Monthly Archives: October 2005

Trafalgar

October 21, 2005 – 6:35 am

Today is the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. A few choice snippets: From the BBC: The victory over Spanish and French fleets is being celebrated throughout Britain and commemorated in Spain. The youngest Brit in the battle was 8, the oldest 68. One woman was involved officially, though it was not unknown for [...]

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John Peel Day

October 13, 2005 – 8:10 am

Today is John Peel Day, a celebration of the first anniversary of the Godlike genius’s last broadcast. In honour of that event, here’s a quote from the man himself: He once said: “I’ve always imagined I’d die by driving into the back of a truck while trying to read the name on a cassette, and [...]

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Swing

October 13, 2005 – 7:16 am

There is a concept in rowing called ‘swing’. It describes a state where the crew becomes more than the sum of its parts. Their timing is together, their efforts are matched, and their technique is clean. The end result is that, while the boat may not be going at maximum speed, it is racing along [...]

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Fun

October 11, 2005 – 10:30 am

Follow the link to see the sort of thing I do for fun (no, it wasn’t me). And marvel at the level of passion in the official’s voice without a single swear word.

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Etonline

October 6, 2005 – 7:17 am

I’m not a celebrity junkie type, honest, but Andy pointed to a crappy bit of captioning on the Beeb’s website: “Holmes romanticised about marrying Cruise as a young girl” “Romanticized about” – what? Technically the intransitive form of the verb can be used in this manner, but the transitive form is overwhelmingly more common and [...]

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