The Things

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Yep, more horrible literature of mine from years gone by. This one’s called The Things, and was written in about 1998 or so. It really shows up how I was being influenced by Terry Pratchett, in regards to the humour and prodigious use of footnotes. :) Sorry it’s a pdf, but there’s no other easy… Read more

Coding for stability

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You know, it always kills me, the Linux vs MINIX debate, Linus vs Tanenbaum. Everyone loves Tanenbaum’s ideals, but can’t refute Linus’ pudding – the orders of magnitude faster Linux is than MINIX. You’d think that with the focus these days more on coding for reliability, simplicity, elegance and maintainability – all at the expense… Read more

Best Movies Ever?!

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In the theme of Worst Sex Scenes Ever, the Register is again running an article on film rankings, this going for the entirely unoriginal “Best Ever” listing. And if this is anything to go by, this Total Film group whom penned the list have less taste between them than a tofu pancake. I mean, c’mon,… Read more

EULAs

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An immensely funny look at the sad sad world of software EULAs, over at TG Daily, here. Some of them are real screamers, such as the one from “The Breeder Group” (no, I have no idea who they are either) who require you to not only sign away your right to a chargeback (which is… Read more

Perseverance

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Yeah, so I’ve been slack. I haven’t had all that much to write about… the whole weekend’s been pretty boring. I’ve hardly left the house… in fact I’m not sure I did at all. Just thesis, watching Lost, and of course that silly game of Risk. But I’m going to continue with this exercise nonetheless.… Read more

Stories

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Here’s a whole bunch of immensely well written stories I wrote back in year 9 or so. I haven’t changed them at all; I’ve even left in the broken links, bad spelling, impossible grammar, and weird accreditations. Enjoy. :) First up, there’s Nightmare on Dungeon St. I have no idea why I picked that title…… Read more