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  • Marc A. Price 10:30 pm on February 28, 2009 Permalink
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    Spoilers (part deux) 

    So now the Doctor Who specials have been filming for a few weeks and because I have a damn Internet connection I have been sucked into the Spoiler Zone yet again. Why can’t I just not look? Why do I have to search for these bits of information? As I said here I would enjoy the whole experience much more if I knew nothing. Still, I can’t seem to help myself. It is like poking at that scab that never heals. I know that if I leave it alone I’ll get better but there is something compelling about its crusty exterior that I can’t resist. Ahem…

    It makes me want to share the stuff that I have found too, but that is also bad because I make the circle of pain that much wider. Then other people discover things that they don’t want to know and that makes them unhappy. That said, this site never recived so many hits as when I published that photo of Davros. That should be no excuse. Aaargh dammit, you twisted my arm, if you want to know then read further… (More …)

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  • Marc A. Price 12:51 am on February 25, 2009 Permalink
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    Apple release Safari 4 

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    Safari 4

    Apple have made a public beta of the latest version of their Safari web browser available for download. It is a pretty thing indeed. There are a number of bells and whistles that we have seen before (it looks and feels a lot like Chrome). There are a number of new features like the ability to save a web page as an application a la Google Gears or Fluid (edit: although I have yet to find this function). There is also a start page not unlike Chrome or Opera that takes your history and shows you which sites you are going to the most. Pretty useful, not especially innovative but it it executed really well. I’m going to keep working with it for a while where I can. Note that I say where I can. (More …)

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  • Marc A. Price 6:00 pm on February 24, 2009 Permalink
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    Technorati doh 

    Technorati no more like me

    Technorati no more like me

    So I probably did a silly thing. Well in fact I think that the problem was that I did nothing for too long. I used to have this blog registered with Technorati in order to increase visbility. That was years ago. It didn’t seem to do much but that was more to do with the infrequency of my blogging I suspect. As I have got older I have become more lazy in this respect.

    Anyway, it seems that Technorati have removed my blog. The URL has apparently been flagged in their systems. Why does this happen? A quick search on their site will tell you: (More …)

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    • Janice Myint 7:12 pm on February 24, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hello! Technorati Support here.. saw your twitter on Technorati and found your post. I took a look at your blog and it looks like it was indeed flagged for review. Because we see a lot a spam coming in, we put rules into place that flag sites that exhibit “spammy” behavior such as using the same adsense ID across multiple blogs. Your blog fell into this case. I’ve reviewed your blog and have made the adjustments so that they should now appear in searches and are indexed for their most recent posts. Thanks!

    • David Allen 1:47 am on February 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Marc

      Been a LONG time!

      Glad to see you got this problem sorted and fantastic personal support from Technorati.

      I think the problem well may have been the fact that it found the automated stuff on Twitter before it did on your blog so you may well be right in assuming that it was the “non-original content” side of things.

      Keep in touch via Facebook.

      David

      • Marc A. Price 8:47 am on February 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply

        Ha ha! It’s Decksy Dave… I hope you are well. I saw you on FB. I’ll shoot you a message via via

    • Marc A. Price 8:32 am on February 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      For the record. The problem according to Janice from Tecnorati was more to do with the fact that I use the same Adsense code for both this site and http://thecontrast.net . A lot for trouble all the income it brings in. :(

  • Marc A. Price 8:35 am on February 24, 2009 Permalink
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    Fishmen 

    This came from Warren Ellis’ blog. It is a wonderful piece of horror musical, which there is just not enough of these days. They just don’t write those Lovecraftian musicals like they used to.

    Also on Mr Ellis’ site I found this little gem about immortal jellyfish http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=6960. There is a little more information on the Register Scary shit indeed. If you are afraid of tiny jellyfish that is.

    Necronomicon: The Best Weird Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (Gollancz S.F.)

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  • Marc A. Price 11:59 pm on February 22, 2009 Permalink
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    Twitter Updates for 2009-02-22 

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  • Marc A. Price 11:59 pm on February 15, 2009 Permalink
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    Twitter Updates for 2009-02-15 

    • is in the Green Bar having the first of many pints that he will regret in the morning. #
    • The sun is out, the sky is blue. Time to put on my happy face. #
    • Disco vodka for Marc. Being-for-others sucks, time for being-in-itself. http://twitpic.com/1gzsa #
    • Yay weekend! Boo crisis! Yay beers tonight! Boo working on Sunday! Yay… Never mind you get the picture. #
    • Oh well… back to work. #

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  • Marc A. Price 11:59 pm on February 8, 2009 Permalink
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    Twitter Updates for 2009-02-08 

    • Oh the sun’ll come out tomorrow because I’m coming home tomorrow. Come what may. #
    • @warrenellis that’s asking for spam that is. Good luck reading all those replies. in reply to warrenellis #
    • Slept late due to shutters on windows. What would my head be like if I hadn’t? Damn you free-pouring bartenders! Damn you all to hell! #
    • So it snowed today and my new boots have crippled me. However this hotel is the bomb. #
    • Granada beckons, the train leaves in 3 minutes. Had to skip breakfast but the cafe con leche was really good and strong. #
    • Tomorrow early train to Granada. Early train! This is supposed to be a holiday. #
    • - but was cheered up by a G&T and a long hot bath with Miles Davis. #
    • -it rained so hard today that my Chucks were sodden. So much so that I had to by new GoreTex boots. Impulse buy, they may be a tad too small #
    • - it is pretty cold here in Ronda, but there is no snow :) #
    • - on the way to Schipol. It is unpleastantly early. The taxi driver favours super sounds of the 80s. Not a good start to the day. #
    • ~ so it is raining in Malaga. Bugger. At least it is warm. #
    • - that presentation went better than expected. #
    • I’m pleased that there is no snow here and that tomorrow I fly to Spain for a few days. Today is a good day. #
    • - I suppose I should get out of bed. Is lying in bed the new black? #
    • @pdever nope you come along now. I’ll shoot to be at the front of Haarlem station by 2pm. in reply to pdever #
    • - Listening to Glen Campbell do a version of “Sing” that Travis can only aspire to. #
    • @pdever welcome to my exclusive set of Twitter followers. #

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  • Marc A. Price 9:04 am on February 6, 2009 Permalink
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    The Contrast play the Cellar Bar 

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    The Contrast play a local gig on the 20th February 2009 at the Cellar Bar at the Thorpe Lodge Hotel.

    Details are a little bit sparse at the moment but more information will be forthcoming soon.

    Thorpe Lodge Hotel can be found on the map below.

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    More details to follow.

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  • Marc A. Price 11:59 pm on February 1, 2009 Permalink
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    Twitter Updates for 2009-02-01 

    • - digesting delightful dinner. #
    • Hmm I wonder if I am going to make my 9.30? This is taking longer than I thought. #
    • Having Indonesian food after a long and hard all day meeting. Except no one else has showed yet. Naughty Local Application Managers. #
    • @rustyrockets welcome to the twitterverse. Hmm that sounds impausibly silly. Just kind I saying “hi” you know. #
    • - how is it possible to be as aggressive as @warrenellis with only one body. #
    • is skipping dinner with colleagues because he is feeling proper poorly. #
    • has started on the disco vodka. Thank you Dr Killeen. #
    • is wondering why the Dutch train company make practically impossible to take a direct route on Sundays. #

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