Dropsafe

ok, so, what is this? this is a weblog, or ‘blog – a web diary – and it is also an unusual and innovative experiment in intra-business communications. the idea is that i have a tool with which i can easily update a well-known website with any little trivial snippets of security information, so as

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i wonder how long it will be before ian discovers and posts http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/newsid_1913000/1913049.stm and/or a review of him on radio4 broadcasting house, sunday morning. sweepstake, anyone? 😎

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An interesting long weekend, soon to be over. We in the UK have had friday thru monday off in commemoration of nailing people to trees in order to bring about world peace. In that span, I have had two nice days out, two nice days in, done an exceptional bit of bike-riding, had one of

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so, what have i been up to for the past few days? well, i’ve been ill again – but unlike my mate steve, who persists in gleefully describing his symptoms in lurid detail, i shall spare you, dear reader – though it’s not been pleasant. i am hoping that the current kick to my immune

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Just got back from my dad’s 81st birthday party in herefordshire – a nice pub/restaurant called “The Stagg” in Titley. The place has a Michelin star, and was worth the trip, even if I did do 300 miles today. My Uncle Arthur (95) and Aunt Pat were there, and they worked out their combined age

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and to think that i wrote a perl-program to do this, when it was built-in all the time: http://www.livejournal.com/friends/graph/alecm.dot

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Let’s see, what’s happened since last week? Erm. I have got my guitar back and it badly needs restringing, which is something else to do. I’ve borrowed a rather nifty tuner off my mate Grum, but there’s been too many chores and nuisances to get stuck into life to attack this yet. Maybe this weekend

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some years ago i work up to find that some bastard had stolen the windscreen wipers off my car. i mention this because valentines day morning i wake up to find that someone – presumably the same person – has tried it again with my new model car, and finding them unstealable, decided to tie

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…that sex could be this good. Or, not sex precisely; more sort-of high-pressure water hoses… but first some context… This has been a weekend of spending money and crank phone calls; on friday night I received a call from on his cellphone; thing is, he hadn’t dialled it. This sort of thing happens once every

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…a hot, sudsy candle-lit bath, a hot-mushroom/salad sandwich, a cat nap, and now a malt & my laptop. If nothing else, my house is very good for relaxing after an arduous day. 😎 As hoped, the frost stayed off, so I biked over to Avebury – stopping off at Silbury Hill, a few barrows, and

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it’s been a good vacation, these past three weeks – even if i did cave-in and stop by the office a couple of times this week; i’ve crossed-off a lot of small domestic tasks which have left my house looking a lot more presentable – even stylish in parts – and there’s a 6′ high

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Thought-provoking extracts from a favourite text; the whole thing is worth a read if you have the time. (URL below) http://www.epicurus.net/menoeceus.html Letter to Menoeceus by Epicurus In this letter, Epicurus summarizes his ethical doctrines: Epicurus to Menoeceus, greetings: Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search

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