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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>rory's estrip.org Blog</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory</link><description><![CDATA[rory's estrip.org journal]]></description><language>en-us</language><skipHours/><skipDays/><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>Paul Visco's surebert framework RSS creator</generator><item><title>Happy Birthday Wifey!!</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/52669/Happy_Birthday_Wifey_.html</link><description><![CDATA[21 again eh <a href="/articles/read/ladycroft" class="e_link" title="ladycroft's journal">@ladycroft</a>, amazing! :)<br />
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Hope you have/had a good day. Bring on Edinburgh next weekend!!!!<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:16:39 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/52669/Happy_Birthday_Wifey_.html</guid></item><item><title>Happy New Year!!!!!</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50697/Happy_New_Year_.html</link><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s nearly signing off time here in Doha, and as I won&#039;t get the opportunity before I want to wish you all a happy new year!<br />
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I can&#039;t believe it&#039;s been exactly 1 year since I met most of you at PMT&#039;s party - and a fantastic year it has been too. I feel honoured to have been accepted in to the <a href="/">(e:strip)</a> group, even if it&#039;s by association only!<br />
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Sorry we can&#039;t be there this time round, but I&#039;m sure there will be opportunities in the future.<br />
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Here&#039;s hoping 2010 brings health and happiness to you and yours.<br />
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See you next year!<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:30:05 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50697/Happy_New_Year_.html</guid></item><item><title>MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50652/MERRY_CHRISTMAS_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas to all <a href="/">(e:strip)</a>pers, wherever you are. Hope your day is full of fun and laughter, and you get lots of fun presents.<br />
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Love,<br />
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Rory and Timika.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50652/MERRY_CHRISTMAS_.html</guid></item><item><title>Stress!</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50068/Stress_.html</link><description><![CDATA[I&#039;m coming to the rapid conclusion that taking any time off from work is pointless.<br />
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The amount of stress you end up in before going - to ensure everything is in a condition to hand over, and when you get back - catching up on all those emails, pretty much nulls any de-stressing you got while on leave.<br />
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I have 30 mins before I leave the office to take 2 1/2 weeks off (which will be wonderful and full of memories that will stay with me forever); and I have about 4 hours worth of work to do in that time.<br />
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GAAAAHH!!!!!!<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:24:55 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/50068/Stress_.html</guid></item><item><title>Awwww.....</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49728/Awwww_.html</link><description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8244486.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8244486.stm"><img class="direct_link" src="https://estrip.org/media/images/link.gif" style="vertical-align:bottom;" /></a><br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49728/Awwww_.html</guid></item><item><title>Happy Birthday Ladycroft!</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49705/Happy_Birthday_Ladycroft_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#039;s <a href="/articles/read/ladycroft" class="e_link" title="ladycroft's journal">@ladycroft</a>&#039;s birthday today!<br />
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Happy Birthday Beautiful!<br />
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<img class="tb_img" src="/content/users/rory/0909/06084314.gif" width="400" height="300" alt="image" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /><br />
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(That&#039;s supposed to be a present by the way...)<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:43:43 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49705/Happy_Birthday_Ladycroft_.html</guid></item><item><title>Work at 1:30am</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49370/Work_at_1_30am.html</link><description><![CDATA[Cutting over some core systems from one datacentre to another, so I&#039;m here at 1:30 so I can run two scripts, wait 2 hours, run the same two scripts again and then go home.<br />
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Why can&#039;t they give me remote access for this sort of thing?<br />
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Still, gives me time to catch up on some work I didn&#039;t do during the week.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:10:48 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49370/Work_at_1_30am.html</guid></item><item><title>Shakespeare in the Park</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49217/Shakespeare_in_the_Park.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hey all,<br />
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<a href="/articles/read/ladycroft" class="e_link" title="ladycroft's journal">@ladycroft</a>, <a href="/articles/read/theecarey" class="e_link" title="theecarey's journal">@theecarey</a> and myself are heading down to Shakespeare in the Park this evening. It&#039;s &#039;The Tempest&#039; at the moment I believe, and kick-off is at 7pm. We&#039;ll be aiming to get there 6-6:30, so if anyone is heading down or would like to join us, feel free.<br />
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Laters, folks.<br />
<br />
Rory.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:36:27 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49217/Shakespeare_in_the_Park.html</guid></item><item><title>1 year quit.</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49132/1_year_quit_.html</link><description><![CDATA[365 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds smoke free.<br />
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7307 cigarettes not smoked.<br />
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QAR2,190.00 and 1 month, 25 days, 19 hours of your life saved. <br />
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I think I deserve to be proud of that achievement.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:25:17 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/49132/1_year_quit_.html</guid></item><item><title>Sweet lord....</title><link>https://estrip.org/articles/read/rory/48532/Sweet_lord_.html</link><description><![CDATA[Here are two articles that make me despair for humanity sometimes:<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174210/30-stone-mother-feeds-baby-triplets-junk-food-diet--admits-McDonalds-just-months.html" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1174210/30-stone-mother-feeds-baby-triplets-junk-food-diet--admits-McDonalds-just-months.html"><img class="direct_link" src="https://estrip.org/media/images/link.gif" style="vertical-align:bottom;" /></a><br />
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There is so much wrong with the story above I don&#039;t know where to begin. Who the fark feeds Maccy D&#039;s to a 6 month old?!?<br />
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And then this one (you may have heard this on the news in the US - it was on ABC according to the article):<br />
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<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8023364.stm" title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8023364.stm"><img class="direct_link" src="https://estrip.org/media/images/link.gif" style="vertical-align:bottom;" /></a><br />
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Not actually that surprising, knowing what life is like in this part of the world, but still disturbing nonetheless. Especially the last sentance:<br />
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&#039;The UAE said the police investigated the events, and found that &quot;all rules, policies and procedures were followed correctly by the Police Department&quot;, according to a letter seen by Human Rights Watch.&#039;<br />
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