Richard Irvine
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Style
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I just stuck a 7 out of 10 in The Economist’s Style Quiz. In your face, a barely working knowledge of spelling and grammar!
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Twitter:
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spent most of today catching up on email from last week. felt like what I imagine baby seal hunting is like
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Dispatch from Dial-up hell
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I was trying to upgrade OSX when the shit hit the fan. Some big downloads meant I’d teetered over my 10GB cap for the month, and my internet connection, my precious, precious broadband was grounded – back to 56KBps I went. For two weeks. Bloody hell. Oh well, we survived for years on Dial-up –…
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Twitter:
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Had house to myself for loud guitar practice. 15 minutes in, I’d already hit Guns n Roses AND AC/DC. Boy out of Hamilton, etc.
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Twitter:
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sick and having stuff done for me. I feel like a man from the 50s
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Twitter:
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ok – this man flu is starting to produce serious ‘congestion’. that wasn’t part of the deal.
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The more douche-y the ring ton…
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The more douche-y the ring tone, the more likely you’ve left it on your desk @ FULL VOLUME. Same goes for libraries and conferences
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Mighty. And Boosh.
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I’m really enjoying The Mighty Boosh – Mondays 10PM on C4. Last night’s Crack Fox ep was… well, here’s a clip. Turns out they were on the radio first – the show really works in that medium. Here’s a legit-lite download site (hey, it was broadcast on the BBC), or they’re all over torrent sites,…
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Links
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Wired magazine has an oral history of War Games, the film that made me realise Dad’s TRS-80 was capable of more than 10 Print: You are a dick and 20: Goto 10. Possibly. That shit’s *still* really, really funny Kubrick nitty gritty fans should take an hour to watch this, or the time-poor should read…
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Plus, like shitty weather, Twi…
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Plus, like shitty weather, Twitter seems much more popular in Wellington than Auckland. Am I right?