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Entries from June 27th, 2008

Back in the saddle

June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life

Excitement and anticipation has just about edged out worry and trepidation about my return to cycle commuting after a gap of almost twenty years, and just in time: I collect my new bike tomorrow after work and will ride it home. As if on cue, it started raining this evening.

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Send in the clowns

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics

I had a feeling that the Haltemprice and Howden by-election was going to be a bit of a circus, so news that there will be 26 candidates was not a total surprise.    In spite of that, it will still be fairer, more democratic and generally better in every respect than an election with only one […]

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Percussive Maintenance

June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Technology, Work

I can’t believe this worked:  a colleague had a problem with her TFT monitor today.  All the icons on the screen had shadows to the right of them, as did the letters of any text.  It was a mess.  I tried the reset function on the menu, with no effect.  As far as I could […]

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