Monthly Archives: November 2005

Psion Series 7 featured in PC Plus (Nov 2005)

Posted on Wednesday 30th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

The Psion Series 7 as featured in PC Plus magazine, November 2005. The Good News: The Psion Series 7 appeared in this month’s PC Plus magazine. The Bad News: It was in an article entitled “Tech Misses”. It came in … Continue reading →

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The answers appeared obvious to me

Posted on Wednesday 30th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

On the left the Prima Official Star Wars Battlefront II Game Guide, on the right Simple Solution Cat Stain and Odor Remover. After I took five boxes of rubbish to the recycling centre at our local Tesco, I popped next … Continue reading →

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Firefox 1.5 Final now released

Posted on Wednesday 30th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

Great news! Firefox 1.5 has been released today. Head over to www.getfirefox.com to download it (5.0 MB). Seemingly (according to my lovely, getting-geekier-every-day friend James Frost) Firefox 1.5 is exactly the same as Firefox 1.5 RC3, which means that they … Continue reading →

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St Andrew’s Day

Posted on Wednesday 30th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

The Scottish flag: a blue field with a white saltire. (Artwork by Gareth J M Saunders.) Today is the feast of St Andrew, apostle and Patron Saint of Scotland (and Russia and Romania). The special ‘collect’ prayer for today: Almighty … Continue reading →

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Not everything in black and white makes sense!

Posted on Wednesday 30th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

Pile of patchwork quilts, in black and white. (Photograph from iStockPhoto.) A couple of days ago someone got all politically correct on me while I was talking about ‘coloureds’. Walking in on the end of my conversation he pulled me … Continue reading →

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Canons to the left of me, Canons to the right …!

Posted on Tuesday 29th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

I don’t think I ever want to see this screenshot ever again! I’ve now lost track of how many hours I’ve been bookmarking this flippin’ PDF of the Code of Canons (see yesterday’s blog for details), but it must be … Continue reading →

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Bikes for asthmatics?

Posted on Tuesday 29th November, 2005 by Gareth J M Saunders

Sign spotted at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh This afternoon Jane and I had an appointment at the Human Genetics Department at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. Now that we’re on the IVF waiting list, and given that I have … Continue reading →

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