Monthly Archives: December 2004

We’ll miss you.

I’ve had an idea for a new TV gameshow. No, really. It’s called ‘I’m a Celebrity, Fuck This Shit’. What happens is that celebrities- not real celebrities, but, shall we say, less famous ones, the ex-Big Brother contestants, that sort … Continue reading →

Today, Rachel and I spent three hours watching The Corporation. I find it difficult to be critical of a film I agree with so vigourously… corporations are the root of so much evil, it’s hard to know where to start. … Continue reading →

Well, I did promise to show you my Stirling cycle engine. I built it from a kit Jim sent me for ecksmas. Thanks Jim! Here is a video. (2.4MiB) Today I attached it to a drive belt and dynamo; I’ve … Continue reading →

(if you want it) Have a good one, people. Any non-people that may be reading are invited to email me and explain what they are.

I’m at work. On Christmas Eve. It’s lovely and quiet. I have my laptop and I’ve got GPRS working with my phone, which is nice. Where shall I go next?

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Hi. I’m Jasmine Strong. Some of you may remember me from when I used to blog. That’s a joke, by the way. I’m going to continue blogging. I’ve just been a bit busy of late, what with one thing and … Continue reading →

Karting == bruises. More later.

No sleep :(

I’m a computer scientist- I’m an R&D engineer at the moment- and the parts of a computer I’ve bothered to learn to use are very limited. I can use my source control software, my editor, my various text processing tools … Continue reading →

Gia and Brian are awesome. Margaret Cho is also awesome. Quantum mechanics is awesome. The Bakerloo Line trains, with their little booths, are awesome. Tonight was awesome. :-)

This isn’t quite what I planned to make earlier, but the idea for it came to me during one of my lengthy ‘staring out of the window waiting for a compiler’ phases. It is, in short, thirty one minutes of … Continue reading →

…doesn’t quite work. I was on the roof- 8th floor- and I recorded the view. It will be edited later on.

…I feel a lot happier about voting Labour.

In rhyme: Paul Mueller, back in thirty-nine, Observed, for the very first time That an insect was killed And its movements stilled By a substance quite harmless and fine The lipophile poison he made, Was used in such products as … Continue reading →

When states upon religion are based, Things go to hell with great haste. Though Godwin hath wrought, Comparisons Hitlerian are sought, And harsh realities seldom faced!

As an electronpusher, delivery pizza is a subject very close to my heart. (Some of it is inevitably nestling in my aorta and coronary artery, I’m pretty sure.) You know, sooner or later, someone will open a chain of pizza … Continue reading →