Monthly Archives: May 2006
Buses
I saw the aftermath of a serious accident last weekend. According to the people standing around afterwards, a bus had swerved to avoid a pedestrian in the road outside Holborn tube station. It went crashing over a traffic island, ploughing … Continue reading
The Necronautical Society
There I was, looking for information about making drawers for a cupboard and instead I found a deposition by the data engineer of the International Necronautical Society. We, the First Committee of the International Necronautical Society, declare the following:- 1. … Continue reading
1 Westminster Bridge
1 Westminster Bridge is a big grey forbidding building that stands in the middle of the roundabout at the southern end of Westminster bridge. There’s no obvious way to get in because the entrance used to be via an overhead … Continue reading
I Love Germany
A post from Giles on Other Machines about an apparent lack of German interest in the World Cup has reminded me of how frequently I favour Germany over my own corner of the UK. It is amazing how the English … Continue reading
Round and round
My iTunes library tends to acquire new music in large indigestible chunks. I often have no idea what I’m listening to. Yesterday I was ruminating on whether it wouldn’t be a good idea to write a little program that would … Continue reading
Meet ‘n’ Greet
I listened to the interview with the unreal Guy Kewney again and I realised that there’s something quite scary about it. At the start of the first answer the confused guest is clearly out of his depth. By the end … Continue reading
Snooze 24
According to the Guardian, News 24 put a cab driver on air by mistake on 8 May. A producer had gone down to reception to collect Guy Kewney, computer pundit, who was going to talk about the Apple vs Apple … Continue reading
Europhile
I am quite keen on Europe, I wouldn’t mind if the UK joined the Euro tomorrow. I also love cake. In fact, one reason I love Europe so much is that I love European cafe culture so I was bound … Continue reading
Iran
According to the World Service “The new British foreign secretary (Margaret Beckett) says there will NOT be military action — but that doesn’t mean Tehran is off the hook.” BBC News online says “she refused to repeat her predecessor Jack … Continue reading
And the winner is…
I had three votes in the local election. I voted twice for Labour and once for the Greens. Why oh why did I vote Labour? Because my MP, Keith Hill, recently replied to a letter I sent him about Identity … Continue reading