This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
Well the hype is over and the web is alive with reviews, “hands-ons” and more about Apple’s latest release, the iPad. Yes, I like Apple products and yes, I did follow the bloggers covering today’s event; but I have a small problem before parting with my hard earned cash. Why? well take a look at [...]
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It was nice to get a Fathers’ Day card from Matt: As this doesn’t apply to me, he must have sent it to the wrong Dad
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Yesterday was mad: A man was jailed for having a crash in his truck A man was jailed for flushing somebody’s heroin down the loo Captains of two nuclear submarines went unpunished for bumping into eachother Tony Blair was given $1 million for being a great leader I think I’ll get my coat……
I thought it was only right to mention this as it’s International Year of Astronomy: OK, so some of the quoted numbers aren’t quite right but it sums things up pretty well I think….
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7770026.stm
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I recieved this email today: MR. FRANCIS JOHNSON TELE:234-7031622282 FINAL NOTIFICATION GOOD DAY, – I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR OUT STANDING PAYMENT OF $10.5 HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PAYMENT AND WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER, KINDLY REPLY WITH YOUR NAME INFULL, TELE/FAX, CONTACT ADDRESS, [...]
Votes please; should I respond or not? This mail arrived this morning and is the first personalised one of its type I have seen: YANG LIM & ASSOCIATES SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATES NO. 101, JALAN PUDU RAYA, TAMAN DESA RAYA MALAYSIA TEL: +60122473440 Email: barryanglim@XXXXXX.XXX I am Yang Lim, an attorney at law. A deceased client [...]
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Went to see Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra – Royal Albert Hall, London, yesterday. it was a bit of a long day as we didn’t get back to the Island ’til about 01:30! As usual Bill was on good form and the evening was a good one despite the acoustics in the RAH. [...]
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