Endel Öpik (Tal Stoneheart), 12th April 1968-21 November 2005.

tals died on Monday of a heart attack. metzkass is after photos of him (I'll go through my huuuuge pile of photos and see what I have), particularly from Whitby just gone. I concur with reverend2001's assessment. BBC story.

It would be in the most appropriate Tal taste to note that my strongest memory is my fright at his extensive penis piercings.

I deeply regret not making it up to see Tal and Fury in the last couple of years.

Tears rolling down the dash.

• The title of this journal is humour. But if I had a independent income ...

• Gun-testing locks.

• The worst possible sin! And don't sleep on your stomach.

• I heartily endorse Richard Griffiths and the Old Vic.

• Classical superhero paintings.

I am off work today (picture £203 with wings flying into the sunset yet again) with interesting gastric entertainments. arkady has been looking after redcountess and I. We looove her! sheridanwilde has also been over providing witty conversation and cups of tea.

My Ubuntu 5.10 CD package arrived today. Anyone who wants one, just ask. I have twenty i386 packs, three AMD64 and two Mac. This edition features people wearing clothes. We also have hawkeviper's leftover 5.04 disks. Anyone who wants CDs for mobiles, skeet shooting, paint palettes ...

FreeBSD 6.0 is much nicer than FreeBSD 5.x in every way I've looked at so far. I think red will be very happy come upgrade time.

We have just ordered the Epson RX620. wintrmute recommended the Canon Pixma line, but we went with this because it's six-colour. It'll probably see most use as a scanner and fax in any case.

I also commend to you reverend2001's later post on Tal.