On account of Crewe_and_Nantwich last year, I had the notion that by-elections were noisly ructious affairs, fun to watch in a gladitorial sense. Even if party workers no longer get drunk and throw bricks at each other, it'd still be interesting to be involved in one, at least to the extent of being co-located ( Read more... )

There seems to be a law of nature that demands that every single behind-the-scenes type documentary about some large, outdoor gig must include a thirty second, time-lapse shot of about 12 hours worth of the roadies building the stage.

I just had the thought that, allowing for inflation, the cost per Gb of a 1G USB stick is significantly cheaper than blank CD/R's, when I first started buying them.

An empirical observation.

Originality in Humour

10% - The proportion of road-stained commercial vehicles that have "I wish my wife/Mrs/girlfriend was as dirty as this" written in the road dust on the back.

4% - The proportion of vehicles on which "She is!" has been amended to that statement.

Pointless things to do on Friday evening - #145.

Add obscure saints' days as annual, recurring events to the calendar of your PDA.

How should I waste Bank Holiday Monday, tomorrow?

a) Research and write a Wikipedia article on the Texas Instruments Ti-95 calculator 'cos I've got one and I feel its faithful service through multiple degrees needs to be commemorated.

b) Reassemble my P7, currently in pieces.

c) Research and expand the Wikipedia article on the Soviet-era ( Read more... )

Various Metrics ( Read more... )

Somebody is just geeky enough to give their IP camera an aptly Tolkienish name:

http://207.63.1.145/MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion&Language=0

But not quite geeky enough to know that cameras that use a built-in mini web-server to display pictures, are easily ( Read more... )

Cameron spoof removed from YouTube (Guardian)

Link to YouTube.

Booooingggg!

< shrugs > You can tell I'm bored... and no, it's honestly not worth watching.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

No, it doesn't quite signify obsessive, impending insanity so effectively when you ( Read more... )