Monthly Archives: February 2002

The DVD player is amazing! Well, the speakers that came along with it add a lot to the atmosphere! It took a while to get DTS working (set the digital output to raw so the amp could interpret it) but the results were well worth the trouble. I even managed to get tv channels running through the speakers. It was really strange watching “The Weakest Link” in stereo..

It’s been a while since I had to install Apache with SSL support, but this article should help when I have to do it again.

‘PO0’ number plates cause a stink

‘PO0’ number plates cause a stink

Hundreds of licence plates have been recalled because they begin with “PO0”.

The DVLA plates have ‘PO’ for Preston, which is then followed by the year ’02’.

The plates had already been delivered to dealerships in Lancashire.

DVLA spokesman Gareth Hughes told the Blackpool Gazette they had been withdrawn following objections from members of the public and the motor trade.

He said: “The agency has always withheld registration marks with combinations of letters that are likely to cause widespread offence. These are normally considered to be potentially obscene or offensive to the general population.”

Stuart Dempsey, a salesman at Squires Gate Motors in Blackpool, says the new plates had caused a stir when they first arrived.

He added: “We haven’t had a problem with them. People have had a laugh about it and see them as more than a novelty than anything else.”

The first two letters on most registration plates issued in the Fylde area are P for Preston, followed by a random selection from A through to T.

The two numbers indicate the period the vehicle was first registered, 02 for March to September 2002 followed by 52 for the second half of the year.

Just bought a DVD+Speakers combo off Scan today.

The Irish Government is encouraging people to improve the environment. More info at The 10 Steps.

Right to live overrides right to smoke. Restaurateurs and publicans are worried about a smoking ban. However, the experience of such bans in America suggests that business increases when people do not have to endure passive smoking. . .

I’m in the mood to download movies. Pity I only have a modem connection. I’ll post links to what I find here:
Iceland
Pocket Movies

Remember Pong? Here’s the Flash movie!

I went to see Behind Enemy Lines a few weeks ago and they played a short Irish film before the main feature. The short film was called Fifty Percent Grey and you can download it here: Download Fifty Percent Grey.

I had forgotten reading this in Wired but the guys at NTK noticed the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” blunder as well.

Diane Blood pregnant for second time using the sperm of her dead husband.