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Saussure, Predictive Text, Cycling Awake and the word 'Book'
From its inception, I have been a massive fan of T9 predictive text messaging. For anyone still not familiar with T9 (which stands for Text on 9 Keys) here is the Wikipedia description of its direct effect on typing functions and for further Info on the model see HERE.
I know that when you first come to T9 the effect is almost unanimously terrible ( Read more... ) -
I don't speak Russian BUT...
This blog seems cool!
http://www.journal.lv/blog/2005/08/
I guess a pictrure is worth1000.com words.
Not Safe For Work. Pirelli Calendar etc. Some extraordinary pics from round the world.
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World Cup Fever hits Shepherds Bush
An explosion of flags has rocked the normally sleepy area of Shepherds Bush in London.
What can only be described as a "throwing-up" of patriotic valour symbolised by partisan nationalistic pride (in the form of pre-associated coloured cloth vaguely and loosely tied to the ideological commitments and historicities of the British nation) has led one ( Read more... ) -
Baffling Protest Sign at Liverpool courtesy of Mediawatchwatch
I love this. This is exactly the kind of crazed ranting that makes public debate so worthwhile. And just what makes the Mediawatchwatch blog so amusing to read.
So Jerry Springer the Opera gets record sales and record protests in Cardiff. Shhh - just don't tell the protesters what "free publicity" means.
As Nigel Rees' book Graffitti so beautifully ( Read more... ) -
KIDS - Enjoy Recursion and Fractals?
Hey Kids!
Now if you're anything like me, I spent my teenage years not getting drunk, stoned, or laid, and instead read THIS BOOK
So, since you all clearly also are into ONLY THESE THINGS, you'll appreciate a rather nice recurring factal-inspired entry into B3TA's latest Photoshopping contest.
Have fun reading that algebra inspired novel I lent you. ( Read more... ) -
Bennett - aborting black babies would lower the crime rate
The Gambling Homophobe (why do they even care? I think he's hiding something...) came out with this extraordinary line about black babies in late '05. Jaw-droppingly obscene. I repost here for discoverability (my italics):
CALLER: I noticed the national media, you know, they talk a lot about the loss of revenue, or the inability of the government to ( Read more... ) -
John Stewart being great AGAIN.
Doesn't matter what you believe, or whatever your views are - they are meaningless compared with how great this man is. So shut your cake-swallower. And watch a master debater. Make sure to pronounce that last bit correctly.
Perhaps jointly (with Stephen Colbert) the saviour of American mainstream television satire and rogue comment, Stewart has ( Read more... ) -
Another great B3ta.com challenge
The guys at B3ta.com have announced an image competition - how to get the tories back in (it's so dull - you get one part in for 10 years, then you get the other one in because people are bored. Wow, democracy.)
Here's my favourite. It's so blunt and brilliant.
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Racial Slurs on Wikipedia
Amusing, ironic, and really quite shocking ( Read more... ) -
Fun with Long Words
Yahoo Answers has a ncie (sic) discusion (sic) on teh (sic) hardest words to spelll (sick of this) - My favourite, although it is more than likely misspelt (...) is this "Lake Pekwachnamakoskwaskwapinwanik" - yet the google results show only 2 answers, both from the page I found it on ( Read more... )