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[www.theregister.co.uk] But the RIAA seems to be having a few problems with the facts itself. Yesterday it issued a press release announcing a piracy bust in New York which unearthed 421 CD-R burners. Only there weren’t 421 burners, but “the equivalent of 421 burners.” In fact, there were just 156. How did the RIAA account…

i am so pooped. faced with the choice of continuing re-decoration of the bedroom, and going to aberystwyth to see a play, i elected to do both, and managed to pull it off successfully. i was materially helped by the BBC having deferred the timeslot for BtVS “Once More With Feeling” by one week inorder…

The room looks lovely. The first colour coat is on, and the only bit remaining to do is the 2″ band where the walls meet the ceiling, which is a hand-brush job. then a second coat, and the room will be finished for painting. I wasn’t wholly convinced until I covered the whole room and…

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Just back from a talk by American satirist Michael Moore – [www.michaelmoore.com] It was a thought-provoking couple of hours, covering personal history, politics, US and UK cultures, Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, censorship – all kinds of stuff regarding which I have been developing serious views in the past 10 years[1]. He was wild, funny, engaging, preachy,…

…from a market-research evening on behalf of BSM (British School of Motoring/Motorcycling) – more on this tomorrow, but I hope I’ve not miffed them, they seemed like nice people. Ah – the couple next door are now shagging wildly, loudly and resonantly. Lovely. I suppose I’m envious, but I could also do without that particular…

It takes about three hours to do a coat of paint in my bedroom; this seems like a long time, but includes everything from setting-up to washing-out the rollers and brushes, along with shuffling-around the dust-sheets and suchlike. The room is now, well, less pink. Mostly white. Hint-of-underlying-pinkish, but when the sunlight hits it, it…

just a little reference list as we approach the gift-giving season; the intent is not to be churlish – although no doubt it probably seems that way; i would just rather have something thoughtful that cost 50p, rather than a 8-quid bottle of whisky that I’ll never drink. it seems unfair not to warn people,…

is it normal, when washing walls prior to painting, for hand-sized patches of wall to be revealed as having barely been painted by the previous occupant, the act of washing removing all the last traces of emulsion, and a pale filigree of unpainted plaster? [216.239.33.100] doesn’t tell me what it’s made of, either.

interesting weekend, from the perspective of being busy. the fact of living on top of myself with everything piled up in the spare bedroom is more pleasant than expected; i suspect that this is purely because i know that it a temporary situation. it would be rather different if i was forced to live in…

well, i’ve spent most of the day disassembling, moving, raking, hoovering, cleaning, washing, mixing and pasting polyfilla into sundry grooves, cracks, voids, dents and drill-holes… i am finding it fun, if a little insular to be doing it on my own, not to mention that it seems to mostly comprise short periods of gunkiness, interspersed…