Monthly Archives: August 2008

I'm rich! look!

And I bet you didn’t even know there was a UK email lottery!
Congratulations!!!

We are pleased to inform you of 27TH-AUGUST-2008 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY draw.
Your email address was picked.

YOUR WINNING DETAILS;

REF NO: UKL/478593G9/19
BATCH: 01/209/AD16G
TICKET  112-4540-525-106,
OUR REF: 12190/14
consequently won £715,000.00 in the 2nd
category.Contact the underlisted for claims procedure.

CONTACT PERSON;
MR. GRAHAM WILBERT
Email: gwilbertclaimsdept@hotmail.co.uk
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It's not a netbook, it's a Quakebook

Acer Aspire One playing QuakeWorld

Acer Aspire One playing QuakeWorld

I’m visiting my sister for her birthday, and after a BBQ we’ve come inside to watch telly and consume her Internet. Amy’s playing QuakeWorld on her Mac, and with her suggestion I installed ezQuake on my sister’s Acer Aspire One netbook. I didn’t… Continue reading

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Everyone is offering me free phone calls!

It’s amazing just how cheaply we can talk to each other now. The other day I had a two hour Skype video call with someone, later that same person phoned me using a cheap call service and it cost him zero pence per minute; so after finding out the name of this company and signing up I can also now make free phone calls during the day.

On Friday I needed… Continue reading

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Musings of a MAME cabinet

Got my hair cut, it no longer looks like a bush and after a quick (but expensive) spin round Asda I have some new shoes, a new t-shirt (with cool Space Invaders logo on) and a bit of food.

This holiday has been good, I’ve been off to France on holiday, sorted out my website, seen friends and generally had time off. It would have been good to have completed a… Continue reading

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School again soon

Work starts on Monday, best boot my work laptop and see if there’s anything important I need to do before I start. Monday is an INSET day though, which is good since I’ve not got my class lists yet, so I don’t know who I’m teaching.

I do have more clue about what’s happening next term though. There’s a lot less to learn, I should only have to learn the names… Continue reading

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