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  • Serious security risk in Windows

    In case you haven’t read about it elsewhere, there’s a serious security problem which affects just about ALL Windows machines going right back to version 3. http://www.drkeyboard.net/viewtopic.php?t=3068 for more information and links to (temporary) fixes. This one is VERY serious, you need to do something about it right now. Exploits are already out in the…

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  • This is cool

    http://www.pandora.com/

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  • Buying and cooking

    Just a quick tip for all those of you who buy stuff in supermarkets and grocery stores, and an aside for the cooks who have to prepare the stuff you buy: If you buy titchy little onions and potatoes, we’re going to make you peel the damned things. Do you have any idea at all…

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  • Tired

    The working year will end at about 1500 on Friday, and I can’t wait for it. There have been many, many days this year when all I can think about is when I’ll next be able to go to sleep, and today is just another one of them. At 3 o’clock this afternoon I’ll be…

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  • Winding down

    Although the season has wound down completely and we have no more than a couple of rooms occupied in the hotel at any one time (if any at all), we’re still fairly busy in the restaurant. December was supposed to be quiet because the directors didn’t bother employing a sales manager this year, intending to…

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  • Daisy

    I can’t think how to say how much I miss Daisy. I must have thought about her hundreds of times in the past three weeks and still can’t believe that she’s not here any more; not going to be waiting for me when I come home; not running down the corridor to the flat when…

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  • My blog is worth $1,129.08.How much is your blog worth?

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  • Technorati Profile

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  • Daisy

    Sadly Daisy passed away in her sleep early this morning. She was a very happy doggie and everyone who met and knew her during the last 15 years will be sad at her passing but glad to have know her. Bye bye Miss Dog.

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  • Daisy

    I know many of you know Daisy and would want to know this. Ms Dog is poorly; her kidneys are failing and she’s going into the clinic tomorrow for three days of R&R on a drip to encourage her kidneys to restart. Please think good thoughts about her. More about what this means here.

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