Archive for 2005

Condi, can I go wee-wee?

Sky News displaying commendable honesty about Dubya.

I wish I’d put some money on Northern Ireland winning; at 14-1 I’d be placing my order for an iPod nano right now. I mean, how much is Sven-Goran Eriksson paid by the FA? Something like £3.9m a year isn’t it? What a joke. In the morning I shall be offering the FA my services [...]

Jesus, the bad news yesterday seemed particularly relentless, didn’t it? First it was hundreds or thousands dead in the US, with thousands made homeless. Then it was 900 or so crushed or drowned in Iraq. And finally the train killing a woman and her two kids outside London. Terribly depressing, but at the same time [...]

Following on from the Napoleon Dynamite soundboard, someone’s now come up with the Rex Kwan Do soundboard. Of course, you’ll need to discipline your image with these bad-boys too.

Oh dear, yet more proof of the stupidity of US software patents, and another reason to stop a similar system being adopted by the EU. Much to Apple’s chagrin, Creative have been awarded a patent that covers the selection by the user of a least one track in a portable media player as a user [...]

Soon after my cat Selma arrived, she decided that my office chair was her favourite spot to sleep. Every time I get up from the computer, she’s on there like shot (and I’m far too soft to move her). As a consequence the chair is rapidly disintegrating; every morning I find the chair covered in [...]

This really the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time…
Last week the Kansas Board of Education gave preliminary approval to science standards that allow “Intelligent Design” (a.k.a. Creationism masquerading as science) to be taught alongside Darwinism. President Bush is a fan of the idea too: You’re asking me whether or not people ought to [...]

Very sorry to hear that Mo Mowlam has died at the age of 55. She’s one of the few politicians I had any time or respect for - anyone that tells Ian Paisley to “fuck off” can’t be bad. Hardworking, intelligent, honest and funny. A real loss. RIP Mo.

Before I start ranting about more serious matters, here’s a little lighthearted link for you: 10 worst album covers of all time (clearing out my bookmarks, and not entirely sure if I’ve posted this link before).

Over on Bloggerheads they’ve been doing their bit to make Legoland’s Westminster display more realistic. Of course for total authenticity they ought to have some little plastic cops dragging him away for protesting peacefully.

Sorry I’ve not posted anything for a while, but we’ve got a ton of work on at the moment, and any free time has been consumed by some rather heroic piss-ups. To make matters worse, the hard drive in my main box went into death throws the other night, and I’ve been busy making sure [...]

Every so often I feel moved to send in comments on BBC programmes; sadly I have yet to have one selected for their site, and my comment on Monday’s The New Al-Qaeda was no exception (Update: my comment subsequently appeared on the site). The first part of Peter Taylor’s series was BBC documentary at its [...]