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General July 10, 2006November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment on Internet blues

Internet blues

My Internet connection at home is still not sorted out. I'm a little upset about this. Ok, I am a LOT upset about this. Fucking useless people who can't be bothered to do a professional installation because the money is more important than customer service.

General July 7, 2006 | 3 Comments on Can you please help?

Can you please help?

I got this in my mailbox today:

Dear ,

General July 6, 2006August 26, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Songs to play at my funeral

Songs to play at my funeral

I stole this idea from Scott Adams, who asked for ideas of what to do at a funeral. This is my list of songs that must be played at my funeral (in no particular order):

General July 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment on I still hate bad service

I still hate bad service

I'm still grumpy.

General July 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment on I hate bad service

I hate bad service

Dear [name deleted]

General July 3, 2006 | 2 Comments on YAY!

YAY!

I PASSED MY HISTORY EXAM!

General July 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment on Moving down, and spanking monkeys

Moving down, and spanking monkeys

So you will have noticed I've been quiet the past few days. We moved house last Thursday, and what with all the preparations and such, not to mention the lack of a Sentech signal at the new place, well the blog has had to wait.

General July 3, 2006June 2, 2019 | Leave a Comment on The man who killed me in his book

The man who killed me in his book

ACLS: Would you ever appear on a general knowledge show, such as 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'?

General June 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment on Question

Question

If Microsoft was forced to exclude Internet Explorer from Windows, how would I download Mozilla Firefox? With their arcane command-line FTP utility? Bah!

General June 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment on The Business Software Alliance (Boy Scouts of America?)

The Business Software Alliance (Boy Scouts of America?)

This post was originally in response to a Slashdot article, referring to the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the law. I have reproduced it here (edited for length) for educational purposes. The original posting can be found by following the related link below.

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