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Though the Bitstream Vera Fonts don’t look great in Windows (the font smoothing seems a bit off), I just rebooted to Linux and they look lovely here. Not that surprising I guess, as they were designed with Linux font rendering (specifically FreeType, I believe) in mind…

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How curious.

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There is a programme on the radio here called Desert Island Disks. The program features an interview on the life of some celebrity of a form that appeals to cultured listener. One of the main point of the interview is for the interviewee to choose seven records they would take with them to a desert island (hence the name of the programme). I think it is single songs, but I thought that was a little difficult for me. So here we have, my seven albums I would take to a desert island:

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Oh my god! We don’t have a kettle or any coffee?! How am I going to survive?


After working with .Net for a few days, I have to say there are a lot of good ideas contained within it. I'm using C# along with Asp.Net for you latecomers. C# is a really nice language to work in; it is very similar to Java. The general syntax and so on works really well. And .Net provides a garbage collector, which makes things easier. Though I still feel I should be freeing all the objects, it sorta makes me wince slightly not to. I think that is because of the extreme memory control that has to be used in the new menus. That is hardcore. Work is improving, as I'm starting to get to grips with the app we are writing for. I am also getting to add code to it, so it's starting to feel more mine aswell =)

Day off today, I'm off to read on asp.net and, probably for longer, Harry Potter. Enjoying Harry Potter a lot, it was well worth the delay.

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As you have probably noticed by now, I have re-added the chatbox. Whether anyone will use it is another matter entirely! For those that do enjoy chatting =)