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Yearly Archives: 2002
the most beautiful trout
in all England must have been the one I caught yesterday at Grapham. Most rainbow trout in this country are like battery chickens with scales. This one was like a sea-trout, perfect, glittering silver with each scale distinct. I should … Continue reading Continue reading
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Commands
missing from the database manuals: drop table [on foot] dance on table. beat head on table sob into puddle of beer on table Continue reading
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a new phrase
Who writes the Smallweed column in the Guardian? It reads like Ian Aitken sometimes, sometimes like Paul Routledge. But this week contained one of the most perfect pieces of abuse that I have ever read. Continue reading
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Shantytown computing
I went round to see my copy editor today. I had to deliver a copy of the worm book, and she had asked if I could give her a lesson in *nix. Of course, I gave her, free. the most … Continue reading Continue reading
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recursive
I think I understand trackback now. Thanks, Kieran. It’s a thought-provoking blog. Continue reading
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Ecco!
This is the most frustrating piece of software that I know. It’s 90% right, which is what makes it harder to bear. The company that made it went made, and never put the ffort into keeping it up to date … Continue reading Continue reading
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I always wondered
What would it be like to be Mr Elizabeth David. You can get some idea from this blog. Continue reading
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wicked and clever
The Daily Telegraph is often the most informative newspaper in England, because the most slanted. This is largely true of the war in Iraq, which the paper wants more even that Ariel Sharon. The leader I have linked to — … Continue reading Continue reading
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scroll till this makes sense
Where do those Portuguese lexicographers find the time for anything else? Continue reading
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rocking pneumonia
A puppy’s not just for Christmas — the leftovers are fine on Boxing Day. Continue reading
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