Author: John

The Dam Busters

Well, our local soulless multiplex is doing a retro season at the moment and took it upon themselves to screen a newly restored version of The Dam Busters. As this happens to be one of my all-time favourite movies, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go and see it on a big screen, and

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Port Forwarding FTL

OK, so we had a bit of a situation. We have a full rack of co-located production equipment, running a critical web application which can’t go down. The trouble is, the router and firewall belong to someone else and it’s getting turned off at the end of the week. Not a problem, you cry, just

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Back at work

Imagine my surprise to discover I’ve not come back to any kind of drama or bloodletting at all! The server-migration deadline I thought was on the 15th isn’t actually until the 18th, which is TONS of time, so hooray me! The downside (there’s always one) is that I’m currently installing a Red Hat Enterprise box

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Glencoe

I really can’t describe the majesty and peacefulness of Glencoe. Pictures don’t seem to work either. But I’ve taken some pictures anyway. We only got to see a tiny part of the Glen this year, but we’ll be travelling a bit more extensively next year. Here’s some pics.

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Holidays!

Well, my mate Martin told me about this concept where you go and live somewhere else for a while and then come back, but without shipping all your belongings along with you. It’s called “Holiday”. Well, that’s where we’re going tomorrow! So, we’re packing up our tent and barbeque and heading off for the wilds

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (No Spoilers)

Well, that’s that then! It has been a wonderful journey since 1997, with each subsequent release generating more excitement than the last, but it’s over now. Everything is tied up and explained. There’s room for, if not a sequel, a continuation. Let’s face it, with the richness of the world Ms Rowling has created, it

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Outlaw (2007)

I think I must be getting old. This is a bleak, humourless and generally unpleasant movie with no redeeming features whatsoever. Which surprised me a lot, given the fantastic cast. Essentially, it’s the story of a group of harrassed, bullied and generally timid guys who fall in with a court-martialled ex-squaddie freshly back from Iraq

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BBC NEWS | Politics | Russia expels four UK diplomats

This is beginning to get a little scary. Britain has expelled four Russian diplomats. Now Russia has expelled four British diplomats. That’s how it begins! But before long, there’s NIPPING! and SLAPPING! and CHINESE BURNS! BBC NEWS | Politics | Russia expels four UK diplomats

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