Archive for the ‘social’ Category

November 19th

The joy of GitHub

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Who knew that coding could be such a social activity! I really like GitHub, with its ability to fork people’s code base, apply your own changes, offer it up to be merged back in, see the difference logs, comment on the difference logs … ah, now that last one’s genius!
Somebody happened upon this quiet little [...]

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May 4th

Kia Bifesto! (What a BiFest!)

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Resumo: Mi tre ĝuis Bifeston hieraŭ. Mi vidis malnovajn amikojn, amikiĝis kun novaj amikoj, kaj faris abundo de trikado.
So i am really glad we went to BiFest yesterday! That was definitely one of the best i have ever been to. Nice points were: it was well spread out with plenty of spaces we could go [...]

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April 2nd

Social

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Last night my dad came round to visit, tonight i had a lovely evening with a friend i used to know from university. That was really very special to see each other again. Tomorrow i am going to stay with nyecamden for the night, and Friday aster13 is coming for the weekend!
This is really very [...]

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March 23rd

White Easter

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Happy Easter to those who celebrate it! It has snowed the last 3 days in Winchester, and is snowing right now. My friend[0] Jack even managed to catch a photo of some snow settling!
We had a lovely Purim. My partner made Hamentaschen and we read the book of Esther. I love that story! We had [...]

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January 11th

Fit, healthy and happy

Filed under ct5k, exercise, family, friends, health, important, life review, mychores, sleep, social, spirituality, wedding, work | 2 Comments

I feel like a Life Review is in order. But i’ll keep it short. [Edit] no i didn’t! It’s kinda long!

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September 29th

On resisting Facebook …

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I have finally succumbed to the dreaded Facebook! Over the past few months i have been consistently ignoring all Facebook requests … but today i find out that one of my siblings is using Facebook for a blog, and i do want to keep in touch … so i have joined.
Things i don’t like … [...]

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August 11th

Caturday!

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This is EXACTLY how i feel today:

Having a very lovely day, got all my chores done early, and enjoying time with a good friend today. We had a lovely walk around Winchester, which looked especially beautiful in all this sunshine, and enjoyed listening to a great jazz band in the high street! Today i feel [...]

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August 10th

It’s the weekend!!

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Oh, it’s one of those Fridays where i feel i really deserve a weekend! :) It has been a ridiculously hectic week. I try not to let things get to me, but unfortunately it doesn’t always work. Yesterday particularly was a very stressful day. Today, however, was quite nice. We got lovely Friday Cakes (danish [...]

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August 5th

Revelling in my independence!

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Over the last few years i have removed my dependency on Microsoft and Google, and i am now weaning myself off Yahoo and LiveJournal. I have embraced Linux, OpenSource, and now i’m finding the joy in doing it my own way! I have nothing particular against Yahoo, but i like the idea of being in [...]

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August 4th

This feels good!

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I’ve spent pretty much the whole day finding this alternative to LJ and setting up, but wow, it feels good! I feel so liberated, like i’m taking control. Okay, i probably never posted any pictures that could get me banned from LiveJournal, but who knows how long it will be before they make a new [...]

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