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I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (2 days old)

Should you do what people tell you to do or should you do the opposite?… more

Do things happen instantly? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (2 days old)

I expect things to happen instantly, but what I've discovered is that the only thing that seems to happen instantly are auto-reply emails usually from email addresses that are no longer working. I've … more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 days old)

This scam looks quite realistic, and could potentially be VERY nasty indeed. The clickable link goes to somewhere in Russia, that will attempt to run a PHP program on your computer. Avoid!… more

I'm keeping this simple for Alan. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (5 days old)

I'm going to keep it simple because Alan Johnson has problems understanding science, evidence, truth, and above all he seems to have enormous difficulty understanding classifications. Or perhaps he is… more

More writing stuff From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (5 days old)

Today was only notable inasmuch as I have made a decision to buy an extremely expensive pen (probably from eBay). I have whittled it down to about three choices including a Mont Blanc and a Montegr… more

The fuss about tags. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (6 days old)

I'm a bit baffled, I must confess, at the fury that has broken out here. On occasion, I have pointed out to people that they have forgotten to separate their tags with commas, resulting in a huge tag … more

99% Inspiration (for a few seconds) From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (6 days old)

I am having a purple patch of inspiration. However it is 00.30 which is not the hour normally associated with inspirational moods. Listening to Schubert's String Quartet in A minor on CD and genera… more

Mad eyes, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (9 days old)

It is clear now that Alan Johnson wants to be our next mad eyed prime minister. We already know that he does not believe in science, or actual truth, or evidence, preferring rather the views of th… more

Are post offices open tomorrow? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (9 days old)

Keep in mind that I could be asking this question yesterday.… more

Nice helpful comment... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (11 days old)

Here, you could have seen a comment I left on a spammer's blog page, but blog.co.uk have sensibly deleted the blogger who did it. May they rot in the bit-bucket!… more

Government sacks scientist for telling the truth. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 days old)

The BBC version naturally makes more sense than the Daily Mail version. All we need to know about the Daily Fail's reporting is the biased and incorrect headline "Sacked: Drug tsar who claimed Ecst… more

Remind me, why should I obey the law? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 days old)

After all, our government ignores it, time after time, quite blatantly. Take for example the Phorm scandal, where BT spied on its customers. The government was told quite clearly to make BT stop doing… more

So that's how they do it From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (13 days old)

This afternoon I am having a cup of tea without a biscuit.… more

Might this be too good to be true? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 days old)

A recent message... Hello, Greetings Sirm // From the Desk of Mr. Pascal Gorkoffi, Jr. Auditing Department in (FINANCIAL BANK TOGO) Lome- Togo ; West Africa . -------------------------------… more

Well done, the Terminator! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 days old)

Arnie has not been getting much help form his state legislature, apparently, and got a bit naughty about it. I remember being told off for doing the same thing on Prestel, a while ago...… more

The usual please From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (13 days old)

An interesting dream last night. I dreamt that I went out for drinks in a top London Hotel with Brooke Shields, Michael Jackson and my friend Mr B. Brooke was in town, so I phoned her up and ask… more

Told you so, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (16 days old)

"Well, that about wraps it up for God." … more

Police dogs go live on 'puppycam' From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (16 days old)

Link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8324793.stm I know. I couldn't believe it either.… more

Odd From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (16 days old)

Can anyone guess what gift/present I received wrapped up in this novelty wrapping paper?… more

They must have used a microscope... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 days old)

A freebie in the Independent tomorrow, apparently... something small, but very poisonous... The artist got the wierd eyes right, but has exagerated the size of the brain.… more

Hand made furniture for Christmas? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 days old)

And why not? One of my brothers has just put some of his new pieces on eBay... For instance, this spice rack... … more

A note from 00.45 From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (18 days old)

I think that ultimately we are never happy with things. We keep on trying to perfect and perfect. It's simpler to give up all hope straight away and do some cleaning.… more

Why is the Post Office in a mess? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 days old)

Now I have no idea whether Adam Crozier was any use at all when running the Football Association, or even whether he did anything much there to get his pay. But here is what Wikipedia says about his w… more

What can't you buy on eBay? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (19 days old)

I just thought of a slogan for eBay which is - "If you can't buy it on eBay it's not worth buying". This is a bit jokey and I don't suppose they'll go for it, but I can't remember a time before eBay w… more

had you noticed? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (19 days old)

Ever since the invention of the dishwasher, men have no place in the kitchen.… more

Tired of handbag spam? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (19 days old)

This is the web site they are promoting, and it just happens to have a comment page... handbag them… more

Can you get this application free? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (20 days old)

If so, from where? I am talking about the mail/email facility where you get email sent directly to your computer instead of having to pick it up from gmail or ymail or wherever.… more