I am beginning to think that Sadville (as it is known elsewhere) is having a regrettable effect upon the critical faculty of the famous Tom Paine:
The British government has established an “innovations centre” in Second Life… or what it’s worth, I think the government is right to explore the possibilities of using Second Life for [...]
Archive for March, 2009
It’s just a game, a stupid game
Posted in internet, tagged Second Life on 31 March, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Suppressing the urge
Posted in resistance, tagged protest on 31 March, 2009 | 6 Comments »
UK Indymedia, via The Register:
…British Transport Police are asking staff to report any sightings that meet the following general description of activities:
* Groups of travellers wearing noticeable themed clothing, for example same large logo or coloured shirts etc
* Any noticebale groups who are beleived to be travelling to London
* Any groups carrying banners or [...]
Nasty medicine
Posted in tyranny, tagged compulsory medication on 31 March, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It says in the Telegraph that
A new five-in-one pill can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in even healthy patients and could save tens of thousands of lives a year, a study suggests… more should take a combined polypill to cut their risk of heart disease and stroke… one potential consequence of [...]
Shut her down, Clancy; she’s pumpin’ mud!
Posted in tax, tagged motoring on 30 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s not often that I disagree with Ian Parker-Joseph, but in this case, on the subject of motoring costs:
There is a limit to what people can pay, indeed what people are willing to continue to pay, and these latest figures go some way to show, that for many, this limit has already been reached.
I would [...]
Cows: fish-faced enemies of the people
Posted in AGW on 30 March, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Oh, for crying out loud.
The Register:
Irish boffins believe they may be able to save us all from the scourge of cowfart-induced ecological catastrophe, according to reports. It seems that adding fish oil to the parping bovine planet-wreckers’ diet can reduce their methane emissions.
Subtitle: Irish boffins, being so clever as to have the English think they’re [...]
A credible deterrent posture
Posted in Admin, tagged day off on 30 March, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It is a very nice day and there is nothing harrumphable in the Telegraph again; also I am, despite the earliness of the hour, starting to get the usual eyeball-collimating problem. Usually this gets better with the weather but since the condition is progressive its mark-space ratio steadily changes for the worse.
Accordingly, before this develops [...]
Aren’t mobile phones wonderful
Posted in Technology, tagged mobile phones on 30 March, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fido the Dog gives the iPhone both barrels:
I have been meaning to lay into this over rated icon of shittiness for a while now.
Listing, at considerable length, the shortcomings of this device.
I’ve never owned one myself, and don’t intend to. I am too old a techie not to be able to spot a fashion-craze [...]
Old Swede
Posted in Old Jokes, tagged aviation on 29 March, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yet more, from the Swede:
If you had the choice, what way would you like us humans to be rendered extinct?
Damn the man! That’s a better meme than mine.
Just for that, a joke about Swedes:
Once upon a time there was a young and recently-qualified commercial pilot, who got a job flying a Twin Otter floatplane [...]
Architectural practical jokes
Posted in LoL, tagged architecture on 29 March, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There appears to be a new craze for what might be described as ‘architectural practical jokes’.
The Harrumphograph:
Landlord Les Smith arrived at The Prince of Wales pub in Ledbury, which dates back to 1545, one morning to discover that the historic inn had been painted pink.
And again:
A group of pranksters blocked up their friend’s front door [...]
