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What’s up with Last.fm?

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Last.fm seems to be down at the moment for the last couple of minutes. Anyone know what’s going on?[Update:Looks like this was just a blip, ho hum]

Yay for DevDay!

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Wow! A long time ago I signed up for google’s developer day, to be on their waiting list. I’d completely forgotten but just got an invite asking me if I wanted to come along. Crazy! First yahoo, now google! I’m very, very excited.Obviously I am not more excited about either of these days than my [...]

Big it Up for Yeovil!

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Browsing across Matt Westcotts site yielded this particular gem. [I'm from there don't you know?]. I used to love tracking it up in fasttracker, but haven’t done anything for a very, very long time. Maybe I should start experimenting again….

Bills are Boring

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Doing household bills is extremely boring. I just spent two hours dividing up the phone bill and working out who owes what. If marriage brings me anything, at least it will bring me less of a headache when it comes to doing the bills.

Wed Designer - I wish I had one!

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Currently Viv and I are planning our wedding for later in the year, which aside from being the most exciting thing ever, is really, really stressful. Apparently though, there are wed designers about, though I never realised.

It’s my birthday soon

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Did you not know? I’m going to hit the grand old age of 26 soon. Whooah, thats like ancient. If you want some ideas of what you can get me (I obviously expect a gift), why not check my gift list here and here, to save the embarrasment of some really awful gift.

Silent Star Wars

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I just discovered this amusing star wars video coutesy of Jason Cospers blog. Highly amusing.

I came across hotdealsuk prior to christmas and I think its an absolute must for any techie thats currently residing in the uk. Basically, a sophisticated messageboard, bargains of interest to the community are highlighted and then voted upon. Those more highly voted make it through to the front page.
I absolutely love it and so [...]

If anyone would like to contribute to allow me to attend the Future of Web Apps or the Future of Web Design conferences over the next few months, I’d put together some independent reviews of the events on this site. As the funds of a lowly research student are not all that much cop, you [...]

Today is not a good day to cycle!

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Richmond road in Cardiff today is pretty much like a river all the way down today, due to all the horrid weather hitting it, resulting in the following set of footprints (post cycling to work) around my office.