Yes, World of Badger has finally risen from the dead! A bit like Jesus did really, but sadly without his large fanatical following or the chocolate eggs. Anyway, before I offend anyone else with my tongue-in-cheek similes, I want to say thank you to the people who have continued to visit despite the lack of [...]
I was actually planning to resume posting here this week anyway, but John Peel’s passing has forced my hand rather; I certainly can’t let it his death go unmentioned.
I started listening to John Peel in about 1987, sometimes as I did my school homework, or more usually lying in bed in the dark late at [...]
Utterly gutted. John Peel’s died on holiday in Peru.
I haven’t posted anything for a while because, frankly, I’ve not had anything good to say. Personally, I’ve been doing lots of interesting-but-dull php stuff. Two of my best friends are being made redundant and will be forced to sell their lovely cottage. And, just as I was about to post some of my usual [...]
Via Pink Socks, 404: Lazy Programmers / File Not Found. Reminds of a site we were called in to revamp a while back – at some point about a dozen pages had been renamed, and some well-intentioned person had created 404s by hand, typing in the File Not Found blurb in each one of the [...]
Well I’ve managed to resist the temptation to continue the David Blunkett theme from last week’s posts with a comment about his alleged affair with a married woman. Until now…
Normally I really don’t care about politicians’ private lives unless they happen to do something particularly hypocritical or dishonest; they’re only human after all. If someone [...]
Blunkett really is trying to turn the UK into a police state. His latest proposed changes to the law have just been announced, and include (my initial thoughts in parentheses):
Police to be permitted to arrest suspects for any offence. (Such as dropping a cigarette butt on the pavement.)
New powers to fingerprint suspects at the roadside [...]
I’m genuinely shocked, not to mention angry and a little scared, by the news that the Court of Appeal has ruled that evidence obtained by torture can be used in UK courts. In a 2 to 1 decision, Lord Justice Laws and Lord Justice Pill granted the Home Secretary the right to hold terror suspects [...]
Learning about Roman history the fun way: The LEGO Colosseum.
On Friday evening I went over to see an old friend who’s recently moved to Clapham. Had about a year’s worth of catching up to do, which we did over a bottle of plonk at his new house, and continued doing over several pints up at the Common. We then headed back to his place [...]
I’ve finally got round to uploading some of my birthday photos. (There are actually loads more, but I have yet to get them off Troy.)
Don’t worry, of course I added Dubya’s latest to my random bushisms:
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people – and neither do we.
Sadly Henri Cartier-Bresson has died, at the ripe old age of 95. Arguably the world’s greatest and most important photographer, and founding member of Magnum, he leaves behind one hell of a photographic legacy, both in terms of his photographs and influence on the medium in general. (See the Magnum [...]
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