Hey: Norwegian company FXI Technologies showed off an amazing USB stick-sized portable computer prototype on Friday, Nov. 18. Code-named Cotton Candy because its 21 gram weight is the same as a bag of the confection, the tiny PC enables what its inventor calls “any-screen computing”: the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or [...]
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I can neither endorse nor not endorse this because I don’t know but shall leave it for your perusal: Klout are flagrantly in violation of UK data protection law. Their terms and conditions, and their privacy policy, are riddled with loopholes that permit them to resell personal data. They violate Principle 1 of the Act [...]
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You’ll get the film and probably the actor but can you also get the character? 1. You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. 2. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in [...]
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If the vid seems blurry, you’ve had too much but don’t worry, it’s the music which counts. Dave Warner was from Freo and his comic/satirical/savage portrayals became legend – this one was a really accurate commentary on the Australian night out for the young. I saw him a few times live – he was essentially [...]
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As Mrs. Beeton might have said: “First catch your turkey in the wild:
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Fort de Roovere:
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On 23 August 1994 the K Foundation (an art duo consisting of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) burned cash in the amount of one million pounds sterling on the Scottish island of Jura. This money represented the bulk of the K Foundation’s funds, earned by Drummond and Cauty as The KLF, one of the United [...]
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Well, it had to come, did it not? [You might like to use the translator in the right sidebar here]: Le concept anglais de «charity shop» a débarqué en France en 2007, lorsque l’ONG Oxfam a ouvert une librairie d’occasion à Lille. Depuis, l’association a investi Paris, où deux «bouquineries» se sont installées dans le [...]
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We’re caught between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea. The smart minds realize that Mr. Rajoy’s landslide is a mass reaction to the crisis and to the socialists, rather than an endorsement of him. This comment at the Telegraph: Can’t do any worse than the previous idiot, [...]
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There’ve been many comments from people over time about this site and the one which sticks in my mind is Pavlov’s Cat‘s when he said [* please see comments for clarification] I was doing myself a disservice with all the lighthearted topics. That’s interesting because at the same time, another reader wrote, “A bit less [...]
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[John Wigglesworth has made this post possible and most of the text below was written by him and the photos with the 20101101 prefix are his, on loan for now. Fair use for blogs and other articles is all right but please attribute to John if you'd be so kind - James] He begins:
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Post by Chuckles and JH combined. Now declassified: Where they’d have gone when the attack came:
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Don’t know if your life runs like clockwork or not, mine doesn’t … but it does run by a timer. On a work day, I used to try online alarms, real alarm clocks, all sorts. For now, it works well using light. If it is dark and no lamp is on, then it’s before 06:00. [...]
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# Cure for immigration – Eric Pickles’ curry colleges. As subcontinent workers are severely cutback, our chavs will be at Pickles College, relearning how to make “1960s-era British curry, with apples and sultanas – dried fruit to you stateside Reg readers – mixed into a watery gloop with homeopathic levels of spice”. # Macheath who [...]
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The angelic chorus you hear accompanying the sound of the crickets is NOT a synthesizer or a chorus singing, it’s the crickets themselves (slowed down) creating the effect. Really an amazing thing they’ve accomplished here. This recording can be played continuously in the background to create a natural soothing atmosphere for calming and healing.
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Thomas, a 70 year old, extremely wealthy widower shows up at the country club with an absolutely gorgeous, breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy 25 year old brunette. She hangs onto his arm and listens intently to his every word. His usual playing partners and fellow members of the club are baffled and shocked. At the [...]
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Movement at Westminster apparently. I add, below the news: “I have two private citizens’ bills myself to put – that the minimum age of a parliamentarian should be somewhere between 35 and 40 and that a PPC be barred from candidacy if it can be established that she [or he] was parachuted into that candidacy [...]
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From This is True who got it from RC/Yorkshire Post: “When I started taking my clothes off, a man said ‘You can’t do that in here!’,” says Ian Robinson, 43. The former mail carrier was at the Jobcentre in Bridlington, and his purpose was protest. “So I went over and glued myself to his desk,” [...]
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Oh dear: Britain has agreed to sell all of its 74 decommissioned Harrier jump jets, along with engines and spare parts, to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps – a move expected to help the Marines operate Harriers into the mid-2020s and provide extra planes to replace aging two-seat F-18D Hornet strike fighters. Rear Adm. [...]
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Still scratching the bonce over that.
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Just stunned by the comments at Zero Hedge about Farage:
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Well isn’t this tasty: The early condoms from the eighteenth century were generally made of animal intestines, and were used primarily by wealthy men – like Giacomo Casanova, who referred to them as “English riding coats” – to protect against the incurable syphilis. These condoms were difficult to use, diminished pleasure, frequently broke, and offered [...]
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