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24-Apr-2010 > My review: Zoostorm Freedom XL 10-270 netbook
25-Mar-2010 > My review: Sony eBook Reader Pocket 300
28-Feb-2010 > Site Update
30-Dec-2009 > How easy is it to make a font of your own handwriting?
21-Oct-2009 > Site Update
26-Sep-2009 > My quick review: Matsui MAT 120MR 2Gb MP3 player
26-Sep-2009 > My review: Palm M100 handheld, about a decade on
10-May-2009 > Site Update
09-May-2009 > My review: Pagan Wanderer Lu — Fight My Battles For Me
14-Apr-2009 > Site Update
14-Mar-2009 > Site Update
06-Mar-2009 > Email account security or a lack thereof
06-Mar-2009 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Blue Hands
06-Mar-2009 > My review: Philips SA2620 2Gb MP3 player
06-Mar-2009 > The interface to PebblePad is shit
06-Mar-2009 > My review: Leatherman Kick and Micra
30-Jan-2009 > More comfortable window / desktop management for Windows
30-Dec-2008 > GUI defaults, the Tango icon set, jEdit / Opera / 1by1
29-Dec-2008 > My review: Hanns.G HW173AB 17" 1440 x 900 monitor
05-Nov-2008 > My review: Alba MP3256D10 MP3 player with SD card slot
05-Nov-2008 > Working on multiple sites with an easyPHP offline server
11-Sep-2008 > So, Google Chrome... a few brief thoughts
07-Sep-2008 > My review: Sitecom MP-310 Cube MP3 player
02-Sep-2008 > Site Update
02-Sep-2008 > My review: Bec and Beth — Bec and Beth EP
15-Jun-2008 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Somewhere
29-May-2008 > My review: SumVision SnowFox XT-105 SD card MP3 player
29-May-2008 > A little bit of Thinkpad tinkering
28-May-2008 > Site Update
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Tour the Second, and summary
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Miętne, end of week two
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Miętne, end of first week
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Miętne, first impressions and first week
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Puławy, rest of camp
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Puławy, first week
28-May-2008 > Poland 2007: Back to Puławy, introductory blurb
12-Apr-2008 > Site Update
12-Apr-2008 > My review: The Crimea — Loop a Loop
12-Apr-2008 > MP3.com: The Cheapskates, The Scones, The Good China
12-Apr-2008 > Ten Things I Assume You Know About Me...
07-Jan-2008 > "New media" and paying for digital content
07-Jan-2008 > "Fun" with fake USB flash/pen drives and MP3 players
07-Jan-2008 > Blocking Firefox, and ad blockers for other browsers
07-Jan-2008 > My review: uh, some generic Uxcell Digital MP3 Player
07-Jan-2008 > Bristol Comics Expo, 12th May 2007 / Eurovision 2007
08-Dec-2007 > A List Apart have a write-up on HTML 5
07-Dec-2007 > The latest, greatest media technology: where next?
06-Dec-2007 > Some tips for safer web development with PHP
05-Dec-2007 > Obligatory "Vista is not an upgrade from XP" post
29-Nov-2007 > The state of Acorn Archimedes emulation
29-Nov-2007 > A short stroll through the 'chiptune' music genre...
21-Oct-2007 > Catching up with music old and new
20-Oct-2007 > Copying streaming flash video from pretty much any site
19-Oct-2007 > My review: Tesco Technika MP-407 2GB MP3 Player
05-Oct-2007 > 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold' CD soundtrack + DVD hunt
02-Oct-2007 > My review: eMusic.com / Spray — Children Of A Laser God
28-Sep-2007 > A big "fuck you" to Wizards of the Coast...
27-Sep-2007 > Site Update
27-Sep-2007 > Notes on upgrade to a Dell Vostro 200 system
04-Sep-2007 > My review: The Hot Puppies — King of England
07-Aug-2007 > Pete Writes: Branson Pickle
26-Jun-2007 > More upon which subject when I get back...
14-Jun-2007 > Pete Writes: Larks
07-May-2007 > My review: The Crimea — Secrets Of The Witching Hour
07-May-2007 > The sad state of MP3 on DVD portable players
30-Apr-2007 > The Sinclair ZX Spectrum turned 25 the other week
30-Apr-2007 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Over My Dead Body
20-Apr-2007 > Pete Writes: In the red corner...
14-Apr-2007 > Ten favourite songs so far... almost but not quite...
14-Apr-2007 > A few whys and wherefores of online journals for me...
05-Apr-2007 > Site Update
04-Apr-2007 > My review: Spray — Living in Neon
04-Apr-2007 > Your source for Hampstead Heath dogging, it seems
20-Mar-2007 > Pete Writes: The third and final time
14-Feb-2007 > Pete Writes: Dia del amor y la amistad, amigo secreto
22-Jan-2007 > Pete Writes: I go too far
20-Jan-2007 > Site Update
18-Jan-2007 > My review: Fuji Finepix A120 digital stills camera
06-Jan-2007 > Finding a convenient way to watch Torchwood and MCoG
27-Dec-2006 > XHTML? Strict? Choosing a DOCTYPE you can live with...
15-Nov-2006 > My review: AIC USB DVB-T digital freeview tuner
28-Oct-2006 > Denyer's state of the browser address, Firefox 2.0
06-Sep-2006 > Charitable activities / text editors / Transformers
02-Sep-2006 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Green Eyeliner (2006)
29-Aug-2006 > My review: The Crimea — Baby Boom (2006)
06-Aug-2006 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Under the Crooked Moon
26-Jul-2006 > Fierce Panda carries electronic rabies, shoot on sight
23-Jul-2006 > Pete Writes: Party hearty
20-Jul-2006 > My review: Canon Powershot S45 digital stills camera
12-Apr-2006 > My review: The Crimea — White Russian Galaxy (2006)
05-Apr-2006 > Site Update
16-Mar-2006 > That sound you can hear is one hand clapping
10-Feb-2006 > Pete Writes: Beardy weirdies
12-Jan-2006 > My review: The Crimea — Lottery Winners On Acid (2006)
24-Dec-2005 > I know, I know, it's a cheap trick...
25-Nov-2005 > More journeying back in time, with Hard 'N Heavy... ^_^
20-Nov-2005 > Pete Writes: *tap* ... *tap-tap* ... is this thing on?
14-Nov-2005 > Site Update
31-Oct-2005 > My review: The Transformers #0 — Prelude to Infiltration
23-Oct-2005 > Windows text editors / Terminus Code custom font
26-Sep-2005 > Polish language camps in the UK? Justyna, read this.
24-Sep-2005 > APASS 2005 — Obóz językowy Puławy — WEEK THREE
23-Sep-2005 > APASS 2005 — Obóz językowy Puławy — WEEK TWO
22-Sep-2005 > APASS 2005 — Obóz językowy Puławy — WEEK ONE
21-Sep-2005 > Return to Firetop Mountain Poland. Now with planning!
20-Sep-2005 > My review: The Crimea — Tragedy Rocks (US album)
15-Sep-2005 > Site Update
23-Jul-2005 > Just a quick note before I go catch some zzz...
06-Jun-2005 > Site Update
06-Jun-2005 > Pete Writes: The Day and the Night of the Living Dead
30-May-2005 > My review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 2005
30-May-2005 > The interface still sucks in OpenOffice.org 1.9.m104
30-May-2005 > That's the second server move inside of twelve months...
19-May-2005 > Site Update
10-May-2005 > Site Update
13-Apr-2005 > Site Update
07-Apr-2005 > Attention, Polish learners and prospective Crimea fans!
16-Mar-2005 > Adventures in Proxy Land; home connection sharing...
21-Feb-2005 > Another piece of the American Dream has checked out.
14-Feb-2005 > <geek> squee wiki super convenience utility ! </geek>
28-Jan-2005 > Site Update
28-Jan-2005 > Music, books and films I'm looking forward to in 2005.
19-Jan-2005 > Upcoming solo album by Ginger / late 3CR news.
18-Jan-2005 > do() || do_not(); // try();
29-Nov-2004 > Bristol Comics Expo 2004, 6th / 7th November
13-Nov-2004 > Site Update
13-Nov-2004 > My review: The Crimea — Someone's Crying (download)
10-Nov-2004 > Firefox 1.0 is released! Tell everyone you know! Go now!
09-Nov-2004 > So my computer spent a couple of months slowly dying...
10-Oct-2004 > Site Update
10-Oct-2004 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Green Eyeliner (single)
10-Oct-2004 > My review: Anne Rice's Blood Canticle + Amazon reviewing
07-Oct-2004 > My review: Sandman Presents: Thessaly, Witch For Hire
06-Oct-2004 > A tale of .htaccess & excellent service from PlugSocket
04-Oct-2004 > Moving vdebris forward into the twenty-first century...
30-Sep-2004 > The web is going to the dogs... ably assisted by Erica
11-Aug-2004 > Site Update
08-Aug-2004 > My review: Takara RM-01 "Robot Masters" G1 Convoy
06-Aug-2004 > My review: Packard Bell PB-OP4 personal CD/MP3 player
05-Aug-2004 > Stupid bloody childhood taboos & open source writing
04-Aug-2004 > Down memory lane with my favourite Wildhearts album
03-Aug-2004 > Woo-ha... I've been transcribing more GAF lyrics...
02-Aug-2004 > My review: Proline DM1945MP3 personal CD/MP3 player
22-May-2004 > My review: The Deadly Space Between (Picador, 2002)
02-May-2004 > Site Update
02-May-2004 > My review: The Hot Puppies — Dawn of Man (single)
10-Apr-2004 > "Run with us. We've got everything you need."
29-Mar-2004 > Site Update
27-Mar-2004 > Hmm. Bruises are interesting. Well, they are.
26-Mar-2004 > Transformers, twenty years on! And introducing...
24-Mar-2004 > So, I've switched to Firefox as my web browser...
22-Mar-2004 > Site Update
22-Mar-2004 > My review: The Crimea — Tragedy Rocks (album)
22-Mar-2004 > After a laser printer? I suggest the Samsung ML-1200.
05-Mar-2004 > Super fight dead tree computer. For great justice.
02-Mar-2004 > Site Update
02-Mar-2004 > My review: The Keys — The Keys (album)
29-Feb-2004 > This is not the blog you are looking for...
07-Nov-2003 > Site Update
07-Nov-2003 > My review: The Crimea — Baby Boom (single)
02-Nov-2003 > Site Update
28-Oct-2003 > Various loose ends: booze, tunes and posing nude
27-Oct-2003 > MP3 encoding tips, portability vs. quality
17-Oct-2003 > Site Update
14-Oct-2003 > Roll on digital TV! But not for the reason you think...
01-Oct-2003 > My review: the Microboss MP3 Pocket player
28-Sep-2003 > Updates. Slack bastardness. Stuff about books.
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Keys — Strength of Strings (single)
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Keys — Gurl Next Door (single)
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Hot Puppies — The Drowsing Nymph (single)
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Hot Puppies — All Washed Up (EP)
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Crimea — White Russian Galaxy (single)
26-Sep-2003 > My review: The Crimea — Lottery Winners on Acid (single)
26-Aug-2003 > Site Update
24-Aug-2003 > And the Tour beginneth... *ominous music*
09-Aug-2003 > Obóz jezykowy NYSA 2003 by 'the English Staff' †
06-Aug-2003 > "Edi" / "Eddie" — Polish film, English subtitles
05-Aug-2003 > "Well, we survived that" —HR "Yeah, but..." —K
01-Aug-2003 > Jak daleko je... Praha? Miuvite anglicky?
31-Jul-2003 > Product may contain nuts. Or fish. Anything, really.
26-Jul-2003 > Polska: tydzieñ jed. Poland: week one. [/Wogan]
07-Jul-2003 > Site Update
06-Jul-2003 > Quite possibly the best fortnight of my life...
01-Jul-2003 > Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
08-Jun-2003 > My review: SHARP ZQ-770; worthy Psion3 replacement?
02-Jun-2003 > Site Update
01-Jun-2003 > "You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction."
28-May-2003 > I've suffered BargainHost long enough...
27-May-2003 > And, on a lighter note... Derren Brown / half term
26-May-2003 > Yet more BargainHost problems... smegging hell...
25-May-2003 > Taming the Windows volume control beast...
08-May-2003 > Some members of MTH are back under the name The Keys...
05-May-2003 > Site Update
05-May-2003 > My review: Canon Powershot A200 and, er, caves
03-May-2003 > Our shower sucks yeOOge donkey balls...
19-Apr-2003 > A few general comments on site defacement...
17-Apr-2003 > Now I know how Ultra Magnus felt. Dammit.
09-Apr-2003 > Aberystwyth, Mon Amour... how distant art thou...
06-Apr-2003 > [ insert excuse for lack of end-of-term entries here ]
03-Apr-2003 > Site Update
03-Apr-2003 > "Miiiiiiiiiss, why are our biology books creased?"
01-Apr-2003 > Site Update
24-Mar-2003 > Irritating limitations of cascading style sheets
22-Mar-2003 > Problems saving webpages in Internet Explorer 6.0
18-Mar-2003 > Faaark... BargainHost went down. Again.
16-Mar-2003 > "Got my eyes wide open and I see the signs..."
13-Mar-2003 > Site Update
08-Mar-2003 > "Whatever you're looking for, I hope you find it."
02-Mar-2003 > Obligatory end-of-first-week compedium thing.
23-Feb-2003 > Geographical isolation and dodgy hardware
22-Feb-2003 > Travelling into the unknown. More-so than usual.
18-Feb-2003 > Confessions of a teenage technology whore
15-Feb-2003 > "Moving on is easy / Being strong is simple"
09-Feb-2003 > Site Update
07-Feb-2003 > Site Update
07-Feb-2003 > All together now, "Boring, boring Super Dave..."
02-Feb-2003 > Underachievement as pertained to by gender
26-Jan-2003 > "That is why I'm gonna keep running..." —Oasis
17-Jan-2003 > PSHE stands for "Parental Skills Hopelessly Extinct"
16-Jan-2003 > The Little Computer That Could [/Douglas Adams]
15-Jan-2003 > La Scala: fiendish narcotics agent deathtrap...
13-Jan-2003 > Blwyddyn newydd dda! / Happy new year!
12-Jan-2003 > Site Update
06-Jan-2003 > Is this very late or very early for the next one?
14-Dec-2002 > Site Update
10-Dec-2002 > Words, words... oi, pay attention at the back!
02-Dec-2002 > Site Update
22-Nov-2002 > I. Fucking. Hate. Colds. *snivel*
20-Nov-2002 > Site Update
20-Nov-2002 > Are monitor refresh rates at work harming your health?
12-Nov-2002 > Life, Guinness, and the eschatology of pronouns
01-Nov-2002 > "If ye cannae do it, how d'ya expect the kids to?"
24-Oct-2002 > Site Update
24-Oct-2002 > A tale of chivalrie and ye last forre weekes
23-Oct-2002 > Aaaaargh! Aaaaaaaargh! Aaaaaaaaaaaagh!
29-Sep-2002 > My review: The Crimea — 28th Sept, Rummers Wine Bar
27-Sep-2002 > "You don't have to have the solution..."
17-Sep-2002 > Romancing the Personal Computer industry.
14-Sep-2002 > "Hakuna matata, ain't no passing phaaaaase..."
04-Sep-2002 > "If he acts crazy so well, then he must be mad."
29-Aug-2002 > Reasons why Sherlock Holmes was a stoner
22-Aug-2002 > A short and clumsy essay on Gonzo journalism
15-Aug-2002 > Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair...
11-Aug-2002 > Site Update
07-Aug-2002 > Head wounds; swings; the Blair Witch experience
27-Jul-2002 > Hundreds of miles and a few combined entries...
20-Jul-2002 > Site Update
17-Jul-2002 > Congratulations to the new Mr & Mrs Dunn!
28-Jun-2002 > Site Update
25-Jun-2002 > The case for practised sartorial inelegance...
18-Jun-2002 > Thoughts on my possibly becoming a teacher...
12-Jun-2002 > So... why the hell have I started a weblog?
03-Jun-2002 > Site Update
20-Mar-2002 > Site Update
31-Jul-2001 > Site Update
30-Jun-2001 > Site Update
28-Feb-2001 > Site Update
31-May-2000 > Site Update
30-Apr-1999 > Site Update
28-Feb-1999 > Site Update
31-Jan-1999 > Site Update
31-Dec-1998 > Site Update
30-Nov-1998 > Site Update
31-Oct-1998 > Site Update
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