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So last night I upgraded iTunes to v. 7.3 (the iPhone update). Why I did that, is totally beyond me (I'm very happy with my Windows Mobile thank you very much).
Anyway, I thought, new version, always good practice to update… Although, working in software product development myself, I should have known that sometimes it is [...]

Characterized by gusts of wind. Informal. Marked by commotion or disturbance.

Yesterday at work I overheard a colleague speaking on the phone about his recent trip to Italy:

Yes, we were in Bologna. How bizarre, you know, people, when they give you change, they don't touch you!

And I knew exactly what he meant. Every business establishment (at least in Northern Italy, not entirely sure about other places) [...]

A woman member of the orgiastic cult of Dionysus. A frenzied woman.

Amazon.co.uk have just sent me this email:
Dear Amazon.co.uk Customer,
As you've recently bought or browsed dance or electronica CDs, we thought we'd let you know about our new releases and bargains. Visit our music store to find out more.

And this is how I found out that both Cross (Justice) and Attack Decay Sustain Release (Simian [...]

A cloth wound around the head, framing the face (nuns). A fold or pleat in cloth. A ripple, as on the surface of water. A curve or bend.

I have mentioned a while back that my taste in music has recently shifted towards a harder sound and darker beats.
After three or four months where I trampled all over my candyfloss pop past and listened day and night to screeching and wailing exclusively, things are a bit more moderate now. Just as well, as [...]

In a call center, the practice of letting agents view the incoming call queue and choose their next call based on personal preferences.

A person who is not very bright.

The BBC News website has recently introduced a new section entitled 'Also in the news…' where odd, weird and bizarre items from across the website are displayed together.
I found out the hard way, because Also in the news has replaced Entertainment as the last section in the BBC News website left hand side navigation (which [...]

In or into a high place; high or higher up.

(Spam PING) A ping from a spam blog (splog) to a Web site indicating that there has been an update. However, since the ping is coming from a spam blog, the ping is phony.

If you want to set WordPress to display all posts for a given archive, you can type -1 in the options field instead of the maximum allowed figure. I found this in the instuctions for the excellent Custom Query String WordPress plugin (that lets you set a different maximum number of posts or days for [...]

(SPam bLOG) A blog site set up for the sole purpose of increasing page ranking in Google.

No biggie, I hear you say.
Oh yes biggie, big biggie instead. It was perhaps the first time as far as memory goes, and if you think we've known each other for a little over forty hears now, it's a shame. We just don't do feelings too well in our family.
My mother recently spent three weeks [...]

I have been exchanging emails with Dr B.'s brother, who is into his third month since stopping smoking, and only a few weeks since giving up nicotine patches.
He has been having dreams about smoking and I told him I used to have them all the time too when I stopped over four years ago. He [...]

A short close-fitting coat; a coat with short flaps.

To separate or detach.

On the way home tonight (two tubes, one person under a train, a bus and a short walk) I clicked on a URL in an email on my phone to read a friend's message on Facebook, and the T-Mobile nanny informed me that
Content Lock has barred this service because this site is rated 18. [...]

A word used by the schoolteacher in an episode of The Simpsons, in which she defended one made-up word by making up another: "It's a perfectly cromulent word."

I recently read somewhere that in 10 years time multitasking will not be considered a quality any longer.
Over the weekend, I saw all the people (including myself) at Hack Day listening to presentation, developing their own hacks at the same time, IMing people, twittering, checking email, taking photos, uploading photos, tagging photos, searching for similarly [...]

Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor is a new comedy show on BBC Three. Very funny - and at last a sketch show that does not rely almost exclusively on catchphrases (remember Little Miss Jocelyn? 'It's going to take a looong time').
Best bit in episode 1: Cash Cow, the late-night quiz show.
Best bit in episode 2 [...]

A hole that is drilled into the earth, as in exploratory well drilling or in building construction.

Head's a bit fried from all I saw. Limbs ever so slighly numb from the walking about helping out. More info as I get a couple of brain cells to interact.
Just a few links for now - got to rush to work:

Official Hack Day blog
Hack Day London unofficial Wiki
hackdaylondon tag on del.icio.us
My Hack Day London [...]

Fully informed; conscious. Aware.

Going a bit mad, removing all colours and images and fancy things from bitful.com.
So here are the former bells and whistles recorded for posterity.
Just in case they are missed.

You know those times when you look around you, and there's stuff everywhere (mostly tat), and you go Right, where's the bin?
You know those times when you take one last look at yourself before going out, and you realise you have caked on the sluttiest makeup you could find, and you try and blend it [...]

To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs. To move quickly on foot.

The default WordPress search widget used with the default WordPress Kubrick theme displays the Search button on a new line. I don't like that.
I spent a fair amount of time looking for a fix, then looked into it myself and found that:

you need to remove the return 'br' tag in wp-includes\widgets.php (line 411 in WordPress [...]

It is getting harder and harder to transfer your credit card balance from bank to bank to take advantage of their interest-free joining periods. First, transfer fees were introduced. Now Lloyds applies a Minimum spend of £100 in the first 3 months.
If you copy some text in the clipboard, then Ctrl-V it when you are [...]