[Ref: BBC News item] So, the Democratic contest is now officially down to two and the Republican race effectively reduced to the same number of realistic candidates. McCain gained Giuliani’s endorsement while former Senator Edwards has yet to endorse either of the remaining Democrats, possibly not wishing to alienate either side in what is still …
Monthly Archive: January 2008
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Jan 30 2008
openSUSE 10.3 on a Samsung R60plus (2)
[Ref] Still no resolution to either of the bugs I have open regarding Amanda’s laptop. This, coupled with the facts that (a) I found a CardBus slot on the side of the machine and (b) We’re changing our ISP and getting a NetGear 108Mbps WiFi router in the process led me to purchase a pair …
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Jan 30 2008
Rudy Rues Florida Flop
Man, I should work for a tabloid with headlines like that “America’s Mayor”, Rudy Giuliani had pinned his hopes of gaining the Republican nomination on the Florida primary. He’d forgone the prior – smaller – caucuses and primaries to focus on the big states, of which Florida went to the polls first yesterday. Had it …
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Jan 26 2008
Small things
Finished my “Deacon’s Essay” and sent it to Peter. He now adds a covering letter and sends it on to Church House. I await their response and shall don my asbestos underwear when the time comes… Added a small patch to bluez-gnome in GNOME:Community which adds a menu option to the applet to launch the …
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Jan 23 2008
Skinny shirts
Fred: I say get it as it is – bet you’ll look fabulous in a skinny shirt like that Update: To prove my point…
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Jan 21 2008
One in a million…
…although the second I’ve hit in less than six months. I made a Royal Flush on PokerStars tonight (note that the odds listed on Wikipedia for being dealt any given hand are, I think, for Five-Card Draw but it’s still extremely rare – in all the poker I’ve watched on TV for example (and it’s …
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Jan 21 2008
288 days to go…
Barack Obama and Bill Clinton fall out; Giuliani’s strategy looking less wise; Republican race likely to get bloody. Worth reading/subscribing to: Justin Webb’s blog on the BBC.
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Jan 21 2008
Sermon: Titus 2 – Live Wisely
Recorded yesterday at St Leonard’s, 21 minutes long available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3:
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Jan 19 2008
Clinton “wins” Nevada
69% of votes in Nevada are counted and the BBC are confident enough to call Nevada for Clinton. Clinton’s support in the Hispanic community seems to have won out over Obama’s support in the unions. The nexus of these two lobbies is the casinos of Las Vegas and some of them – for the first …
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