January 2011
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Jan 28th
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I was watching and episode of Glee the other night, series 2 episode 3 to be precise, when they launched into another old favourite of mine: “One of Us”. Now I remember that song well, though not the Joan Osborne version; I’m thinking of another one, by some band or other (I’ve got it on a CD somewhere, but I can’t be arsed going through them all looking for it). ...
Jan 28th
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Detail shot of an “evolving fractal landscape” by subblu (click for more photographs). There’s a video of this thing in action here. (This picture is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike licence and was discovered via boingboing.)
Jan 26th
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
Jan 25th
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I was all ‘chuffed’ with that Hey Jude ‘flowchart’ I stumbled upon yesterday; but this morning I awoke with sense of unease: that diagram’s missed out the ‘middle eight’. Closer inspection revealed that the middle eight is indeed missing - which has rather knocked the gloss off it for me. :-(
Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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“You know, there are so many paedophiles in the catholic church it’s...”
– Jimmy Carr
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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“When I die, I would like to be scattered. Not cremated - just scattered.”
– Jeremy Hardy
Jan 18th
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“The £300m Home Access Scheme [Labour] began to distribute free laptops to pupils...”
– BBC News - £98 PCs target UK digital divide
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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“I just swallowed an abacus. Well, you know what they say - it’s...”
– Marek Larwood
Jan 14th
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
Anonymous asked: Any thoughts on Gerrard getting himself sent off in Today's FA Cup game against Man. United?
Jan 10th
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Bastards!
You know how it goes: You’re engrossed in something when the ‘phone rings. You stop what you’re doing and answer the call - only to find yourself talking to some gimp who’s cold-called you in order to try and flog you some crap or other. How annoying! My usual tactic when dealing with these gits was to act interested and then say, “Oh, excuse me - there’s...
Jan 6th
Anonymous asked: The Christmas Cracker joke was a little spoiled for me because I've never been a big fan of Camembert cheese - is it possible to re-write the joke with a different cheese? Stilton, perhaps, or a nice Cheshire?
Jan 5th