Congratulations to Claire on completing her first marathon!
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12Apr05 — 4
That Labour Party Election Broadcast In Full
[Tony Blair and Gordon Brown face each other in painfully close proximity, like an Alas Smith And Jones head-to-head. A clumsily applied blurring effect is intended to shift our attention from one part of the frame to the other as they take turns to speak. This also keeps the pile of dirty Blair household laundry […]
Read More12Apr05 — 3
Suicide Watch
Here’s a couple from booklover Judith. Firstly, the first line of Amazon’s first editorial review of Robert Crais’s thriller Hostage: “Robert Crais is the real thing: a writer who keeps topping himself…” Secondly, she’s found a celebrity chef who just might displace Nigella in my dreams.
Read More11Apr05 — 13
Loathsome
Anyone on the Left who thinks it might be “instructive” for Labour under Tony Blair to suffer a reduced majority and who fancies some protest voting (or, indeed, protest abstaining) needs to reflect on Michael Howard’s re-launch of the Conservative election campaign yesterday. Howard, the Jewish son of Romanian refugees from the Nazis, wants to […]
Read More11Apr05 — 6
Watch The Exxxtreme Mini Bears!
Tardigrades—“water bears”—are amazing. They are mostly less than a millimetre in length, but have a complete multicellular anatomy and physiology with recognisable limbs and organs. Despite their complexity they can go dormant and become hardy little spheres of just-add-water life. In this form they are resistant to all sorts of unpleasant treatment and harsh environments. […]
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Stolen Cartoon
This is a thumbnail image of an unauthorised scan of Saturday’s Biff strip in The Guardian. After you have clicked on it to read the full-size version please visit BiffOnline and buy some merchandise.
Read More08Apr05 — 0
Under Peer Pressure
Two other ‘Blogs (so far) have passed that Fahrenheit 451 questionnaire thing on to me to answer. Bugger.
Read More07Apr05 — 5
Madder Than Qaddafi
After reading Anthony’s piece about Google bombs, I couldn’t resist a peek at “Jew Watch”, the anti-Semitic conspiracy site that came so high in searches for the word “Jew” that the civilized world had to displace it with a Google bomb. Their front page story (complete with photo of the recently deceased) is—I kid you […]
Read More06Apr05 — 1
Good Sit-Com Shocker
Clare In The Community is a radio adaptation of a Guardian comic strip about social workers. Given that description, you’ll probably be amazed to read that it’s also very entertaining. Listening to the fifth of six episodes I laughed out loud several times.
Read More06Apr05 — 2
How Not To Get Fired For ‘Blogging
There has been a (false) fire alarm at the Genome Campus. Tens of its employees are standing outside in chilly spring rain and wind. I am joined by my boss’s boss and the senior colleague with whom he is temporarily sharing his office. My boss’s boss turns to his officemate: “Have you read Damian’s ‘Blog?” […]
Read More05Apr05 — 0
The People’s Party
A general election has been called. Within hours of the announcement the socialists over at Harry’s Place have generated 75 posts (and counting) about whether or not to vote Labour. It’s like wandering through the college bar in the 80s all over again.
Read More05Apr05 — 0
The Post-Flatscreen Age
I’d often wondered what computer people meant when they referred to one of their kind as a “systems architect”. This UNIX ‘Blog has the answer. There’ll be so many unused monitors left at our place when we shut down we’ll be able to build “Screenhenge”. [Thanks to Peter Tribble]
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The Number Of The Fleeced
I meant to ‘Blog this weeks ago. Readers in the UK might be interested to know that there is at least one way of circumventing those 0870 numbers that firms use these days to get us to pay to talk to them. Thanks to Jonathan Nicholson at the Sanger.
Read More05Apr05 — 1
Truly Independent
Midnight Pictures is an independent film company based in Northern Ireland, but its people don’t want none of your steenking arts subsidies, thanks very much: “As with all Midnight Pictures films [Don’t Look In The Attic] will feature: NO love-across-the-barricades NO terrorists with a heart of gold NO conflicted priests and/or policemen NO soundtrack by […]
Read More04Apr05 — 0
Deflecting Criticism
Yes, I know I haven’t posted much of substance the last few days, but at least I’m not as bad as Socialism In An Age Of Waiting For Posts.
Read More03Apr05 — 1
Not Kissing, Not Telling
You might have noticed that I never write about my own love life here. This is mainly because I don’t have a love life, but neither do I mention foolishly inattentive members of the opposite sex who have accidentally allowed me into their company in the past. Cryptic and multiply-distorted versions of other people’s affairs […]
Read More02Apr05 — 0
It’s So Unfair!
In tomorrow’s Observer David Aaronovitch will say lots of things I’ve wanted to say and lots of things I intend to say (though I’ll be doing it rather less politely) about those on the Left who have a problem with Labour’s recent record. The problem these people have is that Tony won’t let them stay […]
Read More02Apr05 — 0
Product Recall
This advertisement could almost be a follow-up to this post of mine. [via The Motley Fool]
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Geek Fails Turing Test
I wanted to comment on a ‘Blog yesterday, but I couldn’t read the distorted characters on the security image clearly enough to type them in. Does this mean that I am really an artificial intelligence?
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Tomato Genome Update
The Koreans have taken a surprising early lead in the race to unravel Solanaceae DNA with the Dutch, perhaps more understandably, right behind them.
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Leopard-skinning
If you use Firefox to browse the Web and you want mo’ bling fo’ yo’ ride, then Pimpzilla has the look you’re looking for.
Read More01Apr05 — 2
I’d Like To Teach The World To Think
What’s most pleasing about Google’s April Fool joke today is that its text is shot through with the sort of pseudoscientific nonsense that infests thousands of real products’ copy.
Read More31Mar05 — 2
Snapped Up
Andy at Rummaging collects wacky tales of weird sales on eBay. He’s just been added to the ‘Blogroll. I think I might add a half-dozen or so new entries to the ‘roll over the next couple of weeks. Send your bribe pledge to [this ‘Blog’s name] at gmail.com and I’ll see what I can do […]
Read More31Mar05 — 1
Armageddon It
While I’m on the subject of accomplished corporate music monsters, this 10-year-old review of Def Leppard by Andrew Mueller is entertaining, if perhaps a little long and squintily typeset to be read from the screen all in one go. It’s clear that, like me, Mr Mueller can’t help but admire the band—for all their over-produced […]
Read More31Mar05 — 1
Still Tinkering
I might have a real-time comment preview feature now, but some glitches still need to be ironed out of the moderation system. Somehow Tim Newman’s comment was blocked, but an anonymous visitor managed to post three stanzas of the aria “Uncle Fucka” from Mozart’s Der Ruggerbugger to PooterGeek. Sorry, Tim. (I should point out, dad, […]
Read More30Mar05 — 65
Anastacia By Numbers
The Anonymous Economist lent me a copy of the most recent album from Anastacia (or Shouty Woman, as my officemate Jo calls her). The main producer credited is Glen Ballard. Having listened to the tracks [if I still had dreadlocks they would have trailed back from my head horizontally while I sat in front of […]
Read More30Mar05 — 0
Better Than Brand X
Worried about MRSA? Scared of infecting your little ones with your nasty cold? University of North Carolina researchers recommend the most effective anti-microbial hand-washing product known to modern science. Also on a science kick, Mick Hartley’s ‘Blog always features excellent serious reading material, but what has given rise to the longest (and most amusing) comment […]
Read More30Mar05 — 4
Oh Happy Day
Now PooterGeek should show a preview of your comment as you type it—on most recent Web browsers—and at the top of this and every other page of the site you should see a legible banner heading showing this ‘Blog’s name in white on a purple background—on all recent browsers. Thanks to casualsavant for aesthetic consulting. […]
Read More28Mar05 — 4
Mullets And Meaningful Stares
These remixed romance novel covers are painfully funny. Admittedly the raw material was probably hilarious already—just not on purpose. [I don’t read Instapundit any more, so I refuse to be embarrassed that he picked this up a week ago.]
Read More28Mar05 — 3
The New Bigotry
Cambridge University* has banned all uniforms or national costume (including kilts) from its graduation ceremonies. According to a ranting politician this is of course “elitist“. Actually it’s the opposite: everyone is expected to dress in exactly the same way, regardless of accidents of birth. Besides, Cambridge is an elite university. Get over it. At least […]
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