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Springwatch in School

Since Thursday, Jason and I have been working on a project to bring a little nature over to the St. Peter’s website.
I got the call on Thursday asking me if I could source a camera to take in to the school. Apparently a nest had been found outside one of the classrooms, and the school [...]

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Crazy lady wanted. Apply within

I was pointed to a spin-off of a lonely hearts ad today.
It made me smile. I think that it’s fair to say that we’ve all felt like that once in a while. Mine would be slightly different. Something along the lines of “I need a sociopathic woman to string me along until I’m completely besotted, [...]

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Podcasts and Fish

Following up on my last post – that cheeky fellow Jason actually played my sample podcast to his kids for a bedtime story instead of reading to them himself!
That’s either really lazy, or he’s a total gadget man.

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The Saddest Thing I Saw Today…

… was in Asda.
I’ve heard of this being done before, but I never really could believe it.
There were signs on the entrance advising customers that if they told the meet-and-greet chap that they are single on Valentine’s Day, then they would be given a red balloon to walk around with.
If someone were plucky enough to [...]

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Getting Mousey with the Logitech MX5000, MX1000 mouse, Ubuntu, Evdev and some Extra Mouse Buttons

As I get more and more stuck into getting Ubuntu to work nicely for me – I find myself more and more determined to resolve the little issues that nag me.
Today, I decided to finally get the extended mouse support for my Logitech MX5000 desktop working, and thankfully the process wasn’t too fraught with Bad [...]

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Hell Freezes Over

In a shock twist of events, I’ve finally managed to get Phill to sit down and write a proper post on his blog over at www.phillippass.com.
Admittedly I had to hold him down at gunpoint, but we eventually got there.
Let’s hope that it doesn’t take another two years! Eh, Phill?

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