On a scale of untidiness from 1 to 10, teenage boys’ bedrooms rate a Spinal Tap-like 11… We think there is a floor in their room, but nobody can remember what it looks like.
Entries from October 31st, 2005
Nanny State?
October 31st, 2005 · Comments Off on Nanny State? · Life
Banning alcohol on public transport? No smoking in pubs? Thats nothing compared to Turkmenistan, where President (for life) Saparmurat Niyazov has banned opera, ballet, young men with long hair or beards, car radios, and now recorded music. The reason for the last one is to protect the musical and singing talents of the Turkmen people […]
Tags: WTF
Labour party meetings & magicians
October 31st, 2005 · Comments Off on Labour party meetings & magicians · Life
Having finally finished re-reading all 9 of Christopher Brookmyre’s books, in the right order this time, I am able to start reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. A daunting prospect as it is a 1000-page doorstep of a book. I’m a bit confused already, and wondering how this account of a […]
Tags: Books·Labour Party·Quotes
Playing with the camera – 2 At Home
October 29th, 2005 · Comments Off on Playing with the camera – 2 At Home · Life, Technology
After I had finished bunging all the MSBP photos on a CD for them, I got to playing with the macro feature and the possibilities of the long exposure setting. This was meant to be a picture of my keyboard, with a blur of typing fingers. It didn’t quite work, but its a start. This […]
Playing with the camera – 1 Halloween
October 29th, 2005 · Comments Off on Playing with the camera – 1 Halloween · Life
I was at the Mid-Sussex Body Positive Halloween party the other night, and took a few photos for them. Well, OK, I took about 60 but I have a 256Mb memory card and the camera is still a new toy to play with. I am still at the stage where I am experimenting with different […]
New members
October 28th, 2005 · Comments Off on New members · Politics
All those new Labour party members we managed to recruit over the summer are starting to appear now (take note chickenlittle – it does happen!). When we were out canvassing in Langley Green on Saturday a new member from Maidenbower turned up, and another new member came to our branch meeting tonight, and I hope […]
Tags: Canvassing·Labour Party
Galloway on the Frank Skinner show
October 28th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Politics
George Galloway had a truly mixed reception on the Frank Skinner show tonight, with a few boos amongst the normal polite applause. Obviously he spoke well and was charming – that is his talent, but I think Skinner deserves some credit for sticking to his guns and saying that his own opinion was that Tony […]
Tags: TV
Too much information…
October 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Too much information… · Technology
Illustrating the dubious pleasures of the russian roulette that hitting the “next blog” button can be. “Too much information” is not just an empty cliched phrase, as this site proves. (WARNING: not safe for work, and not for the easily offended)
How does Blogger make money?
October 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on How does Blogger make money? · Life, Technology
I am reasonably familiar with the new media pardigms and the post-dot com business models – enough to spout such atrocious jargon anyway – but I can’t see why Blogger/Blogspot are in business. Don’t get me wrong, I am happy that they exist. From my point of view they are providing a facility which is […]
Now thats what I call indoctrination!
October 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on Now thats what I call indoctrination! · Politics
I imagine I am not the only person to find this story deeply disturbing. The story of these junior nazis was mentioned in passing on the BBC News website today as a result of being in one of the national newspapers, so I did a quick search on Google and sort of wish I hadn’t. […]
