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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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• The stars strike me as being somewhat pink. Crescent moon also has a pinkish shade to it . #
• Starting estimate for work left to do to get Movable Type completely set up for the business we sold so they can be independent of us. #
• Completed an estimate for Movable Type work required. Orginally told they had the expertise to implement and manage a system. They don't. #
• Hacking the Wii and trying to get daughter to bed at the same time = stress #
• A few lonely wiggly vapour trails in a bright blue sky this morning. #
• Time to leave the office and drive back to what I hope will still be sunny Dorking. #
• Web team here discussing the collecive noun for DBAs; is it a "Select" of DBAs or a "Cluster"? #
• Just back from a fantastic meal for SWMBO's birthday at La Barbe, Reigate. Mmmmmmm. #
• Free-cycle sourced acquisition of an old sewing machine now working after tweaking – sort of mechanical hacking, I s'pose. Grace pleased. #
• Daughter happily playing my SCUMM Indiana Jones FoA on the Wii. All the Wii games disks now on a USB Hard Drive. Nice & Tidy. #

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• Just mended a little chineese am/fm radio. Hope the rest of the soldering is better than the blob they used used for the aerial wire! #
• Nice bunch of LandyWaves on the way home tonight. It's lovely how much Landy owners love their motors and are so friendly. #
• Just ordered some small kits from Sparkfun, including a metronome one to help Grace's piano playing (and mine too, probably!). #
• This looks like it might be an interesting project (once all the rest are done! and I get a round Tuit). #
• Possies of cyclists all over the place today. Perhaps they are all pilots when the planes are flying normally. #
• Sitting in the cinema waiting for Nanny McPhee to start. #
• No BBQ tonight: Danger lurks. Need to retrieve the jet wash and spray liberally before it may be considered safe to cook on. #

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• Wandering around Drusillas zoo #
• Busy day been to Brighton; walked on the pier and spent fortune.Then to Devil's Dyke and now at 6 bells #
• Just home from Birthday Dinner for Mother at the Peking restaurant in Dorking. Very nice meal with pleasant surprise at the end. Well done. #

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• Wrestling with poorly documented plugins. Grrr. #
• RT @TelegraphNews Classic Land Rover http://bit.ly/chzixn #
• Spring: Had to dodge about a dozen ducklings racing around in the road by the village pond on my way to work today. #
• Too many blogs – we just ran out of disk space! #
• Fish and chips for supper. #
• Wow! That was the biggest piece of haddock I've ever seen – maybe it was really a great white shark? #
• Daugter has new bicycle. Maybe she'll stay in a good mood for the rest of the day. #
• Making Hot Cross Buns #
• At my sister's house: feels like chaos. Looking forward to trying the HCBs later. #

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• Great page with hacks for the Chumby: http://tinyurl.com/35qw7c I should have known I could SSH into it and that it had a web browser! #
• One very persistent problem solved. #
• About to see Dave Gorman at the Dorking Halls. Meal later #
• Been to Brighton this morning to collect an antique radio for the collection. #
• Just acquired two chimney pots for the garden #
• My beard has been plaited #

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• About to trot off to a big IT Group mtg so we know what's happening in the company and where IT fits in the future #
• Experimental bread baking in progress. #
• Bread was far too salty. Recipe needs some adjustment. Rest of dough into the bin. Will try again when I can get some more flour. #
• On train to London to visit the good people at New Scientist. #
• Grace requested "eggy bread" for breakfast. Wish granted. #
• Up at 6am today to switch on the oven; bread result was far better this time. Very munchy. #
• Grilled aubergine for lunch http://tinyurl.com/ybwkxte @clareyldavies does have some nice and quick recipies to try. #

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• Spent horrible time in Macro after work today; went to try Costco instead – WOW, what a contrast. Well, well, worth the £20 annual fee. #
• Zoneminder (video can system) crashed this PM, not yet sure why. No blue-tit in the nestbox tonight. Probably not directly connected. #
• Bird back in box tonight. Daughter has named him Albert. #
• Using vi to write mail messages. Such an odd feeling!. #
• I'm now listed on the Local Twitter Directory for Dorking, Surrey: http://www.loadedweb.com/twitter/ #
• Seemed to be an unusually high proportion of fathers and children in Dorking this morning (including me!). #
• Back from Grace's Piano Concert. I might have to play at the next one! #
• Daughter being bribed to finish school project by prospect of KFC. Will put up with it if peace returns , even temporarily. Stop homework. #
• Cobwebs obscuring view on external back garden CCTV cam when illuminated by IR. Have to get the ladder & duster out tomorrow to tidy up. #
• My niece came sixth in her Dressage comp today. Well done, Katie. http://twitpic.com/18m4xd Nice rosette for your collection. #

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