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g'day!
so how are you today? just making some friendly conversation. do you know that this blog is visited worldwide? just yesterday i checked up on our analytics and found we'ed had our first visitor from korea! how 'bout tha?
» http://www.google.com/analytics

search, for my love
the search feature is now up-and-running. try it out! it's located on the right under the comment. i am planning to extend the search feature to also include google in the future.
» http://www.sitelevel.com/
» http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/05/sup-dawg.html

parody
please, for the love of god, watch this advert.
» http://www.swansea-res.org.uk/tv_advert.html

the best of albino blacksheep
the best of the best
» dumb dinosaur
durrrrr. that dinosaur is dumb! that's all that can be said about it

robomilk respect!
what people have said about yours truly
"creator of the most inexplicably funny image edit of all time" paperghost
"well done that man!" peggy
» http://forum.netmag.co.uk/

sample
new on robomilkart...
an evil bird, a giant mallet, a blinding light, a new wallpaper and a giant squirrel!
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/

annoying
the bottom of every page now has a banner advert on it in a vain attempt to raise some cash. ads will not be displayed on search pages (yet)
» http://www.google.com/adsense

sup dawg?

new tricks
robomilk now has a new searching facility. instead of the old crawl-it search we now use sitelevel, the only downside to this is that you will get the occasional text ad mixed in with the results but it's much better that a great stonking green bar across the top and a layout i have no control over. the new search will be automatically reindexed every sunday at midnight, 4 times more often than before, and it'll generally look better.

also note. the search is not currently active as the site is yet to be indexed.
however this gives you the perefect oppertunity to check out our "no results found" page!
» http://www.crawl-it.com/
» http://www.sitelevel.com/

pickled
from now on every post will include a picture of me looking bored on it and wearing a shirt that's come straigh from the 70s. mainly because i want to.
» http://www.photobucket.com/

the best of albino blacksheep
now in a handy-dandy (almost) daily section!
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/word
a crazy video with a catchy tune. can you get a better type of video than that? if so, tell me.

shout
look what i've been reduced to doing - my friend, chris eldridge, has requested that i say this...
' i met the coolest guy in the world today, his name is chris eldridge :D'
...there, done it

woooo!!!
a ghost ship washed up in barbados with 11 corpses on board, all dressed in brightly coloured jerseys! scary!
» http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1785108,00.html

animated mum

two subjects fused to make something truly stupid

may i introduce
you all to something i doubt you have yet seen in your entire puny lifetimes. a picture of myself. as taken last saturday.

project "end of the world"
finally my plans for world domination have come to fruition. i have hacked into the pentagon and launched a nuke at a cuban cigar factory. all the world's secrets will be mine! no not really. it's just a flash animation i have been planning for a couple of weeks and then made in the tiny time of 7 hours today. should be online sometime in the next few days

the best of albino blacksheep
albino blacksheep has given the world some great stuff. i'm just amazed by the amount of stuff it holds. and have, in response, compiled a short list of everything and anything that i find to be good.
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/epic
   the past of the internet - and maybe the future
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mikeysshow
   college dudes hang out
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/terracottapie
   wtf. just wtf
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/horoscope
   and that's your horoscope for today
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/mariolive
   live action mario
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/because
   a nice music video
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/staringcontest
   it's all your fault
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/showdown
   this has to be legendary by now
» http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php
   another legend

my mum, the non-alcoholic wine connoisseur
doesn't the title say it all? my mum tests wine without tasting it. she just sniffs it and can tell it's thickness and say whether it's "wheaty" or something like that

"i'm the doctor by the way"
watch doctor who fool! only losers don't watch the best british tv series ever! also check out some doctor who art by one of my buddies at deviantart. link below
» http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
» http://drunkenbaracuda.deviantart.com/

dj pie safety
tis only the best pi handling information in the world.
» http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/dj/

results!

an insight into the public's view of shaun hargreaves

positive stuff
what do people like about me?
as taken from a (mostly) uk based survey of people who know me

bold (21%)
brave (5%)
cheerful (26%)
clever (5%)
complex (42%)
confident (10%)
energetic (15%)
extroverted (21%)
friendly (36%)
happy (15%)
helpful (10%)
idealistic (15%)
ingenious (5%)
intelligent (5%)
introverted (5%)
kind (10%)
knowledgeable (5%)
logical (15%)
modest (10%)
nervous (15%)
observant (15%)
powerful (5%)
proud (5%)
quiet (15%)
religious (15%)
responsive (5%)
searching (10%)
self-assertive (15%)
self-conscious (21%)
sentimental (5%)
shy (10%)
silly (47%)
spontaneous (26%)
tense (5%)
trustworthy (5%)
warm (5%)
witty (10%)

will probably update with the negative results when they are avaliable
a total of 19 people chose to take part

the newbies

a post with a completely random title

writings
i have an interactive story up on writing.com. if you are inspired and ready to take on the most random thing you'll ever write then clicky on the link below
» http://www2.writing.com/main/interact/item_id/1108891/
» http://www.writing.com/

towel day
if you've paid any attention to my blog you'll know that today is towel day. the official commemoration day of the writings of messeurs douglas adams.
» http://www.towelday.kojv.net/

rate my robomilk
if you've read my blog before then you'll probably know what kind of person i am. now make it official with rate my robomilk!
» http://kevan.org/johari?name=Robomilk

robomilk respect
with the onslaught of deviantart that i find interest in. there is a new "close-up" type thing of my favorite recent art piece.
» http://shaun.hargreaves.googlepages.com/deviantart

today-ed

more tests
everyone thinks so. and they are right to think that. there are too many exams in schools nowadays. less than 3 weeks ago i finished my sats and now i'm already doing more external exams. luckily i've already done 2/3 of them so that's alright.

"how many tests are sone in high school?" i ask myself
year 7 - entry cats, 3; winter assessment, 12; summer assessment, 5; other, 8.
year 8 - winter assessment, 13; summer assessment, 6; other, 10.
year 9 - winter assessment, 13; summer assessment, 6; sats, 7; other,10.
year 10 - gcse examinations, (varies according to curriculum but usually around 15).
year 11 - gcse examinations, (varies according to curriculum but usually around 15).

28 + 29 + 36 + 15 + 15 = 123

so the average english student will take approximately 123 major examinations during their high school life. please note this is not an official figure of any sort and is based on my own experiences.
» http://www.stteds.org.uk/

bussin'
bus fares are too high nowadays. and now you need a pass to prover who you are. i'm not even 16 yet and they're already charging me adult fares even though i'm carrying a whole bag of stuff that has my age. and a copy of my birth certificate. but that's not alright because it's not a pass. bloody hell.
» http://www.burnleyandpendle.co.uk/

homies
a shout out to all my homies. may they live long and prosper

redone
i have decided not to redesign the blog as i would have to change the layouts of all the titles and replace all the links and everything. it would take ages of time that i don't have.

common-vision

what it says up there ^^^
if you live in europe then you should have watched the eurovision song contest. and that got my thinking, what if there was one for all of the british commonwealth! just think of all those countries coming together to battle it out for the title of winner of the common-vision song contest!

there won't be any of the political voting strategies because all the countries are allies with one another. it's perfect! the only downside is flying everyone out to australia if they win.
» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth
» http://www.eurovision.tv/

towel day
the greatest of the up-and-coming events is towel day! the international celebration of author, douglas adams. all you have to do is carry a towel around with you all day on the 25th of may and occasionally stick your thumb in the sky. it's that simple!
» http://www.towelday.kojv.net/
» http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_day



syndication
if you want to add the robomilk rss feed to any of your news reader things then i just made it a hell of a lot simpler. in fact all you have to do is click on the link below and choose your service!
» http://shaun.hargreaves.googlepages.com/robomilkblogsyndication

oops
a collection of funny air, car and general ignorance crashes
» http://www.micom.net/oops/

nothing here

just for the record - i'm dead bored

new art, new life?
new pics up on deviant art by moi. two completely random pieces and my very first anthro art piece. may you page homage to my greatness!!
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/

fortified
why do people leave wine around just for it to go off?
just another question i ask myself every day.

gogole
what i ate today -
* breakfast: nothing
* lunch: mozerella pizza, thin base
* tea (or dinner to you other peoples): pork steak, broccoli & cheese, potato wedges and onion rings

tv 2nite (and the next week)
what only idiots won't be watching on british tv
* doctor who - bbc1, tonight, 6:35pm - the concluding episode to the cybermen one
* lost - channel 4, tuesday, 10:00pm - back down the hatch. lousy youths
* eurovision - bbc1, tonight, 8:00pm - can the uk do it this time? no chance
* dead ringers - bbc2, monday, 9:00pm - satirical impressions
* top gear - bbc2, sunday, 8:00pm - a car show unlike any other. top gear dog stars
* soccer aid - itv1, monday, 9:00pm - outta be a laugh. robbie williams vs. gordon ramsey
* the daily show - more4, weekdays, 8:30pm - jon stewart messes about with politics

okay this really only goes to tuesday but it's still a lot to watch
» http://www.radiotimes.com/

feeling wet, wet, wet

and no, this post has noting to do with the band

the weather - explained
wondering what the hell the title is on about? well i'll tell you. here in good ol' eastern lancashire it is absolutely chucking it down. whence leaving the place where i spend 6 hours every weekday it was raining. in the three minutes it took to run to the bus stop at the bottom of the street i was soaked to the skin - literally

i could easily grab handfuls of my clothes and squeeze out bottles of the wet stuff. upon waiting a few minutes i boarded. the only thing the driver could say - "you look a bit damp"

after a few stops i got a seat (i'd been dripping whilst standing up for a few minutes by now); a few stops later it stopped raining; a few stops after that and the sun actually came out. after getting off it started raining again - not as bad as before - but still raining

right now it's raining. and the occasional rumble of thunder hits the distant skies.

flashed
i'm currently learning flash animation. prepare for some nonsence to do with the end of the world - coming soon.

analytics
only today did i notice that the google analytics code that measures this site's visitors was missing. there i was whiening all the last two weeks because it said no one visited my blog - even though i know loads of people do.
» http://www.google.com/analytics

alan sugar
he shoots thunder out of his finger when he fires someone. made by me

» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/ yes. i still update that.

it's tuesday

yes it is
my day has only been half-decent. at least the bus was on time (unlike yesterday, 20 mins late). on the downside my scanner is on one of it's "i'm not going to work today" spells. my deviantart thing is going great. but i generally don't have much to do.

deviantart continues
my career on deviantart is still going strong, if you've not been there go now, if you have then go anyway
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/

layout
after some comments on the layout by previous visitors then i am considering changing it to some sort of hilly type design. if this is to happen then it shall take place this coming weekend
» http://www.geckoandfly.com/blogspot-templates/

search
the search facility is now back online. it's on the sidebar underneath the archives. the search will be automatically updated every month so some newer posts will not be indexed until around the 26th of each month.
» http://www.crawl-it.com/

confused

i'm in a right mess at the mo

google weather
according to my google sidebar weather forcast, it's supposed to snow today. it's the middle of may and this week has been blisteringly hot. don't believe me? here's a screenshot. just look down to the weather section.
» http://desktop.google.com/

commentss!!!!
i did something today, i went through every post on this blog and replied to nearly every comment that has been left, if you've left a comment somewhere then go back and see if i've replied.

search
the old version of this site had a search facility, i'm probably going to put that back online today, so look out.
» http://www.crawl-it.com/

deviantart
all my stories, including the adventures of phil osophy, pear reveals isod and unequal tights are now all there. that one about politics will be added today
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/
» http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/0...

icon
it doesn't yet work in internet explorer (but no one uses that anymore, do they?) but any recent visitors using firefox or any other respectable browser may have noticed we've replaced the traditional blogger icon with some guys face. i don't know who it is and why i put it on but it's there, but it's there so there.
» http://www.dynamicdrive.com/favicon
» http://www.blogger.com/

amigo

animating again
yesterday i was going on about how i may never animate again, today i made the most random piece of crap this side of jupiter. it's currently housed on my deviantart site and is a musical medley of family fun. enjoy it.
» http://www.deviantart.com/view/33220444/

doctor whom?
a reminder, return of the cyber men tonight on bbc 2
» http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho

feh

i don't really have any reason to update whatso ever...... but here goes anyways

my animations
csn animations is dead, not likely to be anymore updates there anytime soon.
» http://www.csnanimations.bravehsot.com/

other animations
other animators however are still alive and kicking so here are just some of my recent faves
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/experiment11
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/makeyafeel
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/horoscope
» http://www.spinnerdisc.com/dumbdinosaur.html
» http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/crabs/
» http://weebls-stuff.com/wab/balance/

alert!

there will be some testing on the blog in the next few hours. so the layout of the blog may change and anything could happen. you have been warned.

finished!
i have finished the testing on the blog. it didn't work out, but i left you a screenshot of what this blog could have looked like....



apprentice
ruth "the badger" badger lost the apprentice. it was a great show. with ups and downs every ten minutes....

choosing the teams
ruth: stronger team, all good at what they do
michelle: team with many conflicting personalities

ideas
ruth: comes up with original but somewhat lame idea
michelle: takes words straight out of sir alan's mouth, but is a popular idea

ticket sales
ruth: manages to sell about 69 of 80 tickets in first 36 hours
michelle: manages to sell only 11 tickets in first 36 hours

consistency
ruth: keeps changing ideas and views on what to do
michelle: sticks to one idea and ploughs on with it

the event
ruth: night appears to go well but mystery/murder theme confuses guests
michelle: 007 night with dancing girls and diamond auction goes down a storm

boardroom
ruth: gets general good reviews. team makes most profit altogether
michelle: sir alan says he only has a "gut feeling" on why he should hire her

boardroom - arguments
ruth: "i am the apprentice for the following reasons: i'm an all-rounder, i've got a lot of skills, i'll increase your productivity and increase your revenue."
michelle: "i will learn from what you teach me and deliver very strongly and passionately for your businesses i'll be a good resource for you."

comment
ruth: possibly her biggest downfall was because she couldn't remain consistent with her ideas and also claimed in the boardroom that "she cannot be moulded" or something along those lines. being an apprentice is about being moulded into the perfect business person. not applying the same skills somewhere else.

michelle: also known as "the blonde". she struggled to manage her team and came in with the lowerst profit margin, but managed to put on an evening that was enjoyed by all - including sir alan.


» http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice for more

this is not the greatest post in the world

this is just a quickie......
i'm only updating for the sake of it. it keeps the punters coming doesn't it? oh well. by the way, free beer tomorrow.

deviating again
i am absolutely loving deviantart at the mo. i updated with two new pics, both hand drawn. check it out now. i appease you.
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/

major plane wreaks
as said in my first post i think it was. type "major plane wrecks" into google images and get a pic of the american flag. i haven't checked this since last november but it still might work anyways.
» http://www.google.com/imghp

experiment
today i made metephorical history as i took part in the first ever official ict sats test. the test is split into 2 sessions, each 50 minutes long. i literally finished as time ran out (really! i saved the very second the timer hit zero). i am not allowed to tell you more. i even got a big piece of paper saying "strictly confidential"

pinstiped teen
upon waiting for a bus today i but approaced upon a man. but he was acting like some kind of teenager. he was smoking a cigarette, loudly listening to an mp3 player and... he was slouched over. he also had a haircut a 15-year-old would find stylish. but the only way you could tell this person wasn't a teenager was that he was wearing a pinstriped suit. and he had a beard....... talk about freaky wednesday

apprentice
the apprentice finishes tonight. go ruth badger! w00t!
» http://bbc.co.uk/apprentice

cloud pie

flicked off
i have already got bored of flickr and how difficult i find it's organisr to use. and i had nothing to put on it anyway. all arty pics and stuff will now be on my deviantart account where it shall get more publicity.
» http://www.flickr.com/
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/

to the point
and now to the title of the post. my signature dish, "cloud pie" has been a long kept secret to all but a few for nearly a month. but now i'm going to share it with everyone who cares to visit my blog.

ingredients
potatoes
milk
butter
cheese (optional)

what to do
1. peel the potatoes
2. slice them in half
3. boil them until you can easily stick a fork through them
4. this is the essensial step. using a fork mash each individual potato (still in the pan) until they're well mashed. then get the fork and start whisking the potato. add the margerine. continue whisking. add the milk at intermittent stages maybe every couple of minutes. you can also add the cheese here if desired. continue whisking until all the milk and butter has been mixed in and the potato has the similar consistency as some sort of paste.
5. serve. if done preperly then it should be a tasty and alternative to regular mashed potato with a more smooth texture. :)

image

devian-tart
i, in addition to a flickr account, have opened up a deviantart account for all my various illustrations. whilst the flickr account will hold my pictures. this will hold my drawings
» http://robomilk.deviantart.com/
» http://www.flickr.com/photos/82667282@N00/
» http://www.deviantart.com/
» http://www.flickr.com/

black comp down
my new, only-had-for-one-week computer is already knackered, i am seriously not happy and kind of p*ssed off as i had only just finished installing fireworks and all that too. that's the third, second-hand computer i've had in the last two months.
» http://www.macromedia.com/
» http://forum.netmag.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=25341

saturday

flick off!
i upstarted a flickr account for the sake that everyone else seems to have one and i was alloccated the very snazzy (and memorable) url ending of /82667282@N00/. that's easy enough, shurely?
» http://www.flickr.com/photos/82667282@N00/

mario
classic mario games are still big around the globe, so here are a list of links from around the globe, all to do with mario
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/video/mariolive
» http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~kurekure/top/mario.gif
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/jealousy
» http://www.freeonlinegames.com/play/2507.html
» http://albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mariocommunist
» http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/306930

wordpress
i have decided against moving to wordpress as it will be harder to update my blog at school (wordpress is blocked by filters whilst blogger isn't) and also it would take quite a few hours to import the masses of posts already put online
» http://www.blogger.com/
» http://www.wordpress.com/

changing the way my blog is done, forever
i have again slightly altered the layout of posts in the blog. for one, posts will now have just a simple, sum-everything-up-in-one-go title (e.g. saturday), and this will be split up into smaller sections. saving server space without having multiple posts on one day. and any relevant links, instead of having their own little section, will be posted directly below the relevant post.

and i'll probably end up putting some completely irrelevant image somewhere too
» http://www.channel4.com/

thye comment

as wass in the previous template, then called the not an advertisement section, it is now that little box on your right in which i shall give my opinions on current events, programming or possibly just to advertise something i feel like advertising.

and just to tell you, i am considering moving to wordpress as it has some features that blogger unfortunately lacks. but such a move is not yet definate so don't go yet

links
http://forum.netmag.co.uk/
http://www.spinnerdisc.com/
http://www.wordpress.com/

it's all over...

the exams that is! my sats are finnaly done and done. all of them! and it hink i've done quite well. oh well, gotta go. going. going. gone!

links
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2527443.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/27/nexam27.xml&s...

oh god

i'm having another "oh god" moment. i've spent the last few days making a nice, clean design for you all. i try putting it online and nothing works just my luck eh. anyways, i've put up this temporary design and will get the new one online asap (as speedy as-a porpoise)

links
http://www.blogger-templates.blogspot.com/
http://www.blogger.com/

email games

less (or about) a week after it first went online, and the robomilk gamestation is already getting a new look. the refresh design is more refreshed and isn't the rushed, 1 hour job that the previous one was, so it's all good.

also note that to contact me you must now use the address shaun.hargreaves@gmail.com as i got gmail now

links
http://robomilkgames.bravehost.com/
http://mail.google.com/

oust!

i have not updated recently as i have been down south in bedfordshire for the last few days. there i met a variety of silly and ott people. i also built myself a new computer so i'm happy.

links
http://robomilkgames.bravehost.com/
http://www.thedecimalplace.com/