tin_the_fatty weblog

Informed by the NPC that:-
今年的長洲太平清醮會景巡遊日期是
2003年5月8日星期四
This is a great event for photographers. I tried to go whenever I could make it for the last few years, and actually went twice or three times. Highly recommended.

[Read more →]

It has not occurred to me before, but it was the Isle of Wight where kids from Hong Kong going back to boarding schools from Easter break are being kept. This island is just off the coast of Southern England, nor far away from Portsmouth.
I mention this because I visited some friends on this island [...]

[Read more →]

It’s been no fun for the last couple of weeks when I had no BB access at home because of the move. Dial-up Internet is painful.

[Read more →]

My favourite news site bought us this article, from the same state where GWB came from.

[Read more →]

Must get this book as reviewed here.

[Read more →]

(Apologies to the photographers and copyright holders.)
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

[Read more →]

I used to run my mail server at home connected to an ADSL w/ a static IP. There have been some physical problems with the wire, which is probably no fault of my ISP, and the reliability of my ADSL went right down to the point that there were outages every few weeks, each lasting [...]

[Read more →]

I have a few short writings in the edit queue waiting to be posted, and I have a rough idea of some of the stuff I want to write about, but I have been busy.
I still want to mark today. No this is not meta.

[Read more →]

I have just had a meeting with Ken and Max. Max is preparing a proposal to bid for a project to rebuild the website for a job placement advertisement publication, and seek our partnership and assistance in this project.
I am putting down my ideas here for record purposes. I am not too optimistic about Max [...]

[Read more →]

You’ve got to admire the Brits sometimes. The BBC reports that the Chancellor (i.e. Treasurer) Gordon Brown has announced the introduction of the Child Trust Fund. All new born babies will be given a fund in the range of UKP250 to UKP500, to mature when the child turns 18, ideally to pay for college or [...]

[Read more →]

My nice Siemens DECT phone stopped working a few days ago. It turned out that the phone line was dead. I called up PCCW’s service hotline, and was pleasantly surprised that there is a automatic line testing facility. My line failed the test, and then I was connected to one of their operators to arrange [...]

[Read more →]

It is getting really worrying. This morning a nurse working in Princess Margaret Hospital, who has had a fever for the last two days, phoned in to Taipan Cheng’s Teacup radio show. She was in distress and was literately sobing, and that made Jasper, who was sitting next to the stereo, cried.
And then there was [...]

[Read more →]

We have just signed the contract to rent this place, and will be moving into it shortly. The place is actually just in another block of the same housing estate. It is about 50% bigger, and there will be a little hole for my computer stuff. A lot more space for Jasper as well.

[Read more →]

is out. It feels quite a bit snappier than version 1.3. Get it.

[Read more →]

Make a Starship Enterprise Out of an Old Floppy Disk. Enjoy.

[Read more →]

Brad Christensen exchanged emails with a Dr. Elvis Anyim, who confirmed that giant canaries and flying pterosaurs are in abundance in Togo and Ghana.

[Read more →]

I have always wanted this. Now that I have finally gotten one, I am going to carry it around together with my old Palm IIIx to see if it works as a blog-anywhere setup.

[Read more →]

I was quite surprised to find that four(!) readers actually cared enough to leave some precious words in response to my blog entry. I have a confession to make.
I actually never liked Leslie very much, and I don’t really have any deep feelings about his departure. The few sentences I wrote was actually a parody [...]

[Read more →]

James mentioned that he has been eating at home for the last two weeks, yet he has been buying lots of junk food, and eaten a lot more junk food than usual.
I suggest getting this book. It should also be available from all local good English bookshops. I certainly enjoyed making and eating the few [...]

[Read more →]

The SARS is hurting the IT industry, according to the Reg. It will also hurt the worldwide economy. So, it’s recession in 2003.

[Read more →]