division6 » Short http://www.division6.co.uk/wp Armand David's personal weblog: technology, media, food, stuff and nonsense. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:50:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Snakes on a Plane (i) http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/21/snakes-on-a-plane-i/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/21/snakes-on-a-plane-i/#comments Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:16:41 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/21/snakes-on-a-plane-i/ Awesome.

Entirely conventional in everything but its premise and its spectacular pre-launch hype, it is nonetheless an enormously entertaining film. More to follow… but in the meantime, if you can take some gore and fright, don’t listen to the critics – go watch.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/21/snakes-on-a-plane-i/feed/ 0 Just stayed up late to listen to Paranoid Android… http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/14/just-stayed-up-late-to-listen-to-paranoid-android/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/14/just-stayed-up-late-to-listen-to-paranoid-android/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:54:41 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/14/just-stayed-up-late-to-listen-to-paranoid-android/ …ah nostalgia, you and Last.fm are dangerous things…

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/14/just-stayed-up-late-to-listen-to-paranoid-android/feed/ 1 If Metallica plan an ‘in the park’ event… http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/13/if-metallica-plan-an-in-the-park-event/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/13/if-metallica-plan-an-in-the-park-event/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:59:28 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/13/if-metallica-plan-an-in-the-park-event/ …could it be called “Ride the White Lightning”?

That is all.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/08/13/if-metallica-plan-an-in-the-park-event/feed/ 0 Pirates II… http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/07/11/pirates-ii/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/07/11/pirates-ii/#comments Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:01:32 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/07/11/pirates-ii/ …is awesome.

“Why is the rum always gone?”

Recommend it to everyone. Now I’m excited about Superman Returns…

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/07/11/pirates-ii/feed/ 0 Lit Agents, Elephants, Return of The Budge http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/19/my-last-post-return-of-the-budge/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/19/my-last-post-return-of-the-budge/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:34:38 +0000 Sheila http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/19/my-last-post-return-of-the-budge/ ‘An agent’s like a third wheel’ patiently explained a manager in my department.

‘An agent’s like a real estate agent’ whispered a publisher after a lengthy meeting with one.

‘Selling a book is like pushing a baby elephant up a hill’ said an agent.

So…this is an elephant on wheels.

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I think you’ll all agree this is an excellent post to end my guest blogging career on Budge’s website.
Thank you all for reading. We shall now be returning to tech-chat par excellence.

Welcome back Budge.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/19/my-last-post-return-of-the-budge/feed/ 1 A day and a titleline just for Daddy http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/18/a-day-and-a-titleline-just-for-daddy/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/18/a-day-and-a-titleline-just-for-daddy/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:15:38 +0000 Sheila http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/06/18/a-day-and-a-titleline-just-for-daddy/ Happy Father’s day to all fathers reading this!

(I suspect it might just be you daddy, so Happy Father’s Day. Some sterling fathering you’ve done so far, results can’t be argued with, so keep up the good work.)

God bless daddy, god bless his beard. Today I listened to Handbags and Gladrags, The Wichita Linesman, RaRaRasputin and The Circle of Life in tribute to daddy and his musical taste. After all, it did shape mine.

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I kill me, sometimes!

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(Thinking about it, this makes me sound like a FrayBentos Noob – I’m not, of course – have sampled the delights of their cans in the past, although not, I hasten to add, their meat puddings. Those are an as yet undiscovered country).

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/28/pie-in-a-can/feed/ 0 Randy is a genius http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/21/randy-is-a-genius/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/21/randy-is-a-genius/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 00:37:23 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=342 Have had a number of conversations with people about Earl of late – probably at least in part due to frustration about missing it this week when Sky was down. There is a consistent agreement that the Way of Randy is a reassuring and calming path to walk. Although I always bring it up as a joke to explain to people what the show is and why I like it, a remakarable proportion of the people I’ve mentioned it to who enjoy the show have developed their own empathy for Randy.

What a guy.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/21/the-weather-with-you/feed/ 0 Love the Summer http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/17/love-the-summer/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/17/love-the-summer/#comments Wed, 17 May 2006 18:47:29 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=334 Even though its raining, its still light when I get back from work and today I even mustered the enthusiasm to go on a bike ride, rain notwithstanding. Feels pretty damn good.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/17/love-the-summer/feed/ 0 Randy the Peacemaker http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/13/randy-the-peacemaker/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/13/randy-the-peacemaker/#comments Sat, 13 May 2006 17:37:12 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=329 I’d vote for him to be President, wouldn’t you? We should start a campaign.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/13/randy-the-peacemaker/feed/ 0 Damn, I was a tugboat again http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/07/damn-i-was-a-tugboat-again/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/07/damn-i-was-a-tugboat-again/#comments Sun, 07 May 2006 23:07:56 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=315 Note that I think that Randy Hickey now deserves his own category.

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]]> http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/05/07/damn-i-was-a-tugboat-again/feed/ 0 Blood-pink wine http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/24/blood-pink-wine/ http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/2006/04/24/blood-pink-wine/#comments Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:23:23 +0000 Armand http://www.division6.co.uk/wp/?p=311 Last night I had a vivid dream that I was on holiday, somewhere mountainous in the Mediterranean, tasting blood-pink wine at €9 a bottle from a very odd off-license.

It wasn’t half bad.

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