Monthly Archives: April 2007

Leyton Orient 1-3 Nottingham Forest

Posted on April 28, 2007 by

It’s not often Leyton Orient get to play former European champions, so it’s no surprise that the last home game of the season was going to be a sell-out. Orient went into the game needing to win, or for Bradford … Continue reading →

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Earthquakes, the English way

Posted on April 28, 2007 by

I’m disappointed that we couldn’t feel anything of the 4.3 magnitude earthquake in Kent from east London at 8:18 this morning (although I admit I was barely awake then). However, the reports coming onto the BBC site show exactly how … Continue reading →

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Poor phishing attempt

Posted on April 27, 2007 by

I received a phishing e-mail claiming to be from the Co-op and, for a change, I actually looked at the link. Strangely, the link was FTP (not HTTP) protocol and contained a username and password. So, instead of clicking on … Continue reading →

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Posh bloke getting cold calls

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

This is very funny. The posh bloke keeps getting calls from “Glaze-u-like” to be sold double-glazing, but unfortunately he’s got nowhere to put one…

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Telegraph Fantasy Football password

Posted on April 26, 2007 by

The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 25th April is MOBILE.

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Regular expressions: a misnomer

Posted on April 23, 2007 by

Why are regular expressions called regular expressions? Two regular expressions that achieve the same result can often look completely different, so what’s so regular about that? And also: they’re not even expressive. Who can really understand what /(<[^href]*href=(\"|'))([^(\"|')]+)(\"|')/ does off … Continue reading →

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Exponetic poker night

Posted on April 21, 2007 by

Last night we had the first ever Exponetic poker evening. In attendance were (in clockwise order as we were sat around the table): Me Lucja Wszola Chris Sainsbury James Bebbington Nick Grimshaw Ben Isaacs This was the practice hand and … Continue reading →

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