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1232 comments have been left on this site, with the most recent having been posted on Tuesday 6 January 2009, 2:46 AM by Noelia

03.06.2003 - Tuesday 3 June 2003

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 4 June 2003, 1:42 PM

  I’ve now added a comments system to the journal. It’s still under construction, probably buggy and may do weird things! But feel free to try it out :-)

Comment by alexdlm – Wednesday 4 June 2003, 1:56 PM

  Internet Explorer sucks in general.

Comment by io – Wednesday 4 June 2003, 1:59 PM

  You can tell that I'm either bored or stupid when I cross post about how bored I am. That live spamcounter ["You may leave a short comment, not longer than x characters. (x)"] is pretty cool.

Comment by alexdlm – Wednesday 4 June 2003, 2:01 PM

  /kick io Damn.

Comment by io – Wednesday 4 June 2003, 11:06 PM

  do ya rekkon he'd mine at all if we just used this page for all our irc needs????????//?? :D

26.11.2000 - Sunday 26 November 2000

Comment by Ned – Thursday 5 June 2003, 8:06 AM

  The way it’s going now, it looks like I might never get the time to finish this.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 14 December 2003, 4:35 PM

  Finished :-)

05.06.2003 - Thursday 5 June 2003

Comment by Helen – Thursday 5 June 2003, 8:46 AM

  Hey,Ican'tputspacesintoyourcomments,Ned

Comment by Helen – Thursday 5 June 2003, 8:48 AM

  actually, looks like a bug in Syndirella. Works fine in IE. :)

Comment by Ned – Thursday 5 June 2003, 12:26 PM

  Hi, I'm using Syndirella here...

Comment by Ned – Thursday 5 June 2003, 10:52 PM

  Here I am at uni, just about to go to my Math lecture. I need to get remote blogging set up so I can enter journal entries rather than just commments. Five minutes to lecture time, I guess I better go...

06.06.2003 - Friday 6 June 2003

Comment by BITS – Saturday 7 June 2003, 2:15 PM

  And you suck cos you didn't go to the bits events.

08.06.2003 - Sunday 8 June 2003

Comment by lulu – Monday 9 June 2003, 5:07 PM

  This has to be my favorite of all your journal entries. I had a good laugh over the ticket collectors! lol I am not through laughing yet.

14.06.2003 - Saturday 14 June 2003

Comment by azure – Saturday 14 June 2003, 5:14 PM

  mmm 7.6c, aka 280.76K. mmmm absolute zero.

Comment by io – Saturday 14 June 2003, 5:32 PM

  Temp at 03:30 - 7.4°C

Comment by io – Saturday 14 June 2003, 5:45 PM

  Temp at 03:30 - 8.0°C. I should sleep.

Comment by io – Saturday 14 June 2003, 5:46 PM

  oops, I think the first "03:30" was supposed to be a 03:00.

Comment by Ned – Saturday 14 June 2003, 5:58 PM

  Sleep is for the intelligent.

15.06.2003 - Sunday 15 June 2003

Comment by io – Monday 16 June 2003, 2:43 PM

  mmmmm. Jaffles.

Comment by Ned – Monday 16 June 2003, 4:01 PM

  Oh... Now I get it... Waffle... Jaffle... Ha ha ha. Very funny :-) I think I’m not so good at thinking this time (2 AM) of night. Speaking of time, I’m off to bed.

20.06.2003 - Friday 20 June 2003

Comment by Sam – Saturday 21 June 2003, 3:16 PM

  So what happened to the softdrink bottle?

Comment by Ned – Saturday 21 June 2003, 3:20 PM

  It achieved a velocity great enough to overcome gravity for several metres, losing this only after colliding with the ground outside a train station that will remain unnamed because I can’t remember the name...

Comment by Tim – Monday 23 June 2003, 6:41 AM

  Wow, I didnt know the 1st year IT student union kicked kevins ass LOL. Sorry I missed it.

Comment by Your mum – Thursday 26 June 2003, 11:59 PM

  ure such a geeben

Comment by eddie (adelaide) – Saturday 28 June 2003, 1:55 PM

  you have a wicked life man, what colour is your wee? when you cut your toenails do you do right foot or left foot first? have you ever seen a turle? you should include interesting stuff like that on your site

Comment by Bon – Tuesday 16 September 2003, 3:22 PM

  Ah, I never knew other students at UQ had such interesting lives... either that or I just don't catch the train often enough ^^'' Pity I wasn't around to see you take on the authority *grin*

Comment by Filthy – Monday 31 May 2004, 1:23 AM

  Did you drink the wee? At least it was fresh.

Comment by sesso – Wednesday 20 December 2006, 6:24 AM

  Soddisfare emozionante. Siete buoni a fotoricettore-progettate!

21.06.2003 - Saturday 21 June 2003

Comment by Michelle – Tuesday 24 June 2003, 2:26 AM

  Singaporean noodles.... Yum.

25.06.2003 - Wednesday 25 June 2003

Comment by matt – Thursday 26 June 2003, 5:50 AM

  good luck with your comp1501 exam

Comment by Ned – Thursday 26 June 2003, 12:38 PM

  Thanks, I’ll probably need it :-) It’s hard to know what to expect from a course like that.

26.06.2003 - Thursday 26 June 2003

Comment by Michelle – Friday 27 June 2003, 12:21 AM

  Ned, you may be a nerd, but I still think you're cute. Riggers is right, though, that you do need to get our more. And get laid.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 29 June 2003, 4:40 PM

  Holidays... and back to the jungle soon. What does a nerd do in a jungle? *tarzan_noise.wav* :-)

Comment by DM – Tuesday 1 July 2003, 7:25 AM

  You're right about Mike Pemberton's office being a mess. I had to go up there one day to get an assignment sheet, and I couldn't believe the piles of stacked books, papers and all sorts of other miscellaneous crap in there. Very impressive, from a "fit as much stuff as possible into a limited space" perspective.

27.06.2003 - Friday 27 June 2003

Comment by Sam – Wednesday 2 July 2003, 3:19 PM

  I offered to help with your study - you declined. Tough cookies for you ;)

29.06.2003 - Sunday 29 June 2003

Comment by Sam – Wednesday 2 July 2003, 3:24 PM

  How's the jungle, Tarzan?

Comment by Ned – Thursday 3 July 2003, 12:25 PM

  Grunt grunt.

05.07.2003 - Saturday 5 July 2003

Comment by DK – Saturday 5 July 2003, 11:03 AM

  Congrats with the exam results!

Comment by Ned – Saturday 5 July 2003, 1:02 PM

  Thanks :-)

Comment by krait – Saturday 5 July 2003, 2:52 PM

  Congratulations on the results. I knew you would do well. Keep up the good work, mate!

Comment by lulu – Saturday 5 July 2003, 6:52 PM

  Congratulations, Ned!!!!! Wowwww I told you would do it. I can't wait to see next terms. :)

Comment by Ned – Sunday 6 July 2003, 3:41 AM

  Thanks :-) I am scared of next term.

Comment by Michelle – Sunday 6 July 2003, 9:36 PM

  Hey, congratulations on the marks. You passed everything. How long are you home for?

Comment by Elvis – Monday 7 July 2003, 2:51 AM

  well done, remember, you only a squillion more exams to go, so concentrate on having fun.

Comment by Ned – Monday 7 July 2003, 2:05 PM

  Thanks :-) I am home for a few weeks and I’d rather not think of any further exams while I’m here.

29.10.2002 - Tuesday 29 October 2002

Comment by Ned – Sunday 6 July 2003, 12:06 PM

  The official sceptic’s story: Satellites roll and catch the sun, especially if they’re near the horizon (which this wasn’t). I can’t imagine a flash of reflected sunlight from a satellite being as bright as this, but who knows?

Comment by io – Tuesday 9 September 2003, 9:56 PM

  You should have phoned the power company. If it wasn't isolated, they would probably already have a pre recorded message telling you that areas "x" having a power outage. If not, then meh.. Power companies should provide a reliable supply and if they don't, you have the right to know. A flash or reflected sunlight can be very bright.. The possibility exists that it may have been an Iridium flare [which are known to be quite bright]. What was the size of the UFO?

09.07.2003 - Wednesday 9 July 2003

Comment by io – Thursday 10 July 2003, 2:01 PM

  I'm jealous about your $146 ticket.. It costed $259 for me on that raunchy red 737 with 3-3 seating to fly Brisbane to Cairns ONE WAY!!

10.07.2003 - Thursday 10 July 2003

Comment by DK – Thursday 10 July 2003, 8:35 PM

  Is it a good idea to admit you "copy" DVDs on the web?

Comment by Ned – Friday 11 July 2003, 4:18 AM

  I should perhaps clarify the term “copy” in this context. A temporary image of the movie contained on the DVD is created on my computer. I then watch the DVD from this image, which is deleted after viewing. It should be thought of as temporarily “caching” the entire DVD for playback. On this computer, this provides a much smoother playback experience and avoids the problems caused by scratched discs during playback. At no point do I copy or duplicate, edit, broadcast, exchange, hire or lend the movie or the disc upon which it is contained.

20.07.2003 - Sunday 20 July 2003

Comment by lulu – Sunday 20 July 2003, 7:55 PM

  It's called the Faulkner Syndrome and is caused from suppressed poet inclinations. Don't worry; it isn't bad or contagious. Oh, and they give prizes for it.

24.07.2003 - Thursday 24 July 2003

Comment by Helen – Friday 25 July 2003, 12:00 PM

  Your mum sounds really nice :)

28.07.2003 - Monday 28 July 2003

Comment by Helen – Thursday 31 July 2003, 10:57 AM

  Do you call your IRC friends by their chat names even IRL? :)

Comment by Ned – Thursday 31 July 2003, 3:12 PM

  Sometimes, particularly when I can’t remember their real names, but generally when I think of them as that name - which usually happens when I know them better, or have known them first, from IRC.

30.07.2003 - Wednesday 30 July 2003

Comment by Ned – Friday 1 August 2003, 10:12 AM

  Testing the comments after changing a few $_SERVER[] variables to fix a change in my webhost.

01.08.2003 - Friday 1 August 2003

Comment by Ned – Saturday 2 August 2003, 5:06 AM

  Just checking out my site with Lynx, so far so good :-)

Comment by DM – Tuesday 5 August 2003, 1:27 PM

  I'm assuming you got your curry from Khan's Kitchen? When I eat there (that is, whenever I'm hungry and happen to be at Indooroopilly), I go for the dhal and chickpea curry. Makes for a good meal, I find.

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 6 August 2003, 5:08 AM

  Yep, Khan’s Kitchen it is. I think it’s a good, cheap, and yummy meal although some people have informed me they feel sick after seeing it – but they were eating Hungry Jack’s burgers so I think I can safely discount their eating experience :-)

Comment by DK – Wednesday 6 August 2003, 10:36 AM

  It looks like what I would expect a dhal and chickpea curry to look ;-)

03.08.2003 - Sunday 3 August 2003

Comment by DK – Sunday 3 August 2003, 7:22 PM

  Glad to hear you have not exploded, yet! ;-)

04.08.2003 - Monday 4 August 2003

Comment by io – Monday 4 August 2003, 4:44 PM

  PMSL AT SINGLE SENTENCE PARAGRAPH!!! :-D What happened to your commas?

05.08.2003 - Tuesday 5 August 2003

Comment by DK – Tuesday 5 August 2003, 7:02 PM

  Hope you are OK :-S How does one know which bits are made up? :-p

Comment by Michelle – Tuesday 5 August 2003, 8:00 PM

  Don't you just love political agendas?

Comment by krait – Wednesday 6 August 2003, 3:07 AM

  In addition to all that, you *really* need to figure out how to get paragraph tags to work on your web page. My eyes officially hurt after reading that huge paragraph. Do it. Do it now. Or the cute bunny gets it.

Comment by bv – Wednesday 6 August 2003, 3:09 AM

  Why do you hate plants so much?

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 6 August 2003, 5:29 AM

  Ok, I’ve put a few paragraphs in. I think that when I write things late at night, for some reason, I tend to be slightly less coherent than at other times. I guess it has something to do with moonshine – that being the only difference I can think of between night and day. And bv: you’d hate plants too, if they tried to kill you all the time.

08.08.2003 - Friday 8 August 2003

Comment by io – Saturday 9 August 2003, 6:16 PM

  Um.. Are you kidding like you often usually do? Cause this sounds quite awful if true. Seen a doc yet? If above applies, then get well soon. ;-)

Comment by Ned – Sunday 10 August 2003, 1:42 PM

  Unfortunately, it’s true...

11.08.2003 - Monday 11 August 2003

Comment by Ned – Monday 11 August 2003, 2:38 PM

  I added email and website fields to my comments form to allow people to let me know who they are, should they wish too. At the moment, the email verification is beyond buggy, but I have to get to bed and can’t work on it now.

Comment by io – Monday 11 August 2003, 5:32 PM

  Testing. Yep, debug error pops up when clicking comment box and website box. But get well soon first. ;-) error log: Also, won't accept my email addy in email field.

Comment by io – Monday 11 August 2003, 5:36 PM

  PRIORITY: I hope you haven't implemented this site-wide without testing! :-) Cause people won't be able to leave comments if you have.. Without difficulty anyway. btw, the email addies I've entered are fake.

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 12 August 2003, 12:42 AM

  Why? What’s wrong with it?

12.08.2003 - Tuesday 12 August 2003

Comment by DK – Tuesday 12 August 2003, 9:31 PM

  Try lancing it with a clean sharp object such as a sterile needle or the end of a sharp knife sterilised by heat :)

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 13 August 2003, 3:45 AM

  That sounds like torture :-(

16.08.2003 - Saturday 16 August 2003

Comment by Redbeard – Sunday 17 August 2003, 10:36 AM

  Hi Ned, I'm reading this site on an iBook running Mac OS X. I am using a two button scroll wheel mouse that cost me about thirty bucks and works just like one in Windows. But the reason I use a Mac is that it's easy to use. Instead of mucking about recompiling your kernel (Linux) or fighting the millions of virii around (Windows) I can get down to what I want to do (programming, maths etc). So in the end Mac OS X gives you most of the power of Linux with none of the frustration

Comment by Ned – Monday 18 August 2003, 1:45 PM

  Argh! :-)

17.08.2003 - Sunday 17 August 2003

Comment by DK – Monday 18 August 2003, 9:43 PM

  So what do you think of the New MINIs? :-D I have not seen the film, just don't fancy it :-)

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 19 August 2003, 12:47 AM

  Hehe, they did the job, weird looking cars though, I'd rather a Lamborghini myself, but that’s just me.

Comment by DK – Tuesday 19 August 2003, 8:04 PM

  Weird car for a weird person, perfect! :-D

19.08.2003 - Tuesday 19 August 2003

Comment by bv – Tuesday 19 August 2003, 2:23 PM

  TELL US MORE ABOUT THE GRAPH BOOK

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 19 August 2003, 2:39 PM

  It’s made from squashed trees, and contains carcinogenic green for the lines, as well as carcinogenic white for the parts that aren’t lines, and it has a wiggle-wire up the top that alternatively goes in and out of holes in the paper, effectively binding it together to qualify for the required “bound” attribute so I can take it into my exam, and it has enough holes punched down the side so that I can put it into standard A4 ring binders in both the right and two wrong positions. I bought it from the newsagent near the crazy writer’s coffee shop where the POD is, and I think it cost $3.10 including GST. There were alternative versions available for less at the Union bookshop, but they had doubtful binding, which could have contained elephant’s spittle for all I know, so I couldn’t buy them.

Comment by Sara – Saturday 6 December 2008, 5:11 PM

  I am agree

21.08.2003 - Thursday 21 August 2003

Comment by DM – Thursday 21 August 2003, 10:42 AM

  Ah yeah, the class test on Monday. I guess I really should look at the practice test sometime before then. Hope the antibiotics work.

Comment by Ned – Thursday 21 August 2003, 3:14 PM

  Me too.

Comment by DK – Thursday 21 August 2003, 8:55 PM

  I do not believe it would be possible for drugs to have no side effects. There needs to be a balance of risk/benefit to the person taking the medications. The idea of patient information leaflet is to provide the user as much information as possible up front, so that one can recognise side effects if and when they develope, and act accordingly. The chances of developing one or more of the serious side effects are very rare, otherwise the medication will not be approved for sale to the public in the first place.

Comment by Ned – Friday 22 August 2003, 4:01 AM

  Ah, like DDT. No wait, that wasn’t a medicine, was it?

Comment by DK – Sunday 24 August 2003, 5:47 PM

  AFAIK, DDT has been (and still is in some countries) used in topical applications to deter insects from biting you. Not 100% certain though :-p

Comment by pat – Tuesday 31 August 2004, 1:06 AM

  Edited: Offensive
  Rough Translation: “Dear Sir or Madam, you appear to have genitalia on your head. Have you considered immigrating to Iraq?”
  
  

Comment by strange – Sunday 19 September 2004, 5:43 AM

  You are a very wierd person with 2 much time on your hands

28.08.2002 - Wednesday 28 August 2002

Comment by Ned – Saturday 23 August 2003, 5:17 PM

  Anyone using an older browser, such as Internet Explorer 6, may notice that some characters aren’t displaying correctly. They’re subscript numbers, and it seems Internet Explorer, for one, doesn’t have them in it’s character set. Mozilla does, so if you’re concerned, go check it in that.

24.08.2003 - Sunday 24 August 2003

Comment by Michelle – Monday 25 August 2003, 2:58 AM

  How is your finger doing? Any chance of us seeing a picture of it? I love pus.

Comment by Ned – Monday 25 August 2003, 8:39 AM

  There are some similar, although not quite as bad, pictures over here: http://public.the-i.org/spider-bite.html

Comment by DK – Monday 25 August 2003, 10:13 AM

  Not falling for that one again :-p Hope you'll get better soon ;-)

Comment by io – Monday 25 August 2003, 6:25 PM

  "I’m not much of a fan of piano, ding, ding, ding - they’re too basic." WhoooOA! That's it. I'm going to find out where you live!

25.08.2003 - Monday 25 August 2003

Comment by lulu – Monday 25 August 2003, 11:05 PM

  Congratulations, thei! You at least attended and passed. Plus remind everyone about your flu and sore finger. :)

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 26 August 2003, 12:17 AM

  Thanks, I got above average :)

Comment by Monte – Thursday 12 August 2004, 4:05 AM

  Congrads, enjoyed your site, keep up the success.
  
  Cheers M.

Comment by Ned – Thursday 12 August 2004, 4:14 PM

  Thank you! I am trying to.

Comment by sandra – Sunday 4 January 2009, 6:00 AM

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26.08.2003 - Tuesday 26 August 2003

Comment by Michelle – Thursday 28 August 2003, 1:27 AM

  If the finger doesn't look 100%, go back to the doctor. Don't mess around with it. Just don't let it look like that spider bite. Gahhhh!!! Was that your thumb, Ned?

Comment by Ned – Thursday 28 August 2003, 3:27 AM

  If you mean, was the spider bite my thumb, then I don’t think it was. If you mean, was the sexy the-i thumb over at his site, the-i.org, mine, then yes it was. In fact, it still is. As for the doctor, I shall wait a while and see. The skin is falling off, dead, as I type this.

28.08.2003 - Thursday 28 August 2003

Comment by Michelle – Friday 29 August 2003, 1:53 AM

  For those of us who are non-Aussies (oh, the shame!!) what are scratchies? Do you mean just generic junk food/snack food, or are you referring to something else? BTW, here in North America, Patagonian toothfish is also known as Chilean sea bass, and is quite a delicacy. I never knew it was endangered and that Australia protected their resources so vigorously. Is 4000 KM away from the coast still considered Australian territorial waters?

Comment by Ned – Friday 29 August 2003, 3:28 AM

  “Scratchies” are a form of lotto gambling where you scratch off a panel or panels revealing something underneath. They’re generally formulated as some type of themed game, crossword of similar, and you usually win by displaying three of a kind, more than a specified amount of words and things like that. Australia, in case you weren’t aware, is the best country in the world, and, as you can see, fishing in our waters isn’t recommended :-) It was 4000 km’s from the mainland, but Australia claims most of Antarctica, and some small Antarctic islands – which is where the boat was spotted. We also have some of the strictest – some say draconian, immigration laws in the world, which a majority of Australian’s appear to support.

31.08.2003 - Sunday 31 August 2003

Comment by AnonymousFool – Monday 1 September 2003, 6:07 AM

  I do believe you mean "cliché" as opposed to "clique". "Clique" is defined as: A small exclusive group of friends or associates; whereas "cliché" is defined as:A trite or overused expression or idea. Enjoy. ;)

Comment by Ned – Monday 1 September 2003, 9:15 AM

  Yes, you could be right. There’s a very good chance I did mean “cliché” rather than “clique”. I shall blame Word until I think of a better excuse or gather the courage to admit I made a mistake (which is highly doubtful, of course). I have replaced all instances of “clique” with “cliché”, so there’s probably somewhere with “cliché” that should be “clique” now, although seeing as I’ve never heard of “clique” before, there probably isn’t.

Comment by Clint Felmingham – Monday 1 September 2003, 10:46 AM

  Blatant attempt to increase google pagerank. I have no shame ;p.

Comment by Ned – Monday 1 September 2003, 4:19 PM

  That’s shameful :-)

Comment by anon – Saturday 23 June 2007, 3:59 AM

  It could be the fact that alot of food at cfs owned shopping centres contains ghb. the customers could be addicted to this and not the food!

06.09.2003 - Saturday 6 September 2003

Comment by DM – Sunday 7 September 2003, 12:19 PM

  I had been wanting to go along to the Planetarium last night, but my hopes relied on my brother also going along (he could give me a lift there). In the end, he decided that he had too much uniwork to do, and by the time he told me this, it was too late to organise alternative transport. Ah well, can't always win.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 7 September 2003, 12:52 PM

  I saw martians!

10.09.2003 - Wednesday 10 September 2003

Comment by DK – Wednesday 10 September 2003, 10:08 AM

  Good luck - I am sure you'll be OK (re: uni work) ;)

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 10 September 2003, 3:15 PM

  Thanks. It looks like I might need it this semester. I’ve just discovered that one of my upcoming mid-semester exams is worth 30% of the course. That’s terrible.

11.09.2003 - Thursday 11 September 2003

Comment by DM – Friday 12 September 2003, 2:37 PM

  I heard about that train accident/delay from someone in my German class on Thursday morning. She arrived just in time to say hi to everyone as we were leaving the class. Also, congrats on the results of the VB project.

Comment by Ned – Saturday 13 September 2003, 3:43 AM

  Thanks :-)

Comment by io – Monday 15 September 2003, 1:35 AM

  "I’m not sure if it was a suicide or someone playing chicken".. lol that's a terrible uncertainty Ned! Oh well, lets just hope that he was playing chicken and it was all just an unfortunate and coincidental sequence of events.

12.09.2003 - Friday 12 September 2003

Comment by DK – Saturday 13 September 2003, 11:52 PM

  Good luck with playing stares ;-) and please look after and feed yourself :-)

16.09.2003 - Tuesday 16 September 2003

Comment by DK – Tuesday 16 September 2003, 8:56 PM

  Good on you to put yourself out to help a stranger! Hope you get good marks for your assignment :)

19.09.2003 - Friday 19 September 2003

Comment by Me Again – Friday 19 September 2003, 1:31 PM

  If you can't sleep properly, try some valerian - natural herb sleeping tablet. And stop being paranoid.

Comment by Ned – Friday 19 September 2003, 1:33 PM

  Yarr! (It’s international speak like a pirate day, and as I can’t speak any Asian languages, this is the next best)

Comment by DK – Friday 19 September 2003, 10:57 PM

  It is worth having your heart and lung seen to, ECG and lung function tests etc., as they can put your mind at ease one way or another. Opening up a body involves risks, likewise taking any medications that will alter your physiological state. Live a little, die young but happy, that's my motto. Hence I eat/drink/do whatever it takes my fancy! As the saying goes, life is too short ;-) And yes, Access sucks!

22.09.2003 - Monday 22 September 2003

Comment by DK – Wednesday 24 September 2003, 8:24 PM

  YUK!!! Fried rice with cheese!!! ;)

23.09.2003 - Tuesday 23 September 2003

Comment by DK – Wednesday 24 September 2003, 8:27 PM

  <--- hugs Ned (hope you are feeling better!) ;)

Comment by Ned – Thursday 25 September 2003, 4:08 PM

  Thanks. Unfortunately, though, I'm not feeling much better. This assignment is getting to me, as I don’t seem to be able to do it – along with it being hot and several other things.

06.10.2003 - Monday 6 October 2003

Comment by wagusa – Wednesday 8 October 2003, 5:30 AM

  Many of us in the US also want to get the US out of the UN. Perhaps we are too jingoistic, but IMHO we act slightly less out of self interest than others

08.10.2003 - Wednesday 8 October 2003

Comment by cf.com - news – Wednesday 8 October 2003, 7:04 AM

  I feel like SCO, you thief!

Comment by anonymous – Thursday 9 October 2003, 11:31 AM

  the red room does sell food. above average food (for uni students anyways) at reasonable prices. and you forgot the pizza cafe, and the sushi and noodle bars

Comment by bv – Friday 10 October 2003, 2:53 PM

  I only reviewed places i've been. The pizza cafe disturbs me because it's run by the union and hence all their pizzas are named after various pinko revolutionaries and I live at college so uncooked fish is pretty easy to come by.

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 14 October 2003, 5:16 PM

  I think they’re actually named after famous Italian actors.

14.10.2003 - Tuesday 14 October 2003

Comment by keight – Wednesday 15 October 2003, 6:14 AM

  OMG Ned, NO! Our new 2500 lecturer is... CRAP. his lectures are some of the most TEDIOUS I have ever sat through.. If you find them 'interesting', I'd hate to think what you find boring.

20.03.2001 - Tuesday 20 March 2001

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 15 October 2003, 12:44 PM

  I got an email – someone seems to have used some type of automated email search, found the email addresses in this entry, and sent a link-exchange request referencing this page. Apparently, my site was found to be compatible with a “Weapons related news, books and web resources” site. Thus, I have modified the addresses in this entry.

26.10.2003 - Sunday 26 October 2003

Comment by keight – Tuesday 28 October 2003, 11:52 AM

  the comp2500 java assignment is due on Sunday. you're saved.

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 28 October 2003, 4:39 PM

  Wow! That’s excellent! I now have a slight chance to get some stuff done. Thanks for letting me know ☺

Comment by keight – Wednesday 29 October 2003, 10:52 AM

  No problems. Just looking out for Neddy. We cant have you failing, now, can we?

Comment by Ned – Saturday 1 November 2003, 12:04 PM

  Thanks! I’m afraid I need more looking out for though, or I’m going to fail, or die trying :~(

Comment by keight – Saturday 1 November 2003, 4:17 PM

  What? You want the answer? :p

01.11.2003 - Saturday 1 November 2003

Comment by keight – Saturday 1 November 2003, 5:09 PM

  Hey ned, Whats your msn address?

Comment by Ned – Saturday 1 November 2003, 8:34 PM

  Hello, my MSN information is (or isn’t as the case may be) here: http://the-i.org/intouch_msn

Comment by DK – Saturday 1 November 2003, 11:07 PM

  Poor you :( Good luck with your course work! :)

Comment by keight – Sunday 2 November 2003, 1:35 AM

  I've mostly worked it out. MSN if you still nee help, and your awake before submisssion :p

Comment by bv – Monday 3 November 2003, 3:02 PM

  Dear Sir, I am writing this to express my interest in being considered for a position as a stalker in your cult/organisation. I have your house address, a street map and a butter knife previously used in animal sacrifice. I enclose further details of my application within. Regards, bv

Comment by Ned – Monday 3 November 2003, 6:16 PM

  Dear bv, We regret to inform you that we cannot accept you as a stalker, due to your hairstyle. Your butter knife, however, is urged to reapply on its own.

31.10.2003 - Friday 31 October 2003

Comment by bob – Tuesday 4 November 2003, 1:15 PM

  you forgot to mention the fact that you got 0wned on the way out of central station... my kung fu > your kung fu

10.11.2003 - Monday 10 November 2003

Comment by bob – Monday 10 November 2003, 9:47 PM

  0wned again, neddy!

11.11.2003 - Tuesday 11 November 2003

Comment by keight – Friday 14 November 2003, 3:10 AM

  WHERES THE UPDATES??

Comment by Ned – Friday 14 November 2003, 5:18 AM

  I had to go do some exam study with this funny guy… that took all day…

Comment by keight – Saturday 15 November 2003, 6:54 AM

  Yes, but that dosent take 4 days, does it

Comment by keight – Saturday 15 November 2003, 1:17 PM

  Lol.
  
  If I'd put $1 each way, on each of those horses, I would have been up $5.50.
  If I'd put $1 for a place, on each of those horses, I would have would have been up $14.50.
  
  =)

15.11.2003 - Saturday 15 November 2003

Comment by bv – Sunday 16 November 2003, 9:35 AM

  What brand were the cans of peeled tomatoes? Size? Tomato capacity? Amount of tomatoes on the label? Price velocity? What would the New Keynesian school have to say about them?
  
  I think macro study is getting to me...
  

Comment by Ned – Monday 17 November 2003, 12:59 AM

  That red and white brand, I forget the name.

Comment by ma – Monday 17 November 2003, 11:39 AM

  Beware the hot tomato my son

22.11.2003 - Saturday 22 November 2003

Comment by Ma – Sunday 23 November 2003, 12:43 PM

  Yes, but, have you eaten your greens?

Comment by DK – Monday 24 November 2003, 12:06 AM

  Wishing you a safe journey home ;-)

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 25 November 2003, 2:45 AM

  No, and thanks, in that order :-)

Comment by keight – Thursday 27 November 2003, 12:07 PM

  oi ned, wheres the damn updates!!

Comment by Ned – Friday 28 November 2003, 7:13 AM

  Hello, I've just gotten home right now, I'll try to upload my updates soon :-)

30.11.2003 - Sunday 30 November 2003

Comment by helen – Sunday 30 November 2003, 10:45 AM

  I would just like to say I'm jealous of your holidays. :) Hope you're enjoying them!

Comment by DK – Sunday 30 November 2003, 1:33 PM

  Ha! I knew you would do well in your exams, so congratulations on the good results. Treat yourself to something nice, and have a good holiday, and don't forget to sleep and eat from time to time. Be good, be prepared and be careful >:)

Comment by Ned – Sunday 30 November 2003, 1:38 PM

  Thanks. I always knew I was a genius, just too polite to say so ;-)

18.05.2003 - Sunday 18 May 2003

Comment by unknown – Wednesday 3 December 2003, 3:46 AM

  You should watch your language because kids ACTUALLY do go to this site in case you didn't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 3 December 2003, 4:58 AM

  ... What?

01.12.2003 - Monday 1 December 2003

Comment by DM – Wednesday 3 December 2003, 5:33 PM

  Your very own archnemesis, and you didn't even know about him. Nifty.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 7 December 2003, 12:03 AM

  I always wanted a pet arch-nemesis ;-)

03.12.2003 - Wednesday 3 December 2003

Comment by keight – Friday 5 December 2003, 4:54 AM

  Lol @ lazy day. Thats what you get in woop woop, when theres nothign to do :)

14.12.2003 - Sunday 14 December 2003

Comment by Ned – Sunday 14 December 2003, 5:18 PM

  These moths... argh... they are everywhere... and flying ants... argh!

19.12.2003 - Friday 19 December 2003

Comment by DM – Friday 19 December 2003, 3:15 PM

  My only suggestion for the computer problem is that I've heard that some recent motherboards have been having trouble implementing AGP 8x too well. I've got no idea if the computer's using that at all, but as the problems all seem to be graphical in nature (and the comp is resetting when displaying DVDs:- most DVD players write 'directly' to the video card, so it's something a bit out of the ordinary), it could be something worth checking out. If the computer's using 8x AGP currently, try forcing it down to 4x in the BIOS, or something like that.
  
  Also, I really enjoyed Lantana. Thought it was a great local (read: Aussie) film.

Comment by Ned – Saturday 20 December 2003, 3:56 AM

  Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve tried disabling AGP 8× support, but I’ve a feeling that it only applies to add-in AGP cards, not the onboard solution. Either way, it didn’t seem to make any difference. I saw Lantana a while back – when it was on at the cinemas I think, but I don’t fully remember it now. Mum hasn’t seen it though.

24.12.2003 - Wednesday 24 December 2003

Comment by DK – Wednesday 24 December 2003, 8:10 PM

  Happy Holiday and Happy Birthday! :D

Comment by Ned – Thursday 25 December 2003, 4:52 AM

  Thanks :-)

Comment by keight – Sunday 28 December 2003, 9:00 AM

  Put Mr. Sheen on your scratched dvds. Leave em for about an hour, and then wipe Mr. Sheen off with a tissue.
  
  Magic.

04.01.2004 - Sunday 4 January 2004

Comment by keight – Monday 5 January 2004, 12:52 PM

  you forgot to mention your awesome chat in hashmaths

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 6 January 2004, 3:36 AM

  Oh yes, I went to #maths, a channel on Austnet, and left in disgust after being informed that engineers are scientists, as part of an argument on why the Information Technology degree is somehow worse than any engineering degrees.

Comment by DM – Wednesday 7 January 2004, 3:34 PM

  Ah, I guess this linefeed stuff would explain that exclamation of yours I somehow recall seeing in #bits.
  
  I wonder if comments like them, too.

07.01.2004 - Wednesday 7 January 2004

Comment by DM – Wednesday 7 January 2004, 3:39 PM

  Funny. I was just musing today about what subjects I'd be doing next semester, too. Haven't come up with a good way to balance the engineering and the arts subjects, though, so I've decided to find out how to talk to an academic advisor. After all, it's their job to know this sort of stuff.

Comment by keight – Wednesday 7 January 2004, 5:15 PM

  Oh, and Ned forgot to mention that he enrolled in SPAN1010 -- Introductory Spanish A.
  
  :)

09.01.2004 - Friday 9 January 2004

Comment by keight – Friday 9 January 2004, 6:44 PM

  Did your money order arrive yet?

Comment by Ned – Friday 9 January 2004, 11:41 PM

  No, it hasn’t. I don’t know what’s up with it? :-(

Comment by keight – Sunday 11 January 2004, 12:58 PM

  Well, it is in the hands of Australia Post. God know.
  
  If it dosent arrive soon, I'll see if I cant cancel it.

15.01.2004 - Thursday 15 January 2004

Comment by Raina – Friday 16 January 2004, 12:21 AM

  Ok, where do I get MyIE2 ? And what functionality does it add apart from 'tabbed support' and mouse gestures? (I like the idea of tabs)
  

Comment by Ned – Friday 16 January 2004, 4:06 AM

  Their site at www.myie2.com sums it up nicely: “MyIE2 is the most powerful and fully customized browser on earth”. I agree, and I have used the majority of browsers currently available under Windows. It took me a while to get used to using it, now I couldn’t do without it – I have my own customised keyboard shortcuts, am used to using the tabs and drag and drop to open new windows, save pages, organise things. Oh and mouse gestures are excellent once you get used to them, I can’t do without them now... never again click a back button :-)

Comment by Ned – Friday 16 January 2004, 4:11 AM

  Oh, one other thing... don’t necessarily install all the crud that comes with it. It comes with all these bundled roboform auto password filler-outters and stuff. They’re probably really good for all I know, but if you don’t want that stuff – ensure you don’t select it when installing, not that it’s hard to uninstall again.

22.01.2004 - Thursday 22 January 2004

Comment by DK – Friday 30 January 2004, 11:04 PM

  Well done re: Commendation ;)

Comment by Ned – Sunday 1 February 2004, 3:20 PM

  Thanks :-)

04.02.2004 - Wednesday 4 February 2004

Comment by chrisj – Wednesday 4 February 2004, 11:36 AM

  MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE WORN LESS CLOTHING AND A LARGER WIG.
  AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH WIGGY WIGGY WIGGY WIGGY WIGGY.

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 4 February 2004, 12:34 PM

  I have always thought that sometimes when women wear less clothing, it solves problems, but that doesn’t apply to men. As for the wig, it’s an admirable idea, but I’ve no idea where I could buy one up here.

09.02.2004 - Monday 9 February 2004

Comment by Tjousk – Monday 9 February 2004, 5:17 AM

  Ooh, I can comment!
  not that I have anything useful to say...

10.02.2004 - Tuesday 10 February 2004

Comment by Lucas – Thursday 12 February 2004, 2:24 PM

  funny, i have a friend named fritz....

13.02.2004 - Friday 13 February 2004

Comment by DM – Monday 16 February 2004, 3:52 PM

  I guess this would be a good time to learn about some advanced search algorithms if you could be bothered. I was thinking about how to do something along similar lines today, as well (checking ip addresses visiting a site against a list of stored ips).

10.09.2002 - Tuesday 10 September 2002

Comment by Ned – Friday 20 February 2004, 2:06 PM

  I got an email today informing me that this entry was incorrect and requesting that someone’s name be removed, so I’ve now done that.
  

07.02.2004 - Saturday 7 February 2004

Comment by Soren – Tuesday 24 February 2004, 9:39 AM

  Hi
  This person keeps doing a port scan on my PC, very annoying.
  You talk about home Rule, is that the place near Gulgong?
  
  cheer

Comment by Judy – Monday 1 March 2004, 5:26 AM

  DEVNULL.megaprovider.nl [80.71.71.164] I keep getting this annoying message (very regularly)and decided to type it into Google. Yours was the only link that appeared. What one earth is this message all about? I am sure it not your "job" or even interest to answer this so please feel free to ignore and I won't feel at all rejected.

Comment by Dirk – Monday 1 March 2004, 3:35 PM

  Same here, Also got a dynamic IP¨but he keeps showing up. IP is 80.71.71.3 anyway of finding out who it is ?

Comment by Raul – Tuesday 2 March 2004, 3:22 AM

  You are all hack by devnull nederland power!!!!!!!!!! especially you dirk!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 2 March 2004, 9:46 AM

  I’m not “hacked”, but I am quite curious – especially as it has now happened from two computers across two totally different internet access accounts.
  And no, “Home Rule” is the name of a mine, or what used to be a mine, now a resort, in north Queensland.

Comment by Dirk – Tuesday 2 March 2004, 11:14 AM

  You mean "hacked" ?
  Strange... you have not showed up today :).

Comment by moses – Tuesday 9 March 2004, 8:49 AM

  ok me too just last night. i strayed over a couple of porn sites, and whether it was a co-incidence or not, now the bastards have messed up my internet explorer, cause i can't load google (neither www.google.com or www.google.com.au). This devnull.megaprovider.nl really wants to hook into my ports !!!
  btw - you can get around it temporarily by using the ip address of google, http://216.239.53.99 - has anyone worked out how to get rid of this nuisance
  and restore Iexplorer (for at least access google) ?

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 9 March 2004, 3:46 PM

  It’s highly unlikely being port scanned is going to affect your browser in any particularly long lasting way.

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 9 March 2004, 3:47 PM

  Try either Adaware or your favourite virus scanner, or preferably both.

27.09.2002 - Friday 27 September 2002

Comment by paul – Friday 27 February 2004, 5:46 PM

  Any sign of the legendary person Zanny Gognet at the festival?

24.02.2004 - Tuesday 24 February 2004

Comment by Matt – Tuesday 2 March 2004, 11:25 PM

  Typo.

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 3 March 2004, 9:41 AM

  Cheers.

11.03.2004 - Thursday 11 March 2004

Comment by Matt – Saturday 13 March 2004, 12:12 PM

  "Later in the day, I spent a bit of time in the labs in ITEE, when Matt came, and wrote me a line drawing algorithm. If it wasnt for him, I never would have got it done, and had to hand in code that I stole off the internet - Just like the rest of the people in my class. Good thing that Matt came down, then, isnt it."

Comment by Ned – Sunday 14 March 2004, 7:31 AM

  You will find I have updated my journal entry above to include my life-changing meeting with the great and usually wrong Matt. We hope this fills you with much joy.

22.03.2004 - Monday 22 March 2004

Comment by Yuri Johnson – Monday 22 March 2004, 11:47 PM

  you go on endless rants about your everday life (and that's cool) yet you have consistently failed to mention that Philip Machanick is the funniest man on campus. I trust you will fix this soon

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 23 March 2004, 1:03 AM

  Who is Philip Machanick?

Comment by Redbeard – Tuesday 23 March 2004, 4:20 AM

  hmmm Yuri, your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Comment by Yuri Johnson – Thursday 25 March 2004, 10:56 PM

  Philip Machanick is your Comp3300 Lecturer. If you listen very closely to any one of his lectures (particularly the ones in 24-s304) you will disover that he is the funniest man you've ever seen. Extremely subtle, though. I often find myself getting his jokes about 4 hours after they are said, usually resulting in me looking stupid and having people look at me in the labs. Now I have made you understand the brilliance of Machanick, i trust the same burden will be put on you, my son. Courage Ned, this could be your final hour....

Comment by Ned – Friday 26 March 2004, 2:13 AM

  Yes, I was being sarcastic. I’m aware of at least some of my lecturers’ names and I notice all his “subtle” humour – which is often blatant and sometimes amusing, sometimes awful. I’ve had at least two “funnier” lecturers so far, although Philip is perhaps the second closest I’ve yet had to a genuine BOFH style “traditional” lecturer – or perhaps a BOFH wannabe considering he uses a Macintosh. The second lecturer for COMP2500, whose name currently escapes me, was by far the wittiest, funniest, and I’d hazard to say, most insightful, lecturer I’ve had. He managed to describe, in a way I could understand, some complex concepts very efficiently while still managing to be amusing – and let’s face it, anyone who starts a lecture on recursion in Java by stating that both Java and recursion, and specifically recursion in Java, are awful – rocks.

Comment by Yuri Johnson – Friday 26 March 2004, 7:08 AM

  do you mean Anthony MacDonald (in reference to the comp2500 lecturer)? If so, i have him this semester, and i agree he is very exciting. But there's something inherintly funny and crazy with Machanick, almost as if he is trying to amuse himself rather than the audience. I hopr you one day come over to my point of view. But if we're talking crazy Java lecturers, you can't go any further than Roger Duke for pure insanity. Now thats good eatin!

Comment by bv – Saturday 27 March 2004, 6:03 PM

  ahahah Roger > *

Comment by Ned – Sunday 28 March 2004, 11:36 PM

  No, I don’t mean Anthony, and yes – Roger would have to be the best lecturer I’ve had so far, I actually enjoyed going to his lectures and learnt lots – not something I’m sure I could say about anyone else so far.

19.03.2004 - Friday 19 March 2004

Comment by bv – Saturday 27 March 2004, 6:15 PM

  I don't understand a word of what's going on, so I think I am best qualified to explain it to your readers.
  * NoteOP is pregnant with evil's baby and is also secretly having an affair with Roger, who later died in a tractor accident.
  * random is actually the infamous Raymond. Before you start carrying on like the magistrate about proof blah blah, can I just point out that he PUT A FULLSTOP AT THE END OF HIS LINE.
  * evil obviously has a livejournal, as he (she? stay tuned for this twist in a future installment) manages to give the impression that each line they say is bad nihlistic poetry.
  * victim may or may not be Ned himself, we never get to see his face. My running theory is that it is in fact Ned's long lost twin, his face scarred in an explosion at a swimming pool warehouse.

Comment by DK – Sunday 28 March 2004, 10:46 PM

  * Sigh. Power went to her head I think, seen it all before :(

07.04.2004 - Wednesday 7 April 2004

Comment by keight – Thursday 8 April 2004, 2:22 PM

  do you want me to give you a network cable, ned?

Comment by Ned – Thursday 8 April 2004, 2:33 PM

  Thanks for the thought, but I probably wouldn’t be able to use it for anything more than to test it actually works – and it would have to be quite long.

Comment by keight – Saturday 10 April 2004, 6:22 AM

  Why would you only be able to use it to test if it actually works? And I've long cables, if you do decide to change your mind

08.04.2004 - Thursday 8 April 2004

Comment by keight – Saturday 10 April 2004, 6:24 AM

  Did you go to the 8:40 session of Starsky and Hutch, perchance?

Comment by Ned – Sunday 11 April 2004, 4:54 AM

  I don’t recall – but it was probably a bit earlier than that.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 11 April 2004, 12:22 PM

  Correction: It was the 8:40 PM viewing.

Comment by kathryn – Sunday 2 January 2005, 6:37 AM

  random note this is my birthday and i remember seeing Starsky and Hutch and being dissapointed with the 80's humour.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 2 January 2005, 4:26 PM

  Happy Birthday!

12.04.2004 - Monday 12 April 2004

Comment by Mum – Tuesday 13 April 2004, 7:05 AM

  OOer, sounds spooky. but might be the real world, which can be spooky and with no help of the usual sort available. Just like real life. Can see why it might be included. Hope all goes well.

17.04.2004 - Saturday 17 April 2004

Comment by Mum – Saturday 17 April 2004, 11:02 PM

  OOer, sounds spooky. but might be the real world, which can be spooky and with no help of the usual sort available. Just like real life. Can see why it might be included. Hope all goes well.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 18 April 2004, 4:48 AM

  Well, I don’t know, but by “more than ten” and “all the files”, I can decrypt 99% of them – there’s currently only one file that I can’t decrypt but which is apparently decryptable...

16.04.2004 - Friday 16 April 2004

Comment by sfsaf – Sunday 18 April 2004, 5:13 AM

  yes
  

20.04.2004 - Tuesday 20 April 2004

Comment by krait – Wednesday 21 April 2004, 12:52 AM

  Your assignments work, that's step one. Learning along the way writing them, that's step two. The more "elegant" your solution, the more you learn. Therefore, it's not "just a waste of time".
  
  Keep up the good work, mate.

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 21 April 2004, 3:58 AM

  Yeah... I guess I shall try.

Comment by hodjpokol – Wednesday 21 April 2004, 8:53 AM

  Just had to ask, Ned; how does it feel being a cult hero in the UQ IT department? Has fame changed you?

Comment by Ned – Thursday 22 April 2004, 1:49 PM

  In subtle ways my friend, in subtle ways.

Comment by clint – Saturday 24 April 2004, 1:58 PM

  I am tempted to rewrite my food review thing that you stole, but I fear that commercial outlets such as that awful kebab shop will sue me. Maybe I need a pseudonym.

24.04.2004 - Saturday 24 April 2004

Comment by clint – Saturday 24 April 2004, 2:03 PM

  mein alkohol!

Comment by Ned – Saturday 24 April 2004, 2:15 PM

  Mein herz brennt (nach übermäßigem spiritus)

30.04.2004 - Friday 30 April 2004

Comment by BITS – Tuesday 4 May 2004, 3:16 AM

  Hey, all INFS2200 people... JOIN BITS OR DIE

Comment by Ned – Wednesday 5 May 2004, 3:19 PM

  You forgot the (said all in one breath) “Written and authorised by Clint ♈♉♊♋♌♍♎♏♐♑♒♓ for the University of Queensland Bachelor of Information Technology Society”
  (Name zodiacized upon request to protect the guilty)

03.05.2004 - Monday 3 May 2004

Comment by Mum – Tuesday 4 May 2004, 9:02 AM

  Traffic always a good quality British band. Good quality lasts.

04.05.2004 - Tuesday 4 May 2004

Comment by Mum – Wednesday 5 May 2004, 12:18 PM

  No. I have no room for the 435 IT UQ students who are en route to here. Bundy rum container been sold to poor soul in Cooktown. Hope so I am not en route for litigation in assisted suicide. "Away, away with Rum by gum, Rum by gum, Rum by gum. The song of the Temperance Union".........by the Brothers Four, from about 400 years ago, USA Uni band. "We're coming, we're coming our brave little band, on the right side of temperance we do take our stand, we never eat fruitcake because it has rum, and one little bite turns a man into a bum.....Can you imagine a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight, and one little bite......." Yes, well okay what would YOU do with 20 flamin litres of the bloody stuff?

06.05.2004 - Thursday 6 May 2004

Comment by Mum – Friday 7 May 2004, 8:52 AM

  Geez, is it always this slack?

Comment by Matt – Friday 7 May 2004, 12:48 PM

  No. Ned is just being melodramatic. As per usual.

Comment by Ned – Friday 7 May 2004, 1:28 PM

  Actually, this is an accurate and undramatic account of my day (and a word for word transcript of the complaint I sent).

Comment by Matt – Saturday 8 May 2004, 5:12 AM

  Yes. But your email was melodramatic.

Comment by Matt – Saturday 8 May 2004, 5:16 AM

  Not only that, I feel that the solution to the problem is very easy. The other day I was in the labs, and VB was doing its whole Insert CD thing. A re-image of the machine then allowed me to start VB with no problems whatsoever. In which case, this would not make it the ITEE admin's fault. I can't find a problem with the new image for the machines, and updating the image on a machine is a fairly standard thing to do on communal machines like the ones in GP South, and should at least be tried by people who are having problems before sending emails of complaint.
  
  Did you try this, Ned?

Comment by Ned – Saturday 8 May 2004, 6:57 AM

  Official word is that this issue is a problem with some student’s profiles, and resetting your profile should solve this problem. I was under the impression that all students (at least in that lab) were unable to run Visual Basic without it attempting to install some .NET component and requesting a CD (or freezing up), but perhaps it’s only the students with problematic profiles. Typical Windows, I guess – but at least it’s not Linux.

08.05.2004 - Saturday 8 May 2004

Comment by SteveK – Tuesday 11 May 2004, 9:44 AM

  Sit, stay. Good dog.

11.05.2004 - Tuesday 11 May 2004

Comment by Yuri Johnson – Wednesday 12 May 2004, 1:56 AM

  God bless you, Ned

14.05.2004 - Friday 14 May 2004

Comment by Mum – Sunday 16 May 2004, 9:26 AM

  IRA? Balaclava? Holy Mackerel, what have you done NOW?

Comment by Ned – Sunday 16 May 2004, 10:29 AM

  It’s all his fault, I wasn’t even there, I have an alibi, I was overseas, I was asleep, I couldn’t have done it.

Comment by cf – Monday 17 May 2004, 4:35 PM

  Your son is a bad influence on me. I actually went into the city to purchase an ink refill for a pen to assist me in my studies and a pair of sensible shoes, but Ned, pausing momentarily from harassing innocent passers by, insisted that I "should buy a balaclava and perhaps some plastic explosive". He also insisted that I feign an Irish accent.

16.05.2004 - Sunday 16 May 2004

Comment by Yuri Johnson – Tuesday 18 May 2004, 1:22 PM

  I know i've said it before, but i'll say it again: God bless you, Ned.

17.05.2004 - Monday 17 May 2004

Comment by mum – Thursday 20 May 2004, 5:44 PM

  Beware the jabber my son. The slimey tothes that bite, the pizzaz that fizzaz all in the loathesome tum. The wok. The wok. Jabber.... My son.

20.05.2004 - Thursday 20 May 2004

Comment by mum – Thursday 20 May 2004, 5:49 PM

  Bad food combination

Comment by Ned – Sunday 23 May 2004, 2:01 PM

  I think I’ve learnt this the hard way now :-(

24.05.2004 - Monday 24 May 2004

Comment by cf – Monday 24 May 2004, 4:49 PM

  Unclean! Unclean!
  
  In my highly educated medical opinion, you either have leprosy or hives. Hives have something to do with bees, so stop eating honey and walking too close to trees.

29.05.2004 - Saturday 29 May 2004

Comment by Shazza – Sunday 30 May 2004, 6:09 AM

  Edited: Offensive
  Rough translation: “Your blog is not good, come see my (rather pathetic) blog to see how a blog should look”.
  
  

Comment by Ned – Tuesday 1 June 2004, 1:04 PM

  This is not a “blog”, it’s a “journal” – there’s a difference. I don’t write how I feel, or how depressed I am, or prove I’m clinically insane (like most livejournal users do) or argue how my personal interpretation of some obscure standard is the only valid one – I just record what I did each day.

22.05.2004 - Saturday 22 May 2004

Comment by Alana Savage – Sunday 30 May 2004, 11:27 PM

  Ahhh dude, I don't think that you should be telling people this sort of crap, I don't think that anyone, at all, wants to hear about your goddamn herpes.
  
  Get a life, and some friends. And some cream for that rash.

Comment by Ned – Sunday 30 May 2004, 11:47 PM

  So don’t read it. If you’re online reading someone else’s journal and finding it unpleasant, I recommend you get a life, and some friends, and something worthwhile to do.

31.03.2004 - Wednesday 31 March 2004

Comment by mrhetero – Monday 31 May 2004, 1:23 AM

  Edited: Poster is a moron
  Rough translation: “You said girls are odd, does this mean you are gay?”
  
  

Comment by Filthy – Monday 31 May 2004, 1:26 AM

  Edited: Poster is a moron
  Rough translation: “I hear crack is good, have you tried it yet?”
  
  

05.04.2004 - Monday 5 April 2004

Comment by Filthy – Monday 31 May 2004, 1:28 AM

  Edited: Poster is a moron
  Rough translation: “Is Silas your boyfriend, and if so, you should consider yourself lucky. All the best etc.”