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Month: April 2011

Cartwheeling Verger

Garfield April 30, 2011November 20, 2017 Leave a comment

Although I am a Royalist, I did not expect to include the Royal Wedding in this blog. However, after most of the guests had left Westminster Abbey after the marriage of William, Duke of Cambridge to Catherine Middleton, the cameras …

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Repost

Account reactivation

Adrian April 27, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

In the last hour I have had 10 messages from Lloyds bank. Lloyds TSB – Account reactivation form, Because of possible unauthorized access, we have temporarily deactivated your account. To remove the suspension, please confirm that your card was not …

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Diary

Who’s your favorite Disney character?

Adrian April 26, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

Lady from Lady and the Tramp. I bought a Lady soft toy when I went to EuroDisney.

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Formspring

What’s your biggest phobia?

Adrian April 26, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I do not like heights. I cannot lean on railings or even a brick wall if I can see a drop the other side.

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Formspring

Affiliate link

Adrian April 22, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

Celebration time. I have just earned my first $15 by someone signing up to a website accessed by one of my affiliated links.

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Diary

Why do Easter Bunnys deliver eggs?

Garfield April 19, 2011December 19, 2017 Leave a comment

Back in the Anglo-Saxon era, the hare was worshipped as a symbol of Spring fertility. This evolved into the Christian Easter festival and the similar looking rabbit was adopted. The eggs are from an old German tradition, in that children …

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Essay

Domain parking continued

Garfield April 19, 2011April 13, 2021 Leave a comment

I have previously ranted about Domain Parking. My experience shows that the only way to earn money is to have a domain that once was popular. Only then are there links everywhere ready to catch the unsuspecting surfer. I have …

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IT

AV Election

Adrian April 19, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I see the predicted turnout for the May 5th election and referendum is predicted to be very low. In England, the referendum coincides with local Borough Elections which always has a low turnout. My own research shows that most people …

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Essay

Laptop battery died

Adrian April 17, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

My laptop battery suddenly packed up. I only really use it to keep the laptop running if I accidentally pull the power cord out, which is how I discovered it had broken. 🙁 So onto EBay, £40 for a replacement!

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Diary

St Swithin software

Adrian April 12, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

This is the dream I had last night. I had just installed some free software when I noticed  some water dripping from the ceiling. “Oh no”, I thought, “My water tank has sprung a leak”. The drip started getting worse, …

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Dreams

Supercede or supersede?

Garfield April 9, 2011April 25, 2018 Leave a comment

The answer is SUPERSEDE. Whoever is writing the word goes by what they are hearing, and most words ending with that sound are spelt …cede. But the etymology explains differently. The word descends from the latin roots super above and sedere to sit with the …

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Essay

Grand National

Adrian April 9, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I popped into my local cafe early this morning to buy my traditional egg & sausage sandwich, and a bacon sandwich. Whilst waiting, the lady asked if I would like to take part in the Grand National sweepstake. I paid …

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Diary

What’s your favourite clothing brand?

Adrian April 9, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I buy most of my stuff from Hawkshead https://www.hawkshead.com/

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Formspring

IMAP error message with Courier

Adrian April 7, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I have just installed ISPconfig3, a hosting system on my Debian Linux machine. I created an Email account for myself, but when I tried to connect with Thunderbird-IMAP I kept getting the error message “Filesystem notification initialization error — contact …

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IT

Apache website not working without www

Adrian April 7, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

This problem caused me a few headaches but I found the answer eventually and I reproduce it here to help any others with a similar problem. I am running apache webserver on Linux with virtual hosting and had the following …

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IT

Tongue

Adrian April 2, 2011November 19, 2017 Leave a comment

I bit my tongue yesterday, ouch!  Now its slightly swollen, and getting in the way of my teeth even more. Thought you would like to know that.

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