Monthly Archives: December 2007

Check your flight details

A handy website for checking your flight details, if you know your airline reference and your surname (I’d hope your memory is that good): https://www.checkmytrip.com

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Hobbit

Well, finally looks like the wrangling has been sorted and Peter Jackson will be making The Hobbit. What I can’t figure out – is why it’s going to be two films? Wringing the most money they can out of cinema-goers? … Continue reading

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Useful Mac utilities

Some useful utilities that I’ve been using. Noted for reference here, in case I forget them: Flickr Uploadr (v3) – uploading images to Flickr Smultron – simple text editor SmallImage2 – batch conversion of images (wish it could convert to … Continue reading

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Parkinson

Last night’s Parkinson show was genius. Everybody, apart from David Beckham, was fascinating or funny or had something to say. D.B was about as interesting as dried paint. Billy Connoly, Caine, Attenborough – all superb. This gets me onto another … Continue reading

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How do you wrap yours?

I’m no good at wrapping presents – every year I devise new ways of using too much paper and losing the end of the Sellotape. I hope the recipients like the presents this year.

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A new language

Finally remembered a radio show that I was listening to in Canada – it had a lady on who has devised a new language: http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/What_is_Toki_Pona%3F Might start studying it, to keep my brain active.

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Bladerunner

I’ve got the new five disc box set, including The Final Cut and the original theatrical releases. I’m not a fan of the voiceover versions of the film, especially the ending, which is dumbed down with an explanation of what’s … Continue reading

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Bears

Julius Strauss – one half of the couple who run the grizzly holiday that I went on in British Columbia, has been on Radio 4 recently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/excessbag/ I’m just downloading the Podcast.

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Something in the water

Lots of ladies from where I used to work are now all pregnant. Wasn’t me. * * Which reminds me – I passed an American school bus on the motorway (M4), that had Simpsons characters all over it, advertising the … Continue reading

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That’s that done

Ventured into Cardiff today, to do the Christmas shopping. It was packed, but I managed to get everything that I wanted. Heading off to Witney tomorrow, to catch up with folks.

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