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Monthly Archives February 2005

Changes

Today brings something of a new experience - moving from one post to another within more-or-less the same organisation. In about half an hour or so I will be packing up such stuff as I have here in the office in Canary Wharf, and travelling to the office in Bishopsgate, where I will be spending [...]

Posted 21 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Yarr!

Being ill, as the popular vernacular has it, bites the big one. I have spent much of the past week sneezing violently, coughing up chunks of raw unpleasantness, and trying not to fall over every time I stood up.
But now I'm back, baby.
Which unfortunately means I'm back at work. Ho hum.
One of the up sides [...]

Posted 18 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

WoWzers.

Fair play to Blizzard on this: they said that WoW would go live today, and sure enough, on the stroke of midnight, the signup server was up.
Of course, it was down again fifteen minutes later when I actually tried to sign up, but the thought was there.
I really hope they've learned from the US experience [...]

Posted 11 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Snigger of the week

Slogan of a shoe repair place I passed yesterday evening:
“Because Time Wounds All Heels”

Posted 11 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Goddammit.

After yet another thrilling episode of “Whoops! Where are your files?” I find myself rather glad that I'll be out of here at the end of the month.
ETA: Of course, within twenty seconds of posting this, the agency calls with another position at the same company. And I tell them to put me forward for [...]

Posted 07 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Futurology and futuronomy

There was a lot of talk a short time ago about astrologers and why it was they were unable to predict the tsunami which had such a drastic impact on the lives of so many people. Many of them, of course, went back and said that, upon re-reading the charts, “the signs were there”. Some [...]

Posted 02 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Episode III - The Lost Scenes

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a phone is ringing. The shop assistant answers it.
Assistant: Hello?
Caller: Hi, yeah, this is Anakin Skywalker here, I was wondering if you could help me out with something.
Assistant: Sure. What do you need?
Skywalker: Well, it's like this, OK? I've basically decided to turn to the [...]

Posted 01 February 2005 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °