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[ frimlin - wizard, reflected ~ ] The Fantastical Voyages of Wizard Frimlin, continued...

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

At 11:38 PM, Frimlin posted this: Scarlet Ashley Quite scarlet in fact. Especially on my left (car window) arm and my (precociously prominent) forehead. But hey -- red's a fine colour, and at least it's not white! :) Gives my freckles something colourful to surround them. I have returned from Cornwall and Devon. I had a great time, and I've got photos to prove it, but they'll need to be developed first... yes, I am not the proud owner of a digital camera, yet. What a lovely part of the world. Friday night we crashed in a convenient campsite in Devon -- it was late, and Nige had driven for ages. We didn't even set up camp -- we just slept in the car! I had my duvet all tucked around -- snug as a bug in a rug, indeed! ;) Who says cars have to be uncomfortable?! Saturday we made our way to Polzeath, on the western coastline of Cornwall. The beach was covered with people despite the area being mostly in mist -- the "wily, windy moors" of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights." It was humid mist, though. And not altogether unpleasant. Though Nigel did assure me the mist was obscuring the excellent views of the moors and coastline as we drove towards Polzeath. I wasn't too bothered, I knew I'd come back again sometime. In the evening we drove to Tintagel, and walked down to the mythic Tintagel Castle -- which is right up by the sea on a peninsular and an island (it's a double castle). Yet again, the mists obscured a lot of the view but it did set a rather eerie scene, which shall play in my imagination for some time, I'm sure. I really hope the photos I took there will turn out well, despite the mists. We shall see. Sunday was devoted mostly to The Eden Project which is near St. Austell on the south eastern coastline of Cornwall. I rather liked the place -- a bit awkwardly commercial and new, but that'll change with time -- the place needs to grow for a few more years yet. But still an interesting place to visit -- was particularly curious about all the plants they had which are used as commercial crops the world over. All sorts of different products: banana, rice, maize, wheat, plantain, exotic herbs and the like. At one time there were coffee beans on one bush and cocoa beans on the other -- just as it should be! It was here at the Eden Project that I got most of my current lobsteresque glow. Be a dear and put some cream on my back, would you? ;) Sunday evening was spent on Polzeath beach, watching the sun set behind clouds -- watching the people enjoying the beach. Loving just being out there, with no need for concern. Nigel dug series of giant holes in the sand, which seemed to confuse yet delight dozens of kids who then started trying to make bigger ones of their own. I was glad to be reminded just how much fun you can have with only simple things -- it was "only" a hole, not an ellaborate sand castle. Yet still the kids were enraptured. This is coming from the guy who'd pretend that clods of dirt were spaceships... Ahh it takes all types, my dear. Monday -- Nigel's birthday -- was devoted to three important things. Firstly we had to dismantle our tents at the delightful, erm, "Fruit & Vege" Camp site which we stayed at. I guess they have a proper name, but we just called it "the fruit & vege camp." Poor facilities, but nice little place and not too crowded. Ł4 a night for each of our two small tents. Not bad, and hey I enjoy washing my hair and brushing my teeth using only half a cup of water! :P Secondly we drove to the beautiful Lost Gardens of Heligon -- a rather tranquil place with gardens, woodland, areas such as "the Jungle," "the Lost Valley" and interestingly enough "the New Zealand area," which was rather a delight. I was a good test for the believability of the area, being a Kiwi and all, and I can honestly say it was very reminiscent of some parts of my homeland. Definitely took a few photos -- I promise to show them soon. :) Thirdly we had to return all the way back to Guildford, so that I could be back at work Tuesday morning. The drive back was rather long -- seven hours or so. We got back to Guildford at 10:30 on Monday evening -- I was singing heartily all the way and despite still having the remains of a cold, I was able to maintain my voice throughout. :) What was I singing? The great but unfortunately named "Best of REM" pop-rock and another by REM, some lost love Erasure pop, the throaty lovely Alison Moyet and a decent shot of raw U2. Lovely. Frimlin (Posted at 11:38 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [1 comment]

Friday, August 22, 2003

At 2:31 PM, Frimlin posted this: Cornwall, Devon... here I come! Right -- I'm off for a long weekend in Cornwall and Devon with my best mate, Nigel. I should be back late Monday. I am leaving armed with my trusty SLR camera, so you can expect some photos... :) Please hope the weather is good for us -- it looks like rain is coming to Guildford anytime now :( Frimlin (Posted at 2:31 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [1 comment]

At 2:28 PM, Frimlin posted this: Memetastic! I've been memed! It's meme tag. She -- Lisa, of burnt toast -- memed me after being memed herself, by that other Cambridge Lisa (who incidentally seems to know my fellow kiwis Heather & Jack, and also runs a great blog of her own, with a nice little About Me page which makes me kinda curse the fact I'm not even slightly bisexual.) It's spreading around the blogging community... just a few appropriate questions directed at a person who runs another blog. You link back to their blog. And then you eventually ask someone a set of your own questions, and they link back to you... etc :) Ahh well it seems a nice little game, at least. And Lisa did have to go and ask some good questions, didn't she! Here they are... 1. So there you are, in the big city with your big city job and your big city friends. What's your favourite thing about living in London? Your least favourite? Hehe! I do not live in London, my dear, I live in Guildford -- though it's close to the M25, it's definitely outside it. Sorry! :) I quite like Guildford, though. Doesn't seem so bad. Not tranquil, ever-loving Cambridge -- and not racey, anonymous London either. It's a rather small little place, actually. Favourite thing about being in Guildford would be that it's still a little out of the way, but yet not quite as far from London as Cambridge. Least favourite thing would be that I now bus to work instead of walking, so I don't get as much exercise -- and also the bus completely avoids the town centre, so I find it very hard to make it into town unless it's a Saturday! 2. You left New Zealand rather a while ago now. What do you miss most? Miss the least? I miss my cats Fudgie and Libby, who have both now been re-housed. I miss friends like Sarah Brook. But most of all I miss the fact that I'm not able to meet up regularly with my new-found birthfamily, the Nicol clan of Christchurch, New Zealand. When I was 20 and I met Carolyn -- my birthmother -- for the first time, I was so pleased to find out that I had four young birth-cousins. I'd always been the youngest in my family, and I've always dearly wanted a younger brother or sister, or children of my own. I was really looking forward to watching them grow into adults, and being there. But instead I have to watch from afar. Still talk to a couple of them online, though! Hello Michael & Clinton! :) And I also discovered I have a living birth great-grandmother, and I think that's very special. Grace Ayers is one of the most lovely elderly ladies I've ever met, and I love her more because I know she's my maternal great-grandmother. I loved my mother Evelyn's parents, Annie and Arnold, very much. But unfortunately they died when I was in my early teens, leaving me very upset. And I was also very sad when my Dad's mother, Jocelyn Harman, died. So I was pleased that Carolyn's parents, Bruce and Marie Nicol, are both in excellent health and sound mind. Marie makes for a lovely birth grandmother, and Bruce is truly excellent birth grandfather material too! I don't write to him as much as I should, but I've really grown a soft spot for him, and Marie. Erm, sorry to go on and on! You can see how much I miss them all! 3. When you arrived all those years ago, you had a couple of rather specific goals you had set for yourself. How do you think you're doing? Are you close to or have you achieved any (or all) of them? Though you haven't yet confirmed this, Lisa, I think you're talking about my year 25 alarm. When I was about 18 I was rather dismayed to hear of other 18 year olds, or people even younger, that had published their writing. So I was very keen to get my arse into gear and do some serious writing. But I am not a dedicated writer. Or rather, I am, but only at very rare times. And I also despise non work related stress with a vengeance. So I set myself what I felt was a rather easy goal of publishing my first novel by the age of 25. Back then it seemed so far away! How wrong I was. By the time I turned 25, and still not having truly got my writing cogs into gear, I decided to ignore the year 25 alarm. It had seemed like such a good idea, but it was unrealistic and unworkable. Especially given the self-administered cloud I live in. More on that some other day. :) I still intend to write. I still intend to publish novels. I just don't have any current goals set, and am not planning to implement any, anytime soon. This may, of course, change -- stay tuned to this same Bat channel. 4. Coffee or tea? Definitely coffee. I haven't picked up a liking of tea, yet. It seems my palette changes as I get older. Just a few years ago I hated coffee with a vengeance -- now it's the only thing that keeps me alive, some days. Qudos for Toby's suggestion that I have a creamy cappuchino to "try it out, again in case I like it with a bit of milk," whilst he had his double espresso in Henry's Bar & Cafe, Cambridge. I was tempted, but instead I ordered a double espresso of my own -- shot it back, had another -- never looked back. ;) 5. How's your mum? :-) She's great, thanks! I may even convince her to post a comment up here, in reply. :) She's still over here in the UK -- she's now living and working in Derby, Derbyshire -- which is very close to her place of birth. It'd be like me living in the UK for 30 years and then going back to Christchurch, NZ again. It appears she's probably going to be staying here indefinitely. Part of me would rather she was back in New Zealand, because it leaves me with the impression she's a lot safer over there. But it's nice to have her around, too. She visited me a couple of weekends ago, which was nice! :) So who wants me to meme them? :) Frimlin (Posted at 2:28 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [1 comment]

Thursday, August 21, 2003

At 10:50 PM, Frimlin posted this: Pity Pauline? Would she you? In Australia there is (or was) a political party called One Nation, which was founded by Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge. From what I recall of news from when I was living back in New Zealand -- over four years ago now -- Pauline Hanson was rather vocal in expressing her racist political viewpoints. Having not heard a peep about her for ages -- and certainly having little interest in actively searching for any -- I now hear she's in jail. And she's apparently "breaking down." Poor Pauline? Pity Pauline? Though I do hope she is only in prison because she has indeed broken a law, I have very little pity for someone who practices in the poltics of hate. Would she pity you if the tables were reversed? That'd depend on certain skin pigment genes now wouldn't it, Pauline?! Frimlin (Posted at 10:50 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [4 comments]

At 8:36 PM, Frimlin posted this: Frimlinks no longer posting to Yahoo This is just a quick note to those of you who are members of my Yahoo group, or fans of my science & discovery news blog, Frimlinks. As I said I would, I've changed Frimlinks so that it no longer sends an email for each new entry to the Frimlin Yahoo group. At the moment, it doesn't send emails to anyone but me. I am still reviewing the options for which way I want to run the email subscriptions for Frimlinks. Won't be long, I promise! :) In the meantime, I continue to update Frimlinks with the best and most recent science and discovery news -- well, the best as far as I'm concerned! So if you're missing the interesting science news, just visit Frimlinks through your browser instead. And now to return you to your regular programme... Frimlin (Posted at 8:36 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

At 9:25 PM, Frimlin posted this: That's freaky, baby Tired of being the only freak? Now you can design yourself a buddy with FreakMachine. You start by drawing the head and neck, then you invite a friend by email to do the body -- they in turn invite another friend to complete the freak by drawing the legs. Trouble is, you have no idea what the other people have drawn until the freak is complete! Some interesting results can be found in their gallery. Pictured is the freak I made with colleagues Nick Dry and Wilfried Ayel. I'm afraid I'm responsible for the multiple spare tyres... Make a freak with your friends and then tell me about it, by leaving a comment!* (* Please note that this is not, I repeat, not an attempt from me to, yet again, encourage you to interact with my blog via the new comments system!) Frimlin (Posted at 9:25 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [3 comments]

At 1:53 PM, Frimlin posted this: What they rocked to when you were born! Ooh here's a cool link, swiped fresh from burnt toast -- geez, I really must increase the circle of blogs I read! 25th February 1977... UK Hit: "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer. US Hit: "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Riiigghhht. So what about you? Visit the site, and click the "your birthday No. 1" link in the bottom right corner. Then click here and leave a comment on my blog -- go on, interact! Frimlin (Posted at 1:53 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [3 comments]

Thursday, August 14, 2003

At 9:49 PM, Frimlin posted this: Vatican backing sparks GM row *Plans being laid at the Vatican to throw the Pope's vast moral influence behind the cultivation of genetically modified crops have sparked a row within the church.* Frimlin (Posted at 9:49 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

At 8:45 PM, Frimlin posted this: All is well, again... Heya! All is going well, thanks. It's nice to have received some personal emails recently, so thanks for that! I'll be replying soon, I promise. Had a great day at work and am looking forward to Friday, and then of course, the weekend. The weekend after this coming one, I'm going away for four days with Nigel to Cornwall and Devon -- should be fantastic, I'm sure! I'm going to try and remember to bring my camera, but no promises! No plans for this weekend, though. Possibly I'll spend it hyper-updating my blogs, mayhaps! We'll see. I just updated Frimlinks with a deluge of new articles. I've decided that it's not fair if I miss out posting articles that I have found interesting -- in the past I've only posted when I could be bothered, but now I feel I'm a bit compelled. Why? Well, it seems I have a few regular readers now! Yes, really. There's no longer just friends and family receiving emailed updates on my Yahoo group, and there's sites that link to Frimlinks directly now. Yes, I'm gloating -- I'm pleased, and proud! To my shock and horror someone actually gasp unsubscribed from my Yahoo group, and I was quite saddened by this event. It was a friend of mine -- he'd wanted to hear my personal updates, but not all the science news from my Frimlinks blog. Fair enough. So I am now very much aware that some people might dislike getting Frimlinks updates via email, and I'm sorry about that if it is the case. You are able to use rules in many email programs to filter out these emails, based on keywords -- such as "frimlinks" for example gasp again -- but I'm well aware that many find it a nightmare using email programs to do anything more than send and receive! ;) So I think the answer will be that I will set up a different email list for Frimlinks, and I will stop Frimlinks updates posting to my Yahoo group. That way, if you want to have both blogs' updates, you just subscribe to both lists. If you only want one, then you only subscribe to one. Does that sound good to you? I hope it does -- it does to me, at least. Now for something completely different. Have I ever told you how breath-takingly lustworthy some of the guys in my office are? Makes a poor old wizard blush and short of breath. Tis quite unsettling, m'dears. But I seem able to work on relentless, regardless. :) For those of you who didn't notice that those two links I posted yesterday were to pages that contained contents created in Shockwave Flash then please note that you need to download and install the Shockwave Flash viewer to be able to see those links correctly -- they are worth it. My father prudently referred me to the fact that they didn't work -- you don't have Shockwave Flash installed, mon pere. Well anyhow, that's enough for now. You'll probably hear from me tomorrow, though. Oh no, do I hear you groaning? ;) Frimlin (Posted at 8:45 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [3 comments]

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

At 5:31 PM, Frimlin posted this: Something flash, for fun Here is what I would like to say to George Bush (contains profanity -- cool!) And if you're bored or inquisitive, here's something to keep you occupied for hours. Thanks to my friend and colleague Nick for the links. Please note these links are to Shockwave Flash pages and you need to download and install the player for them, if you find that you are unable to view these links properly. Frimlin (Posted at 5:31 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [1 comment]

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

At 9:57 PM, Frimlin posted this: Another GM comment It's not as hot today in the UK. But now I've closed my windows, I'm starting to sweat already. I caught another large spider in my room last night. Lovely. Ooouch! I just got a hot chicken korma out of the oven, and managed to burn the fingers on my left hand. Ouch indeed. :-( Well, at least it wasn't my right hand. ;-) Here's another lengthy and unedited comment of mine to that post concerning GM (genetically modified) products, posted to Lisa's blog, burnt toast. Why not visit and join in the discussion? :-) I disagree with that point of mine too, Mark. It was much too brief and void of explanation. What I meant was, for example, that even splicing a beneficial gene from one variety of maize to another closely related variety of maize is still a genetic modification, and has the potential to be perceived as a dangerous and wicked thing by some. If companies wanted to release product created from such minor modifications, I would have sufficient reason to empathise with any annoyance they may feel in having to be subjected to a standardised -- and most likely cautiously lengthy -- waiting time, and any associated costs, just to get their slightly sweeter sweetcorn approved as untroubling and served up at the dinner table with the Sunday roast. I think it would be far too paranoid of us if we were to label that scale of modification as worriesome and as worthy of the same sort of monetary budget for testing as we will, hopefully, conduct for a human brain neuron being produced inside the cranium of a modified pig. It comes back to putting in sensible but progressive laws and guidelines to force companies into clearly and intelligibly labelling their products for the people to see for themselves, and to better explain their modified ingredients scientifically to a government or independent agency with an official and public-accessible scrutiny system which has been developed to strike a workable balanced viewpoint, somewhere between GMlove and GMophobia." Frimlin (Posted at 9:57 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

Monday, August 11, 2003

At 11:25 PM, Frimlin posted this: More on the Bill Blog's article on Blogs In follow-up: Remember my post about a comment of mine being accepted by the BBC for an article written by their blogging dude, Bill? Here's an alternative comment that wasn't accepted, for some reason. Snipped, lovingly, from (me)ish.org. Two years, Bill? Where did that number come from? Instapundit has been at it for two years - but he's a relative newbie. Is that who you meant, when you said "the earliest bloggers"? What a generalisation! A little bit of research would have revealed that the earliest bloggers have in fact been at it for four, five, even six years and more. Based on this article, I'm starting to wonder if the BBC is past its prime - I mean, how many poorly-researched op-ed pieces masquerading as journalism can one company churn out week after week? It also includes comments from me. Oh really does it? How very interesting. Can you say self-referencing bull-crap artist? I knew you could. Frimlin (Posted at 11:25 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

At 10:51 PM, Frimlin posted this: Frimlin rants on GM Here's my lengthy and unedited reply to a post concerning GM (genetically modified) products, posted to Lisa's blog, burnt toast. "Lisa, if you were back home in the US, would you buy GM products? And, are they actually marked as being GM? I think, from what I've read, they're not. So I imagine you'd end up buying them without realising. :( I'm glad the UK didn't rush into approving it all wholeheartedly. If they did, they'd be idiots. No way can it be 100% safe, because even scientists aren't 100% sure the altered genes can't drift into other plants and animals in the wild, or into other areas of the altered organism's genome. An innocuous change in one gene on an organism might well be the turning point which allows another organism to super-expand from out of it's own little niche. And with scientists already adding human DNA to outdoor-farmed organisms, there's no telling how these already human-compatible genes may mutate and re-emerge elsewhere. I think many already agree that, for the most part, the genetic modifications made so far haven't been cause for particular suspicion -- even after scrutiny from some of the most cautious scientific eyes. In general, people just need to be better informed of which types of modification they are "buying into" when they purchase a genetically modified product. Companies will moan about having to be more informative, yet this is one of the repercussions of cutting the corners from simple milk, eggs and flour. At a government level, I think the UK does need to relax the gates more on genetically modified produce, especially imports from the US -- given better labelling, especially. But they also need to spend more time actively scrutinising the methods used, on a case by case basis." Frimlin (Posted at 10:51 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [no comments, yet]

At 9:19 PM, Frimlin posted this: Coffee crisis, downstairs I spilled coffee on myself, at work today. Twice. First time you can forgive me for. I was sat at my computer, tapping away at the keyboard and palming the mouse. Sipping idly from my vertical coffee mug, and then turning my seat around to greet some colleagues who'd come by to talk. How gracefully my chair swivelled and guided the coffee cup into its new, but troublesome, horizontal position. For that one, forgiven. Later whilst paging through an Excel spreadsheet, moved to the rhythm of either Radiohead, U2, or sheer stupidity. I passionately lurch forward -- albeit almost imperceivably -- and brought my fresh cup of black Nescafe splashing down onto my most precious of private parts. I cringed as the hot, but rapidly cooling, coffee soaked my already quite tight thanks jeans, allowing my underwear to efficiently soak the coffee, sponge-like -- making sure that the warmest of it was always kept snug up against my inner thigh and buttocks. It reads like a Mills and Boon gone wrong, folks. But this is the reason why you should never trust Ash with a keyboard. That's right, it's not the fact that I was having coffee, no siree! I learned a couple of valuable lessons today. One is that I should never be trusted with both a coffee and a keyboard, at the same time. The other is that legs cannot absorb caffeine into your bloodstream, you must drink it orally instead. Frimlin (Posted at 9:19 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [4 comments]

Saturday, August 09, 2003

At 9:39 PM, Frimlin posted this: Comment away, I beg you Hello! Now you can comment on posts I make to this blog too! :-) So please make an effort and visit "frimlin - wizard, reflected" and leave a comment or two. Go on! Please? Oh and... don't be rude or nasty, it's... not nice. Thank you! It's so sweltering hot here in my room. Only slightly hotter than it is outside now, in the middle of Saturday evening; due to my computer being like a small fan heater. Erm, I'm not suggesting my computer is to blame for the heat wave in the UK and the drought in Europe, no sir. I'm sitting here at my computer topless, and wearing only shorts; it's that hot. But I've worked away all day at integrating these new comment systems into frimlinks * and "frimlin - wizard, reflected" It's been so hot, I've not wanted to move. But I did spend time in the sun, in the backyard -- and have managed to pick up a bit of pink. At least it shows I tried. I'm pleased I've done put this comment system in the blogs, though, because I had thought the only solution to the comment problem was to get something like MovableType -- something I couldn't do because it required Perl and though I have that installed, amongst other show stopping issues, I cannot see it's error-logs easily. Trust me, I worked with Perl for about two years while at Creature Labs. I miss not doing as much web work, now I'm at Lionhead -- but other things in my new job more than make up for it. So I guess that partially explains why I've put more attention on my blogs recently. You never know what I might do or say next... So I was determined, and somewhat compelled, to stick with Blogger Pro. And not just because I've got a paid-up subscription -- but that was a factor too, I admit. My solution involved blogKomm and a need for me to dabble, sweatily, in PHP. Gone are the days of this blog being simply shtml -- this site is now in PHP. I'll change my writing blog soon, too. And heck, I may even get around to restoring my photo galleries. We'll see. I hope you like the product of my hot Saturday labouring. And I hope you do come and visit the blog, and leave a few comments, rather than just read this all through your Frimlin Yahoo! group member-only emails! :) Interact, peoples! I dare you! OK, I've said enough about that now. Peace be with you. Don't forget to pass it on. Frimlin (Posted at 9:39 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [15 comments]

Friday, August 08, 2003

At 7:42 PM, Frimlin posted this: Bill Blog's article on Blogs Ooh the BBC have accepted one of my comments on one of their articles -- finally! You'll have to read the article to understand the context, but this is what I said in response: "It's just you and the summer, Bill. But as the amount of blogs increase, it is logical that so too will the amount of uninteresting blog entries. Blogs make it so much easier for the average John or Jane to post whatever they have to say. But the early adopters of the blogging phenomenon were not average at all, but instead entrepreneurial. Now average John and Jane are catching up, and hey, guess what, average John and Jane don't have anything very interesting to say!" Cool. I'm not a long-time blogger, and I'm sure visitors will agree that most of my posts are relatively boring. However, they've got to understand this blog was intended as a kind of neverending personal bulk email, presented in a form that made it exceptionally easier for me to use and for my friends and family to view. Nevertheless, boring. But perhaps not quite average John and instead average Ash. Or just another wandering wizard. Frimlin (Posted at 7:42 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [2 comments]

Monday, August 04, 2003

At 10:49 PM, Frimlin posted this: Frestonia, uncovered How fascinating! Way back in 1977 -- the year of my birth -- a rather novel Republic was founded, in London. And I quote Meish.org: "In the early seventies, a group of run-down and condemned houses on the Western edges of scruffy Notting Hill were occupied by squatters. Over time, they and existing residents, numbering about 150 people in total, formed a creative community of like-minded individuals, though they faced eviction and demolition of their homes on a near-daily basis. In 1977, they seceded from the United Kingdom, formed the People's Republic of Frestonia, and appealed to the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to prevent evictions by the Greater London Council." Frimlin (Posted at 10:49 PM) [archive link] [email frimlin] [1 comment]

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