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The only pig in the village
Actually, forget local news. Who needs it when international news agencies produce stuff of this quality? Afghanistan’s only pig quarantined in flu fear (via Peter Serafinowicz)
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Yellow peril
Of course, the current crisis in local newspaper production is extremely worrying. We need local newspapers, if only for the occasional gems they publish… Whitstable mum in custard shortage (via Ben Goldacre)
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What are you doing now? TELL US!
File under “funny but actually really serious”, this is required reading for Facebook users… Statebook
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Useful: Preamp valve outputs
This is probably only of use to the most insufferably geeky guitarist, but I’m putting it here mostly so I can use the URL in delicious. It also shows what a wonderful thing Twitter is… @hifitubes_org 12AX7 (gain of 100) … Continue reading
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Why we need experts
Let me introduce you to Expert Village. A few mates and I have been swapping links from this exciting site recently, amazed at the high quality of tuition on their videos. Experts in a wide variety of subjects share their … Continue reading
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Downs on the up
I’ve probably been more willing than many British people to try and see a glimmer of silver lining in the Blair->Brown Labour government ever since the honeymoon period ended sometime in mid-1998. But even I’ve pretty much given up hope, … Continue reading
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Sunny!
This one is specifically for guitarist friends… I don’t know about you, but as a big fan of Greg Howe’s playing, I’ve always loved his improvisation on the classic old pop tune Sunny. I had a burst of mental energy … Continue reading
Gumtree users – be careful out there
I’m sort of half-heartedly looking for a secondhand Mac Pro, in order to futureproof my setup a little bit. The next version of OS X will apparently be Intel-only, as are several nice-looking apps, and my Mac is a pre-Intel … Continue reading
Feline update
Regular readers will remember the arrival of our two new friends back in September. Well, they’re both considerably bigger, and have learned various useful skills such as walking along the apex of the roof (Merry), finding lumps of moss (Pippin) … Continue reading
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Drinkers to join smokers in leper colony
I know the protesting parties referred to in this Observer story are more worried about actual alcoholics rather than people who just like to enjoy the odd tipple and damn the consequences, but still… remind me, just how much are … Continue reading
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