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!
Finally got my act together and placed a “House for Sale” ad in the local paper. First showing is tomorrow and it’ll be interesting to see whether a private sale can get the result we want/need. The paper ad points to a website with more details. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take any decent pics [...]
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Got up early (for a Saturday) to watch the first of the Lions vs All Blacks test matches. What a disappointment! I was under the impression that this was the best Lions team selection that Sir Clive could have picked, I was so very wrong. Anyone who didn’t know better could have easily concluded that [...]
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On the M4 today I spotted a small truck with a big logo, “Budget Booze”. Nothing great about that for a company name but the byeline was very clever: “Making life Richer for the Pourer” Nice……
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I have been a great fan of the Remote Desktop facility built into Windows XP for quite a while. For those who don’t know it, it allows me to connect to my PC at home from any remote location and then have the home PC desktop appear on my screen just as if I was [...]
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Last weekend was probably my craziest golf experience ever. On Friday I scored 26 points in the stableford BUT I also scored 8 blobs! On Saturday I hit a respectable 88 but felt I missed a chance. Sunday, in the medal I entered a “no return” after an appalling round which started with a 10 [...]
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For quite a while now, a bunch of us thought it would be rather nice if the Friday golf swindle could automate the scoring each week. It takes ages to gather all the cards, check the self declared winners, and then run the scores through a stack of rules to decide a) who won and [...]
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Ever used an in car sat-nav? If you have I think you’ll love this, it’s a link to the latest edition of the BBC radio programme “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue“. I recommend listening to the whole programme but if you want to cut to the “sat-nav” chase, spool on to about the 16th [...]
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Came across this site today, Directgov. I need some more time to explore it but so far it looks quite interesting – loads of odd bits and pieces in one place.
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