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Are you being professionally refreshed?

Walking down the street the other day, I saw an advert on the back of a bus for a new brand of water. “WATER JUST TURNED PROFESSIONAL” ran the slogan. I was grateful for this intelligence, as it had never … Continue reading

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Bootable USB memory stick

Finally made myself a bootable USB pen drive. I’d been hankering after doing this for a while, more as an end in itself than anything. But having done it, I think I might find this rather useful. Here’s the hardware … Continue reading

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Blog My Wiki

I catch myself saying “well, blog my wiki!” about 23 times a week, whenever I hear or read some particularly excruciating Web2.0 crap. So for that reason, and because I think I was blogging before the word was coined, and … Continue reading

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It’s a fat trap – and you’ve been caught

In our local electrical shop they are selling these amazing contraptions for about 2 or 3 quid. Fat Traps. Don’t clog up your drains with grease and fat – trap oily waste in this cunning plastic tub with a lid! … Continue reading

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Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

A colleague of mine has just pointed this out to me. “Don’t be sad when it’s pouring down with rain. At least the people standing in the streets hassling you to give money to charity are getting soaked.” (Complaints should … Continue reading

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