The Queen descended on Crawley today (literally – she arrived by helicopter). Not only did she narrowly miss getting told where to go by our car park signs but she also avoided this sight – someone replaced the missing O a while ago.
During the visit the royal party went into the County Mall to chat [...]
Entries from November 3rd, 2006
Prince Philip does it again
November 3rd, 2006 · 4 Comments · Life
Tags: Crawley·Doh!·Medicine/Health·Royals
Have I Got News for Crawley
November 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Life
I see that everyone was taking the piss out of Crawley on HIGNFY tonight. I had not realised that the story of our car park signs being hacked had reached national newspapers.
Apparently it was American hackers who were responsible for getting into the council’s car park computer and altering the message on the boards [...]
Maths quiz
November 3rd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Spot the fallacious maths in this story from the BBC website.
Hint: it is in this paragraph:
So what’s causing such a change in behaviour – with hit and runs doubling in less than a decade? In London in the 1990s, hit and runs were 8% of accidents, now they’re 16% – with 25% in [...]
Tags: Doh!·Maths·Statistics
Botha
November 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life, Work
There are a couple of South Africans in my office, so I asked them what their reaction is to the news of PW Botha's death.
They said it was roughly what my reaction would be to Thatcher's death but I don't believe them because they were not singing and dancing.
By the way, its time to put [...]
Tags: Africa
Spizz.fm podcasts
November 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Music
It must be weeks since I last featured a blatant plug for Spizzenergi or anything else Spizz-related, so here is a link to his new venture – an experiment with podcasts.
I listened to the first one and enjoyed hearing some music which was new to me (always a pleasure). i expect the new one is [...]
Tags: Links·Spizzenergi
