September 2006

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September 5th (Tuesday)

Defeating Sudoku in five simple steps

:: 21:08 :: Games, Thoughts ::

I, like many others, have taken a liking to Sudoku puzzles. I started with some simple scanning techniques (examples 1-3) which worked with the easier puzzles. (…)

September 8th (Friday)

Wax in my grammar ear - or someone else’s?

:: 22:26 :: Language ::

Suddenly this started to bother me a lot. I surf to WordPress.com and on the front page it says: “Why Blog? All the cool kids are.”
That doesn’t make sense, does it? (…)

September 11th (Monday)

Who’s the translator?

:: 19:01 :: Work ::

Today I was putting the finishing touches to a complex Excel sheet and noticed that some translations were missing in formulas. (…)

September 12th (Tuesday)

Errare humanum est

:: 18:20 :: (Odd) people, Computer & Gadgets ::

or “the D’oh Moment”
As I’ve been laughing at other people’s ignorance, I have to tell about a computer-related blooper of my own: Last week I received a PDF that wouldn’t open. (…)

September 15th (Friday)

Blabbermouth!

:: 20:05 :: (Odd) people, Work ::

Often one of the co-workers who lives quite close to me gets on the same bus to/from work. This morning, for instance. (…)

September 16th (Saturday)

New furniture

:: 15:14 :: Miscellany ::

I bought this kind of chair today (same colour):

It won’t get here until week 41 (9.10.-) or something, though, but I can wait.
I love it!

September 23rd (Saturday)

Officially invited

:: 13:07 :: Tourist of Oz ::

This arrived yesterday:

I wanted to scan it for keeps because I’m RSVPing (although I cannot use the envelope that was provided — I bet they wouldn’t accept an Australian stamp in a Finnish post office, them crooks ). (…)

September 29th (Friday)

Tickets – check

:: 22:06 :: Tourist of Oz ::

I just bought the tickets! They should arrive in the mail in about a week.
I’m going to go via Frankfurt (both to and from). (…)

September 30th (Saturday)

Here it is, a blurry photo of an armchair!

:: 19:17 :: Miscellany, Spur of the Moment ::

My new armchair, photo taken on my old Nokia 6101 — the armchair arrived 2 weeks early! (…)