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Linux
I took the plunge (again) last week and installed Linux on the Thinkpad. I first used Linux back in 1998, and every couple of years do an experimental install to see how it’s changed. I’ve never really stuck with it though, as I find myself forced back to Windows because of my reliance on Notes.…
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Memories of Paris
Like most tourists to Paris, you get your snap taken here and forget what has gone before. It is chilling to think that you have stood in the same place as Hitler. Seeing the picture makes me realise how recently it all happened. When I was a kid I used to think that such a…
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All this week – a double margin super-bonus from Internet Explorer
Here’s an IE bug I’ve just found out about… if you create a div, assign it a margin: and then assign float:left; to the div, IE gives you a bonus DOUBLE MARGIN WIDTH! Oh, yes, I feel like the big winner here today. Fortunately there is an answer. It looks as though all(?) versions of…
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Virgin.net boredband
A curse on virgin.net “broadband”! It has been incredibly slllloooooowwww for weeks now. It may take, say, 10 minutes (while I make the tea and watch a bit of telly) to download just the top graphic on a page. They have promised that come the 14th of November all will be well, but I will…
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The Last flight of Concorde
Concorde passes the Tower of London for the last time? People at Tower Hill watch Concorde’s last flight
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On the tube
I go to a film course on a Tuesday night – on my way home tonight a guy had finished with his newspaper and offered it to the bloke next to him. The simple act of generosity made them both very happy.