Monthly Archives: October 2006

Game on!

game on! Originally uploaded by gilesbooth. We went to the Game On exhibition at the London Science Museum this weekend. It was pretty good – a bit busy on a half term Saturday, though! Pictured are Daisy and William playing … Continue reading

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Great un-taken photographs – No.2 in an occasional series

On the train this morning. Tanned, clean-cut young businessman (looked a bit like Alan Hansen/Captain Scarlet), wearing expensive-looking suit and watch, reading a thriller. Slogan on back: JACK REACHER. MEN WANT TO BE HIM. WOMEN WANT TO BE WITH HIM. Sign … Continue reading

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Colour me wheezy

I’m the lucky winner of asthma, and a chest infection has pushed it to a slightly scary place. So I’m currently on a short course of antibiotics and steroid tablets. I made the serious error of reading the information leaflets … Continue reading

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Mitchell & Webb are Fry & Laurie for the Noughties. Discuss.

Just been watching series 1 of ‘A Bit of Fry and Laurie’ on DVD and it struck me how similar it is to ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’, although Fry & Laurie was aired almost 20 years ago. There was … Continue reading

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How long are you prepared to spend trying to find a quick way of doing something?

In my case, well over an hour. I had about 20 or so .htm files I needed renaming as .php and I couldn’t be bothered to change them all by hand. I have a computer, right? I know a bit … Continue reading

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