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Category Archives: commuting
The power of horns
An odd thing happened to me on the way to work today. I was standing on Platform 3 at Hither Green railway station and a non-stopping train slowly rolled through. It blasted its horn and a plastic bottle hit me … Continue reading
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An appeal
To the nice young man in the baseball cap on the train who was drinking Stella and listening to KissFM at full volume: you’ve got my brand new phone, why not get in touch and you can have the charger … Continue reading
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Less is More – the Asus eee PC
OR: NEVER MIND THE $100 LAPTOP, GET A LOAD OF THE £200 LAPTOP! I’ve had my Asus eee PC for a couple of days now, and can set some thoughts down… as you know this is a tiny £200 sub-notebook … Continue reading
Posted in Asus eee PC, commuting, computers, Linux, thrift, Xandros
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Bloody kids
A week ago, during a stressful visit to Bluewater, I was dragging the kids around and my youngest was screaming. I wanted to scream too, but possibly for different reasons. I was in M&S trying to buy food and they … Continue reading
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People are strange
This morning I was queuing for a train ticket for Charing Cross. There were two people in front of me, both with fairly complicated queries. The ticket machines were free but I had about 5 minutes before my train was … Continue reading