December 2003

Ghosts at Hampton Court Palace?

December 20, 2003

Really? Course the smart thing to do, having caught your ghost on security camera, would be to discretely put some proper cameras up and see if Mr Ghost In Period Dress pops back. Then you could get a better look at him. Or maybe it's just a punter pulling a fast one.

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Once upon a time in my subconscious

December 19, 2003

Some dreams I’m glad aren’t real. Some dreams I think might make a passable reality – like the dream I had last night where I was studying for an architecture degree after screwing up my first one (in reality, I got a 2:1 from UWCC in Geology, but in my dreams I’ve always failed). I […]

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Spidey's coming…

December 19, 2003

The Spider-Man 2 trailer is out now, via Yahoo or Sony/Apple – and my, doesn't Doc Ock look kinda cool? I just can't believe that they've started teasing us more than six months before the film actually comes out on 2 July 04. Six months! What am I supposed to do for six months? Watch […]

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That's a bit harsh, isn't it?

December 19, 2003

I'm no footie fan, but Rio Ferdinand's eight month ban and £50,000 fine seems a bit harsh to me, considering that the anti-doping officials didn't exactly bend over backwards to ensure that the test took place in the first place. Seems that the FA can have fuzzy rules over doping and enforce them however they […]

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RIAA subpoenas illegal; Kazaa not

December 19, 2003

At long last, there's a bit of balance being restored in the whole music 'piracy' debate. According to the BBC, The RIAA are going to have to think of a different tactic now that Verizon have successfully challenged their subpoenas demanding the names and addresses of Verizon customers. No names and addresses, no charges – […]

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50,000!

December 19, 2003

Woo hoo!! I've had 50,000 hits since I started blogging here in May! Ooh, just look at all those naughts! Yay! Go me!! 😀 Ah, if only that were my salary.

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The Wright Brothers – patently a bad idea

December 18, 2003

Maciej writes on the beginnings of flight, the Wright Brothers and how they shot themselves in the foot with their own patent.

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Guardian goes for a slut

December 18, 2003

Oh, you all know the story by now.

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Who's swiped it?

December 18, 2003

Ok, when I went downstairs I left a small reel of sellotape on my desk. Now it's not there. Who's had it away? Eh? I know one of you has… C'mon, fess up now!

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Liberation!

December 18, 2003

Actually, I've just realised that now The Guardian British Blog Awards are all over, I'm free to write any old crap I fancy! Great! I look forward to sharing with you in detail the trimming of my toenails, scheduled for 8pm tomorrow evening. Come early to ensure a ring-side seat!

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Hmm…

December 17, 2003

Why is it that big, gnarly, toothsome tasks are easier to get on with than those little bite-sized morsels that will only take ten minutes?

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Hitnosis strikes again

December 17, 2003

If it's out of sight, out of mind, why does absence make the heart grow fonder? (Particularly when it's blog statistics that are absent?)

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Another question I don't have an answer to

December 17, 2003

If picking at scabs is stops them healing, why is it such a satisfying thing to do? I think we all know that these questions have to be asked, and I for one am willing to to stand up and do the asking!

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*looks at watch*

December 17, 2003

If procrastination is the thief of time, who's fencing it for him? Update: Why is a watch called a watch and not a look? After all, you look at your watch, you don't watch it.

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A wee hiatus

December 17, 2003

Sorry I've not been overly chatty the last few days here on the blog. I've been working on Screenplay 1 again. Bizarrely, I appear to be doing things arse-about-face with this screenplay. First thing I did was write a script. From the moment it was finished, I realised that it was god's gift to cinema […]

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