Archive for October 30th, 2005

While I remember

Em³ posted this on October 30th, 2005 @ 11:12 pm in Stuff. 1 comment.

Isn’t it interesting that if you reverse the letters in the world “wolf” (as in “I watched Misty wolf down some chicken for her tea”) you get the word “flow” (as I in “I watched it all flow back out soon afterwards”).
I like word games. Better than mopping up cat vomit, anyway.

The world according to Grunt

Em³ posted this on October 30th, 2005 @ 10:51 pm in Stuff. 2 comments.

Got a call today from my dear stepson.
Did he :

just want a chat?
want something?

If you think the answer’s “a”, go to i-was.born-yesterday.com. If you choose “b”, read on for his current favourite joke.

He told me this Dundonian girl was on the telly being interviewed. Eighteen years old and has six kids.
“What are their names?”, […]

If things come in threes …

Em³ posted this on October 30th, 2005 @ 8:33 pm in Stuff. No comments.

… and I dismiss the puncture as being a minor irritation, no.1 would be the fuel pipe leak.
No.2, then, would be the fact that my Sky+ box has activated its built-in anti-dross filter and has decided to switch itself off every 2-3 minutes for no apparent reason1.
If you don’t hear from me after Tuesday’s surgery, […]

PHPBB2 by 2

Em³ posted this on October 30th, 2005 @ 1:42 pm in Stuff. No comments.

Here’s a handy article if you want to run two versions of PHPBB2 sharing things like membership between the two boards.
You can also use this technique to run two separate copies of exactly the same board under different URLs.
You will need:

a PHPBB2 board running somewhere in your webspace
more webspace
phpMyAdmin
an FTP program
a text editor (Notepad’s just […]

Irony, thy name is Anni Pink

Em³ posted this on October 30th, 2005 @ 9:29 am in Stuff. No comments.

In view of this post, it’s rather ironic that the young lady in question sent me a text at twelve minutes past three from Hong Kong, isn’t it?
That’s 3:12 AM, in case that wasn’t obvious.