Ramblings
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Whoa, it’s April
And mid-way through April at that. UberCon X is next weekend, and I’ll be going – carry-on is already packed with the camera and some basic clothing (in case my checked luggage vanishes). Train and bus tickets are purchased, just have to arrange the journey to the local train station. Been playing with Lightroom 2,…
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Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
Went karting last night with the guys from work (work paid). It was a blast, but I’m paying for it this morning. My boss, ever so smartly, has taken today off – but some of us have to be in to keep the department running! Arms hurt, back hurts (bruised on the spinal area), shoulder…
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Cars are black holes on land
As the title says, cars are black holes on land. Money just disappears when it comes in contact with a car, especially an older car. Case in point – I took my car to a local garage to get a full service done on it. They called me back later that day and said they…
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On MS Exchange and meeting rooms
In the current job, I’m dealing with Microsoft-based administrator more than I ever have before. I don’t mind too much, it gives me a few more skills, and another bullet point or three on the resume. Today, however, Exchange has been driving me batty. We have Exchange 2003 – it’s not bad once it’s had…
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A painful event
Last Friday, I went to see my local GP about a rather annoying sebaceous cyst in my right shoulder. It was inflamed and sore, and had already been there for a week, so he put me on flucloxacillin, 2g per day. Jump to Wednesday morning, nothing much has happened, though the rate of growth has…
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Fiddling with laptops
Someone at worked asked me to take a look at their old laptop for them – apparently it wouldn’t boot, wouldn’t even power on some days, and generally was being a pain. I agreed to take a look at it, and see if I could get any data off of the drive. The owner offered…