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Hippos

January 23, 2008 – 7:08 am

I was out all day yesterday learning how to use a Hippotizer. It’s a machine/software combination used to control video displays at concerts, plays, TV events etc. It allows you to place filters on the video, combine sources, and route them to different displays including LED boards. It’s an impressively clever bit of technology, but [...]

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Super Sized Guilty Pleasures

January 14, 2008 – 12:26 pm

I’m watching the film Super Size Me, and they’re talking about the massive drinks you can get from fast food joints and the 7-11. In general I didn’t indulge in such things, primarily because I have a bladder the size of a walnut, but one of my small treasured memories of the US is driving [...]

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Back Online

January 3, 2008 – 11:11 am

After a pleasant but too-short Christmas I’m back to blogging. Things of substance will begin tomorrow, so for now I’ll just share my new year resolutions. I’m currently laid up with a bad knee, which to go with my long-standing hip problem (get it – long-standing, hip…) means exercise is difficult. In fact the only [...]

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A Missed Duvet Day

December 6, 2007 – 3:07 pm

We got a call this morning that my aunt is unwell (nothing serious), so I took the morning to take my uncle to his radiotherapy appointment. I got home in time to have a bite to eat before going to the dentist for a filling. The injection literally felt like an electric shock, which wasn’t [...]

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Surprises

December 4, 2007 – 11:43 am

You know that surprise you get when you sit on a toilet when the seat’s up? Please say you do, don’t leave me hanging here. OK, I’ll assume you’re nodding now. Well for the first time in my life I found out that it’s every bit as surprising when the lid is down. That is [...]

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