Monthly Archives: January 2007

Driven by sleep

Posted on January 30, 2007 by flotsky

still not right on the sleeping front. Did sleep okay yesterday, but it still threw into sharp relief how much I haven’t been for a while. Going to have to be careful and make sure that where I can, I … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Grandstand

Posted on January 29, 2007 by flotsky

So Sunday marked the last Grandstand on the BBC. It is an odd feeling, as the show is 48 years old, and for several years of my life I could guarentee that between 12 and 5 on a Saturday I … Continue reading →

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How to feel more rested – Sleep less.

Posted on January 26, 2007 by flotsky

Well this won’t work for everyone I’m sure, but the solution to my lack of sleep has been to stay up later. Somehow this seems to have fixed me, the last couple of days I’ve felt so much saner I … Continue reading →

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0 Uses for a dead iPod

Posted on January 25, 2007 by flotsky

I was looking at my old big fat iPod last night, and was mulling over just what to do with it. Under Ubuntu, I can actually charge it, and then get to listen to the disk drive failing loudly. So … Continue reading →

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Still not smoking, still sort of sane.

Posted on January 24, 2007 by flotsky

I’m still not sleeping, well not much, but I had a long walk home in the cold (on purpose) last night, and it really shook off a lot of the headiness I’d been feeling, I felt so much better for … Continue reading →

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Bizarre Creations Next Live Game – Kotaku

Posted on January 23, 2007 by flotsky

New Xbox 360 Live game coming from the makers of Project Gotham: Bizarre Creations, the guys behind Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved and Project Gotham Racing, are working on a new Live Arcade title. Boom Boom Rocket, set to go live … Continue reading →

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'Thieves' tracked via satellite – BBC News

Posted on January 23, 2007 by flotsky

This amused me, thieves stole GPS units. Guess how they were tracked down… Three men are arrested for allegedly stealing global positioning systems mistaken for mobile phones.

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Make your firewall more secure – Lifehacker

Posted on January 23, 2007 by flotsky

Well worth a look to see if you’ve set up your firewall and security correctly for your home network. Is your firewall doing its job? Find out with ITSecurity’s guide to making your firewall (and, ultimately, your PC) more secure. … Continue reading →

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Keep up with online video at Vidmeter – Lifehacker

Posted on January 23, 2007 by flotsky

Vidmeter helps you keep track of the hottest videos out on the internet: Web site Vidmeter keeps a running tally on the latest, most popular videos from across the spectrum of social video sites. Vidmeter is similar to previously-mentioned Internet … Continue reading →

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Still not smoking

Posted on January 23, 2007 by flotsky

Still haven’t killed anyone. Not slept very well, I seem to get imaginary loops of code stuck in my head for hours. Better last night, still not good. However 3 and a bit days without smoking isn’t a bad start, … Continue reading →

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