Last night I dreamt that I got a large pay rise. I was very disappointed when I woke up and realised it was just a dream. But maybe I have hitherto unknown precognitive powers? Let’s hope so. 
Archive for January, 2006
Sunshine
Posted on in Books, Doctor Who, Films, My Life.So Lettice finished her thesis and yesterday we got it printed and bound. Then we went shopping (3 for 2 books, and a couple of cheap-ish Doctor Who DVDs, stories I’ve either never seen or not seen since they were first broadcast) and then to the cinema to see Underworld Evolution which had lots of Kate Beckinsale’s shiny bottom for the boys and lots of Scott Speedman’s naked chest for the girls and not much in the way of a plot, but still quite fun. Today, we’re off to Brixton for lunch and socialising.
A pong about ping?
Posted on in Browsers, WWW.As seen on Slashdot and elsewhere, the current storm in a teacup is that Firefox will support a ping attribute for link tracking.
I wonder how many of the tech-heads who are ranting about privacy concerns also rushed to sign up for Google Analytics? 
We’ve been choosing a web analytics firm for work and compared with the sort of stats that are already tracked on all major sites (and cross sites when advertising, affiliates, etc. are taken into account) this is nothing; and it will be (a) technically cleaner and (b) faster and less obtrusive for the user. Not a big deal.
The shocking thing from my point of view is that I’d never heard of the proposed ping attribute until now. Must catch up on the WHATWG specs.
Little things amuse little minds
Posted on in The World.Is it really wrong to be amused by the fact that the plastic surgeons in this country are organised into a body called BAAPS?
Can’t live with them, can’t live without them
Posted on in Computers, My Life.Computers are designed to drive us mad right?
Lettice has to finish her thesis. And this computer is getting very close to death. Largely not physical problems (though the hard drive might have some dodgy sectors) just the slow software death of a Windows machine. So I can just wipe and reinstall Windows right? Hmm, except that Office is um, not something I actually own and was in fact, um, borrowed from the Home Office when I was on contract there. So I could install Open Office right? Yes, but Lettice has never used that and this week would be a very bad week to switch packages. And switching between Office and Open Office partway through writing a document isn’t always as simple as it should be.
So buy Office? Buy a new computer (where’s that cheque from the tax man?)? Cross our fingers and hope?
At least the shiny new 320Gb external hard drive means we won’t lose much data of the worst does happen.
Misinformation
Posted on in TV.From The Bill web site:
I am visiting London for a week on holiday in January and I was wondering if tours of The Bill’s set are available at all?
Unfortunately, our set is in constant use by shooting crews and we are unable to offer tours. Sorry to disappoint you but hope you enjoy your visit to London. You never know, you might just come across one of our crews on location around the East End!
Um, you might, but as The Bill is mostly filmed in South London (Wimbledon and Croydon in particular it seems) the chances are somewhat slim.
Funny
Posted on in My Life, TV.Last night I had a dream and someone in my dream made a joke (I think it was some strange combination of the bit in the Richard Dawkins programme where he jokes about US free thinkers moving to Canada and the home made superplane from Numb3rs) and this was the funniest joke ever and I started laughing. In real life not in the dream. I was asleep, I knew I was asleep, but I was also aware that I was laughing, and I couldn’t stop laughing because I was asleep, which made me laugh more. Then Lettice poked me and I shut up.
The End of Civilisation as We Know It (part eleven of ???)
Posted on in TV, The World.I just walked into the bedroom after hearing a squeak from Lettice. I thought she was watching the news or something because George Galloway was on the telly. Oh no, she wasn’t. George Galloway is in Celebrity Big Brother. And some people thought he couldn’t sink any lower…
Canadian Band Meme
Posted on in Memes, Music.Via lonemagpie
You belong in Moxy Früvous!
People would travel to the vast reaches of space just to hang with you. You have an absurd sense of humour and no sense of fashion whatsoever.Which Canadian band do you belong in? brought to you by Quizilla
A Canadian band that (a) I’ve heard of and (b) I actually like. Those weren’t easy criteria to meet.
Posted on in Memes, The World.
Don’t you think Bush looks tired?