Archive for September, 2009

 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Charlie Gillett and casual online gaming. It must be Sunday evening. # Dave's musical recommendation of the week – Dua Dua by D'Va http://bit.ly/43IPPb # I'm assuming @bevanitellie is a send-up cybersquatting on something similar to the real @bevaniteellie # RT @libcon Liberal Conspiracy » How journalists were fooled by anti-terrorism ‘expert’ http://bit.ly/12nQE9 # Gah [...]

 

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Avast, me hearties! ’tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Sail your ship round to talklikeapirate.com. Yaaar! xD.

 

Acorn: words fail me

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Audacity of Hos www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests H/T YouTuber HowTheWorldWorks. xD.

 

I occasionally wear heels to work…

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

No, it’s not what you’re thinking. Cuban heels, OK? Cuban heels. I’m rather fond of cowboy boots. I find them comfortable, and I sometimes wear them with a suit to work. They have a a heel of about 45mm. Not quite six-inch stilettos, but not insignificant. I quite understand why someone wouldn’t want to wear [...]

 

How the world (doesn't) work

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

There’s an amusing fellow on YouTube called Lee Doren. He’s of the flavour of politics that sees Barack Obama as a socialist and/or fascist. His channel on YouTube is called ‘How the World Works’ – a singularly inappropriate title. I have a webcam for Skype calls, so I thought I’d use it to make a [...]

 

Kanye West interrupts President Obama

Monday, September 14th, 2009
 

A brief note on SpinVox

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

It would appear that SpinVox, the company that turns voice mail into text and then emails it to you, is in real trouble. Invesco, which owns a small stake in the company, has written down the value of its holding by ninety per cent. I find this all rather unfortunate. I use SpinVox, and the [...]

 

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-13

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

Anyone fancy a coffee round Westminster in about an hour? # Hello, twitterverse! # Somehow,"this is the midnight 36 departure" sounds a lot better than the zero zero 36 departure. # So congratulations to the driver for maintaining some of the romance of leaving from one of the great stations in the wee hours. # [...]

 

Quote of the day

Friday, September 11th, 2009

In the middle of Leicester Square is a statue of William Shakespeare. It depicts him with a scroll with (as a quick Google reveals) a line from Twelfth Night IV ii: There is no darkness but ignorance Which strikes me as a pretty good motto. On the plinth is the legend This enclosure was purchased, [...]

 

EasyCouncil and Ryanborough

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

The London Evening Standard carries a headline that is worth repeating. Ryanair makes £500m on extras . It is worth repeating because the model of budget airlines has been mooted by certain Tories involved in local government as an appropriate model. I don’t know about you, but when I fly, I like to take a [...]