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Monthly Archives: January 2008
1TB lost
Due to unsuccessful hacking it was necessary to disassemble my Buffalo Terastation NAS and try and fix the damage by mounting the drives on a Linux box. Somehow in doing this I managed to destroy two of the 400GB disks. … Continue reading
Posted in Geeky, Linux, Tech, Terastation
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The Golden Compass
Today didn’t get off to a great start. I’d left a large piece of paper on the kitchen table with “LUNCH IN FRIDGE” written on it so I’d see it at breakfast and remember to take the spaghetti with me… … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Opinion, Outside, Run, Social/Event, Thoughts
Tagged film review, Run, the golden compass review
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Blow up your terastation
It has been an eventful weekend of sorts. On Saturday morning I repeated last weeks fell run up Moel Famau, but this time in reverse, meaning it was a hell of a lot harder! The really steep climbing (1100ft) is … Continue reading
Posted in Geeky, Linux, Outside, Run, Terastation, Thoughts, Walk
Tagged chester, fell running, ginger smoothie, moel famau, Terastation
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TV licence is WRONG
I’m chilling out to the mellow sounds of David Gilmour this evening, trying to relax after the fury of receiving two letters from “TV licensing”. One was addressed to me, another to someone I’d never heard of. I binned the … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Rant
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Frozen vs fresh
And so with all recent excitement of booking my ski holiday and countless late nights of insomnia, I am feeling exceptionally tired, but tireless, if that makes sense? Today everything seemed rather surreal, and in the shops this evening I … Continue reading
Skiing booked…only just
I recently realised that we are now already well into the ski season and I still hadn’t organised anything. So last night (or rather very early this morning) I started my hunt to book some skiing for February. This proved … Continue reading
New neighbours
This morning when leaving the house I met my new neighbours. They’re not very talkative, and they smell a bit funny too. Still, it’s nice to have company.
The coldest house I ever lived in
Over the course of the last 2-3 months I have become convinced that my rented house is in fact the coldest house I’ve ever lived in. To confirm this theory I have borrowed a thermometer with which an experiment will … Continue reading
On a lighter note…
On a lighter note… This evening I created a rather peculiar smoothie from banana, strawberries and melon, which after mixing manifested the unpleasant aroma of sheep urine. Of course, I drank it anyway (what with the 5-a-day and all that). … Continue reading
Tiscali – a truly awful company to deal with
Last October (2007) I cancelled my parent’s existing broadband service, due to Tiscali failing to process an order I placed that would upgrade to a package that included phone and broadband for less money. Normally most utility and service companies … Continue reading
