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Open Mic Night
As I'd promised, I went along to the Ground Zero open mic night at The Angel tonight - and it was a most spectacular night. Matt was MC, and did a wonderful series of gags and skits to liven up the crowd and fill the gaps between the performers. Unusually, all the acts were of …
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A Change Of Plan
Okay, contrary to what was advertised earlier, there won't be a Geek Night this week (unless Claire or somebody else wants to run one), as I'll be going to the open mic night at The Angel, where Matt'll be doing his stuff. If you were going to be coming to Geek Night but now (obviously) …
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What’re You Doing This Week?
For the benefit of the Abnibbers (and the other folks that hang around The Place), here's a roundup of some of the events of the rest of the week:
Thursday
Naruto Night from 8pm, as usual. Proposed anime for the night includes Bleach and Excel Saga, with the possibility of Full Metal Alchemist if the appropriate episodes … -
Angry Saudi Protesters
In the style of her comic, The Aber Effect, and in the light of recent protests about the religious implications of a comic, Claire has made a marvellous one-framer, shown below:
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Curry At All Spice - TONIGHT!
Curry at Cafe All Spice tonight. All welcome. Geek Night moved to Sunday this week. Jon, Hayley, and TGB in town. Time not yet certain, so meet at The Place during the evening or get a message to Claire or I and we'll let you know when we know... but it's likely to be about …
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What Might Have Been
You've all seen nanofiction before (which must, of course, have no more than 55 words of text plus no more than 7 words of title in it), as is used in games like Chrononauts and some of the other Geek Night favourites, but I've only recently discovered the idea of a drabble - a work …
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Wanted: One “Link”
Wanted: one competent video games player with free time on Saturday daytimes (and probably at other points during the week) to waste a couple of dozen hours over the next few weeks playing The Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures alongside me, Claire and JTA. We've come into possession of (or will have, very soon) …
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LiveJournal Needs To Tighten Security
Hmm... as part of my ongoing work with Abnib v3.0, I've noticed a couple of interesting little quirks in the way that LiveJournal handles security for "friends only" and "private" posts. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've found a way to - for any given user - produce a list of the times, dates, and …
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Abnib v3.0, First Release
Well, I've completed the first release of Abnib v3.0. It's not quite as full-featured as I'd have liked, yet, but a lot of the new "core" functionality is there. I hope you'll all agree that it's been worth the wait. And, if you're reading this on Abnib... Hello there!
So: what's new -
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The Mangohol Experiment - Day Two
Flushed with success at my wine-making efforts (which have ranged from "barely drinkable" to "good") over the last few months, I thought I'd turn my hand to fermenting some different kinds of fruits in my spare time. The first of these that I decided to try is mangoes. So, a few mangoes from the greengrocer …
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How To Repair A Nintendo GameCube
For the last few months, Claire and my GameCube has been broken. It broke at one point, which I attributed to the drive motor being jammed up with dust and hair and crap, so I opened the lid and wiggled a knife-blade around inside it for awhile, which seemed to fix it... but a couple …
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Another Odd Couple
Remember a few years back an unlikely couple got together? Well, an even stranger pairing just occured down here in Aberystwyth. I ought not to say who it is, but the bottom line of this LiveJournal post will say it all for those who can read it.
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Penguins And Parachutes And Bears, Oh My!
I had a particularly strange dream last night. I'll relate:
[some bits at an airport that I don't remember]. Claire and I boarded an aeroplane. It was somewhat unusual as a 'plane in that it seemed to be carrying cars, a bit like short-run passenger ferries or the channel tunnel. In addition, each car's "space" … -
Extended Geek Night As “Birthday Party”
Yay. Woo. I'm 25. Etc. Quarter of a century old. [Insert meaningful speech here.] Ahem. Thanks to all of you who came to Troma Night yesterday and saw my birthday arrive; and in particular to those of you who brought me alcohol. Bonus.
As I seem to have been given at least two (three if you … -
Starting To Move
Many boxes are packed. Car is full of stuff. At 9am tomorrow, we start moving things. As stated before, all help is welcome!
This means that our internet connectivity is likely to be shaky for a few days, so, if you need us (or if something goes amiss: e.g. Abnib falls over, Dan & Alex fails …