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'not impressed' [1]: acvh [2] - '... The games available at release and soon
after do not look very interesting ...'

good guys
for the year and a bit I've been able to regularly catch up with an old show that I hadn't watched for some 20yrs. every friday afternoon, 1400 I could watch, pretty much add free on Channel 31 (which transmits from deep within the bowels of story hall). At the time

goon discussed at joel on software ~ social interface design forum

Pub interaction model

goon in response to #10094868

'... wouldn't you agree Linus got a measly sum compared to Steve Jobs ...'

reading from the readme with the download you can see it's pretty bare.

...It's not enough for journalists to be mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the messages and the myths that surround it ... john pilger

• Rather than just add links, topics and code without focus. This year I've decided to delve deeper into a particular areas of interest. I tend to post most stuff at slashdot sometimes at my use.perl.com site for perl stuff and occasionally my home page. This year I want to do much the same but filter the topics intelligently depending on the audience.

• • At the time I was working with a bunch of psychopaths - running around in boiler suits, heavy boots and lugging 50Kg loads in dangerous environments. Taking orders off idiots, having to ask permission to take a drink - but not doing what you are probably thinking. Certainly not enjoying the experience. I had to get out. I was hungry for something and somewhere else to work :)

doc->pdf cont.

looks like I have found a possible quicker path to get word docs to pdf. (wonder if it can handle complex tables and embedded images?).

the problem

• but the current Word doc (the catalogue) has tables, graphics and was 'built' with Word templates, so I have no idea how ell it would all convert.

update: 13JAN2003 Andy Lester (oreillynet) writes ... I never met him, or even spoke to him except through email and IRC, but I feel like he was a friend. He was always willing to help out when possible, and at least discuss an idea when not.

perlmonks today -

Iain Campbell Truskett ("Spoon"/"Koschei") RIP 2003-12-29

sweltering in 39+ degree C (100F+) melbourne day

enjoing not having to go back to RCH with the young bloke

should rtfm the /. faq pages before I post.

reading rdf stuff at xmlhack

downloading Kings Quest for the young bloke and playing Hogs of War.

update: 07DEC2003 - did not take too long. Check out SSC vs LinuxGazette.net Continued. Look out for ricks comments.