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Scene: start of a meeting, waiting for people to arrive A_manager_01 enters, stage right. a_manager_01: 4 reviews down, 24 to go! elbeno: You've done 14%, then? a_manager_01: yep. a_manager_01: …is it really 14%? elbeno: 14.285714 recurring. a_manager_01: … (Knowing what 1/7th is as a decimal comes in handy)

You've probably seen them: the ones where James Dyson says: “I was vacuuming at home one day, and I was really amazed by the lousy suction.” Whenever I see this advert I find myself wondering how many takes it took to get it, and if JD really had to fight…

Boomania! A blast from 1990 from SecondSpin.com via Amazon shops. So here I am, browsing through mp3s, and I'm in the 'B' section of course and I idly click on the 80s classic “Love in the First Degree” by Bananarama. Hold on a minute… that sounds familiar… isn't that? Yes!…

Note: for this meme I am omitting Mrs Elbeno from my friends list. Otherwise it's a non-starter, really. Hmm this meme seems like a bit of a typical “aren't I quirky?” self-congratulatory affair. Well let me tell you something, f-list: no matter how much of a rebel-against-society-norms, emo-classical-acid-jazz-loving, “my-favourite-homestar-character-is-strong-sad” type…

The weekend project: one old (highschool era) work of art + a colour scanner/printer + a couple of frames from Big Lots + pliers, tape, Stanley knife = baby room decorations! Now all I need to do is figure out which animal represents the letter “U”.

On Friday night I managed to get the VPN connection to the office working so I can now use remote desktop to get in and check my email. Today I went down to the store with the help of a friend with an SUV to pick up the crib. It…

Spent most of the morning putting together the new changing table and rocker/glider. Gearing up for approx. 20 more years of toil :). I must say, the changing table is possibly the highest quality flatpack furniture I've ever seen. Quite the cut above. It was my best furniture-assembling experience yet.

1. Spend several years cultivating the image of someone who is not especially afraid of spiders and who will be perfectly happy to pick them up (with bare hands if need be) and put them outside, should any be found around the house. NB. It helps if you are actually…

…to eat the mince pies! Also: recruiting mixer last night. Feeling good about hiring a network engineer…

The visiting family have left the Elbeno household, the remaining bits of Xmas fare that didn't get eaten are being thrown away, past their sell-by date, Santa Claus is Ebaying the list of naughty girls, and I get to pack up the decorations for another year. As we enter the…