I’m a big enthusiast for WordPress, the software that runs this site. The crew who write it (A company called Automattic) have just celebrated WordPress’s fifth birthday, and as part of their continuing success, they’ve recently expanded their software team by hiring Warwick Poole as a “Systemologist”.
Nothing strange there, you might say, apart [...]
One of the most bizarre benefits of having a googlemail account is that all my e-mail spam is in Hebrew.
(Click the thumbnail pictures to enlarge them, please) (Fnarr Fnarr)
I have no idea why this might be, and if anybody can explain it to me, I’d be delighted to hear the reason for it.
At first sight, [...]
Tilt is a new topical comedy programme fom BBC Radio 7, and one of its first episodes deals with the question: Why does the government need to issue ID cards when we have Facebook?
This short sketch is called “StateBook”.
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Miniature farming folk gather for a cool refreshing drink of Fenge at the end of a long working day.
Photos of a hitherto undocumented community of midget farmers have been discovered by a researcher in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
The researcher said that she was stunned that these tiny people had been overlooked for nearly a [...]
If you’re working in a studio situation and someone asks you how you like your tea, this mug makes it easier for the final result to be pretty close to the colour you want.
You might get a more accurate result if you used Pantone colours, of course, but then you’d need to supply a laminated [...]
One of my favourite radio programmes is Professor Laurie Taylor’s “Thinking Allowed“.
This week’s programme included an unusual invitation. (Click the button below and listen carefully.)
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Three clips from classic films get the treatment from the voiceover artists who provide the voices for SpongeBob Squarepants.
Much hilarity ensues.
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I was listening to a repeat of the most amazing programme about an extremely ancient murder mystery - 2 million years old to be exact - that was part of a Radio 4 Science broadcast.
In the first minute of this fascinating piece, the scientists presenting the show completely threw away their credibility. Listen to [...]
This car problem is entirely my own fault (which makes it extra hard to bear), and it has nothing to do with wearing high heels (see the post below).
I drove back from work on Monday early in the afternoon, I walked to the post office and posted a parcel (a short journey of 200 metres [...]
Some very good advice for motorists. (Please click to enlarge.)
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