Oliver Kamm has been back for a while and has been on fine form since his return. PooterGeek’s Paris correspondent should check out his latest about the Socialist Workers’ Party and the PKK. Immediately after the recent atrocity in Turkey Claire memorably asked in an email, “What do you promise [a Marxist-Leninist suicide bomber]? 72 […]
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17Jul05 — 0
Bond Sequel
Also this week, I expressed my admiration for a Bond spoof at Ace Of Spades HQ. I said it was the sort of thing I wish I’d written. Yesterday I remembered that I nearly had. Bastard.
Read More10Jul05 — 2
On My Little List
James Hamilton and the pugnacious parrots join the ‘Blogroll. Also, via Bloggers4Labour, I came across this guy, who describes his ‘Blog in the least promising way possible, and supports Villa’s former rivals in Premiership mid-table mediocrity and poor colour-coordination, but he writes one or two interesting things.
Read More09Jul05 — 2
But Mine Would Have Been Shorter And Funnier
This is a bit long, but, much as it pains me to say it, it’s my sort of spoof and I wish I’d written it. Bastard. [via Tim]
Read More09Jul05 — 3
Interim Statement
Yes, I’m “back”. I had planned a quiet month of twice-a-week posting before announcing a possible return to daily Geeking, but Norm and Tim and the terrorists saw to it that I couldn’t slip into the room quietly like a student late for a lecture. The traffic here has been ridiculously high over the past […]
Read More03Jun05 — 2
Popping Up Briefly
Just to say thank you to all the people who’ve added nice things to the comments here since I last thanked everyone for doing the same (bonus points for David Duff’s contribution). Thanks also to everyone who’s been complimentary on other ‘Blogs and linked here mourning PooterGeek’s passing, especially George, Norm, and Marcus who have […]
Read More17May05 — 0
Triangulation
I can only conclude that Anthony Cox is writing up his thesis currently, because his ‘Blog is on a roll. Check out his views about the infamous Lancet study, this piece about the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine, and his principled dismissal of Google Ads.
Read More16May05 — 1
Now This Is Funny
Thanks to Jo Salmon for drawing my attention to MP Tom Watson‘s return to ‘Blogging. One of his General Election stories beats all mine hands down: Yesterday, I went out in the High Street with a life size cardboard cut-out of Michael Howard. The results were interesting – mainly comic,sometimes disturbing but mostly, for a […]
Read More13May05 — 1
Who?
Because of a bug in the “Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem”, an extremely obscure site called Blogesque (2 944 978 citations) became the biggest ‘Blog on the planet yesterday, one day after registering with the Ecosystem. I’d have paid good money to see the look on Instapundit‘s (5 451 citations) face when he saw that one appear out of […]
Read More12May05 — 2
Double JDs All Round
Welcome Jonathan Derbyshire and Jackie Danicki to the ‘Blogroll.
Read More10May05 — 2
Fallen Comrade
Stephen K of God Save The Queen seems to think that his acquiring a life is some kind of excuse for retiring from ‘Blogging. Congratulations on getting married, yer bastard. Ah well, Scott’s back at The Daily Ablution, though he still hasn’t put a link to PooterGeek on his site, despite my (admittedly rude) email […]
Read More07May05 — 0
On A Lighter Note
Jeremy from Who Knew? emailed me with a Che-Guevarication of my younger self the other day. In return I shared with him one of the best subverted Ches I have seen recently, the Che-rie Blair, available to buy on a T-shirt from the Football365 shop.
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Darth Pooter
Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith now has his own ‘Blog, “The Darth Side: Memoirs Of A Monster“. The tone of the thing is perfect, a whole new galaxy of bathos: 15Apr05 “It is not the sort of thing people think about, but I do not get many opportunities to see any living world […]
Read More27Apr05 — 1
Another One Joins The Club
Stumbling and Mumbling makes the ‘Roll. There’ve been some excellent posts there lately. I liked this, this, this and this. I believe in free trade as much the next bug-eyed ‘Blogging loon; I just think that globalization’s boosters aren’t honest about its inevitable downside or the requirement that, for the full benefits to be spread […]
Read More25Apr05 — 0
Are You Spanking Who We’re Spanking?
My current guilty pleasure is ToryScum.com. Highlights of the site include their “Sleazy Lover” match-the-Tory-to-the-scandal competition—answers: Cecil Parkinson—Abandoning an illegitimate child John Major—Adultery Harvey Proctor—Spanking rent boys Ian Harvey—Cavorting with a guardsman Stephen Milligan—Autoerotic asphyxiation —and their marvellous collection of Conservative poster “subvertisements”.
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Marxist Mog
I met snappy Hak yesterday in London. She was only really snappy when, for example, a mad Islingtonian bint all but knocked her down, dashing across Upper Street to hail a taxi; otherwise she was a charmer. We had a nice lunch; discussed politics, psychiatry, and property; and fondled the shiny things in the Tottenham […]
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Comrades In Arm Rests
I’m adding three more sites to the ‘Blogroll today. First is Bloggers4Labour. This is late, I know, but I’d assumed that I had already installed it. B4L led me to two entertaining sources of nitpickery: Twistblog, which I am going to forgive for being run by the person responsible for Cute Cat Of The Day, […]
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 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 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 More02Apr05 — 2
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?
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 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 More15Mar05 — 1
One For My Dad
Via the redoubtable Tim Worstall (who graduated to the ‘Blogroll here yesterday—like he needs the hits), I discover that there’s a British cricket ‘Blog called The Corridor Of Uncertainty. I like that it has a “Cricket” subject category, presumably to mark out the posts about cricket.
Read More15Mar05 — 0
Dead ‘Blog Watch
By way of shaming His Comatose Stoatness I give you PooterGeek’s very own Dead Socialist Watch.
Read More27Feb05 — 2
Punk Slam Dunked
Effra, the first commenter on this story at Harry’s Place says most of the things I’ve felt about punk for the past twenty-plus years. She does so as she compares that musical movement of late seventies to this Web movement of the mid-noughties. She’s right about punk, but her assessment of ‘Blogging is about as […]
Read More23Feb05 — 3
Oversensitive
It could be that there is a real Harry Thompson with the misfortune to share the same IP address as Benji, so I’ve re-instated his comments—see over there –>. Maybe I’m becoming cynical in my old age, but it’s possible to go too far the other way. Hot Wheels Helena asked me today, “Why has […]
Read More18Feb05 — 0
Via Slashdot
Those Americans, eh?: “The UK is known for many things, great food, a wonderful climate and beautiful women. However, according to a story on The Guardian, a new study puts the UK ahead in one more category: it leads the world in TV piracy, accounting for 38.4% of the world’s TV downloads, with Australia coming […]
Read More17Feb05 — 3
Built-In Obsolescence
Last weekend, as I regarded the wreckage from my most recent computer system balls-up (again), I decided that I should at least squeeze some good from the bad and upgrade PooterGeek’s software to the latest version of WordPress. I stayed up late on Sunday night carefully moving my modifications from 1.1 to 1.2, and also […]
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