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Entries from April 24th, 2007

far2old4this

April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on far2old4this · Technology

A blog called far2old4this, which I only came across today, reckons that there is to be a magazine devoted to blogging and podcasting. Brilliant! I can forget about keeping an eye on RSS feeds for up-to-the-second opinions and wait until the end of the month and read everything when it is no longer tainted by […]

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Old operating systems

April 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Technology

Having already paid tribute to the mighty Sinclair Spectrum this week, I had another trip down memory lane this evening. I was looking the all-singing, all-dancing statistics available to me with the new hosts to see what was in there and found the bit where it tells you what operating systems are used by visitors […]

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Ouch!

April 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life

I reckon half the population crossed their legs when they heard this story on the radio news this morning. One small but interesting bit of trivia was missed out though. As anyone who has a copy of Harrap’s French-English slang dictionary – one of my favourite books – knows ‘zizi’ is a French slang word […]

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Comparison of the week

April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on Comparison of the week · Life

After working all day, then going straight out delivering election addresses it was quite late in the day before I got round to reading what should have been my morning paper, but it was worth it for the West Ham/Everton match report. describing the end of West Ham’s season and the effect it has on […]

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What a load of rubbish!

April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on What a load of rubbish! · Politics

I believe I was a little sceptical a while back when our Tory council made a lot of noise about improving Broadfield Barton and made a clumsy comparison between their approach to the parade and their policies in general. If I remember rightly it was some comment about just applying a metaphorical coat of blue […]

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Happy Birthday Speccy!

April 24th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Technology

The Sinclair Spectrum is 25 years old today. It was first sold in April 1982. I devoured Spectrum-related magazines for over a year until I eventually got my hands on a 48K model in September 1983 for my 21st birthday and haven't looked back since.  I should think my iRiver or my mobile phone has […]

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