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Monthly Archives: September 2004
Reverse Speech – Voices From The Unconscious
Ah-ha! As I suspected. It seems that if you play back a speech in reverse you will hear the person saying what they really think. In fact, according to this site, children start talking backwards before they start talking forwards. … Continue reading
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Madrid
I know I’m probably the last blogger in the world to have visited newsgaming.com. But I did today and played Madrid. If you haven’t played it you should, and September 12th as well. I was in Madrid on the day … Continue reading
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The Devil’s in the detail
Haven’t we been here before? It seems that the long-running story about the efforts of the Bush clan to keep their little boy out of danger during the Vietnam war is itself in danger; in danger of being discredited because … Continue reading
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Cluster Ballooning
Meanwhile, cluster ballooning is a fantastic idea. Floating thousands of feet into the sky with big bouquets of colourful helium-filled toy balloons.
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Look Back not in Anger
I suppose it’s the time of year for thinking about terrorism. There were a couple of programmes on television last night about the bombing by the IRA in 1984 of the Grand Hotel in Brighton during the Conservative party conference. … Continue reading
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Michael Moore’s Blog
I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 a couple of days ago, on the 11 September actually but I only noticed the date afterwards. During a painful sequence showing pictures of Iraqi children hurt during the American bombing I saw an injured kid … Continue reading
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othermachines: august 2004
Ah, this site is looking so lovely these days. I’ve used Giles’ new ‘typestick’ program on my wardy site for some little labels. It’s dandy. othermachines.org
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Kraftwerk
I’m just reading a biography of Kraftwerk by Pascal Bussy. I was getting a bit disillusioned as I learned more about them. Like a magic trick it’s better when you don’t know anything about it. But their web-site has reminded … Continue reading
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Gmail is too creepy
This anti-gmail site is a bit woolly in its arguments, but I can see their point. Those of us using gmail may be being a bit careless with our data. Gmail is too creepy
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Not every publisher is like Di$ney
What a relief! Sebastian Peake’s agent says that they are happy for my Figures of Speech site to stay up, as long as I acknowledge the new edition of the book on the site. So I’ve made an advert for … Continue reading
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