Daily Archives: Saturday, 20th January 2007, 10:42pm

Life imitates art, or something

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 10:42pm by Les

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | NY couple build wall through home A bickering New York couple have had a dividing wall constructed inside their home as part of an acrimonious divorce. Chana and Simon Taub, both 57, have … Continue reading →

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The Book of General Ignorance

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 9:34pm by Les

It’s something of a modern tradition for quirky little books to be published in the months before Christmas. Publishers are always hoping for another runaway success like Eats, Shoots and Leaves[1], Lynne Truss’s delightful rant on punctuation, which I actually … Continue reading →

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It seems to be working

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 8:59pm by Les

Weight: 214.0 pounds (15 stone 4.0 pounds, 97.1kg)Since I decided to make a new start on the weight and fitness thingy at the start of this month, I’ve made some progress. I’ve lost three pounds so far[1], and perhaps more significantly, … Continue reading →

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I may have to steal this…

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 7:28pm by Les

This has to be the quote of the month, at the very least. In today’s Guardian Weekend magazine, Sue Townsend, best known for the Adrian Mole books, is subjected to the ritual humiliation they call “Q&A”. In response to the … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.1 – Smilies!

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 5:31pm by Les

Like a lot of WordPress users, I use the nifty WP-Grins plugin to make it easy to insert smilies like these into my posts. It adds all my smilies in a row above the box where I type my posts, … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.1 – Coming Soon

Posted on Saturday, 20th January 2007, 4:53pm by Les

WordPress 2.1 is due to be released in the next few days. It’s the first major update in just over a year, and has lots of entertaining changes. I’ve been working on a test copy of Losing it[1], keeping up … Continue reading →

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