http://blog.andrewbeaton.com The mad ramblings of Andrew Beaton Thu, 08 May 2008 11:48:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yet again my postings are becoming few and far between. A lot has happened recently but I've just not found the time to write about any of it. I've been feeling far too tired recently. Well a lot of you know that a few weeks back, three of us developers here ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2008/05/08/wow-its-been-a-while/ A competition to redesign the first new British coin series for 40 years was announced today. The winning design was created by a 26 year old lad from Bangor, Gwynedd. His design was chosen out of over 4000 entries. All six designs from the 1p through to the 50p coins can ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2008/04/03/minted/ Sorry for not updating since the end of last year. It's not like I have nothing to say because I do. My brain feels like it could explode right now. There are so many thoughts wanting to be written down, shouted out, shared with someone, freed from my mind, but ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2008/02/20/fade-to-grey/ Merry Christmas. That's what people say at Christmas, right? Except normally they have someone to say it to. They have friends and family, And they haven't been crouched naked under a Christmas tree with a needle in their arm like an insane person in a mansion in Van Nuys. They're not out of their minds, ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/12/21/x-mass-in-hell/ As I was driving home from work this evening, trying to navigate around the thousands of last minute Christmas shoppers, I decided to listen to Radio 1 for a change instead of my current collection of Sixx AM [1] [2] and Paramore [1] [2] and managed to catch the end ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/12/18/not-safe-for-work/ Just to let everyone know that due to yet another cock up with o2 I am still without a working phone. All was working well with the new sim card till this morning when it looks like an over excited twat employee decided to bar my new sim card as ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/12/17/no-phone/ Abdomen. It's now been three days that I've been in almost continuous pain. The only time it doesn't hurt is if I stay really still or sleep, but I can't sleep cause it hurts. Arghh. I've not been this sick for a very long time. Worrying about losing my job as ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/11/28/bloody-pain-in-the/ Some people! Have a look and listen to these two videos if you have a spare few minutes... If anyone out there can do better, then send me a copy or link to the video and I'll put it up here. Oh and then you can get a job! :) http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/11/23/too-much-time-on-their-hands/ Discuss... On another note, what a shite game! [UPDATED] Looks like Steve McClarens been given the boot, as has Terry Venables. [ link ] http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/11/22/should-mcclaren-be-sacked/ Looking through an hourglass, to a time where some remain, who look upon their shatter lives, shadows cast up their dreams, They wander how they lost so much, Their lives forever changed, Some seemed to have lost sanity, Their cries forever ring.. They saw their friends and family die, Their cries were never herd, And even now their faces show, For ... http://blog.andrewbeaton.com/2007/11/11/lest-we-forget-2/