Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
I missed a gig recently, and fortunately worked out why I had missed it and had another opportunity to see the same band soon afterwards. Unfortunately, events conspired against me. For a start, tickets were not available to buy for the gig, but I kept myself feeling positive ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
What's the connection between being refused petrol unless I take my helmet off and not buying the computer game Spore? In both cases I am inconvenienced, the former because of the insignificant threat of robbery or theft and the latter because of a perceived threat of piracy affecting sales. ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I have a keen interest in confidence tricks, with the social engineering and clever scams required to make them work. This interest led me to the book The Big Con, which is an enlightening read about the long cons of the early twentieth century, documented by a professor who ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I recently mentioned how Esso refused to serve me petrol unless I took off my motorcycle helmet. I was angry enough at this absurd policy that I wrote to Exxon-Mobil's head office to complain, and I got a reply. The reply stated that Exxon-Mobil take motorcycle business seriously, ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
I had got caught up in the hype surrounding Will Wright's latest game, Spore, to the point where I was quite excited about finally getting to play it. That there was a lot of buzz about the game for quite a while contributed, including seeing adverts for Spore before ...
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
This weekend found me in the centre of London again, which makes three trips in to town in three weeks. The first trip I had planned to meet up with a friend for a birthday lunch but had managed to get my dates wrong. It still suited me ...
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
I had planned to go to a gig last night. I was procrastinating a little about going but it was certainly a gig I would have liked to attend. Even though I got myself dressed up and managed to dash out of the house with everything I needed—iPod ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
At the end of last year the exhaust on my bike accidentally separated from my downpipes because of rust, which was rather embarrassing. I was able to get some replacement pipes fitted quickly, stainless steel this time. After the new pipes were fitted I noticed the slightest of ...
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
My lovely kitty, Kenickie, has the hunting instinct in him. It was not long after he was introduced to the cat flap, and the wonder of the world outside, that he was bringing home captured prey. To start with, this prey was only dead leaves, perhaps catching his ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Esso staff have a few minutes ago denied serving me petrol unless I took off my crash helmet, ignoring protestations that I do, in fact, ride a motorbike, with some rather decisive empirical evidence. I'm not quite sure how taking off my crash helmet deters fuel theft, particularly as ...
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