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• Eating a Wagon Wheel. #
• Occasionally I forget that I know far more about the systems I manage than the people who actually use them. #
• This morning's experiment with New Scientist produced a slightly unexpected result. #
• Home from an evening with good friends having had a really excellent meal at the Red Lounge, formerly Arty P's formerly The Jolly Butchers. #

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• Eeek! Humor is born out of truth. It still hits you hard, though. http://tinyurl.com/26wchhz #
• Looking at The Boys Own Paper Nov 1948 at design for valve radio; built it 25yrs ago – could I do it again? Or shall I try a modern kit? #
• Waiting for a telephone conference call to start……. #
• just lost a game of junior monopoly (but the result was engineered to keep the peace) #
• Trying to persuade my daughter to go to bed and go to sleep. #
• Further investigation of a Movable Type error message which does not tell the whole truth. #
• We seem to have far too much red on our web monitors right now. Somethings has stopped doing what it should. All sites going off-air…. #
• Time for a nibble from my new customised graze.com box – if you want a try a free box of goodness yourself, use code 1B3RVD7 #
• More Linux/Citrix shenanigins – successful this time. Now to see if it will work over 3G link as well! #
• My sister's boxer has just had a 10th puppy in litter, sixteen hours after the first. #
• now home. time for a beer #
• Busy day ahead fixng up systems for data ceneter power work. Changes required pose exciting challenges! #
• Long long copy in progress – will have to come back top the office later to perform further magic #
• Had chinese TA for supper. My very, very long copy has barfed. Working out how best to go forward now. #
• Well – that looks like the MT stuff working from the alternate DC – a few more files to finish copying, though! #

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• Much fun with Squid, Apache rewrite rules and proxying. It does what I want and I can prove it! #
• More bad Chinese e-mail harvesters have been stressing the MT installation; but no longer. #
• Joggler back on special offer from O2 again. #
• This morning's bread machine experiment, using honey instead of sugar, was very good. Sadly, rest of family did not like it. #
• Sending this from the Joggler running Ubuntu with Keyb & mouse attached. #

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• Much fun with Squid, Apache rewrite rules and proxying. It does what I want and I can prove it! #
• More bad Chinese e-mail harvesters have been stressing the MT installation; but no longer. #
• Joggler back on special offer from O2 again. #
• This morning's bread machine experiment, using honey instead of sugar, was very good. Sadly, rest of family did not like it. #
• Sending this from the Joggler running Ubuntu with Keyb & mouse attached. #

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• Haiku attempt on the way to work: Carpet of Bluebells/ Delights of Holmwood Common/ Spied through dappled trees #

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• A warm home made beer, sitting in the sun on the front doorstep. Feels like Summer is here already. #
• Daughter willingly doing her piano practice. What's happened? #
• O2 website says my Joggler s/b delivered today. Hope DHL actually do the deed – the package won't track on their site, though. #
• Joggler hacked – telnet & some 3rd party apps added. What a nice bit of kit – wish I'd ordered two! Maybe try Ubuntu on it tomorrow eve. #
• Fuzz manning speedtrap near Fourwents Pond this morning. Thanks to the lady that warned about it. #
• Toad in the Hole now in the oven for Sunday Lunch. #

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