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Archive for January, 2007
Driven by sleep
In: diary
30 Jan 2007still not right on the sleeping front. Did sleep okay yesterday, but it still threw into sharp relief how much I haven’t been for a while. Going to have to be careful and make sure that where I can, I get to catch up.
Got a couple of nice little things for myself yesterday, a Moleskine [...]
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- Tags: cooking, moleskine, silver spoon, sleep
Goodbye Grandstand
In: diary
29 Jan 2007So Sunday marked the last Grandstand on the BBC. It is an odd feeling, as the show is 48 years old, and for several years of my life I could guarentee that between 12 and 5 on a Saturday I would be watching it, yet I won’t miss it. Eurosport now holds an even dearer [...]
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- Tags: BBC, grandstand, sport
How to feel more rested – Sleep less.
In: diary
26 Jan 2007Well this won’t work for everyone I’m sure, but the solution to my lack of sleep has been to stay up later. Somehow this seems to have fixed me, the last couple of days I’ve felt so much saner I cannot explain. MrsFB suffers with insomnia a lot, and of course whilst I’m supportive and [...]
0 Uses for a dead iPod
In: diary
25 Jan 2007I was looking at my old big fat iPod last night, and was mulling over just what to do with it. Under Ubuntu, I can actually charge it, and then get to listen to the disk drive failing loudly. So it is definitely gone. I was hoping against hope I could maybe use it as [...]
Still not smoking, still sort of sane.
In: diary
24 Jan 2007I’m still not sleeping, well not much, but I had a long walk home in the cold (on purpose) last night, and it really shook off a lot of the headiness I’d been feeling, I felt so much better for doing that. If I can do that a couple of times a week minimum as [...]
Bizarre Creations Next Live Game – Kotaku
In: games
23 Jan 2007New Xbox 360 Live game coming from the makers of Project Gotham:
Bizarre Creations, the guys behind Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and Project Gotham Racing, are working on a new Live Arcade title.
Boom Boom Rocket, set to go live this spring, is described as a hypnotic rhythm music game conceived by Electronic Arts’ casual game site [...]
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- Tags: bizarre creations, games, kotaku, videogames
'Thieves' tracked via satellite – BBC News
In: diary
23 Jan 2007This amused me, thieves stole GPS units. Guess how they were tracked down…
Three men are arrested for allegedly stealing global positioning systems mistaken for mobile phones.
Make your firewall more secure – Lifehacker
In: diary
23 Jan 2007Well worth a look to see if you’ve set up your firewall and security correctly for your home network.
Is your firewall doing its job? Find out with ITSecurity’s guide to making your firewall (and, ultimately, your PC) more secure.
The 10-step guide covers topics like tweaking firewall settings to match your specific needs, adding multiple layers [...]
Keep up with online video at Vidmeter – Lifehacker
In: diary
23 Jan 2007Vidmeter helps you keep track of the hottest videos out on the internet:
Web site Vidmeter keeps a running tally on the latest, most popular videos from across the spectrum of social video sites.
Vidmeter is similar to previously-mentioned Internet TV Charts, but with a much more useful interface. While watching internet video isn’t necessarily the [...]
Still not smoking
In: diary
23 Jan 2007Still haven’t killed anyone. Not slept very well, I seem to get imaginary loops of code stuck in my head for hours. Better last night, still not good. However 3 and a bit days without smoking isn’t a bad start, I reckons.
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