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April Fools, 2003
Here are some of this year’s April Fools internet gags — not all of them great, but dem’s da breaks! I’ve linked to the sites, but since the April Fools pages themselves may have changed after the fact, I’ve included screengrabs from today. Enjoy. Google Buys Metafilter — the ‘Metafiiiiiiiilter’ graphic at the bottom, aping…
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Pure Greed, But in a Nice Way
Howdo … it’s my birthday on the 30th of March, which is next Sunday, so if you feel you have kindness in your heart, or altruism in your soul, feel free to check out my amazon.co.uk wishlist and send me something cool for my birthday 🙂
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“… The Shadowy Flight Of A Man … Who Does Not Exist”
Some photos from my Ryanair flight to Bournemouth on Monday. Quite a quick flight, but Bournemouth Airport is tiny 🙂
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Real Time Ultimatums
BBC News Online is doing hour by hour updates on the “business” regards Iraq
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Goose Bumps
After reading “UN decision day on Iraq” this morning on BBC News Online, I can feel hair bristling at the back of my neck. Key phrases: “moment of truth”, “reacted defiantly”, “very threatening”, “have only managed”, “final appeal” … These two sentences scare me, however: ‘Saddam Hussein appeared prepared for war, warning that if Iraq…
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“We Want To Lead People To A Better Product”
Interesting article yesterday from the SF Chronicle (which is a pretty good read on a Sunday, if huge and chunky!) about SBC switching customers to SBC Yahoo! DSL — the repetitive mantra of “we want to lead people to a better product” would be amusing if it weren’t so abusive of consumer rights — an…
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They Say Stranger Things Have Happened … Here’s One Of Them
While skimming BBC News Online this afternoon, I noticed a story headlined Latrine deaths over Kenyan cell phone. Turns out this student dropped her mobile into a pit latrine in Mombasa after paying a wee visit, and she offered 1,000 shillings (US$13) reward for its recovery — a coupla more statistics: the phone cost 2,000…
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Al Qaeda Gaining Highly Visible Members?
Sorry, I had to blag this from Paul … Separated At Birth? Infamous Porn Star Ron Jeremy Arrested Al Qaeda Leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Osama obviously needs some high rollin’ types to grease the wheels of the war against the infidels …
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Traffic Warden Gives Bus Parking Ticket …
Yes, you read that right, a traffic warden gave a bus a parking ticket while it was stopped at a bus stop picking up and dropping off passengers. If this doesn’t show what a bureaucratic and officious society we live in, I don’t know what does. Footnote: the ticket later got rescinded after the bus…