» YouTube – Doctor Who: What are you doing here? Lots of people saying, “What are you doing here?”. Amazing, hypnotic and long. » Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity cards and will put us in a huge, Orwellian database: the rest of Britain will be next – Boing Boing Oh boy. I’m very… Continue reading Recent Links, 20080926
Month: September 2008
Analysing Satan
Now that Xmas 2008 is approaching, maybe I’ll post this review. For Xmas 2007 (which was spent in LA and San Francisco, and was blissful), Cassie bought me (amongst many other things) Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S. by Jeremy C Leven. It took me a long time to get… Continue reading Analysing Satan
Ubuntu Eee – Installation Problems
I have an Asus EeePC 701 4G. It’s now being overtaken by many other “netbooks“, but it still does me fine (despite Cassie saying it for children or girls – sexist eh? Go sister.). It came with a special Xandros Linux distro, but it was a bit haphazard, and didn’t really make best use of… Continue reading Ubuntu Eee – Installation Problems
Recent Links, 20080923
» Drinking Skepchickally, San Diego TOMORROW! Going along to this to meet geeky types. » Homemade Hollywood – Fans Behind the Camera – Retro Thing Review of a book about homemade fan films, a phenomenon dating back to 1922! I remember a segment on ‘Why Don’t You?’ about a kid remaking Raiders of the Lost… Continue reading Recent Links, 20080923
Blosxom to WordPress – The Glacial Saga Continues
A long time ago, I ditched the tiny elegant Blosxom for the slicker, more user-friendly WordPress. Installation of the new system was a breeze. Importing my entries from Blosxom to WordPress was not so much of a breeze, and it continues to this day. The method I used to export from Blosxom was to create… Continue reading Blosxom to WordPress – The Glacial Saga Continues
They Call Me Loathsome
Cassie and I have been to a few movies recently, and we’ve been horrified to be forced to sit through this song and advert for the National Guard, sung by the UK number one artiste Kid Rock. It’s a full-length song, with an accompanying video showing what heroes the US National Guard are. The song… Continue reading They Call Me Loathsome
Recent Links, 20080922
» Japanese custom scooters ::: Pink Tentacle Amazing outlandish Japanese custom scooters. » Heroes Cooking up a storm | The Sun As part of their “Go Green” week, The Sun says there is apparently a “fight against climate change alarmists”. » Bad Science » Don’t let the facts spoil a good story Climate scientist has… Continue reading Recent Links, 20080922
Links Of The Day, 20080918
» New Hitchhiker’s author announced What? Why? And the Artemis Fowl bloke? At least it’s not Terry F**KING Pratchett. » public.resource.org – gpo.gov This non-profit is buying the US Code of Federal Regulations and making it open-source (which it already should be). Would literally make my job easier. » The Asylum This is great. These… Continue reading Links Of The Day, 20080918
Nick Cave, 4th & B, San Diego, 16 September 2008
This was the first gig I’ve been to in San Diego, at 4th & B, an old bank turned into a trendy wine bargig and club venue just a block away from my office on the way to the car park. So convenient, which is what matters the most when it comes to rock’n’roll, don’t… Continue reading Nick Cave, 4th & B, San Diego, 16 September 2008
Links Of The Day 20080917
» Ubuntu Eee Ubuntu Netbook Remix for the Asus EeePC. I might give this a go. I wonder if it replaces the reset partition? » Metropolis Mag on the possibility of a Maglev train LA-Las Vegas This maglev thing still keeps cropping up. Hasn’t worked on a large scale anywhere. Even moving block signalling (such… Continue reading Links Of The Day 20080917