Monthly Archives: January 2003

Sex in the snow,and elsewhere

Posted on January 31, 2003 by acb

It’s low on the front page in some very respectable papers, of course: Continue reading →

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Making Britain great

Posted on January 30, 2003 by acb

The Daily Telegraph carried an obituary of Col. Michael Singleton, the sort of pedagogue you just don’t get from modern teacher training colleges: Long walks, cold dormitories and regular hymn-singing were also an integral part of the education, along with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Potato Wars!

Posted on January 29, 2003 by acb

I know it’s serious, and very painful, but you can’t help laughing when you read that “In Bavaria, a 55-year-old woman suffered severe injuries when a potato smashed into her thigh as she walked near woodland with her dog” It … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I hate computers

Posted on January 29, 2003 by acb

For reasons too complicated to mention in public, I got portscanned by a freind of a friend on Sunday night, and he concluded that I had been completely hacked and there was evidence of two trojans running on my machine. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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How long, oh Lord

Posted on January 27, 2003 by acb

When the Earl pulled out his bloody great tool at tea To do the pageboy wrong, His chaplain cried in incredulity “How long, oh lord, how long!” And so, I suppose, we are meant to cry when we see the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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apologies for total silence

Posted on January 24, 2003 by acb

But I have been ill, and then stupid. Unbelievably stupid. The little project to turn my archives into another MT blog has so far taken two whole days without getting any results except a slew of error messages I defy … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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American Rights

Posted on January 22, 2003 by acb

I have just, rather to my delight, agreed a deal with Columbia University Press, who will publish the worm book in the States in the autumn of this year. Continue reading →

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so much for the nonsense

Posted on January 19, 2003 by acb

about OOo being mainly a Unix tool, or even, in any important sense, a volunteer effort (in other words, one that is not dependent on Sun spending $5m a year or so on 100 full-time professional developers): one of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Words to live by

Posted on January 17, 2003 by acb

From an interview with the heroic Aki Kaurismaki in the Guardian: I am a lousy film-maker, this I admit. But I refuse to make shit. Bad films I can make. Shit, no”. Continue reading →

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too late:

Posted on January 16, 2003 by acb

The others all got here years ago. I suffer from paranoid schizophrenia and depression and find the net a gold mine of information. It is great to keep in touch with fellow sufferers through Yahoo Groups. I also do my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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