Nicholas Booth Dot Com

• Just allowed @opera browser to upgrade itself and it made itself the default broswer without me noticing (if it asked at all). #cheeky #
• Filing Abuse Reports to a Dutch ISP @XSserver for #spam to our #movabletype installation. Hopefully not a fruitless exercise. #
• A fascinating In Our Time this AM from Radio 4 – "The Nutrino" about what we do and don't know about it. http://bbc.in/g4dqaF #
• Spam checking service for our #MovableType system deflecting >30k mesgs/day plus all the IP's I've banned at 4req/sec. A never-ending battle #

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• Just used Gaffer Tape to stop a hole in the shed that a wasp was using to get in and construct nest. Tiny proto-nest also removed. #

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• Today the chicks tried to get out of the box. A lid, made of cardboard, has been added to their enclosure. #cheepcheep #
• We have two 10 day old chicks staying with us for the w/end. Grace in charge. Cute but very chirpy chirpy cheep cheep…….cheep cheep… #
• I have a big Movable Type upgrade in process. Was dreaming in bash scripting last night! #

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• Called to @sonimtech re Landrover phone which turns off randomly. Hope the factory r/set fixes or have to it send back. Fab phone otherwise #
• Watched a black cat catch a mouse this morning. Cat looked pleased. Mouse not so much. #
• Lots of nice #Landywaves on the way in to the office this morning. Have a great day all you Land Rover drivers of Surrey and elsewhere. #
• Training today for new Helpdesk s/ware. Realised how awful any training can be if it's not professional, well planned or presented properly #

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• Finally got Xyac & Xosd to co-operate on my new MythTV (Mythdora) rig to display Caller ID from incoming calls to the Asterisk phone system. #
• Just back fro a superb Sunday Lunch at The Red Lounge Bar, Dene Street, Dorking. #
• Hot telephone as 11yo daughter discusses varied success with peers in getting their chosen schools. Tears & anguish in some quarters . #

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• Petition to retain or open source the UK TiVO Series 1 EPG service http://t.co/1hKQEXm @TiVo #saveuktivo #

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• Got Ubuntu running on the Joggler from a stick, with wireless keyb & mouse, last night. Maybe it could do a MythTV-like front-end as well? #
• Toying with the idea of setting up a MythTV system to replace the TiVo. Hoping that the WAF is as good as it was with the TiVo. #
• Eeek: Lots of red on our system monitor screens. #
• I'm VERY unhappy that @TiVo and @virginmedia are screwing TiVo Series 1 UK Lifetime users by withdrawing EPG in June. @TiVoTips :Don't Buy. #

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• Wow! World's total CPU power: one human brain http://t.co/hECeqH1 via @arstechnica #
• It is very odd to watch this: New Scientist TV: Friday illusion: Test your sense of size http://t.co/KAlaxXu via @AddThis #

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• Fluff, the bluetit back is in the box ths evening. Jane was right, he must have been out clubbing! See him here: http://bit.ly/i0Kmea #
• The blue tit isn't in the nest box this evening. First time he's stayed out all winter. Hope he's OK. http://bit.ly/i0Kmea #
• About one third of the way through my Driver Improvement course. Practical session this afternoon. #

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Just a quick note that I was playing some more with Facebook this evening. For some reason I find it just a tiny bit creepy — but it seems to never fail to find someone else from my past that I start to wonder about how they’re getting on. Creepy, but completely fascinating and almost entrancing!

Anyway, this is, at least, another blog post to keep the darn thing alive – I really MUST get back into the habbit of posting regularly!