February 2012
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Speaking of Spooks...
Hugh Laurie really is on jolly good form old chum, as an MI6 “operative”. He appears towards the end of Series 1 - and if memory serves [bearing in mind, it’s been nigh on ten years since Spooks started] I think he pops up around half way through Series 2 as well.
That Laurie is in the series was no surprise. I had no idea Benedict Cumberbatch appeared in the show, however.
As...
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Fabio Capello resigns as England Manager!!!
Title says it all.
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Neal Stephenson doesn't appear anywhere in the...
Ironically - given the bullshit from yesterday, I’m currently putting the finishing touches to my “Yes they’re awesome - but here are five reasons why they might not be around for much longer” post / article, on the threats to public libraries.
I’m half-tempted to scrap it, and say they should all be closed, for not encouraging enough people to borrow his books.
Not...
I've read to many books this year that start of...
Here’s hoping Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, ends up being a decent read.
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[UK]: Today is National Libraries Day!
thekindlemonologues:
It’s National Libraries Day, here in the land of Sherlock Snow!. Assuming you’re not snowed in, why not head down to your local library, and go pay ‘em a visit?
Most libraries should have a page on their respective websites, outlining any and all events that they’re running today - you could always have a look there first, to see if anything catches your attention.
If not,...
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In the future, this is how you'll determine how...
I remember the “Leaderboards”.
I remember tumblarity
I remember the great 24hr server outage
I remember when they introduced highlights, and 5 mins later people found out how to do it for free.
[Whatever happens next]
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Right Tumblr...
Seeing as how it took around 30 seconds to figure out how to add the highlights feature to posts, for free…
…Hows about a feature that’ll allow you to ignore ‘em, as they’re already starting to get on my tits. I can just imagine the potential to exploit it in some of the tags I browse.
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I wish people would stop moaning about "Missing E"
Don’t like the features tumblr has? Fuck off and build your own blogging platform.
/Random thoughts.
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Hmm... Highlight "feature"
OK. Any chance tumblr will use that money to combat the “Get it now - Take Action” spam accounts, whose spam has been infecting the tags for the last months?
Please?!?
I Want My Hat Back - The Master Edition
themaster-knockfourtimes:
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I've just typed up a ~2200 word post, detailing my...
I can’t help but think something went wrong, when my brain was being formed.
Who else in their right mind, knows that not applying a 30% reduction on a pack of four rolls represents a “net loss” of 0.5%?
On the other hand, the next time one of my relatives tells me they can’t afford to buy healthy food, I can just throw ‘em a url.
¹That doesn’t include...
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Listening to the Sherlock soundtrack, whilst...
That’s how we roll in the Talbot household.
And be we - I mean me. Obviously.
Having skipped Breakfast [Bad Michael!]...
I’m about to chow down on some Instant Oat Porridge, with some raisins and blueberries mixed in, and a banana.
Good times.
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January 2012
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Britain's Gay Footballers: Condensed version.
I’ll likely post something a bit more in-depth on this later this week [for the simple fact there are very few of us wolly woofters who understand the off-side rule, and so are actually able to offer up informed opinions on the issue] but in short… Well, it was a BBC3 production, so whilst I wasn’t expecting a Paxman level of journalism, I was expecting something with a bit of...
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So I was just thinking about Wesley Crusher.
No, not like that.
But it’s interesting - surely I’m not the only one who went through this process:
[As a young teen, watching TNG] I wanna be Wesley - living on a Star Ship, learning how it operates.
[When he gets assigned to active duty] How awesome would that be?
[When he leaves the Federation] Ungrateful lil shit.
[Watching TNG again, as an Adult]: Christ alive Wesley is...
LendleBlog: The death of the serious reader →
lendle:
Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections and Freedom:
For serious readers, Franzen said, “a sense of permanence has always been part of the experience”. “Everything else in your life is fluid, but here is this text that doesn’t change,” he continued. “Will there still be readers 50…
Someone should set him up on a date with James Daunt [Waterstone’s MD]. He’s...
February:
Or as I’ve now christened it:
Fruity Frugal February.
This month, I’ve spent a grand total of £36.51 on good, healthy, food.
But I think I can do better next month, due to the simple fact I stumbled upon the biggest box of Weetabix you’ve ever seen, for £1.50 the other day.
Which combined with a bag of Oats I’ll pick up either Wednesday / Thursday, should take care of...
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Not sure what to do this evening...
Watch a film / documentary / more episodes of Spooks, via Netflix, or go to bed early, finish this David Baldacci book off, and start something with a bit of substance.
Decisions, decisions…
I know it's not *quite* the end of the month...
But I can now comprehensively tell the next obese so-and-so, that tells me they can’t afford to eat healthily, to kindly bugger off!¹
My food bill for this month? Less than £40 / $62² AND I can guarantee it was a damn sight healthier than most peoples.
It wasn’t perfect - there are additional items I can remove, and substitute with healthier options, but it wasn’t all that...
Moneyball? Seriously
Don’t get me wrong, it’s an interesting film, but I wouldn’t have expected that many nominations - especially for Jonah Hill.
Also: No love for Andy Serkis. Again.
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Academy Award nominations announced in 30 mins
AKA Things Mike gets excited about, but which he really shouldn’t.
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Why are there suddenly a boat load of good films...
The Iron Lady [even though I loath thatcher].
The Artist.
Shame.
J. Edgar.
Watch ALL THE FILMS!!
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Megaupload.com shutdown by U.S. Authorities →
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The most worrying thing about Wikipedia "shutting...
It’s not that they did it - fair play to them, plenty of other sites should have also done so.
Nor the idiots whining about how they can’t access it, and not knowing why [there’ll always be idiots.]
It’s the people posting up “Hurp de durp, fuck Wikipedia, here’s the workaround to access Wikipedia” posts.
I can’t help but think they’re...
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MMO Star Trek Online goes Free to Play...
Damn it Jim, why’d I have to buy a Nettop?¹
[¹Because, whilst it might not be capable of playing the latest games, it IS capable of quite happily playing back 1080P content [ION GPU], has reduced my electricity bill to the extent that, despite huge price increases, it’s still cheaper than before I had one, and it’s tiny - about the size of a Kindle eReader, and two / three...
Four Seasons of Mythbusters on Netflix...
Yep, that’ll do nicely.
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Wikipedia to go dark on Wednesday!
Yay!
Don’t get me wrong - I like browsing Reddit - get past the meme and in-joke filled frontpage, and into the specific reddits - /r/kindle | /r/books | /r/sci_fi_books etc, etc, and you can find some interesting discussions - but it’s hardly the biggest, most influential site on t’internet. In short, ask 100 regular people who use the internet, what Reddit is, and most of...
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