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 […]
Sainsbury’s Innovates
Sometimes a product comes along which you never knew you needed. (Hint, click the pic)
The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class
Fascinating. Lecture by Elizabeth Warren. If you don’t fancy a vid: Harvard Magazine covers some of the ground, but no pics.
Green Clean
Made me laugh, YMMV.
Still Hurting. Now With Added Levitation
Another estate agent’s gem. In addition to the oak doors with chrome furniture, which are standard throughout the property, there are also chrome switches and sockets, and flooring throughout. Flooring! That’s useful. And, in the same property there is “upgraded pottery “. . . . ??? Elsewhere: “A substantial 4/5 bedroom detached property offering plenty […]