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World Names Profiler A site that maps surnames. Or would do, if it actually worked - at the moment it just throws an error for me (Safari) or fails to load its maps (Firefox). The Orwell Diaries I’ve really been enjoying George Orwell’s posthumous weblog. Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka » 2008 » August » 29 Simple python script to delete the contents of a folder, with a bit of feedback, designed to clear out your downloads folder every week (good for Trash, too). The 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube | Technology | The Observer D90 | D-MOVIE Sample videos from the new Nikon. BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Food Programme, Anchovies Will have to Listen Again this. My love for the anchovy knows no bounds. It is the antithesis of the dreaded banana. 0xDECAFBAD -...

Huge thanks to all who commented on my last post and to everyone on Raisetheriver for their kind comments following my Mtt cash on Saturday night.It seems these things are like Glasgow buses ( you wait ages and they all arrive at the same time) as congrats are due to Rosie for taking first in a weekend Mtt for a nice score,to Mair for winning the live APAT Event for Raisetheriver and to Mr Cloud over at Hairygymnast.com on taking a shot at a higher level sng and scudding the fish to win it. A feelgood weekend if ever there was one!I've downloaded the whole hand history ( all 7 hours 31 mins ) and will try and pick out a few of the more interesting hands to look at in future posts.( just be grateful I don't plan to make a video of it!)First of all I should probably thank the poker gods for...

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i am near Fire Eagle-based service now tells you of nearby megaliths, as well as pubs. What more could you need?! A List Apart: Articles: Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards Qwitter Stop smoking with the aid of Twitter. Yeah, that’ll work. Optimus · microformats transformer (version 0.5.1) Also a validator. Download YouTube Videos as MP4 Files The marathon is easy. There are no lions | Athletics | guardian.co.uk Sport "Six Maasai warriors will run the London Marathon tomorrow to raise money for a well in their village. Isaya, 24, is their chief. This is a diary of his week in London, the first time he has left Tanzania." simonsound » The Tone Generation - Around the world in electronic sound...

On Monday night I only played one wee $6 ,45 player turbo ( didn't cash) as I was over at the ex's looking after Step A and Step A's pc is slower than a week in jail.Step A was also playing the Sims on her Nintendo and I was amazed that a kid could be kept busy for so long simply building virtual stuff for her simms world.I did really enjoy spending time with her and I even got a hug later before I left.( that may have more to do with the £10 I gave her towards a swimming outing this week!)Last night I chatted to my sister on the phone before watching an excellent cardrunners sng video.The pro ran through several ICM calculations and although I've dabbled with ICM calculators in the past,I'd always thought I needed to fill in the chipstacks etc manually everytime.I've now learned you can...

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I've had a look at quite a few bipolar blogs tonight (01:37 ...hic) and been surprised at how many bipolar people rate Catcher In The Rye as their favourite book. I remember reading it when I was about 14 and while I enjoyed it, I never felt like it was one of "my" books. My (bipolar) mother had used it as her course book for evening classes she attended one year and she constantly raved on about J.D. Salinger like he was the new Messiah. I couldn't help but loathe him. Maybe I should read it again, now I might be more objective. From something I hate, to something I love. I am constantly amazed by the Radio 2 promo video featuring Elvis and his band. Those of you outside the UK who haven't seen this should give this a look. It is an absolutely brilliant piece of work. I don't know how...

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I have been making Church websites for just about as long as I have been on the Internet and time was coming round for a refresh for my local church's site. Instead of just tidying up the CSS I wanted to use a new CMS (Plone was a major possibility). ... (182 words)Christian Python Internet Angus Church Website CMS Firedrop video photographs Carnoustie...

IronPython has settled into Codeplex (Link) ''IronPython is the code name of the new Implementation Running on .NET of the Python programming language. It supports an interactive interpreter with fully dynamic compilation.'' It is a while since I have touched it. ... (66 words)Software Python IronPython Python .Net...

Further up the coast is the interesting Montrose Basin and Arbroath Harbour. Sadly the level of detail is still pretty poor (though you can make out the shape) though I am sure Google are working on it. ... (85 words)Internet General Angus Montrose CuttySark Harbour Arbroath Basin Boats...

The reaction to this film has been rather interesting to watch. Some good and some bad. The opportunity to tell the real [1] story has been taken but sadly the existence of the book, game and film has been challenged. ... (178 words)Christian Paul DaVinci Jesus DanBrown Reaction preaching religion christian...

This is rather fun - I won't reveal my score. Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions(Link) ''Lateral thinking problems that challange your preconceptions.'' ... (22 words)Fun Mindhack puzzle lateral thinking...

Michael Ford posted my Bookmarklet for Firedrop to his blog. However it looks like ReST messed it up so here it is (this is a HTML post). ... (49 words)Internet Software Python Blogging FireDrop Bookmarklets...

The latest version of Firedrop2 is out including some code by little ol' me. There's some more interesting stuff coming in future versions. ... (83 words)Firedrop Blogging Blog Offline OSS OpenSource...

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Thieves steal 8ft carpet python(Link) ''Thieves have stolen an 8ft snake from the home of a reptile rescue volunteer in the Highlands.Lorna Watt, 27, was fostering carpet python, Diesel, when it was taken from her flat in South Kessock, Inverness.'' ... (49 words)Python Scotland Highlands Islands Python Snake Kessock Inverness...

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