Notes
Short posts, quick brain dumps, interesting bits and bobs that don’t warrant a longer post.
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The Contract of Common Sense
I think Meg may be onto something here.. particularly in light of a recent letter I received from.. eh.. someone to do with our gas meter. The letter stated that they would be sending someone round to ‘review’ our meter and ensure it was functioning correctly. If we could just make ourselves available at some…
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This and that
MiscellaneousI have nothing to say about this: The Prior-Art-O-Matic.“It’s a series of randomly-generated product ideas! It raises questions about the nature of prior art in patenting issues and is occasionally amusing!” I have a lot to say about this: When is middle age?.“If I had to pick numbers, then I’d probably choose the range from…
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Diet contest
Diet Contest: Week OneHoly crap. I’ve put on a stone in the last 3 months. Now I wasn’t planning on posting my weight here, but I figure that if you’ve read half of the stuff I’ve written here then my weight is about all you DON’T know (I’m also hoping that mass public humiliation will…
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UK privatisation
I have to agree with Stuart on all of his points in his recent posting Public Pride, Private Shame, it also doubles as a well written snapshot of modern Britain. If any of my American readers are wondering why we keep banging on about Thatcher, railways, water companies, BT etc, give it a read. Aside:…
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öhrwurm
Tunes randomly appear in my head. No not the throat lozenges, the musical ones that pop in your head for no reason. I have two standard tunes that, with no prompting or invitation, start playing over and over in my head.1. Mac the Knife – Sinatra version.2. Star Spangled Banner – not the Hendrix version…
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Sod’s Law
I watch (well the TV is tuned to in the background) BBC Breakfast every morning. This morning I was most miffed that I was going to miss my favourite ever Professor explaining Sod’s Law. However thanks to the wonders of the web, we can all enjoy it: Sod’s Law: a rocket scientist writes.. (More info…