Bifurcated Rivets
Eclectica for epopts

Volume 91

14 Jan 2011

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I'll have one

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Balsamic

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Nice

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Hah!

13 Jan 2011

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14:18:13

Just got a kindle 3G. Possibly one of the worst user interfaces I have ever had to use. Absolutely hideous. Reading on it is OK (but only OK), doing anything else is genuine nightmare. 5 years ago it would have seemed good, but after the iPad it is just inferior. Yes it is vastly lighter tahn the iPad which is good but it feels fragile and fundamentally rather cheap and throw-away. If you are travelling and don't want to carry a ton of books it will be useful and it is cheap enough that if it get lost or stolen it is not a huge issue. But a good user interface, no. Of course the fact that e-books are stupidly expensive and can't be shared does not help.

12 Jan 2011

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13:09:12

Aerial

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11:35:12

Gulp (via gromblog)

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10:30:12

Nice

11 Jan 2011

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15:02:11

Remarkable

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14:55:11

Hmmmm

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14:51:11

Acetic

10 Jan 2011

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14:12:10

Mountains

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13:00:10

GB's M25s

8 Jan 2011

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12:10:08

Hah

7 Jan 2011

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16:11:07

Want

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14:36:07

Odd (via gromblog)

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14:31:07

Sign up now

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13:36:07

Hmmmm

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13:24:07

Fingerbreaker

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12:49:07

Nice!! (via gunslinger)

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10:28:07

Good Grief

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10:04:07

RIP Brian Rust (Jazz and Blues discographer)

4 Jan 2011

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19:27:04

RIP Gerry Rafferty

3 Jan 2011

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13:53:03

SGB

2 Jan 2011

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08:42:02

shear folly

1 Jan 2011

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10:18:01

Ice

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HNY

31 Dec 2010

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10:56:31

HCB Italy

30 Dec 2010

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19:44:30

Never

29 Dec 2010

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10:28:29

minor swing - nice tempo, not too fast

27 Dec 2010

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14:16:27

hah

26 Dec 2010

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12:17:26

Hope you get all the boxes you were wanting.

25 Dec 2010

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10:01:25

Insert appropriate seasonal greeting here.

23 Dec 2010

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14:50:23

Hmmm

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14:47:23

Hmmm

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13:52:23

Neutrodynes

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13:46:23

Excellent

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13:34:23

Head

22 Dec 2010

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19:21:22

RIP Brian Brocklehurst

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12:44:22

Camel Photos

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10:21:22

Riveted

21 Dec 2010

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12:48:21

Amazing

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12:40:21

High

17 Dec 2010

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22:10:17

RIP Captain Beefheart

16 Dec 2010

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14:07:16

Nice mapping

15 Dec 2010

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17:55:15

Words fail me

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12:52:15

No job too odd (and someone told me about a painter and decorator called "Mr. Bit")

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12:50:15

Santa

14 Dec 2010

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16:14:14

Shop rap

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15:26:14

Hah

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14:16:14

Nice ad

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14:01:14

I will read it

13 Dec 2010

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19:04:13

RIP Smoky Smothers.

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13:38:13

Neat - not a profile though is it.

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10:00:13

LBG II

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09:59:13

Nordic Swing

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09:44:13

CCC - doesn't really get better than this

10 Dec 2010

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12:18:10

Hah!

9 Dec 2010

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09:44:09

Nice

8 Dec 2010

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13:36:08

Thin (mind, it is definitely not 2D)

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13:25:08

Cuba

7 Dec 2010

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14:36:07

Santa

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12:42:07

A or B

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12:34:07

Hah

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12:31:07

Odd

2 Dec 2010

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09:13:02

lovely

1 Dec 2010

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12:44:01

They get worse

30 Nov 2010

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16:16:30

Nice

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12:34:30

RIP Maurice Wilkes

29 Nov 2010

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07:39:29

RIP Leslie Nielsen

28 Nov 2010

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09:41:28

this is good

24 Nov 2010

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13:20:24

Gulp

23 Nov 2010

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12:40:23

Hah

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12:38:23

Want a red one (via gromblog)

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12:15:23

Nice

22 Nov 2010

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10:10:22

J-posters

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09:13:22

Good lord

18 Nov 2010

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15:48:18

Nice

17 Nov 2010

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09:05:17

Driving Sideways - more FK (the video is a botch though)

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08:50:17

Odd

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08:44:17

Throw/catch (via kottke)

16 Nov 2010

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16:46:16

Interesting

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09:37:16

Good stuff

14 Nov 2010

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10:29:14

lb

13 Nov 2010

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23:16:13

nowish

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23:13:13

12 Nov 2010

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15:13:12

True indeed

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12:06:12

Hmmm

11 Nov 2010

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14:00:11

NYC

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13:58:11

signs

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09:40:11

Infochimps

10 Nov 2010

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14:39:10

Odd

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11:19:10

Why?

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09:57:10

More madness - inundate them.

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09:53:10

Hmmmm

9 Nov 2010

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22:31:09

hmmmm

6 Nov 2010

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14:37:06

pick punch

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14:35:06

<00>

5 Nov 2010

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13:44:05

Interesting

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12:57:05

fonefotos

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09:51:05

Hmmm

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09:35:05

Hah

4 Nov 2010

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17:02:04

Black

3 Nov 2010

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07:35:03

RIP Andy Irons

2 Nov 2010

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14:28:02

tnatropmi!

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14:18:02

Fantastic

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14:17:02

Odd

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13:34:02

Neat

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13:09:02

Good Grief

1 Nov 2010

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16:50:01

Nerds

31 Oct 2010

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15:37:31

Just back from my 40th school class reunion. Interesting.

29 Oct 2010

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13:48:29

Rum (no, not odd, rum)

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08:52:29

Hmmmm

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08:49:29

Wise advice

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07:47:29

hmmmm

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07:43:29

big map

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07:40:29

28 Oct 2010

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12:00:28

Hmmm

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11:52:28

Hoi!

27 Oct 2010

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15:40:27

Sorry for a link to the daily mail but these are good

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15:19:27

Chet

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15:18:27

Nica again

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15:18:27

Nica

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12:36:27

NSFW J-weirdness

26 Oct 2010

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17:05:26

Hah

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16:05:26

Stichin just died. Perhaps Planet X will now go away.

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16:04:26

Nice

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13:13:26

Hmmm

23 Oct 2010

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22:06:23

Very nice Lautrec exhibition at MIMA. Also some stunning 1930s woodcuts of industrial scenes by Vera Talbot

21 Oct 2010

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15:43:21

Odd

20 Oct 2010

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16:29:20

Excellent

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16:09:20

I got spammed about this Virtual Cockroach, but it is rather good

19 Oct 2010

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18:58:19

excellent

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14:55:19

Inflatable

18 Oct 2010

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18:29:18

RIP Jean-Claude Laprie

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09:42:18

Interesting article in general but read the UX nightmare in the section called "Burnt by the Torch"

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09:40:18

Green Pea

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08:03:18

interesting

15 Oct 2010

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10:26:15

Wow

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09:47:15

Pop Cakes

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09:38:15

Nudie

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09:19:15

But why does this work for a cell phone provider? (It's also teh same tack as the new Win Phone 7 ads)

14 Oct 2010

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17:02:14

Crap Jazz Covers (via gromblog)

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12:32:14

Girl's Costume (NSFW language)

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09:19:14

Odd

13 Oct 2010

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16:04:13

Neat

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15:31:13

Wonderful

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15:26:13

Wow

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14:55:13

Fantastic

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14:17:13

Monsters

12 Oct 2010

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16:54:12

Hmmm

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16:33:12

Rock stars via J-Walk

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15:51:12

Cremains

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10:21:12

Another Joscho Stephan MS (he's playing a grand bouche here too - note the same Chicago quote in the solo :-) )

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10:14:12

Minor Swing - interesting guitar and some nice solos

10 Oct 2010

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10:55:10

RIP Solomon Burke

9 Oct 2010

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10:34:09

good grief

8 Oct 2010

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13:33:08

Cat chat

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13:32:08

Nice

7 Oct 2010

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15:14:07

pine

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14:46:07

Interesting

6 Oct 2010

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15:40:06

Wreckage

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10:06:06

Ask a cabbie

2 Oct 2010

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08:16:02

good grief. : lasts a lifetime

1 Oct 2010

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16:52:01

Hmmm

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14:28:01

More ads

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12:34:01

Ads

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09:25:01

Wooo

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09:23:01

Hah

30 Sep 2010

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15:27:30

Stuff working

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12:02:30

RIP Tony Curtis

28 Sep 2010

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16:00:28

Want

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13:49:28

Libation

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13:49:28

Hah

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11:00:28

This has been linked everywhere but it is really good

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10:57:28

My lack of USAns was resolved by a Greek :-)

27 Sep 2010

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18:54:27

Why are there never USAns around when you need them?

22 Sep 2010

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15:56:22

My

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13:47:22

Odd

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09:56:22

Stereotypes

20 Sep 2010

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14:08:20

Odd

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13:27:20

Crap Graffiti

17 Sep 2010

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10:27:17

Dark Patterns

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Hah

16 Sep 2010

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11:06:16

Stout

15 Sep 2010

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16:47:15

Creepy - more likely satan than jesus

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12:08:15

Fred with props

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10:41:15

Very odd

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09:39:15

Very Fine

14 Sep 2010

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14:06:14

hand maps

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10:19:14

quite brilliant

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09:40:14

excellent

13 Sep 2010

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18:37:13

I never knew Ray Charles played alto

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17:19:13

hmmmm

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10:46:13

excellent

12 Sep 2010

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20:33:12

ugh

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18:05:12

odd

10 Sep 2010

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12:37:10

Carrots

8 Sep 2010

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16:38:08

Condiments of the season

7 Sep 2010

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17:14:07

This one is nice too

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17:09:07

Minor Swing - BL manages to avoid all the Django clichés whilst still sounding manouche. Excellent.

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17:07:07

Calvary

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14:24:07

If you are interested in cycling and like arty magazines Rouleur is for you. The writing and images are both fantastic.

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12:01:07

COD

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11:37:07

Sonny Rollins is 80 today

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09:11:07

Hah

6 Sep 2010

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09:50:06

I wonder if J-Walk secretly has one of these

5 Sep 2010

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13:28:05

excellent

4 Sep 2010

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01:19:04

The new William Gibson is very good. just finished it.

3 Sep 2010

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13:02:03

Gooseduds

1 Sep 2010

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21:01:01

I had no idea Butch Baldasari had died last year.

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13:41:01

This is my favourite version of sawing on the strings. (no video)

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13:37:01

Sawing on the Strings - the short dobro solo is great. Tony Rice as always look like on eof the living dead. I notice that they all have long little fingers. Maybe I should work on my dobro playing - you don't need your little finger for that.

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13:25:01

Here's some Jethro for good measure. (with Steve Goodman) Jethro has long little fingers too.

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13:20:01

More Paul Glasse (I am a huge fan - his CDs are fantastic)

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13:17:01

Paul Glasse - the man has freakishly long little fingers! His little finger appears to be as long as his ring finger. Mine is an inch shorter. (perhaps mine are freakishly short) Makes a big difference when playing the mandolin though. (Well, that is my excuse)

23 Aug 2010

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16:37:23

Zoom

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12:24:23

Neat

20 Aug 2010

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16:16:20

Mappiness

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15:33:20

nice

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12:35:20

My Realbook

19 Aug 2010

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15:49:19

I enjoyed Inception

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14:44:19

RIP Edwin Morgan

18 Aug 2010

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14:09:18

New Simon's Cat

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10:07:18

Real or not? How could it work?

17 Aug 2010

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16:28:17

Labels

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15:24:17

World World

16 Aug 2010

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16:34:16

Hmmm

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10:06:16

From a couple of weeks ago, but there are some good new ones here (though I agree that bad album art is a bit overdone these days)

15 Aug 2010

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21:38:15

RIP Herman Leonard

10 Aug 2010

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22:28:10

Why are iPhone/iPad developers obsessed with naff wooden backgrounds? They look horrid. Why can't we have sleek and clean?

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13:27:10

brilliant

9 Aug 2010

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23:07:09

Just caught up with the first episode of Sherlock on the iPlayer. An absolute treat. Wonderful stuff.

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16:01:09

be nice

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11:13:09

nice

23 Jul 2010

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20:41:23

The cone is being placed into position. There may be leakage though - especially with approaching weather.

22 Jul 2010

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14:55:22

Funny translator : bifurcated rivets comes out as "complex spike"

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13:03:22

Unpacking the cone handling equipment

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10:22:22

HULC - one more thing to break. And who on earth coined the word "warfighters"? What is wrong with "soldiers"?

21 Jul 2010

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09:43:21

beckett

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09:41:21

Waterfall

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09:41:21

Hah

19 Jul 2010

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13:38:19

Design

17 Jul 2010

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11:38:17

Today is the anniversary of Coltrane's death

16 Jul 2010

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13:31:16

Urban Sketchers

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12:54:16

Anyone know anything about shingling shed roofs?

15 Jul 2010

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19:07:15

RIP Pete Morgan

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15:39:15

Nice image

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15:38:15

I saw one of these (or similar) over 20 years ago and have always wanted one. But way too pricey

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14:57:15

Hmmm

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13:02:15

Gagri

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09:09:15

Odd

14 Jul 2010

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09:26:14

Been loving Quicksilver's version of Minor Swing off their Live 07 album - don't know if there is a full version of it online anywhere though.

13 Jul 2010

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16:10:13

BOPSECRETS (no not a formula for aspiring jazzers)

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15:25:13

Oh Noez!!!!

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11:20:13

Do the earworm questionnaire

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10:16:13

Reocities

12 Jul 2010

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23:24:12

RIP Tuli Kupferberg - 86, I always thought of him as younger than that

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10:13:12

The Sunday Mail photo was rather dull : one of several photos on the cover and I am standing behind the person who is the centre of the image. I didn't even bother buying a copy or indeed look in a dustbin for a copy.

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09:20:12

Hah

11 Jul 2010

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10:09:11

Seems I appear on the cover of the mail on Sunday magazine today.

9 Jul 2010

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17:01:09

So twones is closing down. I didn't think it would survive I have to say.

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16:59:09

Odd

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09:15:09

Not a fan of opera but this is good

8 Jul 2010

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15:39:08

Good grief

7 Jul 2010

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16:26:07

Dead Malls

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14:08:07

Why would I want to buy cabbage from Amazon?

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12:37:07

Godblock

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09:19:07

Interesting

5 Jul 2010

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15:14:05

Nice

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13:50:05

Erotic Falconry

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13:48:05

Soup

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13:27:05

British America

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13:18:05

The Entabulator

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09:20:05

I have no idea

30 Jun 2010

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13:00:30

Odd

29 Jun 2010

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09:55:29

EP does Bill Robinson's stair dance (rather well :-) )

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09:49:29

Fascinating Rhythm, Eleanor Powell (and the Berry brothers) - entirely surreal

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09:37:29

I was watching the Country Line Dancing video that has been widely linked but ended up at this great Fred Astaire clip which I can't remember seeing before.

28 Jun 2010

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12:05:28

Cold

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10:05:28

Whya re people in newspapers always "gobsmacked" as opposed to "surprised and delighted" or just "surprised"?

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09:36:28

Pampanito

25 Jun 2010

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22:00:25

Glastonbury on the box. Dizzee was excellent. Snoop was dull. Willie Nelson appears to be playing with a 4th rate pub band ; they are awful.

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13:18:25

DQR

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12:54:25

Fascinating

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09:11:25

Good grief

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09:06:25

Bam

24 Jun 2010

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13:38:24

It don't (loads of top musicians - Joe Pass is easy to spot)

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09:57:24

Brilliant

21 Jun 2010

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12:03:21

Number 970 in the Phaedon 1000 design classics dated as 1999 is a lampshade which is identical to one we made in the '70s for our flat

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09:23:21

Tokyo Stairs (via quirky japan)

17 Jun 2010

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10:22:17

Sewer Diver

15 Jun 2010

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10:26:15

Hah

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09:22:15

Interesting

14 Jun 2010

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13:38:14

Sorry about the weekend silence - was in Cambridge to watch daughter row for her college in Bumps (which is a sort of rowing time trial thing). Here's a facebook video of some of the action.

10 Jun 2010

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13:47:10

GOd, I hate the background image on Google!!! And when I try to change it to white permanently the popup box comes up blank. Grrrrrr.

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09:11:10

Jazz Quotations

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09:09:10

New Kanji

8 Jun 2010

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09:30:08

Bebi Moppu

7 Jun 2010

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16:42:07

Nice

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13:31:07

DPRK Art

4 Jun 2010

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16:43:04

Museum

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14:02:04

Ella - Lullaby of Birdland (which is another of my absolute favourite tunes)

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13:55:04

Ella - how high

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12:32:04

SEOLOL - I particularly like "abraham lincoln gettysburg address youtube video"

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11:16:04

There is a man on a rope drilling holes outside my 10th floor window.

3 Jun 2010

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16:42:03

Good grief

1 Jun 2010

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10:31:01

Yay, my iPad has arrived!

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09:52:01

Hah

31 May 2010

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16:28:31

Brilliant

29 May 2010

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19:15:29

RIP Dennis Hopper

25 May 2010

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14:03:25

I've had to be away hence the silence.

20 May 2010

18 May 2010

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19:57:18

Autumn Leaves

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11:39:18

Posters

16 May 2010

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23:13:16

I must confess to never having heard of Ronnie James Dio

15 May 2010

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21:38:15

Interesting Minor Swing - not plectrum

14 May 2010

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21:50:14

Wow

12 May 2010

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08:54:12

Time for a new volume I think.