We all owe a debt of thanks to The Ministry of Truth for spending so much time investigating the right-wing hate site Stormfront to find out the types of comment one of the newly-elected BNP councillors in Sandwell has been saying for the last 5 years. I hope he had a long bath in Dettol […]
Entries from June 2nd, 2006
Were HMV being stupid or extremely clever?
June 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Music
I had some time to kill today, and killed it by browsing in HMV listening to the new Red Hot Chilli Peppers album which they were playing. (Sounds good. I might have to get it) I was a little tempted by the Wolfmother album. I had not heard any of it, but it has had […]
Amazon: the devil in disguise
June 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Amazon: the devil in disguise · Technology
I know we all complain about Amazon sending inappropriate recommendations (especially Jo) but sometimes its a lot worse when they send appropriate recommendations. At least I am not going to be tempted by offers of books about Charmed just because I once bought a boxset for Jayne. Today's e-mail was an almost unbearable temptation of […]
Herceptin again
June 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Herceptin again · Life
On the back page of today’s Guardian G2 supplement, Gavyn Davies has slightly different numbers to those I was using, but he seems to come to roughly the same conclusions, albeit without a conspiracy theory about drugs companies tacked on the end…
Tags: Maths·Medicine/Health·Newspapers
Accident
June 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Accident · Life
The A264 was closed this evening – the bypass bit between the Tollgate Hill roundabout and the Bewbush roundabout. The reason was that someone had managed to get their Cavalier balanced on the median barrier. No sign of any other vehicles. I’m not sure how they managed to get their car like that, but I […]
Tags: Broadfield·Cars·Photos
The things you see in the big city
June 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on The things you see in the big city · Work
I went to Clerkenwell today to pick up a laptop from our other office. On the way there I took the direct route from Waterloo and walked pretty quickly. On the way back I took a bit of a detour, took my time a bit more, and took some photos… This was in Clerkenwell Green. […]
