The Wikipedia page on wedding anniversaries looks like a popular one for vandalism at the moment. Somebody was looking at it at work today and I noticed, in the section on traditional and modern gifts, that the traditionl gift in the UK for a 23rd wedding anniversary is “dirty protest”.
Entries from September 23rd, 2009
What kind of crappy Facebook quiz are you?
September 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Technology
Is there no end to all these pathetic quizzes on Facebook?  Who writes the things? How do people find them? Why do they bother with them when they do find them? Most importantly, how can you stop them popping up in your news feed all the time?
Tags: Facebook
Tear down the wall?
September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Tear down the wall? · Life
One question about James May’s Lego house. Why didn’t they just build it in Legoland in the first place?
Tags: TV
The benefits of universal benefits
September 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Politics
I have been meaning to mention this for a week but keep getting distracted (Well OK. I distract myself by watching the c0mplete set of Resident Evil films and stuff like but that’s not the point here) but I really did appreciate this post from DonPaskini over at Liberal Conspiracy about the possible erosion of […]
Tags: Benefits
Big weekend
September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on Big weekend · Life
It has been a big weekend, with two late nights. On Saturday Jayne and I went to the middle of nowhere for a family wedding and then tonight I took Frankie up to London for some live comedy.
Internet piracy: an artist’s perspective
September 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on Internet piracy: an artist’s perspective · Technology
Well, maybe not an artist in the sense of performer, but certainly a programme maker, Graham Linehan (of Father Ted and the IT Crowd fame) has an interesting opinion on the topic of internet piracy and proposed rules to prevent it.
Tags: Internet
Brighton here we come!
September 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Brighton here we come! · Politics
My pass for the party conference in Brighton arrived today, along with a very daunting little book.  The book has page after page of listings of official and fringe events.  Having never been to a conference before I just find it a bit overwhelming: how do you choose what to go to?
Tags: Brighton·Conference·Labour Party
Piracy indeed
September 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music
How fitting that Adam (and the Ants) used to dress as pirates. Thanks to DogFacedBoy for pointing this out on the Word magazine website…  there is an uncanny similarity between Rolf Harris’s 1965 record War Canoe and Adam & the Ants’ 1981 hit Prince Charming.   Seems like he is not such a Goody Two-Shoes […]
Tags: YouTube
Keep it in the family
September 17th, 2009 · Comments Off on Keep it in the family · Politics
Am I alone in feeling a bit uneasy and suspicious of home education and thinking it is not something to celebrate?
Tags: Education
Mambo Show
September 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Mambo Show · Music
For no particular reason…Â LNV back in 1991. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Tags: YouTube
