tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161342292012-02-03T09:24:59.460ZMindless ramblings...guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.comBlogger5671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-50100986773365772102012-02-03T09:21:00.006Z2012-02-03T09:24:59.466Z

My friend D is very sad at the moment.I've been using this song as my mantra of strength. Go Pip!!

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Shaved it.

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Once there was a pirate, capsized and lost at sea.Washed up on a lonely island, with nothing but a tree,The ocean all around him, and nothing else to see!The poor, old, lonely pirate had nothing for his tea.When he had slept he noticed some fruit upon the ground.So ripe and fresh, delicious, a banquet all around.He gathered up the bounty that was dropped there by the treeAnd poor, old, lonely

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THIS is how you tap dance!

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Transport is arranged

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I've loaded a couple of boxes onto the Guriwagon and strapped a rucksack on top All I have to do now is get it/them and Flo to Exeter. There might be tension on the train, so I'm wearing my "friendly" face and making contingency plans. Here's my friendly face.

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The Farm Cafe

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Flo has 3 "Ariel" mermaid toys she plays with in the bath. 2 are identical and the other much smaller.The 2 large ones are called "Ariel" & "The Mum".The small one is called "Keith".

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Sunset 3:30pm

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Christmas. I am it.

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So. I've not posted for almost a year, but that's mostly Twitter's fault, not mine. Anyway, I've decided to start posting to the blog again. And I've downloaded the blogger app for my phone and tablets as an incentive to post here more. Yesterday was my work xmas lunch, I managed to avoid the weather on my walk there...here's some pics.

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Flo got some ballet pumps......and after I'd pried them off her feet we went on a bit of an explore this weekend.First, up round NarrowaysAnd then I convinced her to go thropugh this hole in the fence and explore the Brooks site a bit...Feeling confident...And then we rounded the corner and saw a security guard (in the distance)...Flo immediately shouted "Run for it, Dad!!" and sprinted away....I

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Chillaxin with breakfast....in our "suite"...Lowest tide in 5 year cycle....mad wave action!Windy Ice CreamFlo's new best friend RoxieVampire Ballerina

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guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-3608864244851051362010-08-16T08:27:00.002+01:002010-08-16T08:30:44.371+01:00

Flo was playing with some blocks in the front room while I made some lunch yesterday....she announced she had made me a word...

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So. It was St Paul's Carnival this weekend and Flo and I got painted up and joined the (reported) 70,000 revellers for some Jerk Chicken, Rice & Peas and a few slices of watermelon... And here's a few snaps from our holiday in sunny Devon!

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A shit!Yep, got me one burning jellypot of boiling pulchritudinous shitbeards a-burning in my bellybrain...my rage, it is incandescent!Or you can have one of the other 3897* emotions I have felt in the last month...take your pick! I am assured this week will involve a return to normal.Then I will bring the Napalm*** random number generated by mashing numeric keys** and/or Thermite

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So. Things are...not good* right now at Ginger Towers.But, I think I'll be posting a tale of epic anger, fear, sorrow, anger, sorrow, rage, hope, and finally happiness (and a bit more rage) when this is all over.Until then [insert white noise here] ...* This is the understatement of the fucking century!

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Flo and I went swimming (man I wish they'd let you take a camera to the pool...Flo with armbands and goggles...what a sight!) on Sunday morning, then dawdled into town for some brunch, back to the park for a cycle and then some gardening....or Zookeeping in Flo's case.Zookeeping involves catching spiders, woodlice and ants and keeping them in a small bucket of dry grass and twigs.Not many of them

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Went to the Zoo Sunday...Monkeys!Red Pandas...we came back and suddenly a Pirate and a Witch appeared!...but luckily, all they wanted to do was some gardening.

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Every now and again I'll be doing something and Flo will shout "Hey Dad, check out my styles!"...it doesn't always make me piss myself laughing....but sometimes....

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Flo and I made a "music video"...but she wasn't too keen on my taking photos of her covered in chocolate (I was laughing at her though).

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Had a day off yesterday. Picked Flo up from school and had a hilarious afternoon in the park...witness.

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So. How did your week start? Good I hope...Mine started at 6:30 this morning when I had to go wake up the couple 2 doors up the road to tell them that their cat was lying dead outside my house...apparently hit by a car!Great...The weekend, however, had been awesome...I surprised Flo! Couple of weeks ago I asked "The Spokesman" (aka Balti) the local bike shop if they could set up a bike for her.

guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-69029548122862564512010-02-22T09:12:00.003Z2010-02-22T09:19:41.314Z

So. Flo & I went down to M&D in Devon this weekend...we had a great time.On Sunday we returned to Bristol to find I had been burgled.Bugger!Here's some happy pictures for you...

guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-31297769532949506832010-02-10T11:18:00.004Z2010-02-10T11:25:41.432Z

Flo has loads of old mobiles that she plays with, hey it's a perk of my work. One of the earlier Nokia PDA type phones is her favourite...I've told her it's a "computermaphone"...Sunday morning she was messing around pretending to type on it and when I asked her what she was doing she replied, "I am typing on the internet of course!"....I LOL'd.Later we hung out in the park where she spent a

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Lollipop exchange schemeNerf!Hmmmm....Check out those shoes!Goopy Beard

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The last bit of snow in the park...

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She sang this for the entire 30 minute walk into town the other day.

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Yes.Yes, I know!!Be patient...there's a couple of blog posts coming this month.Honest.In the meantime...

guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-8700761462902660222009-12-13T18:26:00.006Z2009-12-13T18:40:09.519Z

Flo and I went shopping today. Ostensibly we were buying a few books and getting some "furry prawn" sushi...but we ended up stopping for "a snack", a pair of ill-fitting "pink cloppy shoes", some other things, and a bratwurst in a roll...Then we came home.Snack!We were there early enough for ALL the oddballs: crutch-man, cowboy-hat-dude and even sleeping-homeless woman!Then...in a heartless,

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ZOMG!! Twitter is down....where can I rant?!?!!!11!!one

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Today Ian and I took the kids to the heinously expensive Blue Reef Aquarium that opened a few weeks ago in place of the old "Wild Walk"....I say it was heinous, but to be honest I thought it was brilliant, though typically the girls weren't as impressed...well not all the time.Still, I found it a thoroughly entertaining way to spend a good 2-3 hours, and the best bit was watching Flo interact

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I've been running an extreme beta of Google's Chromium OS on my Acer Aspire One [aao] for the last day or two, and I have to say apart from a few niggles it's actually pretty decent...You see, I bought this netbook for 3 reasons: web stuff while sat on the sofa, light tinkering with USB connected things (arduino, beagle, etc) and light media stuff...It's been great at all of these things, except

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Yeah. Not so cool...turns out it is H1N1...It's like having human flu but the gubmint say I shouldn't leave the house. So Rosie (and Flo) very kindly picked up some drugs for me, viz:

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Despite a head full of snot and a throat full of barbed wire I had a considerable amount of fun today.Once Flo had it in her head that I wasn't speaking all that often, she pretty much entertained herself for the morning...doing jigsaws, pretending to be a cake seller to "The Silent Prince" (my crowning role), and taking turns using the laser pointer to annoy Moshi. We almost didn't notice the

guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-87922717747644012852009-11-16T20:29:00.002Z2009-11-16T20:36:38.377Z

I appear to have a small, very annoying, ulcer just on the inside of my top lip...On the other hand The Annoybours (tm) took in a parcel that turned out to be the NatGeo Dinosaur Encyclomapedia thing I ordered for an as yet undesignated recipient, and announced they are moving!!They said they're having problems with "the toilet".We all know the real reason...Moshi loves metal!

guribenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384780100651994340noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16134229.post-80161174527220984942009-11-11T19:26:00.002Z2009-11-11T19:44:37.915Z

Everybody needs good neighbours....with a little understanding, you can find the perfect plaaannn!!!!I found the perfect fucking plan!Some of you may know that my neighbour can be seriously annoying. I think the clincher is the fact that one of them screams like a girl when he's arguing, and they argue a lot....anyway:Over the weekend and on Monday night there appeared to be some kind of

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I spent the day cycling in the rain, sorting computers out, eating chicken, drinking guiness and lazing on sofas...you?

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Novel idea...been ages since I posted. Soz.I've been busy, and to be honest nothing of any major importance has happened...except I've found a new improved method of annoying/entertaining Moshi, viz: The other reason I've not been posting is that I've been on a bit of a mission sorting out free recycled computers for a few people, planning my FOSS assault on "Buy Nothing Day" and upgrading

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I wave bye bye...It has been an odd week. I felt a bit "not guri" on Wednesday (which I put down to poor blood sugar) but having rushed back to pick up Flo, cook dinner &c, I eventually spent the evening throwing up and attempting to go to bed at 8pm...[draws veil]Thursday was much the same, though I spent a very strange ~10 hours lucid dreaming/hallucinating while twitching and sweating in bed..

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Just did that Freeskilling thing about FOSS/Linux. It went very well......but......the 1st thing (apart from "Hello") said to me was "I saw you in purple spandex and green y-fronts the other week...dancing like a loon".This may be my legacy.

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I'm doing one of these here Freeskilling things tomorrow evening.I'm really looking forward to it, but hoping it doesn't just turn into me ranting about closed/pay software (OK, I'll say it....MICROSOFT & APPLE), where Linux/FOSS lets us down (because it does in places)...I have some (hopefully) cool shit to show off and for people to use though:Chumby (FOSS/OSH, not got wifi in locale so showing

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Flo was off on one of her verbal diarrhea diatribes on Saturday evening...I couldn't get the video recorded fast enough to catch the beginning, but it began along the lines of "When I am bigger I am going to be a..."Mr Oughton, this one's for you! Just sayin' ;-)

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It's not all autofellatio you know!

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oh shit...fuck this post!I just remembered I can apparently run Doom on Chumby! Need to look into various FLV transcoders and I would LOVE to get BBC iplayer chumby widget!Focus!EDIT: Got Quake running on the Chumby last night :D

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Friday night's Microrave at Carnyville was mind-blowing, as soon as Jen manages to get me some of her photos I'll post 'em.It rocked!Savagely!!"Look at my chocolate beard dad!"Speaking of savages, I spent Sunday with both kids (and Ian) and then they both stayed Sunday night...I was on the verge of collapse by the end of the day, but luckily I had yesterday as holiday....so I surprised Flo by

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I had sushi and/or sashimi for breakfast, lunch and dinner today.My stomach is currently making hilarious gurgling noises...

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Something I feared would go terribly wrong today went 99% right, and that was before 10am! It has almost literally blown my mind! In my worst imaginings it's been like some kind of sci-fi "self-aware nanobots infecting your system" scenario (very Alastair Reynolds!)...but turns out, it worked!Loads of other stuff is still fucked though...And I really need to fluff-out and prettify my "

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If I let Flo listen to TMBG it is officially morning, but if (as she just requested) I put a bit of Belle & Sebastian on she almost immediately goes to sleep.She's right!The new TMBG album seriously fucking rocks! And B&S are boring as fuck....but whatever works....works!

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So. I cheered twice today. I literally shouted "Hooray" involuntarily on 2 occasions...Remember the really sweary post from Friday? Well, guess what happened today? Well...The agency sent someone round to look at the freezer. Yep, it is broken! But, they accepted my argument that rather than go through the long-winded process of me asking them to ask the landlord to get a new one (and the

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It was like summer this weekend!Finally.Flo and I went for a lovely walk through her kingdom in the morning and spent the afternoon messing around in the garden. She wore a summer dress....and I wore shorts and a t-shirt!Making "lunch" with her new apron onI made her a "laser gun" (CR2032 + RGB Flash LED == Laser Gun) here she is returning it to me for "safety, so Mushka can't kill you"...in her

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Fucking fucking fucketty fuck!!!Freezer (just recently fully stocked) is on the fritz. I have to make either 1ton of minced beef based recipe food, loads of fishcakes, a pizza* and all the other frozen shit in the next 24 hours and then find a way to freeze that or suffer the consequences! Fuck.Boiler is having it's annual "you want hot water? wait, what?" thing whereby one must stand next to the

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I did not expect the volume...nor the dirty dirty noisez.But I love them! Perhaps the BadderFly(tm) will come to the bitpit!Awesome Rosie is making a Unitard modification for me. I found my superpants of choice (and they rock!)...I have the superboots, which just need a little tweak and The Hands of Zarg/Roboto! I shall source a power bag this weekend...all that remains are "The Gems of 0x2F"

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Flo and I did some painting this morning...check it outIt started out quite simply...But then leopard spots were added...And then "claws covered in blood from where I killed a baby animal"...And here we (well, I did) learn an abject lesson in paying attention...

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So. Ian and I finally got round to taking the girls to Cotswold Wildlife Park after saying we would do so for almost a year...couldn't have picked a better day for the weather, and despite my google based insistence that we basically "go to Winsworth (or something) and turn left" [turns out you can't really base a car journey on those kind of directions], we got there OK.Apparently, Esmae was

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Using Wordle!

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Yeah, so. I have this blog, like, yeah? Where I write stuff like all the time, yeah? And I'm kinda religious about it, know what I mean? Not, Religious religious, like, regular religious?...Yeah, like ONCE A MONTH!! Like church, or... "The Visitor" or some shit, yeah?Woah! Sorry about that, regression...terrible thing.So. I haven't blogged for a while. Sorry about that.Work's been busy. I've also

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4.Just let that number sink in a moment....4...Four...Fffooooooorrrrr....It's a pretty small number, right? Nothing like, oooh say 35, or even 25, 10, 7...or Planck's Constant (which is a cool number....well mexico!)...Nope. 4.4.So, yeah. Flo's 4 tomorrow. 4 years of shaky part-time parental skills on my part and she's still here*....and consistently more amazing than I'd ever dreamed she'd be!

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...small minds...This is how I amuse myself.... This needs music on top...Anyone know a simple 3GP video editor for linux?**Yes, I know I should know one, but I don't...I want to be able to quickly stick mp3 over the top of a 3gp video****Yes, I know....somewhere in ffmpeg lie the needed switches....where?...I should know this...sue me******Do not. pls. kthnxbai!

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I have no words...probably because I just cycled to Clifton via Easton and back...nothing to do with falling down some stairs and fending off "the youth of today"...maybe more about that another day....30 seconds after entering the house after a week away......5 seconds after that...Gotta love the ginger eyebrows!"Up here dad!"

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...are just that. Rumours.Unless you follow me on twitcock or facebunch you may not know that Moshi was found. On Friday. In my nearest neighbour's "shed" (basically an outdoor wardrobe).That cat owes me so much printer ink and a fuckton of handcramp from cutting out the ~1000 fliers I didn't use!On the other hand, I have been running round like a loon for the past week or so. And will continue

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Moshi is MIA. Still!Last time I saw her was Monday evening when I got back from work, after she'd had the minor "episode" at the weekend (see previous post). Another cat, Gilbert, has gone missing from the next street along...Have they eloped? Been catnapped? Is she trapped somewhere?*I flyered my own and the 2 next streets this evening, but I wildly underestimated the number of flyers even

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Oh, Hi! I'd forgotten about you, had you forgotten about me?What the fuck is up with the local feline population? Moshi had one of her episodes* Friday evening and then wasn't to be seen until magically appearing fast asleep on a soft toy** in Flo's room at lunchtime, where she stayed until this morning. She's MIA again since, and so, apparently, is another local cat***.Stupid cats.Nothing

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I have to pass on huge props to Jen, Rose, Laurie, Logs & the MicroRave crew in general for a truly mind-blowing time....I was too busy enjoying it to take photos and a giant cardboard box on your head does not lend itself to using a camera (unless I build one into the next version!)...I give you my 500th post and "Doctor Roboto visits The Bit Pit!"

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See what I did there?

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Odo = 38.6 Miles in 5 days. Longest Trip = 15 Miles. Max Speed in trip = 27.1 mph.Grazes = 3. Cars annoyed = 40. Annoying cars = 35. MTBs overtaken = 8.Fear of inbox = 100%.

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Apart from the 3 day sojourn to Devon, where M&D helped out, it's been me & Flo against the world rain for the past week.We did a lot, but here's some highlights.Playmobil: Pirates vs Horses (and ubiquitous Fairy)We went to look at the stream at the bottom of the lane...apparently it's now a lake (as are the fields either side of the road..."it's a beach!", Flo declared)This here is the infamous

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Should have got the video started sooner, but I was laughing too much....Tek, this one's for you... Flo "adds something" to RATM!

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Kneeewww!Yep. This is the 495th post!Flo and I are off to Devon later this week, so I'll maybe throw up some pictures and with a fair wind and a bit of luck I'll hit 500 just the other side of my 35th birthday.Unless Flo kills me.Looks more like sleep than death.Flo found a pile of comics in my room and asked to look at "the magazines"...she likes the Freak Brothers best....attagirl!Peace out

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Cycled to work and back today. Mainly because it's Friday and I had this cunning plan to be logged in, ready and working by 7am so I could leave (feasibly) at 3pm...It worked! Mainly because I woke up at 5, sorted myself out, did the uphill and had a quick shower at work...oh, and I turned only the lights for my "pod" on and listened to the overfill beep on the coffee machine until the aircon (

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Apparently, Flo wanted to send me a picture about some biscuits or something....Thanks Baboo!PS. Yes I did cycle to work this morning. Yes it was 8 miles. Yes it was mostly upwards. Yes I did it in about 1 hour. Yes I am fucking mental.

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Nope. Not some new kind of kink I'm into......or maybe it is...The Steed* by virtue of the fact that it has no stupid dérailleur to go whirr-clickety-clackity-whirr-dzzz-clack and that it has skinny, slick tyres making minimal contact with the tarmac (not also, inflated to 105 psi!) is virtually silent. Seriously, the only sound is a faint buzz from the tyres...and me panting for breath.This has

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Nooooooooo Daaaaaddddyyyy-uuh!

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I recommend you read that poem (I think it's Longfellow...though I might be confusing it with someone else), anyway it was a bit heavy going to transcribe here I thought...and, well...I just wanted to mention one of the (many, many, many) things I am thankful to Luc for:Being able to swear properly in French. And I mean stun your mother to death profanity!* I blush when I explain some of these

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Rest in peace, you crazy french bastardx

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Needs a different name.I rode up to (OK, I rode halfway up and then did 1 stop on the train) "The Posh Bit" and back today after work and somehow I am not dead! Not due to traffic (that, I am managing) but because I have assumed that a fixie is all work, and no fun....how wrong I was. Hills are a bitch, there's no denying, but they end eventually and when they do...you can go back down them....as

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Finally. With a bit of luck and a fair wind, I'll be booking a business trip to Beriut for November...RAAAAAaaaaarRR!!1!one!

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DistantNearVillageBuilderDancer

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I got home from work and decided it would be nice to cycle to the nearby station, grab a train up "The Posh Bit" and have a couple of pints with a few mates...On the way to aforementioned station I bumped into an ex-girlfriend. Turns out, she's now married to a Nigerian and trying to import him....from what I remember, that is THE biggest "fuck you" she could ever giver her mum.Anyway. So a train

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PSU & Mobo loaded into chassis and wired up : Check!CD/RW & DVD/RW packed with requisite cables : Check!Possibly broken graphics card + cables packed : Check!Extraneous cables of power and connectivity packed : Check!WiFi card, Bluetooth dongley-thing, LiveCD packed : Check!Notes on what to talk about or "an agenda" : Fuck that!Oh yeah, 2 or 3 hard-drives of dubious provenance & functionality :

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Tuesday is looming. I could (if needed) have 12 free computers!!All I did was ask!Yesterday I picked up a parcel from Easton at 8, some gaffa tape from the hardware shop on the way back and then some cladding from "Geo. Jones" round the corner...fixed up some bits on Dr Roboto and then cleaned until heading out on the bike with Flo for an afternoon " sightseeing". She fell asleep at 4:30 and

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Just been asked to do a local radio interview next week about building PCs for free/cheap and FOSS...yay me! But more importantly, yay for justfortheloveofit.org, freeskilling, FOSS and the fucking awesome community I live in!Will be recorded early next week. I'll let you know when it's broadcast (internet stream/cast will be available) so you can listen to my dulcet tones ranting...

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I has a one.So. I was on ebay today buying a humane spider catcher for Rosie (7 quid delivered BTW!)...as you do."I wonder what fixie's are on here?", I thought to myself. Tappity-tappity-tap...."£1100 for a bike?....WTF?...wait, what's this?"Short story short. I've bought another fixie.I will not turn this one into a retro, child-carrying, basket-adorned, fairground*. It's a bit more "proper",

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POV! Here's some hand to the wheel action... I am expecting some kind of drive-by any day now. That or hauled over by the cops for driving a fairground ride...This shit is too gangsta for a skinny white ginger guy...especially if I really do end up gluing my bike helmet into the "Professor Roboto" costume. More on that later...FOOLISH HOOMANS!!!

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Am working on a plugin so I can bore you with my "angry ginger exercise stats" in some kind of automatic style...but for now...I love the fixie!Currently, I'm working to a minimum of ~2 miles per day with a minimum average speed of ~4mph and a top sprint speed of ~28mph...I'm aiming for >30mph on the flat (probably on the run from Barton Hill to home) with a vain hope of getting clocked by a

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Yesterday featured a 5 mile hill-laden cycle-ride in the morning. It almost killed me. By which I mean, remember to eat before expending calories!!The farm fair in the afternoon was pretty cool though. We definitely arrived at about the right time (2 hours in) because when I left with Esmae in tow and Flo 'pon shoulders at half 5 it was MENTAL!In the morning, we got our attitude on......and we

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Flowers, Beetroot, Beans, Potatoes....HerbsPurple Sprouting thingameeRadicchio, Radichio, Radishyo!Garlic. Roquette, brocolli & leeksALE!

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...is the name Flo has decided upon for my bike. In fact, OUR bike! It has a seat for me and one for Flo (which collapses into a handy rear platform) and a saddle and a loud as hell bell...All bikes need a name, especially one such as this. With a name comes a helm!I bought her a helm today. A helm is necessary apparently.Necessary for all things!But fuck me was it a killer (even keeping to the

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Things I have learnt about riding a fixed-wheel bicycle in Bristol.Prepare for painYou need to look/plan aheadKeep pedalling!Don't bother with anything more than 1:3 hills....you will dieBraking is weird. Practice!Putting a retro childseat on the back adds a kilo to the bikeFlo will whoop from the moment you start pedallingShe also sings me songs while I cycle...Adding a Flo to the bike makes it

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Bah. Writing stuff sucks....I'm too busy contemplating the ~5 gallons of victorian style bitter I knocked up yesterday morning...that and the fact that Flo is mastering my ipod as fast as I do...Kalimba (but she's fucking mean with Bloom, Balls, and the instant-DJ app!)At least some things remain the same...

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I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself this evening (yeh...boo-fuckin-hoo; what have I got to worry about comparatively?!) and after I whinged about hip pain on twitter (sue me) I got spammed with a billion adverts for girdles...I won't whinge more here...Perhaps Newsnight on Beeb1 & testing out Moblin (looking good for the acer (as i use it)) will help.Ooooh, it's about thieving cunts.Sorted.

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I have a mysterious but oh so painful pain that seems to originate in either my left buttock or somewhere between the back of my left thigh in the top 3rd...Suggested causes so far (inc. sources):- You must have slept in an odd position (device bloke R from work)- Gout (Teh Boss...The Ricola (f) once posited this for a big toe pain....i had, however, stubbed that fucker good!)- Arthritis (google,

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