IRC Ridiculousness

[00:13] * markmm has had a daughter [00:13] <pickle> markmm: congrats! [00:14] <pickle> markmm: you can have a drink now! [00:14] <drochaid> whose daughter did he have? [00:14] <drochaid> oh I see, right [00:14] <drochaid> congrats markmm [00:15] <Elwell> mother n sprog all OK? [00:15] <markmm> 4:20am friday, so ive had a couple of beers […]

Lawrence Lessig Comments on West Wing Appearance

Lawrence Lessig has taken the time to comment on his appearance on The West Wing . Except it's not him—he's played by Christopher Lloyd. Bit weird thinking that one of the foremost legal minds of our time would be represented on-screen by Jim from Taxi :)

~/ I Can Type Freely Now My Keyboard's Fixed /~

At last ... My Latitude's original keyboard, which survived a pint being spilled over it and the evil that undoubtedly ensued underneath the membrane, gave up the ghost. I've been using external keyboards since, but I finally got hold of Dell the other day and booked a replacement. Bloke comes in, unscrews bit, replaces bit, […]

BT ADSL Falls Over; People Notice

Last Friday afternoon was interesting: a shedload of BT business ADSL customers and almost all of their dial-up users lost their connectivity . Oh, when I say BT ADSL customers, I mean "ADSL customers who happen to have a BT Wholesale provided line", i.e. potentially a massive proportion of all business ADSL customers who aren't […]

Encyclopaedic Rows

As usual, it takes me a few days to get through each Sunday's Observer — which is handy as I usually only buy a daily paper on Saturdays (the Guardian , natch) and it gives me stuff to read at lunchtime at work during the week. So there I am at lunchtime, chicken soup in […]