February 2005

Ick

February 11, 2005

I hate eye infections. They itch and the ointment makes me half blind. *whines*

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Said to a friend

February 9, 2005

On discussing the best way to apologise to a friend, and then ameliorate contrite puppy feelings via consumption of alcohol, a friend of mine was given this advice: “Remember – chocolates first, then vodka. Just like the blog name” Tee hee! Tickled pink!

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Dim ond 63 ar ol! Only 63 left!

February 7, 2005

Sgen i ddim ond 63 o grysau-T Cymraeg ar ôl nawr, felly, os dach chi'n fansio un, nawr yw'r amser i brynu! Mae 'na bump o gynllun efo'r slogans: Mae'r famlong yn dod a dw i wedi pacio yn barod Pa ran o [lol] dwyt ti'n deall? Carwn i aros a sgwrsio, ond yn anffodus […]

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The Fall and Fall of Journalism – an LSE debate

February 7, 2005

The London School of Economics has invited me to take part in a panel debate called The Fall and Fall of Journalism on Monday 28 February, at 6.30pm (tickets £8): A panel of speakers will debate whether the traditional role of journalists is being usurped by simply anyone who has access to a digital camera, […]

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Extreme weirdness

February 4, 2005

I went to uni with a guy called Mark Davies. We both did a degree in Geology at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff, graduating in 1993. When I left uni, I moved to London, got a job in publishing and promptly lost contact with most of my fellow geologists. It was no surprise […]

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Friday amusements

February 4, 2005

How to get rid of dirty marks from your screen. (Thanks Dan.) Windows Longhorn demo – should convert any Mac user back to Windoze in an instant. (Thanks Vince.)

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I was tagged and had to answer

February 4, 2005

AccordionGuy tagged me… 1. Total amount of music files on your computer? 14.0 gb, but I haven't finished ripping yet. 2. The CD you last bought is: Duran Duran – Astronaut (special edition with DVD 🙂 ) 3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message? Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My […]

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Very proud

February 3, 2005

Yesterday I got the news that crw, my better half, has got the job he applied for at Six Apart. He starts working there as a Software Engineer on 1 March, so has to get all his stuff together and move across the country from Rochester NY to San Francisco before then. It's a big […]

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Oh, the irony

February 3, 2005

When I landed at Heathrow after an arse-chillingly cold few days in Boston, I went into the Body Shop and asked them for the most moisturising bath stuff they had. They recommended their Africa Spa Indulgent Bath and Shower Cream, so I bought some. How ironic that after a week of using this stuff, my […]

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Ooh, glad to be awake

February 3, 2005

Weird, weird dreams last night, containing a rather scary zombie attack from zombies who weren't quite as shambolic as Shaun of the Dead would have you believe. They knew where I was and they were coming to get me and doors and windows and walls weren't going to stop them. I was only hiding out […]

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State of the blog

February 2, 2005

According to Blogware's server stats, Chocolate and Vodka passed the 100,000 page views/month milestone at the end of January, with a whole 102,442 pages viewed. Yay me. I guess that most of the 72,116 'distinct hosts served' were spiders and bots, but I think one or two real people might have slipped through. More fool […]

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