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I got to see Boris Johnson in full, unscripted flow last night. I'm glad I am not one of his political minders, because it must be scary every time he opens his mouth. Not even he knows where he is … Continue reading
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The Times Online website emailed to say that it is about to introduce "a new, improved reader comment system". They reckon "Times Online attracts the most insightful and informative reader comments from around the world", but that the change "unfortunately … Continue reading
One of the problems with Amazon is that it sometimes shows up your beloved copy of a book to be worth pennies. I particularly remember finding several signed copies of one interesting US book on 1970s sexuality on offer for … Continue reading
I missed this at the time, but Stephen Holdsworth, one of the founders of the Edinburgh Bisexual Group died in March. If you have a copy of Bisexual Lives, he's the one mentioned in Kate's section, and she did the … Continue reading
If I were really interested in someone else's 'first-second.com' domain name, I'd make sure I had the obvious 'other' ones (like firstsecond.com!) registered. Or at least that they were registered. Ahh, I thought it was scammy… … Continue reading
I'm now nearly there in sorting the mail server on the new server. I worked out what the big problem was this morning. … Continue reading
The first was hearing Harriet Harman attempt to say that if MPs' dubious expenses claims were paid, it was the fault of the House of Commons' Fees Office as they made the final decision. Yeah. The electorate in several seats … Continue reading
.. before I email the BBC. … Continue reading
OK, I looked at the question, thought that 'maths is about finding the simplest and easiest answer' and said '120 x 1'. I'm kicking myself slightly for not thinking of sqrt(120) x sqrt(120) first 🙂 JA(7) saw that 120 is … Continue reading
From a SATS key stage 2 (i.e. for 6-7 year olds) practice question… Harry multiplied two numbers together. His answer was 120. Which two numbers could he have multiplied together? … Continue reading