tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53716632011-08-10T14:00:54.935ZWelcome to EdGillett's old blog. Ed now blogs on <a title="Ed Gillett's Blog" href="http://www.edgillett.com/blog/">www.edgillett.com/blog/</a>EdGilletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085005761215256191noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371663.post-1136803358585526082006-01-09T10:40:00.000Z2006-01-17T12:24:34.873Z

Yup - no longer blogging on Blogger. You need to update your bookmarks/links.http://www.edgillett.com/bloghttp://blog.edgillett.com/Ed GillettThese are the places to go to always find your way to the right blog!I'm now blogging on my own hosted WordPress blog.Go. Shoo!

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:)Christmas Party was Cowboy themed. A mechanical bull was present. Need I say more ...Just watch the video clip :)

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Yes. Missing stuff:1.) Wedding2.) Honeymoon Part II.. sure there's lots, but as it stands, I've not blogged arguably the most important event of my life thus far. Crap eh? Yes.Last day at work today - I solemly swear to update my recollections of said events on the blog over the course of the next week. Christmas shopping first. Then blogging.:)

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overcaffeinated.netExcellent comic with a cast of geeks.

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Overcaffeinated.net - the Bladder Dialogs.Comedy. Of conversations between a penis, bladder and brain.:)Tis a day for random links.

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500 Mile Email Limit. Genius, but one for the Geeks in the crowd. It's only amusing if you think geek.

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Defense of a relationship:"This is neither a dicatorship, nor a democracy, but some strange variety of social synergy in the guise of congenial conventionality".Meaning ... erm ...

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OK. This should prove to be highly entertaining. I'm currently going through a "share with the world", make interesting statistics kinda thing. The blog, flickr and now ... http://www.last.fm/user/EdGillett/Audioscrobbler! Basically compiles stats on what I'm listening to day in, day out when I'm at my desk coding :)Forgive the embarassing tracks on here, but as you'll no doubt be able to see -

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drunken teddy Originally uploaded by awfulsara. I wonder if this is one of Freddy's drinking buddies whilst he's away on his travels? :)From the wonderful photographer that is awfulsara on flickr.

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www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/www.tomcruiseisnuts.com

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Yoda Dog Originally uploaded by EdGillett. Hilarious :)

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Linda Barker Guy - Burn The Witch! Originally uploaded by EdGillett. Yup - you voted, and Linda Barker was burned on Bonfire Night at the hive. Awesome :)Check out the video by clicking here!

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Millennium Tour Originally uploaded by EdGillett. More photos of Freddy. Somewhere in a stadium under construction. Where could he be?

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http://teddblog.blogspot.com:|Oh for pity's sake ...

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Freddy Teddy - In Paris Airport (Again) :| Originally uploaded by EdGillett. Another photo of Freddy in Paris Airport, sent to me by the Teddy Nappers this morning. They won't get away with this!!

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OK :)Thought I'd encode and finally post some videos from the honeymoon. First up - we went to a place in the jungle/rain forest/vegetated area on Koh Samui where we could walk up through the jungle and then go on zip wires from platform to platform down towards a waterfall at the other end. Very cool!Kat's first slide across. (1.62MB - Streaming Windows Media 9)Kat's last slide (tilt head 90

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Freddy Teddy - In Paris Airport :| Originally uploaded by EdGillett. This is just so wrong. The teddynappers have sent by childhood friend and teddy bear, freddy teddy, off to what genuinely appears to be Paris Airport. Sent to me by email, with the subject of "Au revoir!" :(

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Gemma Hayes - KCLSU (Kings College London Students Union), 7th October. As part of my effort to re-educate my wife into an appreciation of decent music (her last live gig was attempting to see Westlife for pity's sake), we went along to see the lovely Gemma Hayes on her triumphant return to the UK, preceeding her new album to be released at the end of the month. The new material was great, the

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George Constanza, prob best known from the Seinfeld Show:"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you

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There are some amusing photos of us getting drunk in various places posted up to the photo site now!http://photos.edgillett.comKeep checking there - we'll be adding to them when we can be bothered!Enjoy!

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Am getting used to the idea that random people from across the globe are stumbling across our photos and enjoying them enough to add them into their own favourites, or writing comments against them as they have a look through.It's a completely different kid of community I guess - people browsing through looking at photos - I guess we have the worlds largest shared photo album here, or, judging by

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http://photos.edgillett.com now takes you to our site on Flickr!Will be posting hundreds and hundreds of photos here, so keep coming back to browse ;)All the photos on the blog from now on will be hosted on Flickr. I'll also get around to putting a Flickr "badge" on this site, so you can see a flash preview of all the latest pics. Well worth the £15 a year membership (although they do a free

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Yes. It's time to tell the tale of the TeddyNappers.My childhood companion, Freddy Teddy - having made a suprise appearance at our wedding during the Best Men's speech - has been Teddy Napped (it's nothing to do with sleep I assure you - it's like kidnapping, but with teddy bears.)He was entrusted into the care of my sister Caroline, who apparently was overpowered by the Teddy Nappers and forced

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Yes. I know. Still no nice interface for the photos, still no blog of wedding or Koh Samui part of honeymoon. Sorry!!I will endeavour to fix this this weekend. Somewhere between writing all the remaining thank you letters (which really REALLY must be finished this weekend!).In other minor news, new bedstead has arrived. Looks great, if a little long. Kat must now "shimmy" along the bottom of the

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There are Loads (345!) from the official Photographer which we own digitally, and will be putting up on the web properly over the course of the next few days, but here's a sampler!Keep an eye out here: http://photos.edgillett.com (EDIT: Now on Flickr! All in hi-res for printing if you want, but also really easy to browse through. See later blog entry for details!).

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Thanks to James Walker for the first digital photo to makes its way onto the blog. Lots more to come - will upload all of them to the website eventually.

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Wow.So much to say, so little time. Hopefully all read our lil blog from Bangkok, but we'll be blogging all about Koh Samui, and the wedding day itself just as soon as I can sit down and get it all sorted. In the meantime, I leave you with the following highlights: Elephant Trekking in The Jungle, Zip wire/Flying Foxes in the Jungle Canopies just for fun follwed by showers in waterfalls, being

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Hi all :)Kat and Ed here (or Mr and Mrs Gillett!), blogging from an internet cafe in the Asia Hotel in Bangkok just before we head off to the airport to go to Koh Samui for the rest of our honeymoon. Nothing to do until our transfer gets here, already checked out, so we thought we'd blog!Good news. Wedding ring doesn't appear to be affecting typing performance. Bonus. Thai symbols in addition to

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Where does that come from I wonder "under the weather". Surely we're all "under the weather" most of the time, whether it be sunny, rainy or what not. Anywho, Kat's doc reckons she may have the start of a viral throat infection, and she's generally feeling a bit ropey. Lots of rest, lots of fluids, and a load of anti-biotics to take on honeymoon just in case it turns nasty.Don't think our Osteo

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Yup - less than 3 days away now.Order of services printed, folded, stapled and being decorated :)Table Plan done!At work today and tomorrow, then Friday off to prepare for the big day. But now, of all things, I need to take Rav in for his MOT Friday morning, having realised that my tax disc will expire at the end of this month, and funnily enough, I'm not around for the rest of the month. But hey

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Yup. The big day approaches - 3 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes, 40 seconds ...The bride is under the weather today, poor girl. I maintain that IKEA has finally taken its toll - too many late nights with furniture have certainly not done me any favours, but Mr. Berocca and Miss Evian are doing all they can to make my haggard visage look presentable for the weekend.We had our rehearsal last Saturday.

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I knew two pints for lunch was a bad idea. Motivation severely compromised. Oh well.Wedding rehearsal tomorrow. You know, check when to say "I will" etc. - Oh yes. No "I do"'s here. Terribly British!But before then I must finish building Ikea furniture (damn you Sweden), build shelves in the office, sort out the mountains of crap (I mean valuable stuff that you own and have just moved in, thanks

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9 days, 22 hours, 58 minutes, 34 seconds - Less than 10 days before Miss Kathryn Matthews becomes Mrs Kathryn Gillett :) 

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My beautiful fiancee! Reposting via "Hello" 

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As reported on NME:"Reformed alt-rock legends PIXIES are planning to record their first album in 14 years.The band’s frontman Black Francis has confirmed the band, who got back together last year to huge acclaim, are preparing to make their first studio album since 1991’s ’Trompe Le Monde’.He told The Sun: “It's all hugs and kisses, I'm pleased to report."We have been discussing recording a new

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Pictures from "Team Badger Racing" which had the dubious honour of sharing road space with Chuck and Geoff on the Plymouth Dakar. Click hereDear God boys, those were some bad beards.Amusing entries for the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Bad first lines of novels competition. My favourite thus far:"For the fifteenth time that evening my narcoleptic lover opened his eyes, smiled at me, and said, "

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Almost forgot - I got tickets to see the Pixies play live at Alexandra Palace in London on Wed 31st August! Woohoo! :)So, that'll be Ally, Liam, Mark, Geoff with Kat and I.That said, Kat may not actually decide to come (having listened to some Pixies over the weekend, she was less than impressed. The wedding was nearly off for a minute, but we agreed to differ in a calm fashion), so I could be

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Hmmm ... Blogger's photo blogging appears to be screwed, either on BlogSpot or on my own server via FTP. Oh well. Will sort something out if it's not fixed in the next few days.News - 10 days, 23 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds until we get married :)edgillett.com maybe getting more updates soon since I've just updated my hosting to a paid ASP.Net host (1&1), so I can put more play things online.

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We're getting married in 31 days, 21 hours, 49 minutes and 30 seconds! (Give or take ...)The wedding is on the 13th August 2005 at 12 noon :)And here's the picture of my beautiful fiancee Kathryn that I've been meaning to post for ages and ages!And yes, of course she looks this gorgeous on a daily basis :)

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Ok. So, it's been a very long time since I've blogged. I apologise.My lovely fiancee Kat has reminded me that there is no note of her anywhere on the site. Ooops. Kat and I got engaged last summer and will be married on 13th August this year! I will post pictures of my beautiful other half soon :)Until then, check out http://www.sonsofhasselhoff.co.uk for details of the heroic Sons of Hasselhoff

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Some bastard spammers have started using edgillett.com as a spoofed from email address again. My catch all is getting full of bouncebacks. Thankfully I don't have to download them all and I can just delete them all at once on the server. But still. Damn them, damn them all. If you came here to find out why I was spamming you, sorry - not me :( On the positive side of things - new headphones and

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Damn it's hot. 2 pints at the pub for lunch went down well though. Mustn't grumble about the gorgeous weather. It's more the being stuck in an office with inadequate Air Con that I'm grumbling :) Much rather be on the beach where I can run into the sea or by a pool where I can fall into the pool (intentionally or otherwise). Played squash with Chuck last night - got beat 4 games to 2, but

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Wow. Blogger just got all pretty! Yup, that's right. I had absolutely nothing to do with this new template. It's just one of Blogger's own, new shiny ones. Even though I code HTML and CSS all day long, I'm just too lazy. See the frequency of my blog entries for ample evidence. Anywho .. must write here more. And I will. Promise. Hmmm ... feeling of Deja Va.

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Gomez gig ruled. Went to Mean Fiddler in Charing Cross Road last night for an "intimate gig" with Gomez before they head out onto their 18 date US Tour. 1000 crowd capacity. Very Cool. In other news, it is my intention to kidnap Jeremy, dump him in a brewery and place him under CCTV surveillance whilst he attempts to organise a piss up. This of course being a reference to our apparent inability

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Whilst we're at it I challenge Chuck and Geoff to do some variety of web update. Shame goes to Geoff who has so carelessly allowed his domain name registration to lapse having only done one update ever. And that one was awful. What were you thinking with that hat. Chuck - the MojoWire(TM) held such promise. What became of your funky journalistic vision and promise of further tirades against

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Happy New Year!! Wow. I'm really bad at updating this. MAY??? May last year? How did I manage to do this after saying I was going to keep this up to date. I dunno. Anywho ... New Year, new opportunity for Ed to not keep his Blog up to date. Soon. Yes ... soon. Thank goodness I've been keeping up with that "No more Procrastination" resolution.

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It's my niece's 9th Birthday today! Happy Birthday Emily :) Random thought for the day: Some people are like a Slinky - not good for anything, but it is still fun to watch them fall down the stairs. :) Just got £200 of technical books. Guess i should read them now. Acoustic version of Stellar by Incubus rocks. That's all for now - now go do some work.

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ok. so maybe this will not exactly pan out to be a daily event Lightening storms. Everythings dark and the ground is white from hail stones. Fair enough I thought - God wants to discourage me from venturing outside and instead desires me to waste my time updating a blog that no one will read. No worries, I'll whack on the new Incubus CD's I bought to keep me sane (funds reduce me to essential

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Well, I finally shoved something useful onto my website. Hmmm ... now I come to think of it, I'm not sure if you could actually class this as "useful" but it's certainly something which will change on a frequent basis!

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