Bifurcated Rivets
Eclectica for epopts

Volume 75

14 Sep 2006

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23:24:14

Hmmm - "days" is a bit vague. I wonder why.

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23:09:14

Just been to see Volver (the new Almodòvar) - excellent. Beautifully filmed. Go and see it if you get the chance.

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11:48:14

Ball Toucher - it's a gaem, and it's OK even if it has a rotten name.

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10:16:14

I'm confused if the Force is a tool of Satan how can Jesus be the Force? Jesus appears to be Willy Nelson too.

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10:00:14

One sentence

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09:45:14

Human Dominoes

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09:40:14

iTunes 7 is definitely broken in lots of ways, but I think it is much faster than 6 which is a bonus. The new UI is OK to.

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09:39:14

My old desktop speakers started to hum horribly so I got some new ones - they sound really nice. Cheap too.

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09:39:14

Clarinets - $4,400 sounds cheap to me for an instrument of that quality.

13 Sep 2006

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14:10:13

Anyone else installed iTunes 7 and found that shuffle doesn't seem to work like it used to?

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11:38:13

I do like the album art browser in iTunes 7 - I just wish I had more of the album art available! If someone would write an emusic scraper that would be good.

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09:11:13

Eric Idle

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09:08:13

Nice

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09:06:13

Excellent

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09:01:13

Eggcorns

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08:59:13

Great Nano Ad

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08:53:13

Hah

12 Sep 2006

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22:21:12

stock cliches

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21:56:12

Interesting

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16:25:12

Huh?

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16:22:12

Hmmmm

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13:53:12

Verybigindeedery (I'm pretty sure I've linked to this before, but not at this size)

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13:45:12

Galaxy

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11:03:12

The current issue of .NET magazine describes this locale as "Lots of links, minimal commentary...an old school delight". Mind you it only made it into the "20 more brilliant Britblogs" rather into "the top 50 Britblogs", but it was first in the list, which wasn't quite alphabetical. :-)

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10:35:12

Children on Grandparents (bad MIDI warning!!)

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10:32:12

Strange

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10:23:12

If you have stored any links to particular items in this continuing opus, then I have probably broken them all by becoming more standards compliant. I'll see if I can retrofit the old style references though.

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09:54:12

Ha

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09:46:12

Hmmmm - you really can find anything on the intrawebs

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09:42:12

Lots of good stuff (via Honey)

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08:28:12

the church of google (via Chapel Perilous as was the previous)

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08:23:12

Bottle Magic

11 Sep 2006

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22:23:11

god is imaginary

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22:21:11

strange thunderstorm rolling round here tonight

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16:47:11

More 5 but 11 years earlier - nice drum solo

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16:45:11

Take 5

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12:37:11

We are having our living rooms decorated this week and have had to move all the stuff out into the rest of the house. It now looks like one of those places that mad ebayers live - books all the way up the stairs, boxes with random things in them etc. etc.

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10:19:11

Cat in bottle

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09:59:11

Odd. Very odd.

10 Sep 2006

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21:02:10

Oh dear

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09:34:10

Mouse Mods

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09:32:10

NYT link maker

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09:16:10

second draft

9 Sep 2006

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23:30:09

The hype Machine

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21:10:09

videojug

8 Sep 2006

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16:43:08

Hmmm

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16:19:08

rivets tins (To quote another Newcastle weblogger, click for biggery, much biggery, in fact hugery)

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14:24:08

Sermon Cloud

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12:13:08

Good Ear

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12:11:08

Look No Hands

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10:15:08

Ooops - skip to 3:26 when you get bored to hear the final piece (it's worth it)

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09:23:08

Yes, I know this was on Boing Boing, but it is funny. I am astonished at how long it takes the audience to pick up on the fact that he is reciting Nigerian spam.

7 Sep 2006

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22:00:07

J-vend

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08:46:07

Midnight Spank

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08:43:07

Found comics

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08:41:07

Viagra Spam

6 Sep 2006

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22:57:06

Nice photos

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22:27:06

Color Jack

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09:49:06

History buff (no, not a history of nudism)

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09:48:06

Cold war

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09:02:06

Odd

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09:01:06

Pictures that lie (useful for one of my lectures)

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09:01:06

Warflying LA

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08:59:06

Jesus Tattoo

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08:59:06

Inside google

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08:56:06

!?**£$"^!*!!

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08:55:06

Sewers

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08:51:06

Pollock

5 Sep 2006

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22:21:05

Odd

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17:00:05

Hmmm (via J-Walk)

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14:42:05

Muffler men (of course a muffler is a scarf in these parts so I started out looking for scarves and was puzzled)

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12:16:05

Smashing Ikons

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12:13:05

Neat

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11:55:05

Mahjonng

4 Sep 2006

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22:53:04

The Assayer

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22:36:04

Hmmm

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22:08:04

I'm watching ITV Play. Good grief what a load of rubbish. 75p a call too.

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21:42:04

dictionaraoke

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21:39:04

Find sounds

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21:27:04

Script This

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11:51:04

Terracotta Army

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09:06:04

Hmmm

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09:04:04

Web 2.0 logos - some of these are good

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09:00:04

Web 2.0 palette

3 Sep 2006

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22:07:03

slaughterhead

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22:05:03

Hah

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21:25:03

Rogues

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21:07:03

Game

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18:45:03

Acoustic Kitty

2 Sep 2006

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22:38:02

portrait artist

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21:53:02

bluedonut

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20:33:02

I discovered that St. Valentine was in a box in Dublin so I popped in to see it. Not a very Interesting box it turned out.

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10:27:02

Hah

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10:17:02

the coral sea

1 Sep 2006

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07:30:01

Imagetext

31 Aug 2006

30 Aug 2006

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23:47:30

Tonight, to the Temple Bar bar in Temple Bar. Music from Lad Lane: very good

29 Aug 2006

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09:16:29

Lil Marlene

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09:15:29

I also looked for Greg Ahting who also features prominently in pill spam subject lines but Google has no knowledge of him. The Ahting/Langan Quintet\or the Greg Ahting Big Band. Maybe Thomas Langan and his Polka Masters

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09:12:29

Thomas Langan - the question is, is this the Thomas Langan that is referred to in the subject lines of all the pill spam I get?

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08:16:29

Hah

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08:14:29

Scrutinize this

28 Aug 2006

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22:01:28

hah( I was on Ryanair this morning )

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21:59:28

NY

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21:57:28

free wifi in the hotel - Yay! - I'm in Temple Bar, lot's of bars and restaurants and things.Some good buskers too -heard a lovely version ofI Blackberry Blossom. Had a nice Mexican meal too.

27 Aug 2006

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19:59:27

I'm in Dublin all next week and I don't know if I'll have any connectivity so there may be an interruption in the usual service. But of course, don't touch thst dial.

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09:06:27

Neat (via Neatorama)

26 Aug 2006

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20:23:26

Strange

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09:32:26

Hmmmm

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09:29:26

A Random Number

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09:12:26

Strange

25 Aug 2006

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23:52:25

Hmmmmm

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23:49:25

Grey Sparkle

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23:46:25

Posthuman blues

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23:42:25

10000 Reasons

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23:39:25

Tokyo Undressed - Very NSFW, will offend the offendable, so don't look

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23:36:25

Hah - anyone tried it?

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22:26:25

Calisphere

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22:18:25

Nice (via Thumbrella)

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22:09:25

Mesostic

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18:02:25

UV Flowers (try again)

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18:02:25

UV Flowers

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18:02:25

Icebergs

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18:01:25

Slime Moulds

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17:58:25

Toilets

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17:57:25

Martian fossils?

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17:56:25

Hah

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17:27:25

So so wrong

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13:30:25

Ferrets

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12:05:25

RIP Maynard Ferguson

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09:24:25

The Odds

24 Aug 2006

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20:42:24

Cousins

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13:55:24

Air conditioning problem in the machine room - catless may go by bye suddenly....

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13:47:24

New Launches

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13:33:24

Krone Pen

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12:59:24

Are we surprised that Cory is not much of a drinker?

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12:57:24

I was trying to buy some black beans in Newcastle for a friend and couldn't find anywhere that sold them. (Equally, I doubt I could buy grits anywhere either)

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12:55:24

Grits

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12:54:24

The whole university was evacuated on a bomb scare this morning.

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12:25:24

Prancey Dog

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12:24:24

Phillip Roebuck

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08:09:24

Ridiculous

23 Aug 2006

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22:58:23

Ken's HP Museum

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22:02:23

I was shopping in Tescos the other day and I was horrified by the transpondification of the milk section. When I were a lad, there was milk. In bottles. With silver foil tops. The rich folk ont' hill might have had gold top but not for likes of us. But now not only is there skimmed, semiskimmed and ordinary, you can perm in organic, probiotic and even filtered. What the hell is filtered milk? How is it different? And then there is Night Milk, various super creamy forms and just other random stuff. Interestingly homogenised milk no longer seems to exist.

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21:45:23

Used FAQs - yes it was on BoingBoing but it is far too good not to link to.

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19:56:23

The Pointer Sisters - their That's A Plenty is one of my favourite albums

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19:02:23

Very neat idea, watch the video

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17:51:23

Good grief

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17:30:23

Funimag - a webzine about funiculars

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17:19:23

100 photos

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17:19:23

Elephants dream - is it any good?

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17:11:23

Hah (I am not usually a great fan of RA)

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17:09:23

Ugh. I'm feeling awful today - been asleep most of it.

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17:07:23

Chum

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16:58:23

NiceL but expensive

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14:18:23

Hard

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08:57:23

More Chocolates

22 Aug 2006

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22:33:22

I've pruned the number of RSS feeds I subscribe to down to 70 now. I probably need to look for some fresh new ones.

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22:26:22

Hmmm

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21:52:22

Tesco v Denmark

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21:22:22

Hah

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21:04:22

I hadn't seen the coke GTA parody

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07:41:22

Complistic

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07:38:22

Hah (via RobotWisdom)

21 Aug 2006

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22:51:21

Bunpoumon (it's not as elementary as it suggests....)

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22:49:21

Useful

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19:27:21

Tuning the Oud

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17:11:21

Montezumas - I think all these chocolatiers ought to send me free samples.

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17:09:21

Hades truffle

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16:56:21

Chili Chocolate

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16:29:21

Hah (NSFW - rude humour)

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16:11:21

From the depths of the comments : The Meccano webring

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16:06:21

Do-it

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16:06:21

I had one of the Macadamia & Ginger ones when on holiday - very good. No idea where I could get them here though (pricey too)

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15:43:21

Hmmm

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12:54:21

Bikely

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12:42:21

Abandoned Water Park???

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09:23:21

I wonder how well this will work. Quite Well in fact.I'm Using - evernote's ritePen which lets me just write an the screen anywhere. A much better idea than the default mechanism. It's recognizer is good

20 Aug 2006

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22:24:20

The Newton was much easier to use. I wish apple would make a tablet

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22:08:20

I'm writing this on the tablet

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21:35:20

numbers

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14:34:20

I have never understood the Internet's obsession with Lego. Now Meccano, that I could understand.

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14:33:20

For trekkies

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09:37:20

Stockholm metro - lovely

19 Aug 2006

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23:57:19

Athiest walking

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23:54:19

Terrible acting and the microphone keeps popping into view too - no idea what it's from though

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21:31:19

NSA Surprise

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21:10:19

Ginseng Sullivan - Lyrics A, Lyrics B, Lyrics C. SOme trouble with the first two lines....

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20:33:19

Nice Fantastic (but why describe this guy as a hippy? He's got a beard that's all)

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20:03:19

Excellent

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19:54:19

Mmmm, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Sprinkled with a little Licor 43 and then a dod of crème fraiche

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19:48:19

photoarti.st

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19:48:19

Sound fell

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19:47:19

Kingcosmonaut

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19:46:19

44 suburbia

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19:45:19

Piepmatzel

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19:26:19

New Bravia ad (and the Tango spoof of the original is great if you haven't seen it already, indeed it is still great even if you have seen it already)

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13:12:19

Spotted in an article about Kiko : "It looks like they just weren’t able to monetize their free consumer subscriptions and never actualized the enterprise solution they sought". English 2.0

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09:27:19

Dorodango - I remember this from a while back but not this site (I think)

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09:15:19

You can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus - Mark Twain

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08:21:19

Hah

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08:10:19

Interesting - I needed something like this for a lecture I am preparing (via Boing Boing)

18 Aug 2006

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22:38:18

Very Odd (via GGTH)

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22:19:18

Good grief

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21:01:18

Neat (via TV in Japan)

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20:47:18

12/12/2012

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20:11:18

Definitely not how to make pancakes - the guy hasn't a clue about making batter. Electric whisk? Add the flour to pre-mixed egg and milk? Ridiculous.

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17:02:18

I got a tablet PC today for some teaching research we are going to do. It's interesting. I need to learn how to use it effectively though.

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13:03:18

Hmmmm - a tad pointless, methinks

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12:30:18

Stalker's dream - it even has a google map's link. (Looking at your roof Ole)

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12:16:18

Mermaid Rentals

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12:15:18

Grandfather's girls - Probably NSFW for some people, old nudity - interesting interface

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12:13:18

Bizarre MS Bug

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10:00:18

Hmmm

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09:51:18

Open Your Hearts

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08:59:18

I never thought about it before, but people with piercings are topologically different from people with no piercings.

17 Aug 2006

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21:56:17

Hmmm

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20:51:17

George Washingmachine -check out the samples, some very fine playing

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20:49:17

Gypsy Guitar

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20:28:17

Weblog Cartoons

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20:19:17

I am getting very sick indeed of spammers calling my mobile and trying to sell me upgrades to a contract that I don't actually have. Even if I had the contract I would be hacked off. There does not seem to be anyway of stoppping them doing it either.

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17:12:17

Thanks No

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11:55:17

Sitting in a call centre today handling clearing calls for admissions. Or at least waiting for calls that aren't happening at the moment. Noisy.

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11:20:17

50 Worst band names (via Thumbrella) - I agree with Gary, many of these are not that bad

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10:05:17

turn here

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09:16:17

Award winning design????

16 Aug 2006

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21:51:16

Schnier facts

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17:48:16

Looty (via neatorama)

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13:28:16

*sigh* e-music has launched an e-music UK. I really don't want that. I bet they are going to fiddle with what's available.

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12:59:16

As you can see the trackbacks have gone. What do people feel about JW's idea of things to click to add links to del.icio.us etc.? (Blinklist is my preferred system)

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12:24:16

Radio

15 Aug 2006

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21:06:15

Good Grief

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17:42:15

Hah

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15:46:15

Lovely

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15:41:15

I am thinking about removing the trackback feature - there has been almost no non-spam use of it and it would unclutter things. Of course it would mean that this was no longer a whizzo cutting edge weblog (oh, hang on, I don't have tags so it isn't anyway) Speak now or forever hold your peace.

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12:27:15

Hah

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12:08:15

Great cake

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11:36:15

I have no idea

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10:32:15

Kampai (via TV in Japan)

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09:11:15

My friend Paola's new website. The jewellery she makes and sells is good.

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08:59:15

oops

14 Aug 2006

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22:13:14

Sigh

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21:08:14

Invented by a Scot : [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4135269.stm[/url] no mention of first user though. (still looking)

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20:48:14

Tilt

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16:58:14

Weird and creepy

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16:53:14

I've done the shoelacing site a long time ago, but Len reminded me of it, and I still can't quite get over the pages of lacing photographs

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16:39:14

Hmmm

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09:17:14

Hah

13 Aug 2006

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22:34:13

Netcocktail

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22:34:13

Drawspace

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20:53:13

SOom good ideas, but most people are simply too lazy to tag things accurately or indeed at all. I know I am. I have a way of tagging all these links and have used it about twice - a) it's just a hassle to have to do it and b) thinking up the tags is hard.

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20:45:13

999 videos

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09:56:13

Paint job

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09:47:13

Early colour image of London - I am surprised that nobody seems to be wearing a hat. Also note the guy just above the bonnet of the left hand car who appears to be picking the pocket of the guy in front - it *might* be the way he is standing, but it certainly looks odd

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09:38:13

Hoving

11 Aug 2006

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17:53:11

Ah, Chappie doing Derikashii No kakera - excellent. I wish I knew what it all meant though.

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17:35:11

Savant Syndrome (Check out the Matt Savage video!!!!!!)

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17:01:11

Dark Passage

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16:36:11

George Washington - very odd indeed (Audio is certainly NSFW)

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16:00:11

Wondermark (via J-Walk)

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13:45:11

Chavez speaks

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13:28:11

Listening to Tal Farlow playing Jordu - just wonderful. It swings so hard and just flows along.

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10:35:11

An iTunes store-alike for traditional music - tons of good stuff available too. I can recommend Sandy Brechin for a start.

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10:10:11

Chad Vader Ep. 2

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10:09:11

Chad Vader Ep. 1

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09:40:11

Are you a freak?

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09:36:11

Temptation (I'll have to get some of those bible indexing tabs advertised at the bottom)

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09:35:11

Good grief

10 Aug 2006

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23:24:10

Hmmm - when we were away I noticed in walking by caravans that people who had televisions just sat in front of them like zombies with their mouths slightly open. Some people in tents even had TVs for goodness sake. We read or played cards or scrabble - the youngsters played 6 handed games of cheat and shithead for ages and ages.

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15:02:10

Shift

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12:44:10

Hmmm

9 Aug 2006

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22:34:09

Fantastic

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22:19:09

Nice Sadowitz trick - the man's skill with a deck is astounding.

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22:16:09

Lovely

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20:09:09

Cork'd

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19:53:09

Bunny yawns

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16:41:09

Things a man should know about drinking (some much sound and useful advice here)

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12:09:09

P-mode

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11:36:09

Hah (may offend the easily offended)

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10:10:09

Great riding, but utterly ridiculous over-reaction from everyone involved.

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10:03:09

Chip Hop

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10:02:09

Hah

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09:32:09

Sadowitz

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09:19:09

Big things in Oz

8 Aug 2006

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22:22:08

Package tracking

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22:04:08

iPodd

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21:54:08

Dr who complaint

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21:43:08

Nice trick

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21:31:08

Swarm

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21:27:08

Pretty

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21:26:08

Brawny Academy

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21:20:08

Hoff

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21:10:08

Bonjour America

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20:13:08

Cover Target

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20:05:08

Strange

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10:11:08

NoBoJo- BJU madness

7 Aug 2006

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23:05:07

Good stuff (via MilitantPlatypus)

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21:24:07

Hmmm

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21:06:07

Yum

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21:05:07

Oh and before whoever it was has a go at me for having a go at Xtians again, do let me point out that I would gladly feature nutters of other persuasions (the rapture is becoming pretty old hat and boring now), but their websites tend to be in languages I don't speak or read - there are lots of really wacky cults in Japan (some of them Xtian too!) but linking to them would be a bit pointless.

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21:03:07

Went to the Eden Project again this year : lots of growth since the last time (obviously) and it was good. As always the evangelicals were on the campsite, but this year featuring a gospel illusionist! (for my next trick I need two loaves, three fishes and 5000 volunteers). As always they were leading small children in entirely inappropriate chanting, had illiterate and illogical notices, and, as always, set up on the beach for a "road show" with loudspeakers annoying everyone. There was also a superfluity of toffs beingsupercilious and a vast group of realted londoners being londoners.

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10:01:07

Also odd

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09:59:07

Flying objects

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09:58:07

Odd

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09:45:07

Hmmm

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08:54:07

Coleslaw....

6 Aug 2006

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23:28:06

Big pit