Monthly Archives: February 2004

Google sees all; Google knows all

We live in very interesting times in a very unusual world. Not only are people committing novel crimes using technology that most of us don't even have access to yet, but they're making their mark on history at the same … Continue reading

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Leave it long enough, and they'll tow it away

I managed to get a parking ticket today. Despite there being four of us (and Romilly), we still managed to miss the sign indicating that the particular spot we had chosen to leave our car was paid parking. I'd be … Continue reading

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The luckiest fish

This week, Lucky the fish died. Many of you might wonder why the death of a small feeder feed is worthy of a little space on the Internet. I'd like to remind those people that the Internet is full of … Continue reading

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I fell in to a burning ring of fire, but I had this cream for only $19.95…

It's the joke everyone makes (apparently including Johnny Cash himself), but you'd have to be stupid to try to use Ring of Fire in an ad for haemorrhoid-relief products. The real world gets more and more like The Onion every … Continue reading

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Posted using Mozilla Moonwhale

Sick of Mozilla's browser changing names? Try Firesomething. I'd like to see it change the User Agent string too, just to make my server logs more interesting to look through. I wonder what the world would be like if all … Continue reading

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The most content free post of all time

After many hours of wondering exactly what I was thinking when I wrote much of BLAT's code, this site's engine has gained several new features. None of which you can actually see without logging in. Which you can't do. While … Continue reading

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