, but it is sooo good! As the McD advert says - "I'm Lovin' it!"
Nigel
Oswestry, etc - Sat Jun 25 18:16:23 2005
Evening all! I happen to be a bit "merry" on account of a tortuous visit to Shrewsbury with screaming kids (dsp: this has yet to come!) So once back I cracked a can straight away - for sanity's sake! Now then, I'm useless with HTML but I recognise a good idea when I see one... I'd love the ability to upload the odd picture now and hten, if this is possible. I'd keep sizes small, but if you chaps would allow me, that would be great! Should I just email it to one of you peeps?
Nigel
Oswestry, Home ... Murphys in abundance - Sat Jun 25 18:13:48 2005
Is there some way you could allow non-listed email addresses so long as they have a magic word in the subject line or something....? Then if I am visiting a friend or at an internet cafe in, say, Vladivostok, I might be able to use someone else's email address to send pictures.
John
- Sat Jun 25 18:07:49 2005
That's really neat Tim! Is part of the motivation to be able to post pictures from a mobile phone....? If the gaijin police ever let me have a mobile phone in Japan, this will be really great!
John
- Sat Jun 25 18:04:39 2005
Crappa: Contact Form
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 16:38:43 2005
Just had a thought, if you want to send me your email address, you can use my contact form
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 16:38:08 2005
To prevent spam, this will only work from permitted email addresses, so if you want to send me your address I'll let you know how it works.
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 16:35:10 2005
These images have undergone an extra ordinary journey. They have been attached to an email address, and sent to a magic inbox. Then, dspBot has downloaded them, produced a thumbnail and a bigger version, uploaded them to the Maison, generated some HTML and posted it to the message board. The long and short of it is, we will be able to post pictures and other messages to the message board by send an email to the magic address.
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 16:33:54 2005
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 16:26:14 2005
Do not be so proud of this technological terror you have constructed. The ability to output 10 is nothing compared to the power of the force.
Lord Vadar
- Sat Jun 25 16:22:51 2005
John: I cannot wait to demonstrate what the dspBot can do. It outputs 10 in a very complicated way!
dsp
- Sat Jun 25 16:22:07 2005
Tim, am I guessing correctly that you have developed a robotic arm to do your typing for you?
John
- Sat Jun 25 15:30:34 2005
Testing (beep beep)
dspBot
Cyber Space, - Sat Jun 25 10:56:52 2005
Warning! Land of the Dead is simply terrible. Avoid at all costs. Go rent either the Jacket or the Machinist. Both are far better films (though not really horror movies).
Travis
- Sat Jun 25 04:51:58 2005
Hooooooraaaaay! Fridaaaaaaaaaa-AA-aaay!
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 24 22:04:07 2005
Travis: I am in Italy at the moment actually, but it's real hot nonetheless... And it's unpleasantly humid too!!
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 21:11:30 2005
There's my local forecast (below). And I'm now off to see Land o' the Dead.
Travis
- Fri Jun 24 20:39:12 2005
Then the rains came...
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 20:06:36 2005
Time to shut down for the weekend. A bit of rain here, but not enough to wet the streets. Keeps going very dark. Have a good weekend everyone.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 16:54:06 2005
There has been some cracking thunder here! :-)
tom
- Fri Jun 24 16:50:45 2005
Hot, Lox? Where are you? It's been at least 90 degrees for days on end. And look at the 10-day forecast. It's ridiculously hot but not so humid.
Travis
- Fri Jun 24 16:17:32 2005
Sarah: A thought - a knife lets the tyres down quicker.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 15:40:09 2005
Love to help Lox, but nothing doing here at the moment, although the sky looks nice and promising. Sarah: I had to remind Alex about little ears listening. One day Bethan is going to come out with something and shock everyone - and it won't be Robert's fault. (for once)
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 15:39:10 2005
How about that storm that you had to lend me!! It's scorching hot here!!
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 15:36:45 2005
Sarah: I don't know how trumping would have helped, but whatever light's your candle. No better not. I went out at lunch and it had rained 'cos everywhere was wet. No thunder though :-(
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 15:30:04 2005
Normally I would have let rip but I've been training myself not to say certain things what with having a little one around to pick things up now. I'm tempted to go and let one of the tyres down though ;-) Sure it was one of the boy racers from down the road from us. DSP: Glad to hear that your arse is nice and dandy, anyone kicked it lately ;-)
Sarah
- Fri Jun 24 15:25:45 2005
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marlboro <hjvfbvfhbyf@yahoo.com>
USA, 10010 - Fri Jun 24 15:03:36 2005
Sun is still shining in North West London. No rain yet.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 14:40:22 2005
Well, bully for you. Good job you live a long way from me, or I'd be waiting for you near a large puddle.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 14:39:01 2005
My arse, however, is quite dry.
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 14:36:00 2005
Sarah: I hope you let rip with a few choice words, not that I'm advocating the use of bad language, but there are occasions..............
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 14:31:19 2005
Some pooh bag has just driven past me and gone through a puddle soaking my behind. Not a happy bunny, now have to sit for the rest of the afternoon in wet clothes.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 24 14:06:26 2005
A 'Man wot does' is coming to sort out the server problem so I will be leaving you now. Have a great weekend all.
Tim's mum
- Fri Jun 24 13:30:19 2005
dsp - do you have anything worth pinching?
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 13:14:25 2005
dsp: don't you think MultiMap is even more scary? Besides showing the location on the street I live, there's also an aerial photograph on which (even at the low-res, free pics version) you can actually see my house...
Nigel
Wrexham, Working... - Fri Jun 24 13:11:06 2005
Is that you waving?
Tim's mum
- Fri Jun 24 13:04:00 2005
God mum you're so embarrassing!! Fancy telling my mates you're having server problems!! ;-)
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 12:50:10 2005
Kev, John: We are experiencing power cuts here too.. Apparently too many people are using air con units... Mmm maybe we should start consuming less? (consumeristic blasphemy!)
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 12:33:22 2005
Tim's Mum: I agree with Mad Mumsie, Abigail si marvellous, you must be very proud!! Actually my mum can only keep in touch with me through e-mails, this certainly corroborates your view of the internet beign invented by mums etc etc... :)
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 12:29:29 2005
John: no power cut yet, although rather ironically we did have one yesterday for about an hour in the morning when it was REALLY hot !
kev
- Fri Jun 24 12:28:58 2005
Mad Mumsie, Thank you! Abi's pictures don't do her justice! She is even more gorgeous 'up close'.
Tim's mum
- Fri Jun 24 12:25:07 2005
Tim's Mum. How right you are. At least when they were at University, and now to a great extent, you know they are still alive. Your granddaughter is lovely by the way.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 12:07:37 2005
Do you think there'll be a power cut kev?
John
- Fri Jun 24 12:06:48 2005
Sarah, perhaps this map may help.
John
- Fri Jun 24 12:05:40 2005
Thunder is getting close..
Kev
- Fri Jun 24 11:58:51 2005
Ah sweet rain in pangbourne.
Kev
- Fri Jun 24 11:57:38 2005
Sarah, I'm in the remotest corner - almost at the end of the Llyn peninsula (the bit that looks like an arm sticking out into the sea). I'm not too far from Aberdaron, I guess the nearest town of any size is Pwllheli.
John
- Fri Jun 24 11:54:06 2005
Mumsie: I was aiming more at "old sea captain".
John
- Fri Jun 24 11:52:24 2005
Did anyone notice yet - Lorenzo's bit of the site is now linked from the main page....
John
- Fri Jun 24 11:51:19 2005
Hi Lox, Thank you. The internet was actually invented by mums wanting to keep in touch with their offspring!
Tim's mum
work, - Fri Jun 24 11:50:28 2005
Well, we've got the rain and thunderstorms here. Quite thankful of it actually. Shame I didn't think to bring a umbrella or coat out with me this morning though.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 24 11:38:45 2005
I am impressed by the level of tecnological knowledge of "mums" in England. If I asked my mum to post a message here the most probable reply would be "YOU WHAT!?" and my mum actually tries to learn about computers and the internet... Tim's mum is having troubles with "new servers"!! Most of my colleagues here wouldn't be able to tell me what a server is!!
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 11:33:51 2005
Persisting here - has been since I awoke with the lark... Looked like a drowned rat on arrival, but nothing unusual there:/
Nigel
Wrexham, Work... - Fri Jun 24 11:25:09 2005
Tim!!!!! Could you try and send me an e-mail to work? We've got a new server and it doesn't like me. Sigh.
Tim's mum
at work, - Fri Jun 24 11:02:25 2005
At least your office has air con, I'm stuck in a loft mezzanine without air con :-(
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 10:53:07 2005
John, tha sounds more Zummerzet that Welsh, shouldn't it be look you, or boyo.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 10:45:40 2005
40 degrees in the north of Italy, could you lend me a bit of that storm Rob?
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 10:38:17 2005
John - where in Wales are you? Used to spend all my childhood holidays in North Wales visiting the grandparents, used to love it.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 24 10:34:05 2005
:-( Wouldn't know as I'm stuck in an office with air con. and blinds drawn at the windows. I hate being in an office.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 24 10:32:52 2005
There be a sea mist on the horizon here in North Wales - ARRRR.
John
- Fri Jun 24 10:21:02 2005
Brewing for a storm in Reading.
Rob lang
- Fri Jun 24 10:08:46 2005
At the moment it is hazy sunshine in London, the odd bit of blue, but very very warm. It was 31 in the office when I got here, but windows open and fan on and its now 28. Still too hot to work.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 09:40:37 2005
Is it thundering and lightning down south?
Its supposed to move up here too, its getting cloudy and ITS SPITTING!!
dsp
- Fri Jun 24 09:33:17 2005
Good morning Lox. A lovely morning here - at the moment.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 24 08:37:49 2005
Hello everyone good morning!
Lox
- Fri Jun 24 07:49:25 2005
dsp: The words "Aaahh!" and "Coooo!" pop to mind. Splendid!!
Nigel
Wrexham, Work - Thu Jun 23 16:23:22 2005
Firefox rocks!! Rob - have you ever seen http://www.bloglines.com/ It maintains your feeds and keeps track of what you've read, really useful for tracking the links between home and work.
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 16:17:17 2005
I understand that glasses grabbing is the favourite sport of most babies. dsp, your site having an xml feed is cool. I can use Firefox's liveupdate thingy to update me automatically!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 23 16:04:22 2005
and - I wonder whether I can reach those round things perched on his nose.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 23 15:47:02 2005
She looks absolutely gorgeous. Except that look on her face says who the h... is this?
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 23 15:43:41 2005
Thanks for the compliments :-)
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 15:36:47 2005
Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that Abigail does not have any USB sockets, Bluetooth, WiFi or Infrared connectivity.
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 15:36:31 2005
Great site, DSP. My favourite photo is this:
Dr. Sneeky Peek's latest peripheral
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 23 15:31:46 2005
Yea Tim - your site is looking very swanky indeed!
John
- Thu Jun 23 15:19:54 2005
Tim, the site is SPLENDID!!! Compliments! Also Abigail is splendid!! I loved the comment on the giraffe... :)
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 15:01:53 2005
That was painless :-)
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 14:28:49 2005
Nice one, thanks John!! Lets see what damage I can do!
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 14:16:21 2005
Sorry Tim - I've just changed all your access rights - can you have another go now...?
John
- Thu Jun 23 14:07:21 2005
Hi John: Denied. It says "I don't have access to edit the templates".
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 13:58:44 2005
Kev: How many hardware techs does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer 256. 1 to make sure the schematic is the right way up and 255 to replace the building's wiring - because it's easier that way. :)
Nigel
Wrexham, Work, work, worketty-work... - Thu Jun 23 13:43:46 2005
Tim - you need to log into greymatter to edit the template file... I think I set up an account for you on there once - do you still have the details...? If not I could email them (your nonhostile address perchance?)
John
- Thu Jun 23 12:49:44 2005
John: Well actually, I have uttered a wide selection and I still do now after almost 12 days... :) Let's say that the ones that you have written are the basic ones, but in this occasion I had to step up a bit... As for the homepage I will send you a mail very soon, unfortunatey I found out that I cannot upload pictures from work, which means that I am stuck with a crappy 56k here and sometimes have to go to a friend's house (he's got adsl)... So I am working on a bunch of pictures and then I upload them in one shot. We'll see. At the moment I am still working on the pages, I have no idea on how to make them update by themself as you do, so everything is done pretty much by hand (together with the bloggy thing)...
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 12:42:09 2005
John: A few weeks ago, I edited a URL on the homepage but it was overwritten by greymatter. I have had a good look for the template file to edit to correct this, but couldn't find it. Does greymatter edit the file directly, or can you point me towards the template file? (thanks)
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 12:32:45 2005
John: Hiya fella, are you officialy a Dr yet?
dsp
- Thu Jun 23 12:31:36 2005
I've had a sneaky peek at your webpage Lorenzo - it is looking really nice! Any plans to make it public at any point in the near future...?
John
- Thu Jun 23 12:02:01 2005
Out of interest Lorenzo, were there any choice blasphemies uttered on the day you injured your knee? I would have though it at least would have merited a porca madonna, perhaps even a dio merda....?
John
- Thu Jun 23 11:55:32 2005
Lox: didn't the original doctor say you should be able to walk OK eventually even without surgery...? Knees are funny things aren't they? I walked into a post outside my old company some time in March - it couldn't have been more than 3mph, but it was really painful... Still get the odd twinge from it now and again. However, it hasn't made any significant impact on my active, sporty lifestyle (yeah, right).
John
- Thu Jun 23 11:48:30 2005
Mumsie: By treating it myself? Oh yes that's why I am not even trying with the knee.. Ankles I can take, but knees....
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 11:27:20 2005
Be careful Lox - you might make it worse.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 23 11:23:20 2005
Issam: hi - really good to hear from you - thank you!
John
- Thu Jun 23 11:08:07 2005
Kev: Tried to walk the other day and the knee collapsed after he first 5/6 steps. The problem is that I really don't know what to do for this kind of injury, I always "self-treated" other accidents (sprained ankles mostly) but this eludes me...
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 11:01:00 2005
It's the heat!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 23 10:33:07 2005
Whoops that last one was from me :) filled in wrong box :)
Kev
- Thu Jun 23 10:16:38 2005
Lox: so you don't fancy 'having a go yourself' before seeing the specialist ? or is that just a British thing to do, to avoid seeing a quack!
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 10:16:13 2005
Mumsie: I can't cook... I have to stand on ONE LEG, and I can't bend down to put things in the owen. Unfortunately the leg is still rather painful... Next week I will go to Florence to get a specialist opinion on this injury. Let's hope there are some good news.
Lox
- Thu Jun 23 09:56:43 2005
Congratulations... Dr. Hawkins.
: - )
I have been informed by Mark Josephs... I'm extremely happy with what i have heard.
I'm sure that Wayne was happy with a very well done thesis.
Best regards John
issam
Lebanon, - Thu Jun 23 08:46:17 2005
Lox - time for rock cakes I think! Great comfort food.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 22 23:23:41 2005
Hi everyone, I was googling one of my nicks (stalflare) and on the first page I have got a link to the '99 board... It looked SOOOOOO DIFFERENT... I was REVISING (finals..).. It seems ages ago!! Now I have a broken knee and the closest to revision that I get is reading the receipe for the Chocolate Mousse...
Lox
- Wed Jun 22 23:19:42 2005
nigel: how about the ever popular : how many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb? none its clearly a hardware problem ... boom boom ... # goes of to hang self by a lightbulb cord! #
kev
aximx3, - Wed Jun 22 23:11:12 2005
Remember that student-type fad a few years back for "Lightbulb" jokes? No? Maybe it was just me then... Anyway, in light of the unreal spam around here I thought I'd cheer us up: Question "How many Surealists does it take to change a light bulb?" Answer "Fish". Oh how I laugh... !
Nigel
Oswestry, Home - Wed Jun 22 23:02:22 2005
Sorry, this message was too big.
duke <duke@yahoo.com>
- Wed Jun 22 22:47:07 2005
Sorry, this message was too big.
duke <duke@yahoo.com>
- Wed Jun 22 22:46:53 2005
The new Nokia 7700 is not a phone its sort of a pda but not a pda. I think they are aiming at arm-chair surfers, perhaps a sort of 'leave it on the coffee table' sort of device. Its also Linux ( debian I think ) and open sourced so you can write your own cool things for it.
Kev
- Wed Jun 22 17:18:04 2005
No "Dr. Hawkins" yet please - I want to wait until it is official and everything...
John
- Wed Jun 22 16:43:42 2005
Risam Yold, the answer is "Timothy". Think about it.
Travis
- Wed Jun 22 15:25:26 2005
Mad Mumsie: Eeeeee I thought so!! Tom+Kev: They are both really cool pieces of technology, but they are out of budget for me... Given the choince I would go with the Palm HD...
Lox
- Wed Jun 22 14:42:25 2005
Kev: Is it a phone? If the answer is yes, it won't fit in my handbag.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 22 14:39:45 2005
Lox: was ever thus!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 22 14:38:04 2005
Right! That's it! I warned you! Now I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing!!
dsp
- Wed Jun 22 12:29:21 2005
Let you know what, precisely?
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 22 12:27:49 2005
Great site, please let me know Risam Yold <risamyold@ost.zay.ts>
http://ambienonline.irio.net, http://ambienonline.irio.net - Wed Jun 22 12:19:19 2005
Dr 'awkins I presume?
tom
- Wed Jun 22 12:18:11 2005
DSP: No, I work Wed-Fri which is why you only tend to see me posting messages on these days! Too busy at home the rest of the time chasing after Dominic, Tom and all the animals. Finding it hard to keep up with everything what with being rather large now at six months (seem to be the same size now that I was when I was about eight month preg. with Dominic!) and the hot weather.
Sarah
- Wed Jun 22 11:50:00 2005
Well done John.
Sarah
- Wed Jun 22 11:46:49 2005
Kev: you want YOUR money back. How do you think I feel!!!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 22 10:54:32 2005
King can't move without being taken
Check!
- Wed Jun 22 10:10:56 2005
Lox, replacement limbs?
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 22 10:10:20 2005
I want my money back too.! P)
Kev
- Wed Jun 22 10:00:53 2005
A small yellow bird
Chick
- Wed Jun 22 09:53:45 2005
what the hell is going on here?!? Dr.Hawkins, as you have practically acquired a PhD in Computer Science I expect that you solve the problems of spam in the world (this site would be too easy), otherwise as a brief taxpayer in England I expect the money back as I indirectly contributed to your PhD. Same applies for Rob, but I still have to think what my requests are in the cybernetics field...
Lox
- Wed Jun 22 09:31:47 2005
Way of telling if the file is buggered up
Checksum
- Wed Jun 22 09:29:31 2005
I like to count cas using a chess board.
Chancellor of the exchequer
- Wed Jun 22 09:28:57 2005
Or not as the case may be.
Cheque-less
- Wed Jun 22 09:22:53 2005
A way of screwing money out of your parents
Cheque
- Wed Jun 22 09:08:34 2005
American for 'Tick'
Check
- Wed Jun 22 09:08:13 2005
Martina Navratilova's country of origin
Czeck!
- Wed Jun 22 08:55:33 2005
Good day everyone...
Lox
- Wed Jun 22 08:25:57 2005
Ah, maybe that's the point. Note the spelling "testting". I think this chap must mean halo test - "ting!" as in a nice solid, metallic sound like a triangle of school days... So if you *do* have a halo then any dull "clack"s could be indicative of a fault which this site obviously can help resolve... Just my view. I could be wrong of course...
Nigel
Wrexham, Work... - Tue Jun 21 16:55:17 2005
Didn't think you lot qualified for halos. Me on the other hand, well, mine is nicely polished, shining brightly and certainly doesn't need testing.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 21 14:26:42 2005
WTF? morelike
dsp
- Tue Jun 21 13:49:43 2005
halo testin? what, the game?
Lox
- Tue Jun 21 13:15:59 2005
I *never* test my halo in a public place ...
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 21 13:04:39 2005
Aaaaa you see? I am lucky, am I not?
Lox
- Tue Jun 21 10:54:13 2005
I just checked, and mendmycrappaknee.com is still available...
dsp
- Tue Jun 21 09:48:58 2005
Thanks guys you are truly wonderful... I guess John is right, the op in not essential and basically the GP that I have is saying that it's not worth getting an operation... I will speak to him today. As for the internet campaing I already got the pictures :) Here in Italy the private sector I guess it's pretty good but rather expensive. I will see what info I can get, I guess that I could get the op in England but what happens with rehab then? Oh well, it's the information gathering part now... Thanks a lot everyone for the support and help!
Lox
- Tue Jun 21 09:15:23 2005
If it was me, John would probably pay for my operation provided i tattoo'd Brad-knee on it. Perhaps Tom can get it done for you at Mates Rates! Should we start a 'Save Lox's Knee' Internet campaign?
dsp
- Tue Jun 21 08:23:45 2005
I'll email my sister (a manager at Bupa) and ask what the policy is...
tom
- Tue Jun 21 07:32:05 2005
Really glad to hear things are looking up a bit Lox. Not sure what the situation is in Italy, but here in England nowadays going private is not nearly as crazily expensive as you would think. I think BUPA etc can do one off operations even if you're not a member. In fact, perhaps you could even come to England to have it done...? I guess the Italian doctors saying "it can't be operated on" actually meant "we don't want to operate on it because we don't view it as essential". I'm sure there is a solution out there...
John
- Mon Jun 20 23:31:57 2005
Ciao guys... Fortunately the internet gave me some hope. Found a lot of sites that describe this injusy pretty well and apparently it is possible to get it operated and fixed. Now the real hard part begins as theoretically I am in no need of an operation (I will be able to walk with this injuty) and I am no sport professional. This means that times might get rather long, but I don't want to go withour a fight and I will do as much as I can to get it fixed asap. Italian NHS is crap ad slow, but I fear that a private op might be too expensive for my finances. We'll see tomorrow I will start calling to get appointemts to see some proper doc for these kind of injuries...
Lox
- Mon Jun 20 23:22:21 2005
Really sorry to hear you have all this to go through Lox... Might be a good idea to get a second opinion perhaps? Is the health service state run there? In which case can you go and get someone in the private sector to take a look at it...?
John
- Mon Jun 20 22:16:22 2005
Nightmare Lox, are you saying that it cannot be fixed with an operation?
dsp
- Mon Jun 20 20:42:07 2005
Shit!!! Apparently I have a "subtotal damage of the anterior cruciate ligament"... Called my dos, he said that it's the worst that could happen as nobody is going to put it back in place through surgery, the ligament doesn't grow back and basically I have to be very very careful not to get it broken completely... It might mean the end of physical activity (except swimming pool I guess), but it might mean more... I can't belive my luck... Now I am looking over the internet for more info about this injury, needless to say that this is a rather bad blow... :(
Lox
- Mon Jun 20 17:27:50 2005
somebody set up
us the bomb
- Mon Jun 20 17:13:25 2005
It must be my imagination... is the "Maison" being targetted manually or automatically...? Are spammers going for broke now, before proposed legislation comes in to force (though imagine trying to follow all those audit-trails..)?? I've got no tattoos, had kids (so all parts functioning as they should-ish ) Don't need a foreign bride... Geesh!!
Nigel
Wrexham, Work... - Mon Jun 20 16:28:30 2005
all your base
are belong to us
- Mon Jun 20 16:08:21 2005
Have you tried a cattle-prod?
tom
- Mon Jun 20 14:35:40 2005
There's nothing I can do, I have prodded my internal examiner (Richard Mitchell) a few times but I just have to wait.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 20 13:47:46 2005
Great site, please let me know Risam Yold <risamyold@ost.zay.ts>
http://valium.freespaces.com, http://valium.freespaces.com - Mon Jun 20 13:29:54 2005
That's a real bummer Rob - is there not some way you can prod him? Perhaps a phonecall...? Or even turn up in person...? I would be really great if you, me (and Mark!) could all graduate on the same day...
John
- Mon Jun 20 12:16:22 2005
Seems my external is too busy to sign off my corrections. I can see the chances of my graduating this July slipping away. Don't see what the problem is, only handed the fucking things in 4 months ago.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 20 11:41:00 2005
Morning all! Got to ask - what was the main thrust of the PhD, John? Is it digital broadcast whatsit-doobries (not being an expert myself shows, doesn't it??!)
Nigel
Wrexham, Work again... :( - Mon Jun 20 10:48:25 2005
Not half as scary as "Doctor Bob" NO! I mean Doctor Rob.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 20 09:55:14 2005
Dr. John.... Sounds scary!! :)))
Lox
- Mon Jun 20 09:47:45 2005
Well it's not over until the fat lady sings - you can't officially call me doctor until I've done my corrections and had them signed off etc etc. My examiners said it ought to only be a couple of days work though, and I've already got a fair chunk done, so there's a very strong chance I'll be graduating next month - then you can call me Dr John :)
John
- Mon Jun 20 09:34:33 2005
Well done John! You moaned about it endlessly while at Softel, so I have to ask: was it worth it?
Jimmy
- Mon Jun 20 08:46:53 2005
Congratulations John.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 20 08:38:01 2005
Well done, Sir!
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 19 18:55:29 2005
You have a very interesting site...I like what I see and will return often to see your progress and additions.
carisoprodol order Katya <katya18@mailru.com>
Moscow, - Sat Jun 18 10:24:49 2005
Well done Dr John! You're my A!
dsp
- Sat Jun 18 09:57:39 2005
Gooooodddd job Johnny boy!!! Drink one for me too!!
Lox
- Sat Jun 18 09:20:59 2005
Well done John! Considering the upheavals, an immense relief I expect!
dsp: Not sure what was wrong, but suspect memory somewhere. The screen would lock-up and allow no taps, no recalibration. Hard-resetting every day was not much use, loosing all data. A bad advert for this particular PDA! Had to use pen and paper for notes... !
Nigel
Oswestry, Home... - Sat Jun 18 08:36:34 2005
Well I passed my viva with only very minor corrections required - really the best possible result I could have hoped for! So naturally I am very pleased.... pleased, and of course drunk.
John
- Sat Jun 18 00:17:03 2005
Shame about your axim, was it the hummidity?
dsp
- Fri Jun 17 23:10:35 2005
Welcome back nigel! hope you had a great holiday. I hope john is now Dr. John!
dsp
- Fri Jun 17 23:09:40 2005
Well I'm back after a week in Dorset. how's everyone? I'll scan trough the board for the last week later tonight and see what's been happening. This must be the longest I've been without internet access for, well, ages! My Dell Axim went belly-up pretty soon after I bought it, so it went back. Had a refund so not too bad I suppose. But no roaming access to the internet. Email Inbox seems to be full of viruses :( Good job Norton working. Hey-ho....
Nigel
Oswestry, Home again... - Fri Jun 17 18:34:08 2005
John- I've read your viva-related message long after the event. I'm not quite sure which tense to use, so I'll settle for: I hope you are going to have had good luck.
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 17 17:31:26 2005
Sarah, I thought you were at home?
dsp
- Fri Jun 17 16:01:54 2005
Is it time to go home yet?! Today seems to be going on for ever.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 17 15:32:17 2005
Good luck Johnny BOY!
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 17 13:14:02 2005
Good Luck on your viva!!!!
Lox
- Fri Jun 17 12:47:52 2005
Right, I'm leaving the lab now... Not sure when I'll have internet access again, could be another few days! Please look after the 'maison in my absence guys...
John
- Fri Jun 17 11:35:00 2005
[1]saturn ~ > ping suma4
ping: unknown host suma4
Apparently not then!
John
- Fri Jun 17 11:31:42 2005
Yep it seems so - you would have thought they'd have replaced it with a suma4 by now!
John
- Fri Jun 17 11:30:52 2005
It is still running?
tom
- Fri Jun 17 11:28:26 2005
I have just telnetted into suma3..... mnph mnph mnph mnph
John
- Fri Jun 17 11:09:17 2005
Can you believe it boys and girls, I am sitting in the old sun lab in computer science at reading uni. My viva is at 2 o' clock this afternoon. Sorry I haven't been on the net much recently, I've been staying with assorted family members and none of them seem to have a proper internet connection!
John
- Fri Jun 17 11:07:37 2005
I agree completely with Rob. I will add also endless hours of fun teaching the little ones to burp and generally do all the things that get mums very angry :)
Lox
- Fri Jun 17 10:49:45 2005
Another good reason for having lots of kids. When it gets to Fathers day, you can extort loads from the bastards!
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 17 10:42:57 2005
Yes,, wll, moving swiftly on.
tom
- Fri Jun 17 08:38:36 2005
That's strange, I don't seem to remember getting breakfast on Mothers day....
Sarah
- Thu Jun 16 17:22:07 2005
Although breakfast in bed on SATURDAY would be fine.
tom
- Thu Jun 16 17:19:13 2005
I have to bloody work on Sunday.
tom
- Thu Jun 16 17:18:51 2005
Has anyone got any sort of on John's whereabouts? He should be in England, but he is not posting anything, not replying to mails and so on...
Lox
- Thu Jun 16 16:58:36 2005
Knee still in place, will have results of the MRI on Monday. It's a bit swollen and it feels "strange", I guess I also injured a couple of hundred muscles around it so every kind of movement it's really hard. For comedy value at the moment the most painful thing though it's my right bum cheek!! I must have pulled the rear abductor of my right thight and when I am sleeping it hurts a lot (I have to keep the leg up, you see)... I 'm a true wreckage!
Lox
- Thu Jun 16 15:48:24 2005
Dunno if it counts as an injured limb, but my left index-finger is a bit sore ...
Jimmy
- Thu Jun 16 15:31:41 2005
Sarah: I bet he did!!!
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 16 14:26:45 2005
Glad to hear things are well, although Tom would have been lucky to get breakfast that early on :-) Perhaps we could make a trip up your way at some point although Dominic is into wrecking everything he gets his hands on at the moment. Ankle isn't too bad, most of the swelling has gone down and all the bruising has disappeared. Still quite sore to touch as Tom found out the other night when he accidentally put his foot on it while in bed - don't think he knew what hit him ;-)
Sarah
- Thu Jun 16 14:06:38 2005
Anyone else with an injured limb?
dsp
- Thu Jun 16 12:42:57 2005
Sarah: How is you ankle doing? Lox: Got a knee update?
dsp
- Thu Jun 16 12:42:24 2005
I know what you mean about spikey hair, I am secretly very tempted to gel Abigail's hair to match mine!!
dsp
- Thu Jun 16 12:42:06 2005
Hi Sarah! Fatherhood is going well. I'm looking forward to this upcoming father's day, I have my breakfast in bed on order!! We're getting the hang of things now and its great fun. We are starting to do more and go further-a-field but we're still working up to longer distances :-)
dsp
- Thu Jun 16 12:41:39 2005
dsp: How you doing? Well and truly settled into parenthood by now I should think. Tom and I were discussing our next arrival and I'm worried that if it's a girl it doesn't end up with the same hair style that Dominic had - spikes just like his dad at the time! Are you planning on coming down this way at all with your little bundle of joy?
Sarah
- Thu Jun 16 11:05:30 2005
No More Nails should fix it!
dsp
- Thu Jun 16 10:23:26 2005
OH dear, sounds rather painful! Perhaps they use a big staple gun to fix it back in place...
sarah
- Thu Jun 16 10:09:45 2005
Best of luck, Lox. Doesn't sound like a fun time for you.
Travis
- Wed Jun 15 23:15:04 2005
Mmmmm maybe they clip it to the bone? I have no clue... Still Pritt Stick it's a viable solution I think, we have it here in Italy but of course beign Italian it's different, it's all red...
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 23:05:31 2005
Woooooo That's a nice piece of engeneering!! Hopefully I won't quite need that..
Dsp: No I would have to undergo a surgical operation to stick the ligament back into place. What scares me is the rehab... 6 months at best!! :(
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 17:06:32 2005
Good Yan <y_82@mailsm.net>
http://deepdishflashdance.firez.org, http://deepdishflashdance.firez.org - Wed Jun 15 14:31:41 2005
T000000000000000000000000000 LATE. What a super idea.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 15 13:54:38 2005
Don't show mum, she's gone bionic mad already!
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 15 13:43:54 2005
Lox - does that mean forever?
dsp
- Wed Jun 15 12:47:13 2005
Tell 'em you've been shot by a Dalek.
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 15 12:39:43 2005
I guess that he can see something while the scan is in progress, when I asked him if the ligament was gone he said "maybe"... Mmm mm I satrting to get a little bit worried.. :(
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 12:21:55 2005
Apparently there was some sort of cancellation right before I called, that's why they gave me the appointment so early!! Oh well, doesn't matter really, the important thing is that I have done it. Will have results on Monday, even though the technitian told me that I can "kiss the cruciate goodbye" to write it in is own words... :(
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 12:20:07 2005
Rob - tell your doctor you have a lump in your testicles, I would be very surpised if you are not seen that day.
dsp
- Wed Jun 15 12:09:55 2005
I WILL NOT have a word said against our wonderful NHS.
Mad (two new NHS hips) Mumsie
- Wed Jun 15 09:13:25 2005
Good news, Lox! I was just wondering what would have to be wrong with you before the UK NHS actually took rapid action. "My head's come off", "please phone again in 2 weeks...".
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 15 09:02:15 2005
Lox- sorry to be pedantic, but a Dalek is not a robot. It's more akin to an exoskeleton- there's a living creature inside it. Also- well done on getting the appointment ... you have to get up *very* early in the morning get to prompt treatment from the UK NHS!
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 15 08:27:24 2005
Good Luck Lox.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 15 08:24:43 2005
Yesterday I must have set a new Italian record for the Italian NHS efficency. I had to book the MRI, if the ligaments are broken I cannot wait too long or they will shrink and it will be very hard to stich them back to the bone. So I called this radiology center, and I have got the appointment for TODAY at 11 !!! Amazing... At first the lady said that the earliest was the 20th of July, but after some bullshitting over the phone I got today at 11.. At least it's a ray of light in the darkness... :)
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 08:05:28 2005
Mumsie, Kev and Travis: I SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Of course I know that robot but I didn't know it had a name! We didn't get Dr.Who in Italy when we were kids, so I guess my memories come from the period in England, where I am positive that I have seen that Robot somewhere... All clear now, can go back to the destroyed knee... :)
Lox
- Wed Jun 15 08:02:52 2005
Lox: My link below works...just after "Right. Who was it?" Even I know of Dr. Who and I don't know that it runs in the US at all anymore. I caught it when I was in my early teens, I believe. My uncle was a big fan.
Travis
- Tue Jun 14 17:04:52 2005
Grr stupid links, oh well should provide a few momenents entertainment while you are laid up trying to pick out the urls.
Kev
- Tue Jun 14 16:49:30 2005
Where have you been Lox, haven't you heard of Dr Who and the Daleks? A cult children's television series, axed by the BBC, probably because it was too successful, and recently revived by them.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 14 16:46:16 2005
Sorry to pose the question but who is Dalek? I hope he is ok now anyways though "disappearence" of limbs sounds pretty serious...
Lox
- Tue Jun 14 16:21:38 2005
Thanks guys!... Doc came in today will have my MRI tomorrow, let's see what it says... Will kepep you posted anyways! :) Ciao and thanks again.
Lox
- Tue Jun 14 15:45:59 2005
Terrible luck, Lox. Interesting that you have an injured limb at just the same time when that Dalek's limb disappears...
Travis
- Tue Jun 14 14:45:49 2005
Lox: That's a nightmare mate! Are you off work?
dsp
- Tue Jun 14 13:46:49 2005
I do hope you won't wear those around Auntie Rene, we have enough trouble with her as it is!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 14 11:28:57 2005
My new Swear shoes arrived today hurrah!!!!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 14 11:12:16 2005
"right knee cruciate ligament" I bet that sounds sexy in Italian. Get well soon, mate!
Rob lang
- Tue Jun 14 10:58:43 2005
Lox, however did you do that. Hope its not as serious as you think. Rest up and keep your fingers crossed.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 14 09:38:47 2005
Hi there guys, writing from home today, I cannot go to work as yesterday I got a rather serious injury, it might be (pendig MRI) that I broke my right knee cruciate ligament... I can't stop swearing, I finally recover from an ankle ligament problem and what do I get?! A more serious one 40cms above!! And it's also rainign today!
Lox
- Tue Jun 14 09:01:50 2005
He's not very scarey, though. He's Cyril. He was supposed to be a Dalek in the grand scheme of things. He likes collecting stamps.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 13 16:25:56 2005
How can you have a Dalek call Cyril, that's not at all scary.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 13 16:24:17 2005
My Dalek is called Cyril. He's a lovely lad but is currently feeling a bit deflated.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 13 16:06:30 2005
Travis: The trouble is if you remove a bit from a blow up one it sort of collapses. Mind you he has the know how to make an arm.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 13 15:28:59 2005
Mumsie: Are you sure Rob hasn't got one now, minus an arm?
Travis
- Mon Jun 13 15:16:48 2005
I saw "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" with the wife...it was quite funny but not a great film. I also saw "High Tension" and was pretty pleased with it until the last 20 minutes or so.
Travis
- Mon Jun 13 15:16:26 2005
I watched "Mr & Mrs Smith" this weekend. Normally, I woudn't admit to such a deed, but it was actually pretty funny. If you go in thinking "Hey- it's only for a laugh" then you'll probably enjoy it.
Jimmy
- Mon Jun 13 12:35:44 2005
Have been to watch SIN CITY yesterday, I loved it!! Really nice movie, very close to the original comic too...
Lox
- Mon Jun 13 12:31:29 2005
Travis: it could be the Ginger one in Reading. I understand he has a Dalek!!! (albeit a blow up one)
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 13 09:14:02 2005
New funny site.
Best man <na>
na, na - Sat Jun 11 16:39:11 2005
Here, too, is it dreary. Probably another day with strong chance of hail and/or tornado warnings. We've had four such days in the past month.
Travis
- Fri Jun 10 17:22:23 2005
Ciao Jill, I am working (sort of), just landed from Tokyo in Munich where I am expected to get on another plane to Milan... Kinda of boooooriiiinnnggg all the movies where the ones of the previous flight, I had nothing to do but sit for 12 hours!!!
Lox
- Fri Jun 10 17:07:27 2005
Very dreary here too, in fact although I've got the window open at the moment, the air coming in is rather cold. Still an hour and a half to go.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 10 15:27:09 2005
Does seem quiet today! Thought everyone might have escaped outside but it's all overcast here.
Sarah
- Fri Jun 10 14:11:43 2005
I know - it's Friday and everyone has pushed off for the weekend - except me.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 10 12:39:13 2005
Tom - the garage have phoned wanting to give us another car in replacement as the part they've had in hasn't solved the problem. Don't know where we stand/what our rights are, do you?
Sarah
- Thu Jun 9 14:45:04 2005
Mind reader - that's what I were thinking. I'm in Londonville.
tom
- Thu Jun 9 12:29:33 2005
Hello all. John - are you still over in the UK? Would be good to see you.
Sarah
- Thu Jun 9 12:04:37 2005
Where are you today Tom.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 9 11:18:17 2005
'ello.
tom
- Thu Jun 9 10:45:45 2005
Travis- so you're making a career or it then? That's quite unusual- most classics students (certainly when I was at Uni) were only there to doss around, because they couldn't think of something better to do with their time. It's good to know that some people are able to put such degrees to good use!
Jimmy
- Thu Jun 9 08:13:49 2005
Damn...that's terrible.
Travis
- Thu Jun 9 06:09:50 2005
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russia, omsk - Thu Jun 9 04:16:14 2005
[SNIP!] Cleared out the junk - Rob
John: I can hear the phone crackling and singing already... I have dial-up in Italy and tomorrow I will be back to my crappy 56K... Quite a difference from the 42Megabits that my agent has here in Japan (yes you read correctly FOURTYTWO, I have checked the contract that he signed because I couldn't believe it....)
Travis: Well I have to say that I would have much rather studied German (very similar to Latin), at least I would have been taught something more useful. Of course with a degree in philosophy I can see why you study it!
Lox
- Thu Jun 9 00:07:02 2005
First time on the internet in a few days - I'm back in England for a bit, staying with my grandmother.... so I'm using.... dial-up.... -shudder-
John
- Wed Jun 8 18:24:11 2005
I don't know how it is elsewhere but in the US if you go to a first tier school, your chances of getting a full time, tenured teaching job are great. If you go to a lesser school, then you have a crap chance. You are more likely to make 30,000 a year at some rubbish university. It's a huge difference considering full professors make almost 100k on average.
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 16:58:52 2005
Lox: You are hardcore! I had only 1 year of Latin in High School. Jimmy: My first MA is Philosophy and my main interest is Ancient Philosophy. I already have had about 2 years of Greek. A Classics MA will mean that I have the philosophy and the language skills to get into a top PhD program...continued in next post
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 16:57:30 2005
Blimey! One degree was more than enough for me; I really wouldn't want to go back to that again. What made you choose Classics, though?
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 8 16:54:26 2005
Travis: I hated Latin, I had to study it for 5 years at my High school back in Italy. The only year that I liked was the last one just because we got into traslating the classics, Catullus, Cicero and Cesar were the ones that I liked best.. Good luck on your exam! AD MAJORA!
Lox
- Wed Jun 8 13:54:08 2005
Jimmy: Aye. I'm doing a Master's (will be my 2nd) in Classics. I'm still fairly rubbish at Latin but I'm getting there. We've got 4 poems that we need to be able to translate for this exam. Sextus Propertius, Lucretius, Catullus, and Cicero.
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 13:38:29 2005
You have a Latin poetry exam?!?!?
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 8 13:22:57 2005
Up at the crack o' dawn today (well, 6) to see off a visitor who had stayed with us for a week. Now I can't sleep and I'm stuck reading Latin poetry for my exam later today. Going to be very tired later :(
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 12:56:06 2005
Cheers Lox!
dsp
- Wed Jun 8 12:09:00 2005
Dsp: Though I am no expert, John said that Greymatter overwrites the index file every time there is an update. I think that you have to edit the "Header footer and sidebar templates", so that it will be permanent... I think... :)
Lox
- Wed Jun 8 11:01:04 2005
NFI, sorry mate. Greymatter was always a bit of a grey area for me.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 8 10:51:59 2005
Rob/John: If we want to change a link on the home page, do we edit the index.html file, or will greymatter overwrite that when articles are updated? Is there a homepage template file somewhere? I want to update the URL on my dsp link.
dsp
- Wed Jun 8 10:27:56 2005
Hat, wallet, keys, phone!!!!!!!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 8 10:20:42 2005
Rob: I did that too, left my mobile at home. When you don't have it, you know you'll need it!
dsp
- Wed Jun 8 10:19:01 2005
John! if you're reading this, I left my mobile at Brynie's last night. Loads of us are going to be at the Back of Beyond from 7pm tonight (Wed). You can call me on work or let Kate know you're coming: 01189755179 (home) 01737229945 (work). See you tonight.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 8 10:05:03 2005
Graf: I'm sorry for your loss. My grandfather died in November of 2003 and I still haven't fully gotten over it. He was like a second father. I can go a week without thinking about him, but it's not something I can talk about without breaking down. Maybe that's good. I wouldn't want to forget him or get over it.
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 04:14:23 2005
Nigel, I'm envious. I've really not drunk much of late...but the last time I was out to imbibe (a few weeks back), I was sure to throw back some Guinnesses.
Travis
- Wed Jun 8 04:12:01 2005
My current drink is Sainsbury's taste the difference cologne style lager. I have a soft spot for german lager in the summer, and it was the best our local supermarket could do. We still don't have a car, so I won't be getting any bitburger from the wine warehouse any time soon :(
graf
- Tue Jun 7 18:50:23 2005
One of the few "up-sides" is that at least I saw a lot of my dad in the last couple of months. But I know what you mean about him living on in my memory, and it's nice to think he live's on in a lot of other people's memories too.
Graf
- Tue Jun 7 18:50:00 2005
Sorry, this message was too big.
Graf
- Tue Jun 7 18:49:48 2005
Hi Graf. Well despite a horrendous May it sounds like you have a good set-up at the moment - laptop, sun, fresh-air, beer! I know that when my Dad "went", there's nothing anyone can say. My Dad lives on in my mind is all I can offer. If I say he talks to me people will think I'm mad, but you probably know what I'm on about... Cheers, anyway. My current glass is a Guinness!!
Nigel
Oswestry, Just got home... - Tue Jun 7 18:35:29 2005
Thanks for all your messages of support. There's not much that can be done to help, but the support of friends and family really does help at times like this.
In other news, I am sat in our back garden, where there is sunshine, a laptop, internet access, and, most importantly, beer.
Graf
- Tue Jun 7 18:07:47 2005
I see your point. BUt I still like stitting outside. :-)
tom
- Tue Jun 7 17:27:28 2005
Sod wireless- take the roof down & go for a dive!
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 7 16:49:46 2005
Bugs - sun burn - flies in your tea - ants in your sandwiches - headache from squinting in the sun - birds. Nah - I'll stay in my nice office.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 7 16:02:43 2005
Going to torch your smug ass. Ahhhhh Napalm.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 7 15:40:04 2005
Sat in the garden in the Sunshine. Ahh wireless.
tom
- Tue Jun 7 15:34:51 2005
Sorry mate, there is no way round.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 7 14:59:26 2005
Mmmm I tought so... I can reconfigure the routers and very basic firewalls but I think that this system is a professional one, so I think that no FTP will be done from here... :( Oh well... How's the little one Tim?
Lox
- Tue Jun 7 14:47:21 2005
Lox: Doesn't sound good matey.
dsp
- Tue Jun 7 13:57:46 2005
Rob/Tom/Tim : I am having difficulties (i.e. no connection) trying to access the website ftp. I think that I am behind a firewall, is there any EASY way to pass it or do I have to wait until I go back home? It's an hotel net, I have tried to connect to the router but of course it doesn't allow me... :) Any ideas?
Lox
- Tue Jun 7 13:00:34 2005
Graf: My condolences for your loss, it seems like bad things always happen together at the same time. I also hope that your wife gets well soon and that June will be the start of a better period.
Lox
- Tue Jun 7 10:54:09 2005
Graf: Hope things are looking a bit brighter this month.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 7 10:23:22 2005
:-(
tom
- Tue Jun 7 09:52:21 2005
My condolences, Graf. It's good that you're managing, however hard things are. *resisting urge to sing monty python*
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 7 09:25:20 2005
Graf: I am very sorry about your dad, and hope you and hester are ok, and that hester's neck mends. this is a long shot, but if there's any way i can help let me know. you are right, that sucks big time!
dsp
baby asleep on shoulder (wind), - Tue Jun 7 03:57:41 2005
Ok, so may was a crazy month for me... The small company I've worked for 7 years got sold to a giant american corporation, we got into a car accident (the car should be fixed now, Hester got whiplash), then my dad died suddenly of a heart attack, aged 55. Which sucked more than there is actually a word for.
(I know it's june now, but I'm only slowly getting back to reality. I hope it's more normal than may was)
Graf
- Tue Jun 7 01:07:06 2005
John, sorry 'bout the later hour but I've just awakened. It's actually from "Planet of the Apes." When run back through the free translations page, it becomes "It is an insane house. An insane house!" You performed well in your search, however.
Travis
- Mon Jun 6 14:57:27 2005
Looking forward to seeing them, Lox!
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 6 14:42:50 2005
I am glad to announce that I shall be having my own "subpage" soon on this site, together with all the pictures that I usually take when I am travelling or on holidays... I have to thank John for taking some tome to explain me how to do it, hopefully it will be online soon... :P
Lox
- Mon Jun 6 14:04:48 2005
Of course I shouldn't be surprised seeing that you don't understand the new stylish way of wearing rucksacks.... :) John should be back tomorrow to England by the way.
Lox
- Mon Jun 6 14:00:16 2005
All I can say is: Ich fange normalerweise der Monat mit einem Postman
Jimmy
- Mon Jun 6 13:31:56 2005
John- you've found it! Yay! "Invitation to Hell" is most certainly the film. I never said it was any good (in fact it's pretty poor), but that doesn't stop it from nagging the memory, does it? Good effort, sir!
Jimmy
- Mon Jun 6 10:26:11 2005
I have to agree John - many thanks for the travelogue. I'm really enjoying your exploits in a part of the world it's unlikely I'll get to. That little Sanyo camera has really earned it's keep.
Nigel
Wrexham, Work as usual - Mon Jun 6 10:06:47 2005
I had forgotton the Italian way of wearing ruck sacks, if not on the front, then with both straps on your back! I'm surprised Lox doesn't have his scarf and coat on (zipped all the way up of course). I've enjoyed looking at your latest photos John, very nice!!
dsp
- Mon Jun 6 09:35:08 2005
Does anyone know if Lox is suffering from a Phantom pregnancy?
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 6 09:22:31 2005
Hmmm now I'm stuck - there's a 1974 film called Madhouse, which appears to have been remade in 2004... I have to admit with some shame to not actually having heard of it though! I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to the horror genre, I have to admit...
John
- Mon Jun 6 03:54:31 2005
I'd just like to say that prior to confirming my suspicions via Google's translator, I'm going to have a vage guess at it being from The Italian Job...
John
- Mon Jun 6 03:48:15 2005
Excellent game, John: I return the favor with: "Es ist ein wahnsinniges Haus. Ein wahnsinniges Haus!" Won't say the movie but it's from the late 60s...a classic film that was recently redone.
Travis
- Sun Jun 5 18:15:43 2005
Tom: Ye olde VHS of course. One of those recordings that you make because you know you want to, but then don't get the chance to watch. It's embarrassing the number of DVDs I have still in their cellophane wrap. I will watch them someday honest :/
Nigel
Oswestry, Home - Sun Jun 5 17:34:01 2005
Well done Travis! Tim - yes I also took a look at the reverse translation. I think we ought to make it our mission to introduce "Curse of the God, of which he is not everything!" into every day use in
