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Encyclopaedic Rows

As usual, it takes me a few days to get through each Sunday’s Observer — which is handy as I usually only buy a daily paper on Saturdays (the Guardian, natch) and it gives me stuff to read at lunchtime at work during the week. So there I am at lunchtime, chicken soup in one […]

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Crap. I love blogging, but sometimes I just zone out and forget all about it. So it’s time for another CramBlogEntryDuNeuro™ … november > new car > dj’ed (!) at john and sabrina‘s wedding > videoisland died > december > firefox 1.0 > rediscovered celestia > blagged myself a free iPod mini (a gold one, […]

Dixons Miss Point

Dixons, one of the UK’s largest retailers of electrical goods, have decreed that they will stop selling video cassette recorders (VCRs) and will have sold their remaining stock by this Christmas, according to a BBC News article. Their rationale is that we “are now entering the digital age and the new DVD technology available represents […]

UI9 Redux

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Who Needs CNN When You Have IRC?

From #scotlug … [12:28] <tam> PRESIDENTIAL RESULT[12:28] <tam> Kerry wins[12:28] <tam> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/americas/04/vote_usa/html/8.stm[12:28] <edward> tam: that’s just DC[12:28] <tam> ah

John Peel Dies

John Peel has died aged 65 of a heart attack while on a working holiday in Peru with his wife. Such a sad loss, one of my favourite DJs — I always remember enjoying listening to his shows as a kid more than the more “trendy” Top 40 on a Sunday … 🙁

Fun with Fones

Hmmm, I was wondering why my Orange mobile wasn’t working this morning … thanks to el reg, I now know what the problem was … *fume*

Hostages in Iraq ... Seem Familiar?

The latest twist in the hostage situation in Iraq, where people of various nationalities have been snatched by Iraqi insurgents and various demands made of their respective governments, is that it looks like one of the current demands is about to be met. Doesn’t this sound really familiar? Anyone around my age will likely remember […]

Why Not Switch Off Your TV and Go Outside and Do Something Less Boring Instead?

BBC News is carrying a story about how, quote, “US gamers are switching off the TV and are turning to gaming on their consoles and mobiles“, unquote. I’d love to see how US gamers are playing their consoles with the TV switched off …