mx banned Nov 24, 05, 3:58 a.m.

'the chief of mx has banned him from using nt. all his time spent annoying / amusing / helping you will now be spent twiddling his thumbs and scratching his baws.

thank you for your attention.'

schnuggles in london Mar 6, 07, 3:02 a.m.

ladies and gentlehoors, boys and snarls:

i am pleased to announce the arrival of one mister snuggles, esq. in london, next friday the 16th of march.

his guaponess and i shall be holding court at the big chill bar, dray walk, london e1 from approximately 5pm onwards. so when you slaves to the grind finish your daily dread, please make your way to our table and sup with us, thereby fulfilling your lifelong dreams of giesserisation!

never fear if you cannot identify us by the stars in our eyes, we will bring along a copy of the new scientist and display it prominently on the table.

over and out.

yr middle name Nov 23, 06, 1:43 a.m.

i'll start:

alicia

the pvn Jan 31, 06, 6:26 a.m.

kuzzy wuzzy wuzza bear! Sep 28, 05, 8:28 a.m.

moth is about to throttle someone and i'm in danger of turning into a typesetter.

fancy boozing for a spell in greenwich this evening?

y'know, comic relief?

anyone else who's about give a shout!

x

just lost everything Oct 11, 06, 6:26 a.m.

dead hard disk.

i knew something was wrong, so i brought home an external from work, at which point the computer just decided to die.

i'd never backed it up before because i never had enough cash for an external.

it's all gone.

all the photos i've taken over the course of the past year, all my music, all my psds for my freelance work. everything.

not to mention all the software i had... erm... acquired and have no way of replacing.

data recovery starts at £300 (which, obviously, if i can't even buy a stupid hard drive, i can't afford) and that only gets my my photos and music back...

maybe.

i know, i know, this is my fault for not backing up in the first place, but i'd have though apple would take some responsibility for the data, but no.

i feel physically sick.

thanks for listening.

:(

to squat or not to squat May 26, 05, 9:18 a.m.

pros:

free rent

cons:

no elecricity
no running water
bow flyover

must say i'm tempted...

soda is psychic! Jul 22, 05, 2 a.m.

he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, he knows when you and moth are drinking stella on a train.

oh, and kuz is alive and well, sending his 'love' from peshawar. erm.

NT London Drinx - Postmortem Dec 2, 04, 6:12 a.m.

i'm frickin' tired of scrolling thru 230 posts, y'all.

i think i'm still drunk. can't face my bagel.

yowza. whadda nite.

snuggles, crouwel and tomkat Jul 5, 07, 2:44 a.m.

you guys are the bees' knees!

:D

xx

skt the elder Sep 13, 05, 2:04 a.m.

happy birthday!

it must be so nice for you to be ever closer to grumpy-old-man-dom.

x

MEGA NT MEETUP (third and final draft) May 5, 05, 2:54 a.m.

bumping on behalf of janne who is on holiday today.

18 of june in munich for some (but not me because that conflicts with sonar)

third week of july in london for others

teh hijack thread May 5, 05, 3:50 a.m.

before i go bumping a thread that should have seen its last post long, long ago (i'm not naming any names), i'm going to start this hijack thread so as to prevent any skirmishes with the pro-euthanasia lobbies.

i'm doing alright, vespa, thanks! i've been doing the insomnia thing lately like i haven't done since i was a doctoral candidate so that's pretty weird. i don't feel nearly as drawn and quartered as i did at that point in my life, but something must be afoot to keep me from sleeping. part of me really enjoys it though. the halucinatory quality or like a film over the visible world that signals to something beneath it.

now i'm talking shite.

but this is a shite-talking thread, so that's okay.

freakish minor celebrity May 4, 06, 5:56 a.m.

pick one who is freakish for bearing one of your traits in extremis.

eg:

nairn is to courtney gains as paraselene is to

is this okay? Mar 6, 07, 5:37 a.m.

here's the situation:

at my first job in london, we asked a bunch of agencies to come in and pitch to redevelop the website.

the organisation was too skint/tight to plump up for any of them to do the job, so i ended up pulling something together with remote coders, blah, blah...

anyway, the agency that i liked the best did really spot on visuals and all seemed like very good people. one of them even went to the same yoga studio as me and i still have his card.

is it okay to email him, explain my situation (needing work, basically) and send over my cv and some links?

should i ring him?

it's been over two years since i met these people, btw...

bomb in london Jun 29, 07, 12:54 a.m.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/62…

it doesn't seem too serious.

still, just around the corner!

front window Jun 30, 06, 12:44 a.m.

the day before yesterday, there was a stabbing reported across the street from my house.

the police were canvassing all afternoon and evening, but i don't think they've found any other witnesses.

nor have they found a victim.

so yesterday afternoon, i get sent home for mandatory bed rest. it was a hot day and my street was bright and sunny.

as i walked up it, i heard someone in one of the adjacent flats practicing a piano. a man was out on his front stoop with a beer and a sandwich and a book, shirt off, trying to get a bit of sun. then a car drove by with a couple having an argument inside.

so i've been in my room looking out on the street since yesterday, moderately powerful digital zoom lens at the ready...

i'm going to solve this thing and bring the killer to justice.

happy birthday moth! Feb 9, 06, 12:58 a.m.

well done, my good man. that's 28 times round the ol' sun now, isn't it?

*applause

STOP THE MADNESS Apr 12, 07, 9:02 a.m.

i vote that we all put kona and dobs on ignore until they relent ant put one another on ignore and end this useless goddamned whingeing in the pvn.

all those in favour, say aye.

the para 5000 Aug 26, 05, 4:01 a.m.

this is my 5000th post and it's also damn near my 18-month anniversary.

send champers.

love,