September 2003

I have no idea if this is of any interest at all whatsoever

September 18, 2003

I often have dreams, and they're often rather strange. The dream I woke from this morning was no exception. I dreamt I was watching a film, (or I was in it, I'm not sure which), which had been written by Richard Curtis and starred, somewhat unsurprisingly, Hugh Grant as a mop-topped dopey get and, slightly […]

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Job update

September 17, 2003

OK, so I uploaded my CV to three job web sites today, and searched about half a dozen for jobs. Nothing much else to report.

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Up in the Big Smoke

September 17, 2003

Having a digital camera is really bad for me. Makes me even more snap-happy than I usually am. Thus it’s taken me a while to wade through the 147 pictures I took yesterday and pick out the best of them for your delectation. First up, as it was near to Waterloo where our train comes […]

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Eurgh

September 16, 2003

Up and online by 6.50am. It can only mean one thing – off to London today! Maybe a day out in civilisation will restore my equilibrium a little. Got virtually no sleep last night, which is about typical considering today's going to be a long day. Will report back later. If I last that long. […]

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Back… alive… just…

September 16, 2003

Too knackered to blog. But I did see the Dope on a Rope, amongst other things. More details and lots of pictures tomorrow (unless I suddenly get a rush of energy later on).

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Persistence will win through where talent falls short

September 15, 2003

What better to start your Monday, and your week, than with a job search. I really hope that this doesn’t set the tone for the week, otherwise I’m in for another five days of unremitting tedium. Thing that gets me about some of these job web sites is that they are so hard to search. […]

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A ripping yarn

September 15, 2003

I never really understood why people would rip large quantities of music onto their computer. That was until I found myself without room to unpack my stereo and the small mountain (very small, compared to some people I know Mr McIntyre) of CDs to go with it. I suppose I could put the stereo on […]

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Today's job seeking chores

September 15, 2003

OK, so I know this is as tedious for you as it is for me, but to document this job search publicly gives me a momentum I might otherwise not have. I'd hate for you to think I was sitting here on my arse having fun all day. Today I have searched all the job […]

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SP2 moving on apace

September 14, 2003

Just thought you'd like to know that I hit 57 pages today and have now converted everything I'd written in prose form, except for one scene which didn't fit in anyway. I'm sure much of it will be cut once I've finished the first draft but I suspect quite a lot – it's been an […]

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Britain BC

September 14, 2003

This evening I watched an interesting documentary by Dr Francis Pryor called Britain BC. I think it aired first earlier in the year, but due to the fact that I rarely watch TV, I missed it. Anyway, Pryor takes look at Britain before the Romans invaded and examines the assumptions and misconceptions commonly held about […]

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House of electricy (and watery) death, part 3

September 13, 2003

Phones were still half knackered after last weekend’s little episode, so today we went through the whole dial tone/no dial tone thing again whilst Dad tried to fix them. Then the trip went because Mum dared to do something as radical as put the kettle on. Shortly after electricity and phones were restored there came […]

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Is it really any wonder no one likes to use the train?

September 13, 2003

I've just checked the cost of train tickets from Bournemouth to Manchester. Nearly 80 quid for a return. It would actually be cheaper to get the train up to London, then get a 'bargain return' to Leeds, and then go over to Manchester from there. Admittedly, it'd take over six and a half hours, but […]

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Hm? what's that I smell?

September 11, 2003

An interesting post about this whole RIAA thing from Jonathan over at The Final Analysis, who links to a Wired article about how the music industry is benefiting from data gathered by a company called BigChampagne which monitors P2P downloads. In a nutshell, BigChampagne tracks downloads then sells – yes, that’s right, sells for actual […]

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