50 Percent More Ninja

December 2004

GMail RSS

December 31, 2004

I just noticed that my GMail inbox has an RSS feed. How strange, can’t really see the point in it, as I have the Firefox GMail notifier extension installed anyway. Oh, and I still have Gmail invites going if anyone wants one, just mail me on this addy and I’ll send one by return. Cos [...]

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See the World…

December 30, 2004

…. Thru Fairy Liquid. I’ve had flu all week (since Boxing Day) so I decided to bugger about with the camera this afternoon.. taking pictures through a bottle of washing up liquid: Fairy, natch. Now I come to think of it there’s two more bottles under the sink of equally irridescent hues. Might have another [...]

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Inelegantly Wasted

December 29, 2004

Watching the documentary on Kurosawa’s Ran earlier this evening I was struck by how wonderfully craggy and lived in some of the faces of his long term film-crew members were. Tv and dvd can be utterly inspiring at times for just quickly sketching out memorable faces, particularly current affairs progs like Question Time, where the [...]

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New Year New Clothes

December 28, 2004

Yes, less than four months later than the last overhaul I’m at it again. The site now has (I hope) a cleaner, more stylish look to it. Though I’m not entirely convinced about the blog itself yet.. the white takes a lot of getting used to. The reason it was always off-white was down to [...]

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Wonderful Day

December 22, 2004

cathedral portico Originally uploaded by Sarahphim. We went for an enforced mooch around Peterborough today. Despite the horror that was Christmas shopping we found a beacon of light during our walking, Peterborough cathedral.. a monument to errr Saxon/Norman/Tudor/Victorian architecture and design. If you have to say one thing for fire, it allows ever more impressive [...]

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Get Orf Moi Land !

December 20, 2004

BBC NEWS | Technology | Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought the island in an online auction. The land exists within the game Project Entropia, an [...]

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GIMP – The GIMP 2.2

December 20, 2004

GIMP – The GIMP 2.2 Release Notes The GIMP developers are proud to release version 2.2 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. About nine months after version 2.0 hit the road, we have completed another development cycle and can bring a new stable GIMP to our users’ desktops.

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Gravatar

December 19, 2004

Globally Recognised Avatar The blog is now ‘gravatar enabled’, which means by the magic of a little plug-in, if you have a registered Gravatar and you leave a comment on the blog, it will insert your chosen gravatar next your name. It’s a lot like a forum avatar, but will show on any gravatar enabled [...]

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