Feel bleuch. Belly is gurgling, head is fuzzy, mouth feels like the proverbial arab’s sandshoe. There is only one thing for it.
One Large Chocolate Milkshake from McDonalds.
I’m not sure why, but it works for me.
What’s your best hangover cure?
Month: September 2002
bookmark_borderTime stands still for no man
Leia made me think about time.
I can remember watching TV on 31st December 1999, watching New Zealand and Australia celebrate the new millenium. It was mid-day and slightly unnerving.
As a measurement of global distances, time is often the method used.
“Yeah L.A. is 9 hours ahead of us”
“It’s a 14 hour flight, so I’ll arrive 2 hours after I left”
The definition of time (noun): the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues.
The definition of time (verb): to arrange or set the time of.
World Time Zones – Kiritimati is only an hour ahead of us in the UK.
Time Zone abbreviations – handy for non-US, we only have one zone in the UK!
Can you tell the time? ohhh analog, tricky…
Swatch/Internet Time measured in .beats.
Doomsday clock reflects the state of international security.
bookmark_borderLike Jason said…
My brain just exploded. This optical illusion is amazing. (via Kottke)
bookmark_borderPast Times
I’m terrible at keeping records, I’ve been hunting through disks and CDs at home trying to find previous versions of this site. Found a couple but still looking – I’m putting together a little retrospective you see.
What’s scary is that some of them are still there.
bookmark_borderBest British Blog
No not me (of course). Congrats to the winner and all that. Right can we all move on now?
Note: I’m not peeved that I didn’t win, or that I wasn’t shortlisted. Honest. No seriously I’m not. I AM peeved that I didn’t win the £1000. My motives are purely financial, trust me.
bookmark_borderMeant to say
I’m an organised kinda guy, I have a folder on my desktop called Blogstuff into which I put links to articles I want to mention or investigate further. Every now and then (more then than now) I go through it and clear out the stuff I’ve used and the stuff that, on a second read, doesn’t appeal anymore – that’s actually a side issue, the shortening of my attention span these days with so much information available and clamouring for my attention.
So, without further ado, here are a few bits-n-bobs for ya:
The Laws of Applause
Clapping has long been the bond between audiences and performers, but is it losing its meaning?
“The English also gave birth to the catcall, an actual wind instrument brought into theatres for purposes of disruption, although the Spanish used whistles for the same purpose as early as the 17th century.”
The Non-Expert?s Desk
Dennis Mahoney answers anything. In this article he answers the following question:
“Why, when you’re waiting for a lift (having already pressed the ?call lift? button), does someone always arrive after you and insist on re-pressing the button?”
The Leather Man
“Anecdotes of the Leather Man are rich in flavor and run the whole gamut of human emotions. Pathos is often substituted by humorous situations but a strong desire to help the needy and unfortunate is evidenced by the guardianship of hundreds for this homeless itinerant.”
Are Science and Religion compatible?
“We need separations between religion and science, ethics, and the state. But there is an appropriate domain for religion, and in this sense science and religion are not necessarily incompatible.”
That’s enough for just now I think.