Diary: December 2005
It's a gold star tree today - very exciting! It's pelmanism (go play), and in case you are wondering, yes the characters are hidden behind trees randomly, so clicking the restart button will give you a slightly different game. And I know it doesnt make too much sense to have two Santas, but then I guess you've never been to a shopping centre at Christmas - proof that he actually can bend space/time to be in several shops at the same time. How else could he deliver all those presents anyway?
Anyway, I have just come across this ...
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It was Leela's work Christmas party yesterday evening, and I tagged along. We had a good meal - I had turkey and christmas pudding - although it was a little on the small side. No, seriously, I didn't get enough pudding to fill an empty kinder egg. Still, I made up for it with mince pies. There was then a water fight followed by dancing and talking, where I met all of the people Leela works with. Having seen the level of professionalism displayed by the pharmacy department of the hospital, I have no worries or concerns about my upcoming ...
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Wikipedia is a success.
It has a massive following, with hundreds of thousands of entries. However, it is it's success that is it's biggest problem. In the past few months, Wikipedia has been getting a lot of bad publicity, most recently over an entry about John Seigenthaler, a former Robert Kennedy aide who was libelled on Wikipedia - the entry said that he was implicated in the assassination of JFK. The Register has a story about it here.
This is a problem that just won't go away for Wikipedia. By definition, the entries lack authority.
I don't ...
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Well, I've managed to keep the advent calendar going for 15 days now. We've made it to the third golden tree, day 15, although I'm afraid it was a few minutes late, again. Although it is still awesome, this one's not quite as good as I'd originally planned - maybe I'll have another go at it next year. The problem is that I've been trying to get through my real work during the day, and trying to do the calendar after tea (on my laptop while watching television). So, I apologise that some of ...
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Hopefully no more delays - after throwing caution and work to the wind, I'm now 3 days ahead! Not only was the 16th on time, but the 17th, 18th and 19th are ready and waiting. So if I keep this up for another couple of days, we'll be sorted.
In other news, I want some of Rick Stein's cheese. It looks good.
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