Robin

happypenguin @ 2008-09-05T21:30:00

2008-09-05T20:31:28Z

Can't really see myself bothering to update LJ much more in the future, sorry. Email me if you've got something important to say.

happypenguin @ 2008-02-26T21:27:00

2008-02-26T21:27:14Z

I appear to have bought a Norwegian laptop by mistake. Not quite sure how Dell Outlet UK managed to list this but hey, will find out soon enough.

happypenguin @ 2007-11-18T19:47:00

2007-11-18T19:47:56Z

Tattoo:

It’s the outline of the bracelet that was my Dad’s. I haven’t taken that off yet, and the tattoo means that I never will have to *g*

happypenguin @ 2007-11-02T20:29:00

2007-11-02T20:29:37Z

New Burial album? Preordered.

happypenguin @ 2007-10-10T21:20:00

2007-10-10T20:20:17Z

RIP Raffles. He got to 17 at least and had a good life.

happypenguin @ 2007-08-22T21:07:00

2007-08-22T20:07:16Z

Ffs, I wish people would stop nicking cash out of my account :( At least Nationwide were nice about it (they picked up on it before me) and are getting me a full refund with minimum hassle. For what it's worth, if you’re Googling 0845 7778833 it is the genuine Nationwide Security Team number.

Edit: what scares me is that it took Google less than half an hour to index this post and add the number to its SERPs. I remember when that would have taken over a month...

happypenguin @ 2007-08-20T22:31:00

2007-08-20T21:31:56Z

I've got new friends in the house:

Altogether now: aw...

(luckily Rentokil’s humane traps and peanut butter seem to be working)

happypenguin @ 2007-08-03T10:27:00

2007-08-03T09:35:25Z

jQuery at its best:

if ($(this).is(":not(:checked)")) { ... }

Code that reads like English is great. Actually, this is meant to be the promise of RoR. I ought to look into that properly at some point. Was put off by the horrific mess of inline event handlers that it produced though; maybe that's changed?

happypenguin @ 2007-07-22T01:29:00

2007-07-22T00:29:10Z

My noWax choices:

This is How It Goes - Billy Talent
Fear (Rez Edit) - Adam Freeland
Oooh - De La Soul
Hybrid Rainbow - The Pillows
A Day at the Races - Jurassic 5
Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliot

happypenguin @ 2007-07-16T22:58:00

2007-07-16T21:58:20Z

Saturday night out at Dirty Martini, thanks to leadfoetus for organisation.

Libs and Jonty.

Will, Rick, me and Oli.

solulo's massage techniques pay off on Fin :)

happypenguin @ 2007-07-03T23:56:00

2007-07-03T22:56:04Z

Uh-oh...

happypenguin @ 2007-05-30T22:04:00

2007-05-30T21:04:56Z

I almost feel ashamed for posting this, but LOLCODE made me giggle.

happypenguin @ 2007-05-21T19:47:00

2007-05-21T18:47:43Z

Went to see 65Days last night in Camden. Supporting were Miramar Disaster (good metal) and Lethal B (god know why, I wouldn't have put down 65DOS fans as particularly into grime but hey, he was good). Only problem though was that while we managed to get to the front row were were right in front of one of the bass stacks. I thought it was bad when my clothes were vibrating but when my skin, throats and sinuses started as well it was a new experience. Still, a serious solid gig - 65DOS are ridiculously tight - it was definitely worth the beating from the speakers.

happypenguin @ 2007-05-17T23:23:00

2007-05-17T22:23:33Z

Bought 2kg (!) of mussels today. Got Sam to cook them with coconut milk, white wine, tom ka spice paste, coriander and some birdseye chilis. Delicious.

happypenguin @ 2007-05-04T23:09:00

2007-05-04T22:09:32Z

The tune is ... serious

happypenguin @ 2007-04-21T23:44:00

2007-04-21T22:44:48Z

My noWax choices:

Goldfinger - 99 Red Baloons
Ferry Corsten - L.E.F.

Unfortunately we were down to 2 tracks each by the time I got on, so 群青日和 - 東京事変 had to fall by the wayside. There’s always next time...

happypenguin @ 2007-04-17T23:06:00

2007-04-17T22:06:45Z

Short hair for summer:

The conversation went like:

Hairdresser: How much shorter do you want it then?
Me: Dunno, couple of inches?
Hairdresser, to herself: ‘Couple’? That’s, what, 6 or 7?
Me: *takes glasses off*

happypenguin @ 2007-04-12T10:29:00

2007-04-12T09:36:09Z

Sooner rather than later I'm going to have to have a caffeine-free month.

happypenguin @ 2007-03-15T07:27:00

2007-03-15T07:27:10Z

My first patch for an open source project was just accepted, albeit a year after I made it :) It adds a red or green favicon to validator.w3.org's output depending on the result.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2788

happypenguin @ 2007-03-01T22:50:00

2007-03-01T22:51:05Z

This seems obvious now, but bitter melon is really bitter.

happypenguin @ 2007-01-20T23:53:00

2007-01-20T23:53:01Z

My choices for noWax:

Revolution 909 - Daft Punk
So What’cha Want? - Beastie Boys
Girl From Mars - Ash

happypenguin @ 2006-12-23T11:08:00

2006-12-23T11:08:29Z

To celebrate Christmas, here's some photos of me

happypenguin @ 2006-12-02T13:24:00

2006-12-02T13:25:07Z

I didn’t get into the marathon.

happypenguin @ 2006-11-10T08:10:00

2006-11-10T08:11:09Z

Jen & Matt’s wedding was great fun. I hope she’s having a lovely time in Bali.

The three siblings - Matti, Jen, Sam

Al and Jonty

Me and my mum! I was a little the worse for wear by this point :)

happypenguin @ 2006-10-24T22:47:00

2006-10-24T21:47:08Z

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