The Musings of Chris Samuel

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A new version of “Nobody Nowhere”

So we’ve just received the revised edition of Donna’s classic autobiography “Nobody Nowhere” from the publishers with an updated forward, some of the quotes about it on the back and one of Donna’s paintings, “Swing“, on the cover!
Donna originally wrote Nobody Nowhere was in 1990 and as it is considered a classic autobiography of [...]

Quote for the day

In 1969 Bob Wilson (later the first director of Fermilab) was called before a hearing of the US Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy to answer questions about particle accelerators. In it Senator John Pastore demanded to know how such a device improved the security of America and Bob Wilsons response of “nothing at [...]

Happy Birthday Alan!

You’re getting old, my little brother..

Alan Cox “Linux Networking” Poster :-)

A wonderful poster by Alec Muffett..

I can’t wait till I get back to Australia and can print a colour A3 version of this for my office door..

A bittersweet day

Today has been a day of sadness and joy.
This morning we took my fathers ashes to Freshwater West and scattered them overlooking his favourite bay in a brief respite from the downpours across Wales today.
This is tempered by the memories of my father, both here and elsewhere in Pembrokeshire.
Hywl fawr Dad!

Funeral acknowledgement

Mum put the following acknowledgement in the local paper to thank everyone who was involved both with my fathers last few years and for the funeral.
SAMUEL Robert - Pat and family would like to thank all the carers, past and present, especially Sue Lewis and Carole Lovell from Homecare, the Fairwater District Nurses, the Doctors [...]

RIP Robert (Bob) Samuel (1925-2008)

On Monday my father passed away at the age of 82.
SAMUEL Robert Alan Peacefully on Feb 25, 2008 at Llandough Hospital, beloved husband of Pat, loving father of Christopher and Alan, father-in-law of Donna and Jan, loving brother of Jean and her husband Tony, brother-in-law of Mike and Sue, uncle to Michael, Katherine and Richard. [...]

White Dwarf - Addictive Flash Game

This is very cool, collect the green discs with your white disk, touch blue ones to bank them and avoid the red ones or it’s game over.
My highest score to date is 2216 8599 11847, if you beat it leave a comment..
Thanks Alec!

Minesweeper: The Movie

Classic..
Minesweeper The Movie - Now that it’s a movie, you can use it to procrastinate for a full 90 minutes.
Thanks Alec..

Cover Picture

Donna was recently interviewed about her life with autism by the Salvation Army magazine WarCry. When Donna received her complimentary copy of the magazine we were surprised to find that we both turned up on the front cover!

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