Monthly Archives: February 2005

How people find this blog

Posted on February 28, 2005 by

Just poking through my web logs I found some very odd referrers to this blog. Having mentioned the word ‘poker’ a couple of times (there, I’ve done it again) invites hordes of robot spiders from various poker sites pinging the … Continue reading →

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Quotes on games and laziness

Posted on February 27, 2005 by

These are taken from Schott’s Sporting Gaming & Idling Miscellany and seem particularly relevant given my recent poker playing experiences: “To play billiards well is the sign of an ill-spent youth.” – Herbert Spencer “It is better to have loafed … Continue reading →

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Playing real poker, for real money!

Posted on February 26, 2005 by

Pacific Poker was just the warmup act and last night I got to play poker for real, with real people and for real money, face-to-face around a table. We played what seemed to be a loose interpretation of Texas Hold … Continue reading →

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Food colouring

Posted on February 23, 2005 by

This article on food colouring on the BBC website is interesting for the fact that some colourings allowed in the UK are banned elsewhere, but the most bemusing thing is that so many colours come from coal. I’d always thought … Continue reading →

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Microsoft guide to 133t5p33k

Posted on February 21, 2005 by

This Microsoft guide to 133t5p33k reads like a 1950’s ‘how to be hip’ manual. Apparently “Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed”. Essential reading if you want to know what the kids of today are talking about, and are looking to … Continue reading →

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How to make the Panasonic DVP520 DVD player multi-region

Posted on February 19, 2005 by

I was recently given a Region 1 Godzilla DVD of Destroy all monsters. (Amazon claimed it was Region 0 but it turned up as region 1.) A spot of googling revealed how to get the DVD to play in our … Continue reading →

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Royal Mail loses postal monopoly

Posted on February 18, 2005 by

Given that Royal Mail currently delivers post at a loss I can only see that the addition of more overheads which other firms will be incurring to provide a similar service will increase the cost of posting letters dramatically over … Continue reading →

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