James Spratt .org » Geek http://jamesspratt.org Analogue since 1975, digital since 2001 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:54:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Most Wanted http://jamesspratt.org/2010/09/23/most-wanted/ http://jamesspratt.org/2010/09/23/most-wanted/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:26:54 +0000 James http://jamesspratt.org/?p=2584 500x244 Halloween Golden Ticket

Going to this next month – want to see The Thing as I’ve never seen it before.

Thanks VoucherCodes.co.uk

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This was me yesterday.

Mouse Path

All in a day's work

via @evansims, by @anatolyzenkov

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jamesspratt-org-v7

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So that’s why you’ve got this crappy looking site to deal with right now.

I am so so sorry.

[Update, dropping the functions.php helped but now I'm missing me sidebars. And there nothing worse than missing sidebars.]
[Update 13.03.2009: Still arsing about with this timesucking template shenanigans. Looks like I'll be coming up; with a fresh new look soon.]
[Update 18.03.2009: Have looked for a new theme that I'd be happy with and there's not one out there so it's time for me to learn how to build one from scratch to my own exact needs. Watch that space.]

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image courtesy of Wordle.net

image courtesy of Wordle.net

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http://bonnielicio.us

But right now despite my multiple system, multiple browser testing and the excellent Browsershots‘ efforts showing the pictures coming up fine; on my elder sister’s computers, the pictures disappear. Can anyone replicate this problem? V. irritating that my little gift has gone wrong. I was really liking the nifty little TiltViewer from AirTight too.

If on the other hand you do get to see the pics: check out that Bonnie girl. Babies are great aren’t they. I want another one.

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Have begun the daily commute to Milton Keynes, an hour and a half each way. What a waste of time and energy commuting is. The project I’m working on has stalled, so Berlin is now out the window for me, unsure when or where I’ll be sent first.

Kate and I turned 2 years old, woot. Frankie turned 1 year old, woot woot.

And, I thought it was time to freshen up the site, so it’s now looking a little facebooky in keeping with the current vogue on the internets. What with me being a fashionista and all.

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    1. old girls in nappies on you tube
    2. deed poll for diplomats illegitimate children
    3. masturbation chippenham
    4. nazi hose pipe torture
    5. chimpfuck

    People ain’t half weird.

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      ]]>       http://jamesspratt.org/2008/09/23/clock-screensaver/feed/ 1       Blogroll http://jamesspratt.org/2008/07/09/blogroll/ http://jamesspratt.org/2008/07/09/blogroll/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:55:36 +0000 James http://jamesspratt.org/?p=483 It’s taken me some time, but I’ve recently realised that the courteous thing to do on one’s tinterweb netspeakery siteage is to have one of those newfandangled ‘blogrolls’. For the ignorant, a blogroll is a list of other blogs you feel deserve a mention, a namecheck and/or that you think are worth reading enough to pass them on to your readers. Preferably the people on your blogroll also have their own blogroll on their site and some reciprocal love will then result in more traffic for you both.

      You’ll find the blogroll living over there in the sidebar to the right.

      If you’re feeling left out and would like to be added to the roll, drop me a line. If you’re reading this, are still to jump on the blogging bandwagon and feel you’ve something worth sharing with the blogosphere, I suggest you start by signing up for a free blog site at wordpress.com.

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