OK then, hmm, question first, or praise for a shop first. I'll go with the praise.

After multiple (multiples) of you out there have suggested( I buy shampoo from Lush. )

Via cleolinda

How cool is that? ETA theweaselking had also earlier posted it, and has a link to the 45Mb WMV file on SadKermit.Com. A site I may explore further when I've time...

Also? Sir Tim interviewed on World Service Business Daily (starts about twoo minutes into the Thursday show, no idea how they're web archive sytem works but it's here currently ( Read more... )

Oh Michael? Look what I found:

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Happy Birthday Christy-Lou!
And, also, happy birthday to tyrell, the European Union, Patrick Troughton and Richard O'Brian ( via). That's some pretty good company right there. On the subject of good company:

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Via a friends locked post, Sparta Reconsidered - Spartan Women: In a frequently quoted incident, the wife of King Leonidas was allegedly asked why Spartan women were the only women in Greece who "ruled" their husbands. Gorgo replied, "because we are the only women who give birth to men." In other words, only men with the self-confidence to accept ( Read more... )

Right then. First of all, I've been playing around with Facebook, and am actually fairly impressed. It's sort of taken the basic idea of MySpace, and done it properly. I'm especially impressed by the photo sharing and hosting options, integrates incredibly well into your profile, and you can note friends are in pictures, and it shows up in their ( Read more... )

Spent the afternoon unpacking the boxes still in the car and sorting theroom out; I have completely filled all my bookshelves in the new place. This would be fine, except I've still two boxes worth of books to unpack. Oops. Still, nice to have access to all the reference books if I want them. Unlikely, but you never know.

Got a text from d_notice_fd ( Read more... )

Mat is in danger of doing something silly again. Still, is nice to be happy.
The song on the mp3 player after I finally said goodbye to SB as she went for her last train? Lou Reed. From the Trainspotting soundtrack. The BBC did that bombastic cover for charity a few years back. Says it fairly well methinks. Followed by Pulp's Pink Glove ( Read more... )

Been sat most of the day with pinkshifter, mooism, andershanson_fd (who I'm also sharing a room with) and other non-bloggy types registering people and printing badges.

Surprisingly, the IT, printers and networking have mostly stayed working. Except for my printer, but, y'know, there's always one, and it's usually me. Hopefully I get to leave in a bit to go meet snapesbabe for coffee, ( Read more... )

Oops. Just pressed the wrong button on my phone and it ate my post. I'd even added code and stuff. Ah well. Just got back from my final trip to Devon am knackered and have early train to Yorkshire tomorrow. WiFi down but many things to post about when I'm online properly.

Lucinda! Belated happy birthday computer did a reminder flash as an overdue ( Read more... )