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Monthly Archives: November 2005

Szklarska Poreba: call for submissions

Saturday, November 26, 2005

It’s that time of year again, when we take ourselves off to Poland to ski and discuss pragmasemantics. Apparently I’m programme chair again (don’t know me, confused about the name?), I suspect this is due to Reinhard reusing the email from last year’s workshop. “Relevance” is the new theme, but this shouldn’t put you off [...]

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RIP Arcadia

Friday, November 25, 2005

This is for the folks back home in Dunedin. I hear from Robert that the secondhand bookstore Arcadia is closing, due to increased rent costs. I lived for a year two blocks down from Arcadia and spent simply ridiculous amounts of money there. (That flat was also within spitting distance of a video rental place, [...]

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More bureaucratic brilliance

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Last week I thought that by next month my residence would be settled, and I could start drawing full pay. I should know by now not to be so optimistic. I’m putting the rest of this entry below the fold, because it’s basically just an extended gripe. The short version is, for even stupider reasons [...]

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WC strobe

Sunday, November 20, 2005

I promised geek revelry, and that’s what you’re getting. I came across this idea at Daan’s birthday party, and it deserves spreading to the other hemisphere. It’s very simple: put a strobe light in the WC, and turn off the ordinary light.

Why would you want to do such a thing? Blokes, try it and you’ll [...]

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My first legal mp3 purchase

Sunday, November 20, 2005

At the instigation of Robin, I just joined eMusic. Grabbed an old Tom Waits album (Mule Variations), which I’m enjoying very much. I imagine this technology could be addictive… So if anyone is looking at eMusic, drop me a line for a referral link. I also signed up with Last.fm, if you’re using it drop [...]

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I’m a terrible tour guide

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

I’ve just spent a weekend playing host to a couple of old friends from Dunedin, NZ. I’ve also had a busy fortnight, hence the paucity of postings. There’s a bit of geek revelry in the pipeline, but first I’ve got yet another “I got horribly lost and walked for hours” story. In this one, I [...]

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