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ABOUT THIS RESEARCHER

Created: 24th May 1999 
Peregrin
As I've just logged in for the first time in about five years and my profile is horrendously out of date, I've removed it and put this here.

My name is Ian Ferguson, or Peregrin; my email address is ian@ianferguson.me.uk; I'm currently (as of August 2007) more active on Facebook than anywhere else. No doubt that too is a passing fad and I'll disappear somewhere else.

I used to be very active on h2g2 in the heady early pre-BBC days, and thinking about it makes me feel misty and nostalgic.

One day I'll come back properly and write all the stuff that I meant to write.

h2g2 still kicks wikipedia's arse.


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Peregrin
Last posted: May 1, 2009
Researcher Number:

40382

CONVERSATIONS
CONVERSATIONCOMMUNITYLATEST POSTLATEST REPLY
Keysh2g2Apr 19, 20025 Weeks Ago
The Snigger incident...h2g2Apr 30, 2009Oct 1, 2009
How do you get ideas for plots?h2g2Nov 20, 2002Jul 9, 2009
98Xth Conversation at Lil'sh2g2May 1, 2009May 14, 2009
Ten years since the British Libraryh2g2Apr 30, 2009May 5, 2009
Guess who!h2g2Apr 30, 2009May 1, 2009
Well...h2g2Apr 30, 2009May 1, 2009
Another updateh2g2May 1, 2009No replies
If you build it...h2g2Apr 30, 2009Apr 30, 2009
In answer to you questions....h2g2Apr 30, 2009No replies
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MESSAGES
Leave a MessageLATEST POST
Hey thereAug 23, 2007
need to mix enteriesMar 25, 2007
Hi - slight error with http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A490349Dec 21, 2005
Good news Mr President sir, you're (possibly) being fired.Sep 8, 2005
Happy Birthday!Aug 8, 2005
Another Good Site for ChristiansMay 25, 2005
h2g2 Christians!!!!Feb 28, 2005
The New ForestJul 13, 2004
Little Red Riding Hood and the UnderGuideJul 6, 2004
Updating LlamasMay 7, 2004

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JOURNAL
Another update
Apr 30, 2009

...and a few years later. This is like the slowest blog EVER.

Living on the Isle of Widget, working in Southampton, no longer with Tinkerbell.

Nowadays I waste time on Facebook and Twitter (@peregr1n - peregrin wasn't available!)

Apparently I registered ten years ago but I don't remember much from then. I was going to uni... then it's a bit of a blur.

The odd memory pops up from h2g2 and meetups, and they're all good smiley

Discuss this entry - 6 replies - Latest reply: May 1, 2009

Update
Jul 4, 2005

Let's see... I'm still living in the New Forest, with Tinkerbell, still working at the Mayflower theatre, still procrastinating and meaning to do something useful, etc. etc.

I've developed a taste for seafood. That's news? Kinda?

Discuss this entry - 3 replies - Latest reply: Jul 5, 2005

HIV Status
Feb 17, 2005

So... the Conservative party here (the main political opposition) announced their proposed policy recently of screening every immigrant to the UK for HIV and TB, with a positive reading for TB at least meaning their visa is automatically turned down. And the Labour party (currently in power) are saying that they're planning the same too.

I'm not usually one to rant about politics but how incredibly unethical is this?! It panders directly to the widespread prejudices against people who are HIV positive, not to mention suggesting the spread of HIV is directly the fault of ethnic minorities...

Mind you, I'm pretty much against public opinion in regards to immigration anyway - my opinion is that Britain happily f****d up many worldwide cultures in the past few centuries, and is therefore at least partly responsible for creating the huge gap between first and third world countries. After massacaring the native populations and installing our own culture in place, we can't really sit here on our high horse and complain about desperate refugees eroding our own culture.

I think anyone who complains about immigration should go and live and try and make a living in Uganda for a while, and see where they would prefer to move to.

So there.

Footnote: Besides, I want to move out of Britain and experience working in another culture anyhow, so somebody can have my place as soon as I find a job in the far east...

Discuss this entry - 3 replies - Latest reply: Feb 22, 2005

What's new?
Jul 6, 2004

I wonder if there's anything new happening around here.

I hate to admit it, but I only logged in to make sure that h2g2 isn't going down the drain because of the new cutbacks in the BBC's online services.

Discuss this entry - 6 replies - Latest reply: Nov 3, 2004

Get Writing
Dec 1, 2003

I've just noticed that there's been several new DNA sites created since I last poked around here, including Get Writing. If I said that I told them they should do that, would it sound pompous? winkeye

Discuss this entry - 3 replies - Latest reply: Dec 2, 2003

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SUBSCRIBED ARTICLES
GUIDE ENTRIES
IDTITLECOMMUNITY STATUSCREATED
A54343721I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (pre-update version)h2g2 -Jul 12, 2009
A2178830The True Legend Of Little Red Riding Hood (UG)h2g2 -Jan 6, 2004
A972290Bog Roll - Over, Under or Not at All?h2g2 EditedMar 26, 2003
A961760Bog Roll. Over, Under, Or Not At All?h2g2 -Feb 9, 2003
A878376h2g2 Fiction - Stories by Genreh2g2 -Nov 19, 2002
A878358h2g2 Fiction - Stories A - Z by Authorh2g2 -Nov 19, 2002
A878349h2g2 Fiction - Discussion Pointh2g2 -Nov 19, 2002
A543106Eastbourne, East Sussex, UKh2g2 EditedMay 24, 2001
A543746The Palace Nightclub, Calgary, Alberta, Canadah2g2 EditedMay 23, 2001
A543764Mercedes A-Classh2g2 EditedMay 21, 2001
A543755Football Terrace Songs and Chantsh2g2 EditedMay 17, 2001
A543098The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USAh2g2 EditedMay 16, 2001
A543089The Roycrofters - East Aurora, New York, USAh2g2 EditedMay 15, 2001
A533404A Guide to the Menu at Starbucksh2g2 EditedMay 10, 2001
A533143Fluorescent Multi-Layer Disc (FMD)h2g2 EditedMay 4, 2001
A533387John Bellairs - Authorh2g2 EditedMay 4, 2001
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