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MAY 2003

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28th May 2003

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On my way back to Nottingham today, I'm actually writing this on the train. There is no-one around, the sun is blazing and I'm listening to random 1999 dance mp3s on my headphones while watching horses, sheep, cows, fields and other lovely countryside go by. I should travel in the day more often, this is fun. We've got a houseparty tonght - it has the potential to be legendary! I can't wait! Yay! :)
Track of the day: Armand Van Heldon - Flowerz

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26th May 2003

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Track of the day: Blackstreet - No Diggity Allstar

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25th May 2003

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Over the past couple of weeks I've been shuffling around a lot of my hardware, and spending silly money on new stuff. There is a new machine at home called Famous which is the new main desktop that everyone uses (and also kicks ass!). The old machine Peaches has a couple of new disks and is the new fileserver. Candy is not really needed, and is probably going to replace my Aunt's old busted computer. Specs are here for those who care. Today I put all the hardware together and set up some bits and pieces. The setup at home is seriously respectable :)
Track of the day: Weird Al - Its All About The Pentiums

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24th May 2003

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Had my last exam early this morning. Its sooo good to be done. After that, I went to town, got my hair cut, bought the new Cardigans album and went to see a friend. Came back and watched The Matrix (the first one), had lunch, rode my bike, went to town again for Wagamama (Miso Ramen r0x0rz!) and watched Matrix Reloaded with Pooja and Jon (yes its awesome, wish I wasn't so tired when I watched it though). It was a long day - especially since I haven't slept since Thursday night. Got to get up earlyish though to go home back to Harrow for a little while and get some good food and sleep in me.
Track of the day: Incubus - Drive

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23rd May 2003

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Its my last exam tomorrow morning. Yea, the last exam for my whole degree. The final one that punctuates the last 3 years. The end of my formal education. The end of my student life. Thats it. Finished. Done.
Track of the day: Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At

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18th May 2003

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You are Gambit! You are a fierce fighter and a good friend to have. Your preference for solitude and your attractiveness make you very intriguing to those you meet. Unfortunately, close relationships are few and far between for you because you often have trouble opening up to others.

Track of the day: Jamiroquai - Spend a Lifetime

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16th May 2003

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Yay, I got a magic little pixie that shows the weather at home near Harrow and one for Nottingham on my tools page now.
Track of the day: Maxwell - Mello Sumthin (The Hush)

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15th May 2003

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Picked up issue 29 of LinuxUser today from our Student Union Shop. I took the 2 large photos on page 60 for Jon's review of an Xinit 1U rack machine. Its all good fun :) I also got my ticket for The Summer Party on the Downs in uni. I hope its sunny, its going to be great hopefully.
Track of the day: Morcheeba - Fear and Love

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14th May 2003

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Not feeling good today. I curled up into a ball on my bed, heart racing, not asleep, but not awake. A long time passed by before I got myself up and sorted myself out. I did that yesterday too. I slept a lot, I wasn't tired either. I think maybe its the end of the world. Armageddon is here. Judgement day soon. Nice knowing you all. Really stressed now.
Track of the day: Korn - Freak on a Leash

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13th May 2003

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Candy was busted and I was well annoyed with it, so on Thursday I sent the Shuttle FV25 motherboard to my cousin Saifu who has an electronics (TV, HiFi etc) store and 1337 soldering skillz. I got it back this morning after he had replaced a handful of capacitors... It fires up! Whooo! Boo-Yah! Candy has been put together and is back online, so far a good few hours uptime at maximum load =) Thanks Saifubhai, you tha man!
Track of the day: Morcheeba - Part of the Process

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12th May 2003

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Track of the day: Lamb - B Line

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11th May 2003

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Yesterday I upgraded some of the stuff on my laptop, 200MB of Debian unstable upgrades later its all soooo nice. I haven't upgraded in a while cos I was working, but damn its well polished, and really fast too. Just look at those fantastic antialiased TrueType fonts! Linux has come so far in the past couple of years, it was like Windows 95 back in the days of Debian Potato, but todays unstable is more MacOS X style shiny. All this stuff should end up in Sarge since its not frozen yet, its going to be seriously good! 2003 is the year of intense entertainment! Movie-wise, we've got 2 legendary Matrix releases, Xmen, Terminator 3... but computer-games are going to rock this year with Doom III and Half-Life 2. Damn, I was reading some reviews of HL2 earlier, and I neeed to play it! Looks like I'm going to be upgrading some computer hardware as soon as I can afford it! Grrr... still got lots of work to do, this webpage update was enough procrastination for today, exams start in just over a week, and then its all over... shit.
Track of the day: Morcheeba - World Looking In

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10th May 2003

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Was messing about with laptops for a little while today... Also went to see "And the Adventures Of" at Dunkirk Social Club today too. They rock =) And after all that madness, I went Bowling with Jon. I kicked his ass, by the way :P
Track of the day: Lamb - Ear Parcel

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9th May 2003

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Handed in my dissertation today. It was not as well planned and thought out as I'd hoped, and I wish I had a few more hours to polish the writeup... whatever, its done now. Went had baguettes and milkshake at El Gordos with Mike afterwards and then off to town. Met up with Raveen and Sid at TGI Fridays, and messed around some more back at Mikes house exploring his music collection for a while. Found Jon later and went to see Xmen2 in the evening. I've been waiting to see that film for sooo long but was totally worth it. Xmen rock, and X2 had a great story to top off the Wolverine action.
Track of the day: Crazy Penis - You Started Something

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7th May 2003

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I wish I could think like those crazy Japanese.
Track of the day: Stereophonics - Hurry Up And Wait

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6th May 2003

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My degree was going so well... in 1st year. I'm just trying to think when did it start turning nasty? Every semester I seem to shoot myself in the foot again, but still manage to be standing. Working on my dissertation now, I'm just hoping I don't fall over.
Track of the day: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

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1st May 2003

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For Sale:

• Intel PIII 1266MHz Tualatin Processor, FCPGA, 133MHz Bus, 512KB Cache, little brother of this badboy
• 256MB PC133 CL2 stick-o-ram (Generic)
• 128MB PC133 CL2 stick-o-ram (Kingston/Infineon)
• 1U Heatsink & Fan
• 160 quid

• Soundblaster Live 5.1 Digital
• 30 quid

• Toshiba 6x32 DVD Drive IDE (its a quiet one)
• 15 quid

• Shuttle SV25 Case - gorgeous shiny tiny aluminium case, working 150W 1U ATX power supply, lots of chrome thumbscrews, complete but without 5.25" drive bay blanking plate, will fit all Flex-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards, Shuttle FV24 and FV25 will drop in, but others may need some small modification of the back panel. Right-angle PCI riser included.
• Any Offers?

Track of the day: Massive Attack - What Your Soul Sings