Category Archives: Personal

Juice

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Andrew

This week has been a mini detox, with copious juices. Here’s the recipes for a couple of them, from Sainsbury’s magazine. These make enough for one glass. Throw the ingredients in a juicer, or apparently you can put them in … Continue reading →

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Out for delivery?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Andrew

It feels like my Amazon order has been in transit for ages. It was dispatched over 40 years ago and I’m still waiting …

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Statistics

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Andrew

Borrowing from Alex King’s Simple SQL Queries for Blog Stats, here’s some stats on this blog. The first post “It’s alive!” was made on 31st May 2003, some nine years ago. There have been 1,572 posts. On average, there are … Continue reading →

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Humax PVRs

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Andrew

I have a rather lovely Humax PVR9300T, a digital video recorder that I bought a year or so back. Or, it was lovely, I should say. Just before Christmas, the box started to freeze. Rebooting it didn’t make a difference; … Continue reading →

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UX fail

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Andrew

At the Sainsburys filling station yesterday, I opted to pay at the pump. I inserted my debit card at the prompt, and heard an audible clunk as it was read. I typed in my PIN, and after a few seconds … Continue reading →

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Ungodly Macbook Pro

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Andrew

A funny thing happened today on the way to the codeface. This morning, as I was packing up to leave London, I did the usual: hit the Macbook Pro power button, hit S, wait for it to sleep, close it, … Continue reading →

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Save UEA Music

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Andrew

As an alumnus of the University of East Anglia (in Computing), I was shocked to hear that UEA are closing the School of Music. As an Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Music, who saw first-hand some of the … Continue reading →

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Who stole my voice?

Posted on December 9, 2005 by Andrew

Wow, this is strange. Our primary server has been down since mid-morning when the masterswitch blew up (I’m not sure it did anything quite as exciting as actually blowing up, but it sure stopped working in a hurry). After it … Continue reading →

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This week’s addiction

Posted on November 16, 2005 by Andrew

Last.fm radio

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What am I bid for this cold, burnt pizza?

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Andrew

It’s no secret that one of the essential foodstuffs for your average hard-working computer geek is a good old-fashioned pizza, There are some rules: it must be delivered (to reduce the risk of exercise minimise the time away from the … Continue reading →

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