“The Scottish Government is considering imposing a minimum price for alcohol based on its strength, BBC Scotland understands. … … Increasing the age for buying drink from off-licences in Scotland from 18 to 21 is another suggestion.” BBC So let’s get this straight, a twenty year old voter who is home on leave from active […]
General
Chatteris
Smalls playing outside, Jax is off house-clearing, I am listening to Radio 2. “For What Is Chatteris” was just on, by the interestingly named “Half Man Half Biscuit”. I think one needs to know Chatteris to get the full effect… One way system – smooth and commendable Go by bus – they’re highly dependable The […]
Suzi Quattro and The Veiled Lady
Had a trip out with the small people this afternoon. We visited Bankfield Museum in Halifax. The museum has a Toy Gallery, Textiles Gallery and is home to the Museum of the Duke Of Wellington’s Regiment. Small people seemed happy, particularly when they found a Batmobile. I must say I found it rather unnerving to […]
When I am Supreme Leader (Part II)
Law 5. People who drive round in Citroen Saxos and Peugeot 206s converted into Megabass speakers will be strapped (Indian Mutiny fashion) across the fronts of Status Quo’s stage speakers.
Place Names
It seems that the Independent reads Making It Up, I blogged some of my favourite place names last year, and The Indepenent has some more goodies What’s in a name? Britain’s rudest places. Here is their selection (some of the Google Maps links are flakey, I think they need to buy a better gazetteer:- Shitterton […]
When I am Supreme Leader
I will be enacting a few new laws. All sinks and baths will be required to have the hot tap on the right and the cold tap on the left. All houses will be required to display their number in such a way that it is visible to all passers by, whether on foot or […]
Cats
That look like Hitler.
More Problems
I have now been a web developer for almost twelve years. I must admit I am getting really fed up with seeing crass incompetence like this. Incredibly it is, if anything, getting worse in spite of the huge improvements in browsers. “Brown carries can for poll debacle but more problems on the ho”. Give me […]
Food Self-Sufficiency
June 5, 2000 The Japanese government recently decided on a target of raising the food self-sufficiency rate–that is, the ratio of food consumed daily by the Japanese that is supplied by domestic production–to 45% by fiscal 2010, a five-percentage-point increase over the fiscal 1998 level of 40%. The goal is based on the idea of […]
Last Lecture
Randy Pausch (born October 23, 1960) is a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2006, Pausch was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He pursued a very aggressive cancer treatment that included major surgery and experimental chemotherapy; however, in August 2007, he was told […]