Monthly Archives: November 2004

Bit nerdy

Posted on November 30, 2004 by Jon

I was searching around on the peer-to-peer networks yesterday, looking for a new copy of Microsoft Office to download. What I found instead was a whole load of letters and documents on someone’s hard drive. He had obviously set up … Continue reading →

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At last, a cure for heterosexuality?

Posted on November 20, 2004 by Jon

I’ve always found the idea that gay people are born that way a little depressing. Gay men are usually more stylish, funnier, cooler dancers and better at empathising with people than straight guys. They have a much wider range of … Continue reading →

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Beer is the new Opium

Posted on November 18, 2004 by Jon

I was listening to an interview with the boss of the brewery conglomerate SABMiller, Graham Mackay. His multinational company is one of the world’s largest producers of alcoholic drinks. He was talking about their expansion into China. Currently they are … Continue reading →

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Margaret Hassan

Posted on November 17, 2004 by Jon

Isn’t it strange how the people who murdered Margaret Hassan couldn’t bring themselves to behead her? In moral or in strategic terms it just doesn’t make any sense. Surely they didn’t believe that any of the people they killed deserved … Continue reading →

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Please Santa please

Posted on November 16, 2004 by Jon

I want a print Gocco kit. I read about this machine on Mark Pawson’s site and it sounds brilliant. It lets you do screen printing onto all sorts of things and it’s really simple and cheap. The PG-11 kit is … Continue reading →

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Caring Consumer

Posted on November 15, 2004 by Jon

I was looking at the ingredients list on a “Pro-Flapjack Bar” my girlfriend bought at work. It had some weird things in it, including Hydrolysed Collagen. I had a vague idea that this might be some weird animal by-product so … Continue reading →

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Constance Linder

Posted on November 14, 2004 by Jon

Constance Linder’s book reports are marvellous examples of concise writing. Sure she comes up with the occasional malapropism and she uses some words in quite weird contexts, but I like her straighforward approach and her optimism.

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Clueless Film Companies

Posted on November 12, 2004 by Jon

The film studios have been experimenting with technology that is supposed to detect when someone is using a camcorder to pirate a film. They’ve got this gadget that sits at the front of the cinema and looks around for camera … Continue reading →

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Body Count in Iraq

Posted on November 10, 2004 by ditdotdat

The Lancet report that the ‘liberation’ of Iraq has led to the deaths of 100,000 people was denied by Tony Blair. He said that “The Iraqi ministry of health have put out figures for the six months up to October … Continue reading →

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More blood on our hands

Posted on November 10, 2004 by Jon

The Independent newspaper has an editorial, which says that the current US attack on Fallujah hasn’t been very widely criticised because many people consider that it was inevitable. They are right because if one accepts the logic of this war … Continue reading →

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