One of the people on my "friends" list, thus proving once more how silly it is to call it that, is Samuel Pepys, pepysdiary. Yesterdays entry, for Saturday 19 April 1662: This morning, before we sat, I went to Aldgate; … Continue reading
Iain was picked to be Tory leader because he wasn't a rabid leftie radical like Portillo or Clarke, ie people who could actually reverse the decline in popularity and influence. Far better to have someone sound, at least as far … Continue reading
Susie Bright on the late Andrea Dworkin. The most interesting omission from the googlism is "Andrea Dworkin is wrong", which was a popular t-shirt slogan among American bisexual women back in the late 80s/early 90s. I'm struck by the difference … Continue reading
We like travelling by Eurotunnel: it's fast and doesn't suffer from the weather or (much) from industrial action. But a £150 premium over travelling by ferry? (£220+ vs £70) Erm, no thanks. Maybe that's one of the reasons why you're … Continue reading
We have a spiffy new intranet at work, otherwise known as hosting a minimal webserver on my PC with a PHP-based message board for internal notices. Because I just know that half the staff aren't going to refresh their browsers … Continue reading
Last month, the Countryside Alliance got stuffed in the High Court, appeal and today they got stuffed in the Appeal Court. I thoroughly recommend reading court judgements – pick one at random from bailii or courtservice.gov.uk and let me know … Continue reading
Please remind me of the depths to which assorted Tory spokespeople have sunk over the issue of 'immigration' recently and this past weekend in particular. If I still want to do it, I have clearly been taken over by an … Continue reading
were two of the world's great printers. And unlike say the ground-breaking early Epson dot matrix printers like the FX-80, you might actually want one today. … Continue reading
In fact it was just another 419 spam in my inbox, but it did make me think: The Tories complaining about a proposed Labour poster with their leader as a flying pig, because it is offensive to his Jewish faith… … Continue reading
From an ad in the Metro on Wednesday (one of those stupid 'lowest unique bid' auctions lotteries): "the most unique price". I can't remember the site, and Google returns about 1.3 million pages for the phrase "most unique". What is … Continue reading