Monthly Archives: August 2006

Curry should get the baby moving

Clare and I separately decided that a nice spicy curry tonight should get that baby out. Personally I don’t think me eating a chicken chilli curry is going to help a great deal, but you know, when times are tough you have to pitch in and help.

I’m doing my bit :)

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..and then it stops

This could get fun.. :)

It’s here, no it’s not, yes it its.. :)

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The new baby

Clare just came downstairs and said “I think the baby is coming”.

Time to get some rest until it’s really here!

Watch this space.

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Subtle Advocacy Works

I agree Jen, subtle advocacy can work. I have been banging on about Linux here at work for the last 4 months. This week however I just brought some Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Open CDs into work and left them in my in tray. 4 of them have already gone with little effort on my part.

Then there’s my password change policy. When someone asks for a password to be reset on a system I look after, I change it to “Ubuntu” followed by a number. They ask how to spell it, I hand them an Ubuntu CD. Easy.

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Must.. resist.. wikipedia…

I was browsing a friends website when I noticed an odd phrase in one of his blog posts. He said that the popular “social bookmarking” site digg.com had “Jumped the shark”.

I was puzzled by this phrase. It sounded like the kind of management speak or phrase that would win points in game of bullshit bingo. Wikipedia to the rescue though with a page all about the phrase Jumped the shark. That’s all well and good, now I know the meaning of the phrase, and realise it’s not salesman doubletalk I may even use it myself.

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