I pity the fool!
I think I have surpassed myself this year...
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Ramblings about cats, games and miscellanea.
Radiac's Helpful Hint Of The Day
When putting on those muff-style circumaural headphones (you know, the ones that cover your ears), check the insides for spiders...
Life, Universe, Everything
Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of this is my life. Today I am going to talk about nothing in particular, before rattling on about something that only I am interested in or have any clue what it is that I'm talking about, and then finishing before I fall asleep at the keyboard.
The past few days have been busy but fun. I was going to go home on Monday, but didn't leave until Tuesday because I wasn't feeling well at the weekend, so decided to put off the journey until I was convinced that I ...
Developers Know Best
I am fed up with software written by developers who know best.
Open office falls into this category. I just typed 'February 2005' into a cell in a spreadsheet, and it converted it to '01/02/05'. Did I mean 01/02/05? No, if I'd meant that, I would have typed it in - I actually meant the whole of February. So I have now spent 10 minutes looking for the option to turn it off, haven't found it, and have given up, opting for the add-random-characters-to-confuse-their-parser approach.
This is of course not a problem that open office ...
Rebuilding The Night Away
My replacement hard drive arrived yesterday, which is good. It was delivered to the shop on the corner because I was out - I looked up the signature on the ParcelForce delivery tracking service, then looked up the name in the phone book. I think I would make a good detective, apart from all of the paperwork, I don't think that would suit me. I see myself as more of a rebellious yet stylish LA cop who busts drug lords and slave traders and child pornography rings while dealing out my trademark catch phrases and having a witty repartee with ...