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Kick-Ass. Best (and funniest) superhero film since Robocop, and with a similar sense of humour and attitude to violence. … Continue reading
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People may remember that I am a fan of the author Christopher Priest. (The Prestige is a particular favourite, and much better than the film adaptation of a couple of years ago.) Many years ago, he told the story of … Continue reading
I'm feeling rather better. … Continue reading
Using a 'one ring means x, two rings means y' code doesn't work on nearly every mobile. You don't know what their ring tone is. Try one/two quick missed calls instead.
OK, for this to make sense, you need to know that a) prostitution is legal in the UK and b) the demand from women for straight male escorts (SMEs) is very, very tiny and the supply of men who want … Continue reading
A tiny bit, but gosh, this will have been the snowiest winter in London for ages. The walk to school did help me wake up a bit (although I feel the bed beckoning) because the Super Bowl was good enough … Continue reading
The sockets on one side of the UPS* are battery backed up ones. The sockets on the other side are 'just' surge protected. Why yes, I did have this PC plugged into the latter. The battery side had the old … Continue reading
Hmm, a Press Association story saying breastfeeding has almost no benefits to the baby has been picked up by the Mail and the Telegraph and… with predictable results. It says the study was published in the January 2010 edition of … Continue reading
I've forgotten to go 'hooray' here over this story from a couple of weeks ago: Food labels advice change over Palestinian territories. I am happy to eat food grown in Israel. I am not happy to eat food grown in … Continue reading
I do wonder how viable Spotify is when half the ads on its free service are about itself. One that wasn't just now was from Vodafone. 'Why not buy a phone + £100 of calls for a xmas present?' it … Continue reading