Hello 
I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.
Otherwise, feel free to close this box and explore...
Are You...
...one of the hundreds of people who come this way each month by typing "Siobhan Curran" into Google?
Are you typing it into Google because someone gave you a random business card last night with that name written on it?
Have you just read the About page and are now thinking to yourself "Ah, that's what he meant when he said there was a specific reason why he's growing his hair"?
Is your name Liz?
Everyone say "hi" to Liz 
So — you looking forward to a month of top quality international football then 
JoH
Jo, I'm going to refuse to answer that until you've said "hi" to Liz 
I'm one of the hundreds of people who keep an RSS feed to your site, so I don't have to search for you each time.
And it's partly your fault that I'm now addicted to Second Life. Keep an eye out for Serena Lombardi and her complete lack of flying skills!
Hi Liz
Serena Mayfly
Hi Liz.
Keep an eye out for Serena Lombardi
Will do
Can I just briefly mention why I want everyone to say "hi" to Liz BTW? 
One thing that I think is rather unique (although I may be wrong) about my job, is that I spend a considerable chunk of three years getting to know a group of people. I see them from fresh-faced, um, Freshers in the first year, right through to cocky "I've just got a degree" confident end-of-Third-Years.
In all that time though, the general formality of the relationship that develops, means that (as I've written endlessly about of the years) I can't be as open as I might like about aspects of my personlity.
When the 'end' does come though, and tutor-student relations aren't really of any importance anymore, sometimes it can be a great relief to finally tell one or two of them about who I actually am. It's like lifting a veil of pretendence, and revealing a truer sense of self.
Basically, I want to freak the fuck out of one of my students, whom I gave my 'Siobhan' business card to last night. I was also going to add that everyone should say hi to Theo as well, seeing as I prompted him to try refining his search for sites that link to http://www.slashseconds.org — but Google seems to leave me off that.
(Although, now I've just linked again...)
Hi, Liz! And, while you're here, admit it — you guessed about Siobhan long ago. Come on, admit it!
Anyway — /seconds looks very cool!
Hi Liz!
Beki
Hi Liz! Hi to Theo too if you made it!
Well that didn't work — tried to use my new blogger id!
Glad you had a goodnight at the exhibition — smug bastard ;P
MA
hi
Liz
Sorry, I'm not Liz at all. I just thought it would be funny.
Will the real Liz please step forward.
Liz
Hi Liz!
...I have a friend named Liz...whom I wouldn't expect to ever find this.
...ha.
Hi Liz!
I know lots of Lizzes. Lizi? I dunno.....
Hi Liz
Will the real Liz please step forward.
Ack, give her time — poor thing only just got her results. I'm imagining that she's rather hungover right now.
smug bastard
I don't remember what I did. What did I do?
Hi Liz!
Hi Liz, Hi Theo; Hi to all their friends (who they'll no doubt tell about this, who'll tell their friends....)
Oh sod it; HELLO WORLD! [thinks: Now where have I seen that before?]
Alli' Cat'
Now where have I seen that before?
LOL, personally, in 1978 on an Apple II
hi Liz
Stephanie Rowe
Hello Liz, Happy good life!
Hello Theo, if you read this.
Hello Siobhan
Hello sun!
remembers a stupid TV show for kids
My first 'hello world' was on GW-Basic, MSDOS 4 or so, with a 5 1/2 disk and a monochromatic CRT. Oh, good times.
Nothing I wouldn't have done
My first "Hello World!" was on an ICL mainframe the size of a double decker bus, in COBOL, using punch cards.
The output came on listing paper not much smaller than a broadsheet newspaper and the disc drives (if you were privileged and clever enough to use them) had discs the size of dustbin lids. Mag tape; that's what us plebs had to use. At least you could take the write protect rings off the tape reels and play hoop-la on the coat stands — that's what a computer game was in those days.
Liz and Theo don't know they're born.
Sorry... I need to go and lie down now; it's my age, you know.
Hi Liz
Hi to our entertaining host
Hi Everybody
Nick
Eh Natasha! ICL mainframes!
My first commercial program was in COBOL, for a 1902S (I think the "S" meant it was a 'sports' model i.e. went faster) under EXEC (none of that fancy 'George' nonsense).
And we were so poor I once wrote an entire database system using just 1's and 0's.
"Luxury! We couldn't afford 0's, we had to use O's instead."
But you try telling the kids of today — they won't bloody believe you.
Alli' Cat'
ICL 1902S mainframes — you were lucky!
I remember punching the cards for Jaquard's weaving loom.
Oh, and hi Liz — yes, it is usually like this here.
Hey Its the real Liz!
thanx for saying hi everybody!
I wish I only knew earlier as I could of borrowed some amazing outfits from you!
: ) xxxxx
Liz
no, I'm the real Liz...
Fake Liz
Hi liz !
(as ever late...)
Oh and I'm thinking of going to SCC, sorting out flights etc
nicki may
"...one of the hundreds of people who come this way each month by typing "Siobhan Curran" into Google?"
Look, I just keep forgetting how to spell "tranniefesto", ok??
Oh, hi Liz.