Archive for April, 2009

  • Thornton Ramble

    Thornton Ramble

    Walking is fun. It gets you from A to B, and you don't have to pay increased fuel duty. Last Sunday I got to have extra fun walking thanks to the City of Bradford Metropoliton District Council - specifically, the Countryside division thereof - ...

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  • Sky Blue LE

    Sky Blue LE

    Having been disappointed at missing out on buying the major Korean animated film Sky Blue - the chap in CEX was unable to find where they'd put the discs - I treated myself to a copy on Amazon. When it arrived, I was thrilled to ...

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  • Windows wins on netbooks

    Windows wins on netbooks

    It seems that Microsoft is scoring a bit win in the netbook sector, with claims doing the rounds that Windows XP has gone from a mere 10% of the market in February last year to 96% now. As someone who uses - and likes - ...

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  • Powered by Ubuntu

    Powered by Ubuntu

    My laptop is now officially Powered by Ubuntu, thanks to System 76 and the Linux Emporium. To snag yourself some free Ubuntu stickers, simply pop a self addressed envelope across to: The Linux Emporium Bridge House 17a Maybrook Road Sutton Coldfield Birmingham B76 1AL UK They'll drop a pack of ...

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  • Twitter and XHTML validation

    Twitter and XHTML validation

    I've been fighting my new WordPress theme this morning in order to get the darn thing to validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional - I didn't aim for Strict as I use the "target=_new" functionality in a lot of existing links which would need to ...

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  • Apostrophe’s in the wild: 3

    Apostrophe’s in the wild: 3

    Just a quick update to reassure people that not only am I not dead, I still haven't given up on a life of pedantry. The latest entry in the Hall of Apostrophe Abuse comes courtesy of Wickes in Bradford, which managed to forbid a trolley ...

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