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Ramblings about cats, games and miscellanea.
Once again, the diary has fallen silent while I've been caught up with other things.
Work-wise, I've nearly finished the CMS, and I've written a bunch of Django components as part of it, which I plan to release gradually as separate projects, so I'm hoping they should prove interesting to those of you who like that sort of thing. I also have several other projects that are nearly there (sysadmin, javascript etc), so I'm hoping 2011 will be full of releases, although that depends on how much real work I've got on.
Of course ...
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Well, it's that time of year again, where radiac.net gets covered in snow! And unlike most years, the UK has joined this esteemed site in getting covered in snow too!
Apart from Cheltenham, that is. Yes, that's right, while the rest of the country has been plunged into a delightfully extraordinary early winter and has been getting 10cm of snow a day, which everyone on TV and Twitter has felt compelled to point out with snow reports and photos, we managed a half-assed sprinkling of white ice on Monday, and haven't had anything since.
Well, apart ...
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Hurrah! Happy 10/10/10 10:10:10 second, everyone! I had announced that to commemorate this amazing moment in time, and to celebrate (very approximately) 10 years of the very finest site on the entire internet (this one), I would release 10 of the projects that I have been working on! But since then, I had an even better idea, one that is about 10 times as awesome: instead of releasing 10 projects, I would release one project which is 10 years old! Yeah!
This decision has absolutely nothing to do with several unexpected and time-consuming work projects, and ...
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Legal disclaimer gubbins: this article contains the ramblings of a house buyer who has merely done a bit of research and presented it here as an introduction to the topic for your entertainment - as such, it may not be entirely accurate, and does not constitute legal advice. The same goes for the many, many comments at the bottom.
It is also worth noting that this was written in 2010, and the law change mentioned below came into effect on October 13, 2013; I'm still not clear on the full implications, but see the comments at the end for the ...
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I have been searching for a particular mexican sauce ever since Tristan brought it over and got me hooked on it in 2002; I have tried many alternatives, but they just aren't good enough. In 8 years, the only success was during a month in California with Leela last year, where I insisted on trawling every supermarket we passed, and still only turned up two bottles.
However, I have finally found a dealer supplier in the UK - Hot Headz import and sell the delicious Tapatio hot sauce. Not only that, but the bottles were half price!
Words cannot describe ...
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