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2005-11-14T12:48:00.000Z

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

2004-05-24T12:48:00.000Z

OK. Here's a recap of where to find me at the moment: I blog at arseburgers.co.uk I also help to run and maintain the websites at Baby Gift Boxes by Faye, VATease - VAT Consultants and I run my own business at aardvark.dj - Midlands based mobile disco.

2004-05-08T09:18:00.000Z

Wow. I'm quite impressed that this site still exists. I wonder if Google will operate the "never delete" policy that they're running on Gmail?

2003-06-19T20:14:00.000Z

Oh look. It's still here. How is everyone? If it's a little too quiet here for you try my new home at arseburgers.co.uk.

2003-04-28T10:19:00.000Z

If you're still coming here then you need to update your bookmarks, blogroll or links. Ta.

2003-04-14T11:48:00.000Z

This weblog has moved to http://www.arseburgers.co.uk/blog/. Please update your links and bookmarks. This site itself will remain because....... well why not? All of the archives have moved across to the new site, which is fully searchable. So if you're looking for something specific I said, your probably best looking over there. Regular readers may notice a bit of a hatched job on the sidebars.

2003-04-08T20:48:00.000Z

This weblog has moved towww.arseburgers.co.uk/blog/

2003-04-07T22:06:00.000Z

It's not finished - but it's begun. The new weblog is up and running! I've got to finish the layout on the main page and design some layouts for the secondary pages (such as archives). But I've imported all the old entries from this weblog and will now be posting on the new site. Please update your links and blogrolls.

2003-04-07T08:51:00.000Z

Ouch I'm ready to start trying to apply the template I've created to the MT weblog. To do so I've taken a very quick look at the default template to see what's required. Soooooooo complicated. There's JavaScripts in there that I don't understand and I don't even want to get into the MT tags. This bit could take a little longer than I'd anticipated.

2003-04-05T22:15:00.000Z

New Layout - This evening's project has been the layout for the new weblog. It has gone far better than I could have hoped for, thanks primarily to the discovery of an excellent template at CSS Colouring Book. Wanna take a peek? OK. I've got a test page up on the new arseburgers.co.uk domain. Take a look. Please let me know what you think. Still haven't definitely decided on a title but for the

2003-04-05T14:35:00.000Z

Have your say - So the new domain is working and there's a holding page up. The image is nothing particularly relevant just something I got from typing "Burgers" into Google. Movable Type is running. My first decision is what to call the new weblog. 1) Aardvark.dj - a continuation of this weblog but out of sorts with the domain name. 2) Arseburgers - Not sure this is such a good name for a weblog

2003-04-05T01:32:00.000Z

Part 1 - Well that's the first leg of the journey achieved. I've got Movable Type running. And I've got all of the optional packages running to except Image::Magik. I'll see whether I need it later once I've started using it. It was a fight though. Several things I've learned: 1) Directory paths in your config file are case sensitive. 2) Always check you've uploaded subdirectories and their

2003-04-04T06:13:00.000Z

Oops! I didn't close the tag on my last entry. So this blog spent the night with its entire contents centre justified. Oh well.

2003-04-03T21:41:00.000Z

Still not up.

2003-04-03T21:31:00.000Z

In your neighbourhood - Blogstreet is another blog index. This one seems to use information Blogroll and other information to build a map of blogs. For any listed weblog it'll show you who's blogrolling it, reviews and details of any RSS feed. The best bit though is the "Neighbourhood". Using an undisclosed formula that includes blogrolls etc, it tries to show similar blogs. The best tool though

2003-04-03T21:16:00.000Z

Meta blog - Blizg is a new blog resource that focuses on Metadata. You can include metadata in your blog in many ways but the most common, and perhaps the easiest, is through metatags in the HTML. Check out the entry for this weblog.

2003-04-03T20:36:00.000Z

Bugger! - Why is it only after the fact that someone points out the problems with something you've just committed yourself to. Like the fact that http://www.arseburgers.co.uk/ sounds vaguely like a gay porn site. Ho-hum.

2003-04-03T19:38:00.000Z

OK - I've got the files uploaded. I think I've got the permissions set properly and edited the .cfg file correctly. I got my host to create a MySQL database and I think I've used the correct method to upload the various files. Now I've just got to wait for the domain name to go live (apparently it can take up to 2 days to work its way to all the various DNS etc) so that I can carry on setting it

2003-04-03T18:50:00.000Z

Aaargh! - I have no experience of Perl, MySQL, CGI or anything else that isn't HTML or CSS and I'm trying to install Movable Type. It's driving me nuts! I think its more my ignorance than any problems with the installation to be honest, but I've been here 3 hours and I'm only on page 5 of 14 on the installation manual.

2003-04-03T14:52:00.000Z

Pardon? - I had the afternoon off today to take Connor to the see an ear, nose & throat specialist. He's been referred because he has had quite a few ear infections. Connor was an ideal child and didn't fidget or scream and the specialist poked and prodded him and looked in his ears & throat. It seems he's got fluid in his middle ear. The "technician" pointed a gun like instrument in his ear

2003-04-02T21:49:00.000Z

Deja-Vu? A nation with an oppressive regime that slaughters its own citizens. A nation that continues to develop weapons of mass destruction despite the presence of UN weapons inspectors. Members of the UN ignore the continued development of such weapons. A coalition of nations including Britain and the US remove the oppressive regime and, following a short period of interim rule, hand pack power

2003-04-02T21:32:00.000Z

First Step - Well, I've done it. I've started down the road toward a hosted weblog. I've paid for the hosting and I've registered the domain name. What's the name I hear you ask? (You did ask didn't you?) What else but http://www.arseburgers.co.uk/? Don't bother clicking on the link yet. There's nothing there. It's 10:30pm and as exciting as it is, I'm just too tired to knock up a holding page. I

2003-04-01T22:10:00.000Z

Boogle, coogle, doogle, etc, etc... - There are 1001 uses for Google and those with API keys can write programs to automate many of those uses. Google Hacks collects a few of them together. I'm particularly fond of the Goopoetry. Type in a search term and get some of the strangest verse you've ever seen.

2003-04-01T22:03:00.000Z

Note to self - No, not a comedy one. A genuine reminder 'cus I do tend to use this blog as a favourites list at times. I'm considering moving this blog to some proper hosting, with a proper URL. I'm tending to think that Movable Type will be the content management system of choice. I found a guide to starting a blog with Movable Type the other day.

2003-04-01T21:57:00.000Z

Seeing red, or not - A good friend of mine is colour-blind. Not a disabling condition but one that I have difficulty relating to because I can't imagine what the world looks like to him. When he helps out on the discos that I do, he often has to get me to check that he's wearing a tie that matches his jacket or shirt. Vischeck has a colour-blind simulator allowing you to view pictures (their

2003-04-01T21:48:00.000Z

Totally Worthless - It's official, I'm a penny share! I have so few incoming links that my blog is valued at a paltry $51. Don't know what I'm talking about? You should take a quick look over at Blogshares.com. You can buy and sell shares in your favourite blog and claim a free 1000 of shares in your own blog. If you want a good laugh, look at the value of this site here. Apparently a site has to

2003-03-31T21:09:00.000Z

Misspent Youth - When I was 17 / 18 I attended the Sixth Form at my school with the intention of obtaining a couple of A Levels. I choose to do this at school rather than at college because I knew that the regime at college was so relaxed that I was unlikely attend very much. A couple of months after the first of the two school years started a record shop opened up just down the road. Not a big

2003-03-30T21:15:00.000Z

Got time to invest? I have really gotta get myself one of these.

2003-03-30T16:17:00.000Z

Aardvark Curse Strikes Again - Along with about 75% of the free services I sign up for and actually use, it appears that Blogpatrol.com has bitten the dust within about a fortnight of me installing it. Am I genuinely cursed, or am I just a habitual early-adopter of doomed technologies? I've been having real problems with w.bloggar just lately. It will post entries to my blog but keeps giving a

2003-03-30T11:25:00.000Z

New Project - I've been a touch busy for the last few days. What with Sharon still being ill, looking after the kids and working. But what little free time I do have (between 8pm when the kids are in bed I've managed to grab some dinner and 10pm when I usually flake out) has been taken up trying to sort out my work's website. I've not done much so far. I've stripped the old website of its

2003-03-26T21:34:00.000Z

Addictive game of the day - It's not too often you come across a reasonable original game format, or at least not one that actually works. This evening I completely wasted over an hour playing Insaniquarium. Complete madness. I have no idea whether this genuinely is original but I've never played one like it. Excellent. (Found at Britcoal).

2003-03-25T07:00:00.000Z

Fresh & Juicy - The author of Fresh + Juicy appears to be having a few problems. I quote "I signed up with Blog Spot Plus 25 and Blogger Pro on Sunday. I've been debited the money from my account and it appears temporarily left without the Fresh + juicy blog. If you or anyone you know has got any advice as to how to contact Blogger I'd appreciate that. Update - I edited this entry after

2003-03-25T06:58:00.000Z

Ouch - 2 1/2 hours sleep last night because Connor's got a nasty cough. I'm soooo not a happy bunny this morning. I figure that babies are cute as a defence mechanism. Just as you're about to snap, they smile or gurgle or hug you. Continuation of the family genes is once again assured.

2003-03-23T21:18:00.000Z

Reportage - I've never really understood the fascination for cricket. In its capacity to induce severe boredom it ranks right up there with Golf, Crown Green Bowling and competitive walking. So imagine the horror of being given the job of "over-by-over" cricket reporter for Guardian Unlimited, the online sister to The Guardian newspaper. This report of the recent India v New Zealand match says it

2003-03-23T20:27:00.000Z

Blogroll - It doesn't seem that long since I last updated my blogroll but I've had another go today. Added: Saltire F1 Blog - A blog by a journalist who is currently writing exclusively about Formula 1. Fresh + Juicy - Another blog that's added me to their blogroll. As I always do, I will be checking this out over the next few weeks to see what it's all about. (Note: As I write I'm unable to

2003-03-23T11:50:00.000Z

Ho hum - Well, not exactly the result I was hoping for, but the new rules do seem to be playing to McLaren. If this continues it should do Coulthard some good. Although I'd suggest he doesn't want to make too many of these outbursts if he is to keep a good working relationship with his team. I did find a good F1 weblog this morning though.

2003-03-23T08:04:00.000Z

????? - Check out Alonso! Still hanging on in there in second place. Of course, if Coulthard hadn't dropped out he'd be in 3rd but it's still a top result for Renault. And then, just as I type, Alonso came into the pits for a fuel stop but complaining about poor handling. Let's just see how it goes for him from here.

2003-03-23T07:48:00.000Z

Nooooo! - With Sharon home but bed ridden, it falls to your truly to look after the children. At precisely 6.15am Connor decided it was time I got up. By 6.30 I realised he wasn't going to go back to sleep and had to get up. After a tough night (Connor bit fed and woke me about 6 times) I really wasn't in the mood for it. Yeay! - Having dragged myself downstairs I knocked the TV on to find that

2003-03-20T22:30:00.000Z

Hypocrites - I find the commendation coming from Russia and China so bizarre that it’s almost humorous. Russia: "The military action in Iraq is being conducted in spite of world opinion, in spite of the principles and norms of international law and the U.N. Charter. This military action cannot be justified." - So your war in Chechnya was backed by world opinion and could be fully justified then?

2003-03-20T22:23:00.000Z

Its begun - No joy. No celebration. The fact that I support this action does not mean that I am in any way happy about it. But maybe the fact that, less than 24 hours in, Saddam launched a type of missile that he is banned from owning and that he claimed he didn't have will go some way to answering the question "Why?".

2003-03-20T20:59:00.000Z

Update - Sharon is feeling a little better today but the quality of the nursing care is bringing her down a touch. Still in a lot of pain, she had to wait 6 hours for one dose of pain killers. At one point, after she had been sick and was unable to move, she had to wait 20 minutes for someone to come and clean her up. The surgeon finally came and spoke to her today. He said that the operation had

2003-03-19T21:56:00.000Z

Deja-vu I've been here before recently. Only not. Sitting in front of my PC noting my woes in public having just spent a couple of hours getting all of the kids stuff ready for tomorrow. Wife in hospital, still quite poorly. Children in bed, quiet for the moment. The day's weariness catching me up and putting a melancholy twist on the end of the day. Only this time I've not recently been made

2003-03-19T21:41:00.000Z

See men shredded, then say you don't back war “There was a machine designed for shredding plastic. Men were dropped into it and we were again made to watch. Sometimes they went in head first and died quickly. Sometimes they went in feet first and died screaming. It was horrible. I saw 30 people die like this. Their remains would be placed in plastic bags and we were told they would be used as

2003-03-18T20:55:00.000Z

Tears before bedtime - Sunday night saw the final episode of Cold Feet broadcast by ITV. An award winning comedy drama it's not something I've watched avidly, but Sharon has so it's been on whilst I've sat here at my PC. I've managed to follow the plot lines and get to know the characters. So when one of the main characters was killed in the penultimate episode her husbands grief through the

2003-03-18T20:36:00.000Z

All gone - Well, it's over. Thankfully her operation wasn't cancelled and, after crawling out of bed at 6am we were at the hospital for 7 o'clock (we had time for me to stop for a McDonalds' breakfast though). The hospital put Sharon first on their list and she was in the theatre by 9am. By midday it was all over and she was back on the ward, looking like death warmed up but basically ok. She is

2003-03-17T22:28:00.000Z

Fingers Crossed - Tomorrow morning, 7am Sharon is due to go into hospital to have her gall bladder removed. This is the fourth appointment that has been made. The first, in December, was cancelled with a weeks notice. The second was cancelled on the morning of the operation and the third, set for the end of Feb, was cancelled almost as soon as it was made. We're told that they're not allowed to

2003-03-11T22:18:00.000Z

A heart felt plea for help I need to learn about blogging tools, RSS feeds and how to create a headline / first part of a story grabber from a blog page. I have no idea where to start. I know a little about HTML and even less about CSS. Just enough to cobble together this site (although the coding is extremely ugly in places - check out the nasty way I had to reduce the archives to fit into the

2003-03-09T22:00:00.000Z

Money Sink - My Xmas present to Sharon was a car. It stretched the budget a touch, and we couldn't afford anything flash. With just a budget of £500 (I still hadn't started work) we managed to find a Citroen AX 1.4 TRZ and I thought we'd lucked on to a bit of a bargain. 'S funny with old cars though. A further £200 went straight away on a full service and cam-belt change. Sharon had her first

2003-03-07T20:53:00.000Z

Aaaaaand relax...... - What a week at work! The last 3 days have been absolutely hectic and I've been getting home completely knackered. My stack of ongoing cases is getting higher every day and the work involved in each seems to get more and more technical. They're really stretching my technical knowledge and giving me a challenge to get my teeth into. To make things tenser, this week I've been

2003-03-05T21:22:00.000Z

High speed worry - I had a dizzy spell this evening. No ordinary "stood up a little too quick" touch of dizziness. No. A dizziness bomb exploded behind my eyes setting of nausea and putting lights in my vision. I thought I was going pass out. My hands were suddenly 3 miles from my central nervous system and my feet, well luckily my feet were fending for themselves because I don't think any

2003-03-04T22:42:00.000Z

And now for something completely different - A shed load of 'net links. Some of these really deserve their own post but I just don't have that much time. To Google (tm) - Google getting agressive. When Wordspy.com defined the word "google" (little g) as a verb (i.e. to google") Google got a touch aggressive. Throwing aroung words like "trademark" and "brand" they asked Wordspy.com to remove the

2003-03-04T22:23:00.000Z

Evolution - This weblog has changed somewhat since I started it. At the time of my first post I was facing redundancy, my wife was seriously ill, I had just started a new business and my son was about to be born. I was feeling the strain and starting to feel a little despondent. This weblog was somewhere for me to share my daily life, or even just somewhere to write it down and externalise it

2003-03-03T18:41:00.000Z

Ick - Today I'm feeling sick. I went to work as usual but by 11 o'clock I had pains in my guts and was having to make regular trips to the toilet (which is a touch embarrassing in a very small office). I hung on as long as I could but had to go home. I went back to bed at midday and have only just got up again. My stomach still feels like its doing a good impression of a washing machine. I need

2003-03-02T17:42:00.000Z

Disappointment - According to The Daily Telegraph 9 out of the 11 British human shield have gone home already. Their politics are vastly different to mine and, I have to admit, I thought them rather foolish and idealistic when they set of on their mission. But you have to feel sorry for them. They have left, it appears, not because they wavered in the face of the increasing likelihood of war.

2003-02-26T18:26:00.000Z

Do you have a spare ten minutes? - If so, if you're not doing anything too important, then take a quick read through Sympathy for the Devil by Dave Farber. If you don't get distracted, read it through to the end. I'm torn. I'm torn between thinking the man is so intelligent he's a fruitcake and thinking he may actually have a point (albeit an inaccurate one). Second, they are trying to convince

2003-02-24T21:50:00.000Z

Electric Bloo - A friend of my Dad's joined the army when he was eighteen. Not the most muscular of people he was occasionally the butt of the joke for the more established members of his Brigade (division, troop, whatever....). One night, whilst scrubbing the toilet floor with a toothbrush as punishment for a misdemeanour his colleagues had set him up for, he decided it was time to get his

2003-02-24T21:06:00.000Z

Race me! - Site meters are not accurate. Different site meters will give different results. So, just to see what happens, I've added another counter to this site courtesy of Blogpatrol.com.

2003-02-22T16:02:00.000Z

It smells of music - One of the first posts I made on this weblog, on the day I started it, linked a website detailing somebody's personal experiences with synaesthesia. I was, and still am, fascinated by how a person's senses can be "crossed-wired" so that you can see sounds and smell colours. I would almost go so far as to say I'm a touch jealous; some of the effects must be amazing.

2003-02-20T22:23:00.000Z

Mark stood on the magnetic deck - his pockets full of haiku. (What?) I don't have an artistic bone in my body. I couldn't write poetry, haiku or a rhyming couplet if my life depended upon it (although I managed a few dirty limericks as a kid, a completely different skill altogether). The beauty of Mark Pilgrim's Online Magnetic Poetry is not lost on me though. The tool will take random words from

2003-02-20T22:07:00.000Z

So, just what should we do? - I fully agree that war should be absolutely the last resort for any problem. I just happen to believe that we have reached that point. If you don't believe that, then I respect your point of view. If you believe there is another way then I agree you should protest against war in Iraq. However, if you haven't even thought through the ramification, if you don't even

2003-02-18T21:59:00.000Z

Because I want to - and after all, isn't that what this little corner of the interweb highway is for? These photos probably have very little technical merit and probably little interest to anyone except me, but I like them.

2003-02-18T21:25:00.000Z

Phuriously Phlogging - The emergence of mobile phones with picture messaging abilities has happened at almost exactly the same time as the explosion of blogging. So it's only to be expected that the 2 have merged over at Phlog.net. Once you've set up your phlog (photo-log / phone-log) you can post direct from your multi-media phone using either MMS (photo messaging) or email. Check out the

2003-02-18T07:14:00.000Z

Getting home from the pub - 3 things I've never done: 1) Drive semi-naked, 2) Set fire to my own backside & 3) Pilot a motorised bar stool. This New Zealand man managed all 3 in one go.I take my hat off to him.

2003-02-13T22:52:00.000Z

Aaaah! - Aaaaannnd relax! Whatever your thoughts on war, you'll need to make sure everyone notices your nipples. Of course, your geek mates may be distracted. Don't ask me why but this page on the art of saying "Hello" appealed to me. And elsewhere, the inspiration for a couple of famous singers becomes obvious. Dannii Minogue keeps her inspiration close at hand at all times. Christina (or Xtina)

2003-02-13T22:31:00.000Z

Aaaargh! - I have avoided this subject for as long as I have felt able because I suspect my views do not match those of the majority of people who read this blog. But, at the risk of being ostracised by everyone who I know reads this (I've visited both their blogs and they're firmly anti-war), I have to say that I believe that there is a case for war against Iraq. I'm bringing up 3 kids at the

2003-02-11T22:08:00.000Z

TV heaven & hell - ITV1 has managed to go from the excellent to the downright awful in just 24 hours. The Second Coming was a superb 2 part drama screened on Sunday and Monday night. I'm not one for TV dramas, they're all far too "Sarah Lancashire" for me (brit reference, translate as sugar-puff sweet and sickly) but this was excellent. If you didn't catch this programme, you really should. I

2003-02-11T21:19:00.000Z

Bullies - I've not been part of the big anti-microsoft thing. I tend to think that they've only got as big as they are because they made something that the public wanted. As always though, if you have any organisation that wields power you will get people within that organisation who abuse that power, whether it be for personal purposes or for the perceived good of the organisation. As such, it's

2003-02-09T15:50:00.000Z

Free Love - Just lately I've become a little obsessed with Courtney Love. OK, so obsessed is a little strong, I'm not stalking her around the country and sending letters penned in blood or anything (alhtough it would brighten my day up a touch); I've become interested in Courtney Love. A publicist's dream (or nightmare depending on what you're publicising) she was arrested last Tuesday morning

2003-02-08T11:20:00.000Z

Due to unforeseen circumstances - I'm not a believer in the paranormal. The thought that any of my dead relatives are "looking over me" would fill me with dread. Especially if they don't have any censors. Can you imagine your Grandad looking in on you when you're in the middle of some "marital relationships"? Ew! My real hatred, though, is reserved for those who profit from others belief in or

2003-02-08T10:45:00.000Z

Slightly sick searches - Haven't done this for a while. It never ceases to amaze me just what search phrases will bring people to this site. japanese woman nude sushi - What? There's some really obvious jokes about the smell of sushi, but I'll refrain from those for the moment. how to get rid of an accent - Search result 119! Who keeps looking for that long? flash animation forum nude - Would

2003-02-03T22:38:00.000Z

I rule - I failed to take over the world a couple of months ago. So the alternative is to set up my own country. Come visit. I seem to be having some crime and corruption problems at the moment because I'm a little too light with the rule of law and punishment. I'm hoping to bring things in to line with a light touch but if things don't get better I'll have to crack the whip. Link found via Lisa

2003-02-03T22:12:00.000Z

More Links - A few more links I meant to post last week. Google Dance - An informative and brief guide to the madness that happens once a month when Google shakes up its database. If you have a site that relies on Google search results for its traffic then this will be of use to you. The Nude Bloggies - It seems like every so often the weblog community goes mad about awards. Maybe the thinking

2003-02-01T13:46:00.000Z

Unfortunate - So. Sharon spent weeks psyching herself up for this operation. She spent days organising things like child-care with relatives. I took a days leave from work at a value of approximately £100 and gave away £200 worth of disco bookings so I could look after the kids and be with her in hospital. I organised things at work so that I could look after the kids. Then with just a half hour

2003-01-30T23:47:00.000Z

Trials - Tomorrow morning, Sharon goes into hospital to have her gall bladder removed and will be kept in for about 5 days. So whilst she gets to lie around in bed for 5 days and be waited hand and foot, I have to cope with the kids and go to work on Monday and Tuesday. Honestly! She gets it easy some times. (The sarcasm and irony is evident above isn't it?)

2003-01-29T21:53:00.000Z

Digital Distractions - You know the score. I have a tendency to while away some of my time by trawling around this place for items of interest. My interests are somewhat eclectic and so not ot everyone's tastes. But here goes: An armoured narrowboat - I don't know if narrow boats are peculiar to the UK or not. The UK used to have quite an extensive canal network which was populated by narrowboats

2003-01-29T19:07:00.000Z

Suppression - Not much to say so far this week was there? Once again, its not because of a lack of happenings but more due to a lack of desire to discuss it. Friday night was a fairly major party and the after-effects left me feeling kind of insular for a short while. I've expended a lot of energy in making sure my work was still up to scratch. I'm only 4 weeks in, I'd hate for them to think I'm

2003-01-28T07:07:00.000Z

Ouch - When you're still recovering on the Monday morning, you know its time to stop partying as hard as you used to. Sharon and I are finally facing the reality that we can cut it like we could a few years ago.

2003-01-22T07:13:00.000Z

I'd completely forgotten - I was going to post this here on a regular basis because I can't fit it in my side bar. Don't know what made me think of it this week ;-)

2003-01-21T20:45:00.000Z

There's merit in some of them - I hate email forwards. I get buckets of them in my in tray from friends I haven't the heart to tell. Chain letters are the worst but second hand jokes are almost as bad. It's not so much the content I dislike as the fact that you have to wade through dozens of email headers just to get to a joke you've probably heard before or a "fascinating fact" that you learnt

2003-01-18T01:27:00.000Z

Stuff wot I found on the internet thingy - My list of bookmarks for sites that I intend to blog about is getting a touch long. I haven't had the time to make a decent blog post for a short while and now is no exception (it's 12:30am already). So I'm just gonna throw them up here with out much explanation and you can take a look for yourself. Dear Penis - A funny as hell flash animation and song.

2003-01-18T00:14:00.000Z

A little bundle of phun - I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I bought an Orange SPV before Xmas. It's the first phone to be released with the Microsoft Smartphone operating system sunning on it. Basically a very cut down version of Windows. As standard it has quite a few settings you can play with and that kept me going for a week or two. I had soon tailored or tinkered everything I could

2003-01-16T19:53:00.000Z

Sorry but..... - I've got a bit to blog about. Unfortunately the new season of Buffy starts tonight on Sky so I'm a little busy. I may have a little time during Angel because its just a repeat of last season but all new Scrub comes up after that.

2003-01-15T22:02:00.000Z

Still having fun with photos - Free photo messaging means its cheaper for Sharon & I to take little piccies and send them to each other than it is to phone to say "I love you". And we like to do that a lot. So the photos keep coming. If you're starting to get bored of them, don't worry; the novelty will wear of in a bit. Again, hover over the image to see the message that accompanied them. From

2003-01-14T07:17:00.000Z

Ouch I've had a nasty head cold since the middle of December. Its given me, at various times, ear infections in both ears and a throat infection. On Saturday night / early Sunday morning the ear infection in my right ear became excruciatingly painful. Even taking lots of the strongest pain killers in the house I was in agony, unable to sleep and tossing and turning in bed. I'm not a hero when it

2003-01-13T22:50:00.000Z

Blogrollin' - Just edited my blogroll to remove the links I was no longer visiting. I don't think the owners stop by here but if its you; Sorry Dude. Nothing personal.

2003-01-10T23:30:00.000Z

The definition of cuteness - On my way back from the toilet, I looked in on James. He was fast asleep but sat upright. He has a small cushion, about 18" x 18" which he was holding in both hands and nibbling at like it was a cartoon pizza. I went in and lay him down at which point he started licking at his fingers. I guess he really really loves pizza.

2003-01-10T22:50:00.000Z

Picture Messaging - The novelty of photo messaging still hasn't worn off yet. And it's still free. Hover over the photos below to see details of the message it was sent with.

2003-01-10T21:05:00.000Z

Dear Diary - Today didn't suck. When I woke up, the heating had taken the chill off the house. I didn't have to scrape ice off the car. I felt like I acheived something at work this morning. I got some advice completed and discussed with my new boss. I went to meet a client with my new boss this afternoon and performed well. As the meeting was closer to home than work, I came straight home and

2003-01-09T22:57:00.000Z

Just because. I love having a camera attached to my phone. I can take pictures at any time and send them to my wife. Until the free offer ends and its costs, like, 50p a time or something.

2003-01-09T22:46:00.000Z

The curse of theaardvark - Yesterday I made a post about the GeoURL ICBM Address Server. I've had the site on my favourites for ages whilst I got around to adding this site to it and then posting. So less than 24 hours after I finally got around to it, the site went bump. Arseburgers! Well, maybe it'll come back.

2003-01-08T23:02:00.000Z

Mad as a fruitcake! - Two prime examples of people who are not only totally of their rockers, but don't seem to care who knows it. Either that or they are so totally insane that they can't see the madness of what they are presenting to the world. The first is you common-or-garden nutcase. The second is a kind of mental delusion that borders on genius but just can't quite grasp the realities of

2003-01-08T22:30:00.000Z

Game on - I'm a sucker for games that fill an empty minute or too. Unfortunately they also tend to fill the following 10 or 20 minutes the weren't supposed to be empty. Topping my list this week are: The Supaaaa Sushi Race - A bizarre micro-machines style car race using sushi food as the transport of choice. As an additional bonus (or as a slight downside depending on your view point), completion

2003-01-08T22:16:00.000Z

I'm over here! - I added myself to the GeoURL ICBM Address Server. Click anywhere on their world map and you'll get a list of websites with locations near by. Alternatively you can find out who's close to me by clicking here:GeoURL

2003-01-08T21:38:00.000Z

Media Savvy - Sharon and I got phones with photo messaging recently. Mine came before NYE and Sharon's arrived today. Today I sent her: And as a reply I got shown what was waiting for me when I got home: Whilst Orange continues the free photo messaging offer then this could be quite cool. I can't say as I'd pay for it though.

2003-01-08T07:13:00.000Z

Unclean - A VIRUS! My virus checker just detected a virus! How on earth did this happen? I don't remember doing anything recently that would allow a virus onto my machine. Ew! I feel so..... dirty.

2003-01-08T07:11:00.000Z

Day 3 - Don't worry, I won't keep this up for long. Yesterday at work was better, if only because my could is receding. However, I still spent most of the day feeling tired and drained of energy.I hope that this is only temporary and that I can overcome it. I know in the past that this feeling has been a major cause in my lack of motivation, or maybe its a symptom? I really want to do well in

2003-01-07T07:03:00.000Z

Day 2 - Already I'm hating getting up in the mornings. But I guess that comes with any job. Day 1 was not the disaster it could have been. The people there are a very nice bunch. Friendly and open they helped me to settle in. Unfortunately I was full up with a stinking cold yesterday which left me feeling very woolly headed and having difficulty concentrating. Combined with my recent lack of

2003-01-07T06:57:00.000Z

Yesterday morning, at about this time (06:45) I would have posted the following. Unfortunately Blogger was having a hissy fit and refused to let me post. Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye! - OK, so I'm not exactly off to was (the title is a quote from an old WWII song) but in 20 minutes I'm off to start my new job. I don't mind telling you that I'm a little nervous. Its been 6 months since I

2003-01-04T01:54:00.000Z

Bugger - Why has it taken me so long to notice that my archives are screwed up? Now I have to republish them all. Unfortunately that means the old ones will lose their original template. Oh well. I'll get on to it tomorrow I guess because its nearly 2am and I can't be arsed at the mo.

2003-01-04T01:34:00.000Z

Referral Risk update - OK. So I realise that the whole of the world is a touch ambitious. How about the UK? If you could repeatedly click on the UK for me, I'd be ever so chuffed. "King Aardvark" has kind of a nice ring to it I think.