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Desire (1936)
23October2005
Just watched Desire, a Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper black and white from 1936. Dietrich plays a European con-chick/jewel-thief; Gary […]
That's not a knife
22October2005
Excellent comments on the state of broadband in Australia over on Bleeding Edge. The Americans think they've got it bad […]
Site Updates
20October2005
Was hoping to change the ?bits feed to Atom1.0, but after writing it, discovered that Akregator, my feed reader, doesn't […]
Computer upgrade: White vs Beige
19October2005
It's coming time to get a new computer, and I'm hunting around, getting up-to-date on the latest releases and specs, […]
Some observations on 'Spam 2.0'
17October2005
As much as I dislike the term Web2.0 (but can't be bothered pulling it apart as plenty of people have […]
Bird Flu
15October2005
Bird Flu in ?bits=myth, 'cause that's right where it belongs for now… The media are doing their usual beat-up (here […]
Computing isn't meant to be Easy
15October2005
Starting to realise that computers shouldn't be easy… _All_ computers should have an admin - someone who knows how to […]
Site Updates
12October2005
At last, I've transferred to using the database to hold my longer essays (they were previously flat text files). You'll […]
Saved!
09October2005
Saw Saved!, quite a terrible movie really (at its heart just a love story, but with too much baggage), and […]
"How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong"
09October2005
Interesting article over at Harpers.org about Christian identity in the States. Bill McKibben asks how the west's arguably most Christian […]
Blog/Search
07October2005
Made a couple little changes… Added a 'ping-o-matic' link so that I can notify the majors when my blog gets […]
Pollution != Global Warming
07October2005
Article in the Guardian on a new World Bank report, with the disturbing note: “Almost a fifth of all ill […]
Bible truth
06October2005
The Times Online reports on a new document on scripture released by Catholic Bishops in the UK with the terrible […]
Modding legal
06October2005
This is very cool… The High Court of Australia just ruled that modding gaming hardware in order to play games […]
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
06October2005
Saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas last night. I'd heard about it and had been meaning to see it […]
Photo Updates
03October2005
Finally posted photos from the latest trip, as promised… There are four new albums, all available by clicking the thumbnails […]
Paris and Coffee
02October2005
Normally when Paris and Coffee are in the same sentence nauseatic convulsions result. But this is a rare exception: Le […]
Search Terms half-working
22September2005
Some more search terms; first the bizarre: “medieval photos of people” (that gets top points; I hope they found some […]
let's go out tonight
21September2005
Amarok tells me I've played this CD 26 times in the two days I've had it. And that I last […]
Converting Relative to Absolute links in PHP (preg_replace)
21September2005
It took a while, but I managed to get my head around the Regex syntax to change relative links (in […]
Site Updates
20September2005
Managed to recode the site's PHP backend, and converted to XHTML1.1 while I was at it (and am pretty sure […]
The Game
17September2005
Interesting article from Matt Baldwin on The Morning News. A series of three entitled Playing the Game. 'The Game' is […]
Winter, She Cometh
16September2005
Sat in my room shivering this evening; then realised I had bare feet and short sleeves… There'll be no doing […]
Starbucks
15September2005
After five weeks of travel through places with varying coffee standards, I've come to some new realisations about Starbucks. Previously, […]
Think You're Fighting Spam?
14September2005
I found a link to 'SpamPoison' (.com) while browsing, and found it rather humourous. I'm not going to link to […]
Home Again
14September2005
Finally made it home last night — just in time to get some essentials from the supermarket too. The flight […]
A Collection of Holiday Posts, September 2005
07September2005
This post is a collection of ?bits written over the last couple weeks in my notebook… These are mainly just […]
Barcelona
05September2005
Visited Barcelona Sep2-6. Explored the Barri Gotic, Barcelona's 'old town' equivalent, which is built atop the ruins of the old Roman settlement, and houses the city's cathedral. Also wandered around Montjuïc, where the complex for the Olympic Games was built.
A Coruña (y Betanzos)
28August2005
Visited A Coruña Aug26-28, with a trip to Betanzos Aug27. A Coruña is a big industrial town in Galicia, with a huge port and beautiful beach (and the weather was spectacular for bonus points). Betanzos is a small medieval hill-town, complete with thin steep streets; it's recently expanded a great deal but most of the newer development is rather neglected.
Santiago de Compostela
25August2005
Visited Santiago de Compostela Aug23-25. According to legend the cathedral holds the remains of the Apostle James, and has long been a pilgrimage destination. The city is the final stop on the famous 'Way of St James' pilgrimage, a walk along the north of Spain. The cathedral is in the beautiful medieval Old Town.
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World Youth Day 2005
21August2005
Attended WYD2005 in Köln with an Australian group from Sydney. We spent a week on pilgrimage in France, then a week in Köln, with the final weekend spent at the Marienfeld, a huge agricultural field opened up for the occasion.
WYD Updates
19August2005
Currently in Cologne, here for a couple more nights… The atmosphere is amazing, the city has been at a standstill […]
Tripping Europe
06August2005
This is likely my last post around here for a while. I'm off to Paris tomorrow afternoon. For the next […]
JK Rowling Interview
06August2005
Just read this interview with JK Rowling on fansite The Leaky Cauldron. There's three separate pages to it (linked from […]
Woo! Drink Good
03August2005
I knew it… Apparently regular/moderate alcohol is actually good for you. Moderate drinking was defined as 14 to 28 drinks […]
England, Holiday the Third
31July2005
OK, the oft-promised holiday report… Complete with photos in various albums that I'll link to on the way down. I […]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
28July2005
Just finished reading Potter… Much earlier than I expected actually, but I found the book cheap so grabbed it; easy […]
Site Updates
28July2005
Added a proper upload system for the top banner image, so now the 'Wintermute' title is added on upload rather […]
New Domains
26July2005
Bought a bunch of new domains today… None have websites available yet, they'll just redirect to a 'comingsoon' page here […]
More Photos
23July2005
Another 5 albums up today, on top of the 4 yesterday… Included are: Cardiff Castle; 'Touring With Family', a collection […]