For the last month or so I have had the feeling that the Daily Telegraph has been getting far too much attention and praise for a simple act of chequebook journalism. The way I saw it, their exclusives on MPs’ expenses were not the result of investigations but just from having been willing to fork […]
Entries from June 19th, 2009
Feeling old
June 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
There are all sorts of things that are supposed to make you feel old, but which I take in my stride. What finally did the trick was a bit of maths revealing something which has been true all my life but which I never appreciated until now.
Tags: Maths
A bite of history
June 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on A bite of history · Life
Meet the ancestors – literally!, originally uploaded by Whipper_snapper. Flickr is a great place for discovering excellent photos, but sometimes the story behind them is even better – like this one about somebody coming across his great-great-great-great-grandfather’s bones in a rural churchyard.
Bike parts
June 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Bike parts · Work
Today at work we had a local bike shop set up a stall at lunchtime, offering 15% staff discounts at their shop to try and tempt us out of our cars and into accident and emergency onto bicycles. All very worthy, and they do have an extensive catalogue. I would be interested to see how […]
When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies
June 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Politics
Recently I finished reading When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies, a book by Andy Beckett. It was another book I got through Amazon’s ‘Vine’ programme, in which they send me free stuff and in return I review it for them.  As a child of the seventies I couldn’t resist requesting it, but […]
Where’s Captain Kirk?
June 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music
Still on a Spizzenergi theme. I found this on Youtube: it is the cover of Where’s Captain Kirk? that REM produced as a xmas single for their fan club in (I think) 1992. The arrangement is based on the version performed in the film Urgh! A music War.  As far as I know, this cover […]
Tags: Spizzenergi·YouTube
Airships
June 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Airships · Music
As mentioned in a recent comment, a video for Airships by Athletico Spizz 80 has been uploaded onto Youtube. It has some slightly ambiguous comments attached. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The description says: The longest and most popular song wanted / requested to be included in the […]
Tags: Concerts·London·Spizzenergi·YouTube
Redundant words
June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Redundant words · Technology
Spot the two redundant words in this headline…Â Â Â 😉
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Why the Royal Mail is in trouble
June 13th, 2009 · Comments Off on Why the Royal Mail is in trouble · Politics
A while back I responded to the public consultation on the provision for Gypsies, travellers and travelling showpeople held by the South East Regional Assembly. Now that the SERA doesn’t exist any more they have sent me the results: it is a substantial packet, with some letters and a thick booklet, all in an envelope […]
Tags: Royal Mail·Travellers
What Youtube was invented for
June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on What Youtube was invented for · Music
The other night I was reading about a Crisis ‘hidden gig’ where Amadou & Mariam played at the Union Chapel, Islington with David Gilmour.  I hate reading about this sort of thing – it is a one-off event, that was not televised or recorded and so entirely ephemeral so I normally just get overcome with […]
Tags: World music·YouTube
