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Monthly Archives: March 2007
Computer Shutdown Day
Just a little too late in the day, I discover that March 24th is Computer Shutdown Day!
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Geogreeting, Twittervision and other things I can’t think of a use for…
Geogreeting and Twittervision are two interesting mashups of Google maps. I’m not exactly sure what to make of both of them – interesting to watch for a short while though. Wonder who’s reading what and where? The BBC have an … Continue reading
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Review of Nokia 6280 on Three UK’s 3g network
Review of Nokia 6280 on the Three 3g network in the UK. This kind of got a bit longer than I was expecting, but I hope by chucking a few keywords in here and there, I can help other people … Continue reading
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Micromusic
I was driving home one evening when I heard what sounded like a Sinclair Spectrum playing music across the airwaves. I can’t remember the name if the station, but the show appeared to be presented by someone with a westcountry … Continue reading
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Independent retracts cannabis campaign.
10 years ago, Rosie Boycott, the wibbling liberal nutjob who was editor of The Independent at the time thought “I know, cannabis is a psychosis-inducing drug which causes permanent and irreversable damage to the user. We’d be down with the … Continue reading
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Death to the infidels and capitalist pigs. And a diet coke please.
This story on Metro is about Abdul Muhid, who has been charged with inciting hatred against the west. The vile capitalist pigs that they are. He must hate our vile capitalist society so much, he needed a nice diet Coke … Continue reading
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Now academic thought is banned…
Read this response from the an Oxford academic to this student petition Student members of a refugee support group launched a petition demanding that Prof David Coleman be sacked for stirring up hostility towards immigrants. Yesterday it emerged that Oxford … Continue reading
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