straight through, so make a note of what they are in the other end when viewed with the plug in the same orientation, and splay them out the same way round on the unfinished end

It can be a bit fiddly getting them lined up correctly but it is doable. I used to make our CAT5 cables to custom length where I used to work

The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
New Model Army – Green & Grey

not a snow man exactly:

By RobM of the North Leeds MTB collective

'Southeast gets a bit of snow and world falls apart' shocker

Welcome to the 20th 21st century ;-)

A1 from newcastle to Bramham has 30mph limit all the way due to snow, ice & freezing fog, according to bbc traffic bulletins this morning. A few accidents too. Try the A19 instead

actually, a typical plastic rule can have up to about 1/4in empty plastic before the scale starts.

so actually your 8 inches were (potentially up to) 8 and a quarter inches

and saying it twice doesn't make it 16in!

+1 RealPlayer

but that keepvid link looks useful

er I did and I didn't.

full of good intentions, I did set off. but when I'd gone less than 1/3 of a 30 mile journey in an hour and a half, I figured I'd be more use at home dialled in via VPN than sat in traffic, so I went home and did just that

yes. a ruler tends to be a monarch or a despot, kind of thing

maybe he's just a little bit Finnish.

Not fully Finnish though, or he'd be swimming in frozen lakes/lochs ;-)

our manager's pretty good. yesterday's email went something like this:

"I'm working from home due to the extreme weather conditions. For the UK based staff that managed to get in, well done but don't leave it too late going home. And take care on your way home.

for those that didn't make it, well, we have the technology to work from home, we may as well use it.

for those in CEEME, don't laugh, but the UK is crippled when we get 2cm of snow. We have 15cm and building…"

he said he doesn't need a kitchen and a utility room

I know, but he didn't emphasise the 'and' ;-)

if you can fit a double bed in it, then…

you don't need a kitchen???

I work in Barnsley and the word "eat" most definitely is pronounced "eight"

omelettes? we don't have none of that fancy stuff up 'ere, tha noz

well I tried to make the 30 mile journey from home to work today. The nearer I got to Leeds, and therefore the motorways, the worse it got.

I heard one guy phone into the radio station saying he'd taken over 3 hours to get down the A65 from Guiseley to Kirkstall – maybe 6 miles?

I got about 10 miles, just into Headingley, when the skies opened again, so I thought, rather than sit in traffic, I'll be more use to the company working from home. I'm an IT bod. so here I am at home. and the laptop is on next to me, dialled in via VPN

never seen an otter in the wild, although apparently we have them on the River Aire near Leeds.

Did see a kingfisher on the same river in Shipley

And I saw some raccoons close enough to get some nice portraits when in Vancouver last summer. 1 Elk in Canmore, but no moose, bear or wolves :-(

normally takes anything from 50mins to double that, depending on the car park that is the M62.

Today I (and my boss and 2 more of my colleagues) opted to work from home, so getting home took no time at all :-)

Have to see what tomorrow is like at 0730. in the meantime I have to deal with the recovery from a system crash in Tampa

think i'll be working from home tomorrow, VPN access is ace

been doing that today :-)

downside is those that did get in were mostly allowed to leave at lunchtime, the rest of the day to themselves. I'm stuck "working" until 5pm.

Upside though, at least I know I'll get home :-)

possibly. I went off on a tangent a little due to interruptions from work :evil:

I don't see this downloading wrecking the established bands but it surely dents the coffers of the record companies and this will inevitably lead to less and less new bands being signed up , and that will kill music IMO.

I'm not sure about that either. There's a very healthy live music scene in Leeds, for example, where it's actually quite difficult to get rehearsal space at a time that's convenient to all members of the band, especially if you have full-time jobs as well. I'd imagine most big cities are the same.

Occasionally you'll get a band like Arctic Monkeys who basically 'broke' themselves on the world via the internet, but it's still mostly done the hard way – gigging, gigging and more gigging…

For those of us starting out on our band's careers, it's actually a lot easier to get started now than it was say 20 years ago – I speak from experience.

The price of Recording Studio time is still pretty much the same as it was 20 years ago – about £1 per hour per track – so in real terms getting a good recording of your band is actually cheaper now than it's ever been.

Once you've got the recording, getting the music into the ether is simple – just sign up to Myspace or AmazingTunes, Zimbalam and the like. You can even upload to the BBC for your local radio station's local bands

Then comes the hard part. Getting the first gigs can be difficult and is essential to get your name known locally. Then the people that come & see you, that like you, will (hopefully) go to your online space & start downloading your songs – for a fee of course – and telling their mates.

And of course there's also Facebook. A great place for telling all your mates about your next gig(s). Free advertising, what more can you ask for. Ok it's a limited market at first, but of course that depends how many friends you have. And how many friends the rest of the band members have. and their friends, and so on…

LOTR – The Fellowship of The Ring, party scene near the beginning when the hobbits set off some of Gandalf's fireworks – especially the dragon one

oh, that kind of axe.

thought you meant one of these:

;-)

All About Eve. folky rock sort of stuff (with a hint of goth by association with The Mission), but Julianne Regan has a wonderful voice

r/c helicopter
Yamaha electric guitar & amp

Shipley, West Yorkshire. 4in of snow and still falling. So today I will be working from home instead of trying to get to Barnsley

As said before, don't do it unless you're a goth. I was, once, and it was expected then.
I'm now 44 and 80% grey, and dying it would be sooooo obvious. Besides, think of the upkeep on the roots!

And apart from that, who wants to look like the oldest swinger in town? Think Stringfellow if he was skint

I think you need to find yourself a new circle of friends, midnight. The current ones don't seem to value you for who you are.

Try meeting up with some fellow STWers for some bike riding. Then you'll meet people who do value you for yourself. Make it a social ride with drinks/cake afterwards, preferably at one of the many MTB-friendly pubs out there.

Midnighthour that's a shame. They're not all like that. give it another try, you might get a pleasant surprise.

and no, I'm not offering ;-)

why do you ask?

I've had enough of it now. thank you

ah yes I wondered when that would come up.

Of course, AndyP doesn't follow football, or have a favourite club, so we can't raise the spectre of his team having "pro footballers that were being tw*ts while out on the p*ss", as happens at many clubs. Not just Leeds Utd.

I assume it'll be an "F" then ;-)

anyhoo, the "dirty leeds" of the 70s were simply fighting fire with fire. Remember "chopper" Ron Harris et al?

awww Andy let us have our fun. It'll probably be another 29 years before we next win at OT so let us milk it while we can, eh?

got to remember we're a full 2 divisions below the 'champions'

look at the guy 6 rows back with hands on head. Priceless :-)

does indeed sound like it. Call your local council RoW officer

well I for one won't be going anywhere this year. Last year's trip still to be paid for. Canada isn't a cheap destination from the UK…

it'll be ok for indoors. OK you won't be able to do big circuits, but hovering & getting the hang of it will be ok; you could also try finding a local club. http://www.bmfa.org should have a club finder.

Chances are there's a club fairly near to you that hires a church/village hall, or even a sports centre, for one evening a month or so.
If you're anywhere near Bingley, http://www.10electric.co.uk and http://www.kadmac.org have regular indoor sessions.
Failing that, try your local model shop