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New Blog!
Yay! I've finally got around to making a new blog to replace this one.
It is at http://circle.thy.me.uk/ and has an lj feed at circle_feed. -
By their accessories shall thee know them.
I assume that, somewhere - perhaps nestled in the Square Mile, the serious British City Gent still wears his bowler hat and black umbrella and is well adapted for this weather ( Read more... ) -
A royal prial of tandems
Earlier today, whilst walking between the Leatherhead office and the station, I saw an unusual enough sight at first glance - two pair of tandems. But what made it noteworthy was that each stoker (rear cyclist) wore a hi-vis jacked marked "BLIND CYCLIST". -
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor bane of night
[Yes, I know that's a Gnome Warlock, it seemed a more appropriate alt to have a userpic of for me really]
So, I've been spending a certain amount of time recently playing World of Warcraft, particularly with my Night Elf priest character Luiniel. Well, after a certain amount of guild politics and a rather abortive Kara attempt we finally jumped ( Read more... ) -
One for sorrow…
Poll -
A basket of 24 staples.
In my earlier article I discussed the BBC's reporting of some research done by mysupermarket.co.uk on food prices. I omitted detailed discussion of the research and the validity of the conclusions based upon it because it wasn't relevant there, however some people may be interested so ( I include that here… ) -
"Family food shop up '£15 a week'" - BBC News
I spotted this article headline over the BBC ticker this morning. Following recent discussions on IRC and elsewhere about innumeracy in BBC reporting and misleading reporting using graphs my eye was drawn to this headline with its unqualified assertion about family food spending. Before loading the article I had visions of some kind of ( Read more... ) -
Dialect meme
Snarfed unrepentantly from shinydan. ( The Dialect Meme... )
