In shock news, Genghis has updated his blog, made more than one post in a day, and it finally doesn’t look all grey and stuff! Just thought I’d mention it, because I was quite shocked, I tell you! Yours, Shocked of Chipping Sodbury.
Erm, what the hell happened to Hermione? When did she start looking all womanly-like? How long until Harry or Ron (or their libidos) notice? Why is she trying to tune her chest onto the frequency for xfm? Why does Ron now look increasingly like Gaz from Supergrass, c. 1996? Photos: BBC NewsMore Harry Potter premiere […]
Celtic have snagged the Double by beating the Pars 3-1 in the SFA Cup Final — reports: celticfc.net [free registration required], BBC News, Google News UK. After a fright near the end of the first half when Andrius Skerla headed in a lovely ball to the back of the net, and a strange decision to […]
The Scottish Executive is planning new reforms in Scotland’s licensing laws including bans on happy hours and other “irresponsible” promotions. This kind of thing is good, as this country’s relationship with Ra Drink has always been somewhat love-and-hate, but when I read Tory MSP Brian Monteith‘s comments that we shouldn’t be treated like “children” and […]
I haven’t been blogging much lately, so I haven’t tapped out some of the stuff I’ve been up to. One of those things was to sit two (cheap) Linux Professional Institute exams in the middle of last month. Net Resources through in Edinburgh were getting themselves organised to be the first LPI certification exam provider […]
Movable Type 3.0 has been released under a new licence scheme, with some commentary and explanation from Mena about the move to charging for their software. A lot of people are up in arms about it, but personally I think it’s A Good Thing™, and wish them all the best. Brad Choate sums up the […]
Team Laser Explosion: Best … Weebl & Bob … Ever </comicbookguy> Updated 2004-05-05: There’s now a secret fan club, complete with printable belt! But remember … it’s a secret!
I’m getting bombarded with comment spam on this blog, even after installing MT-Blacklist. Something I’ve noticed after a spot of log analysis is that the kosher comments come from the HTML form generated by Movable Type at the end of each post, and are submitted by POST method (i.e. in the HTTP headers); the spammers […]
My folks got me the new Season 3 West Wing DVD boxset for my birthday yesterday. I was expecting greatness, and instead was delivered mediocrity. I’ve complained thusly: Hi, I would like to complain about the UK (Region 2) DVD release of “The West Wing – Complete Season 3” box set. The booklet contained inside […]