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Life, the universe and everything. Politics, geekery and adapting to life in Yorkshire. With occasional outbusrts of intelligence.
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- 15:59 is trying to use the mouse before plugging it in... #
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Picture. Rather amusing
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picture. Also funny
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Rosie Millard: worst parent ever to write an editorial?
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I think I even understand the science of this one; thanks pTerry! Could a superheavy element â“ heavier than anything previously found in nature or made in the lab â“ exist naturally in the rocks of Earth?
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Jen has a poll and some scans on the new film. Which I'm going to go see. Even if I go alone. It's not Bond, but it's still cool.
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Annoyingly addictive, the telescopes game especially
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Flash thing. Fun
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Justin linked to this earlier, and it's as true today as it was then.
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A reason to go to MySpace regularly? This are not good. Actually, it is good, it's damn good, Milk and Cheese are back online. This are very very good.
- 18:44 is drinking coffee mixed with tofee ice cream. Mmmmmmm #
- 21:58 is giggling at The Shrubplaying in the bath and wondering if she's learnt how to not fall in the beck again... #
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Horrifying story from Liz about the Auschwitz block 24 brothel and the hidden history of the aryanised jews forced into it
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DonaldS: imagine that if we were to hand the supply-chain for curtains, or orange squash, or embossed stationery, over to criminal gangs, trouble would follow. I'm no fan of state regulation - but I'm finding it difficult to think of a market more suited to regulation
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Ah.. innit sweet? Horribly dated, but taking itself far too seriously for ten years ago, let alone now.
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Jon shares a cool Livejournal coding trick: only works for logged in LJ users but rather cool
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Mad Nad says: 'I have rights and I am going to find out what they are and, make sure every other MP knows what they are too.' Most of them already do Nad, even I know you can't film in most of the Palace without permission. This incompetent is running the campaign?
- 22:15 laughing at my old landlord ringing me for the password for the wireless router. 4 months after I moved out... #
- 00:38 thinks it's worse than that, they're dead Jim. #
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Why I rarely buy the IndyTab anymore: The final para begins: "So the trial of lower-case lesbian vs upper-case Lesbian is going ahead. Now, a lesbian on-line magazine called The Register has put forward a solution..."
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Hari is one of those people that I either agree with strongly or disagree with vehemently. This analysis of WHY people voted BNP is better than many I've read, and accentuates the futility of the No Platform posturing.
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Nielsen is awesome, again, and proves why formatting matters: On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely.
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Mostly agree with this one to: Active voice is best for most Web content, but using passive voice can let you front-load important keywords in headings - This enhances scannability and effectiveness.
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Started reading Alertbox before I learnt the basics of HTML, it's definitely helped in my approach, especially for blogging - I break the rules more often than I follow them, but when I really want people to read you'll notice
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Zoe's spot on here - if a newspaper copies your entries wholesale and reprints them then they need your permission and they ought to pay. Exerpts for critique are fine, but substantive content isn't
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Some good observations on blogging - there's a reason I always write in my name, gives me control: In a Google-Indexed Universe where the lines between online and offline lives are blurred, you don't have to fill in all of the blanks.
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I grew up on Marvel comics, from the stuff I bought in the store at Butlins aged 5 through to the Transformers when I was 10 to the X Men when I fell for Psylocke. But comics take loads of money. They're doing The Avengers. Properly. Woo Hoo!
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We saw this before Iron Man and, well, we loved it. I await the actual release as Smith really can act if made to, and he can definitely do comedy. I even laughed at the bit with the whale. Um, sorry bout that.
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Site campaigning on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, going through parliament, because it has widespread implications for ordinary Britons. Next due on May 12th, more to follow when I've time, and a big reason to dislike Mad Nad
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What it's like being part of a gay couple, even in supposedly liberal, civilised areas, still. From Debi, comes with a challenge I doubt I could manage at all: Spend an entire week pretending that you're not a couple.
- 14:43 is wondering how the media can possibly take Mad Nad seriously after she's been debunked so often. #
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So many times during the campaign I meant to write up an analysis of Hennessy's Bloody Stupid Voting System, never did. Here's the main problem with it over AV, which he thinks we're too stupid for.
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The Labour spin team are blaming last weeks results on the mistake of the 10p tax thing. I think it went much deeper than that and that was merely the proverbial straw. Bob agrees, not sure everything he says here is right, but interesting reading
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I had planned to write a post on why Ken lost and similar, I've linked to a few things pointing out the futility of some of the anti-Boris campaigning and reactions, but Obsolete has done the rest for me, so have a link.
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Mark reviews That Game. I have no interest in it, but I like his reviews, so for those of you that like or want to know more about That Game, go read.
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I know nothing about this other than what's presented, but will be upgrading my sites ASAP, heads up for those using it elsewhere and worth a check, also check your Facebook comments for dodgy links, etc.
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Jeremy wrote this aimed specifically at authors, but I think it applies to everyone. I need to update all my sites, especially the taktix domain, and XHTML is the way to go these days.
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Cory with an interesting alternative payment system for his free eBooks. He's giving away Little Brother free, but if you want to pay him, why not donate a copy to a library? (waiting for the paperback as always)
- 00:46 watching old Trek with Jennie. It's still awful. #
- 01:44 possible Wordpress and Facebook security flaw? tinyurl.com/59ytv5 Anyone know more? #
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matgb_twitter is there if you're mad enough.I thought it was arse. All the good bits are in the trailers,
Do not go to see Hot Fuzzand
funny at times but not funny enough to make up for The Stupid, nor for the awful plotmay have given the impression that this movie was a waste of celluloid unworthy of consideration. In fact, the only comments made that, on reflection, appears to be true, was
some great set peice sequences and damn fine actingand
a drunken night in front of the DVD might be worth itbecause that's what we did last night, and I loved it, laughed all the way through it. The first-person-shooter pastiche, the cop/buddy movie pisstakes and the overall quality of the cast really did make for a nice end to a great day.
So I must apologise to those of you who listened to my opinion and avoided the film—have a few drinks, and rent it to watch in good company. It's great fun. I must've been hungover or something.
Jennie and I got a free trial of LoveFilm through one of my agencies awhileback and are still using it, rather good service, happy to recommend it. You can register for a free trial with this link (I hope) and if you like it enough to sign up we get some free credit, which can't be bad, right?
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