Monthly Archives: March 2008

Customer Disservice

March 25, 2008 – 8:20 pm

Here’s the text of a message I sent to ASDA (owned by Wal-Mart, bringing their aesthetic but sticking with UK ideas of low prices, not the US version): I’ve just returned from a visit to your Fareham store. As I was checking out a transvestite walked past, presumably having finished his own shopping. The person [...]

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Expelled

March 21, 2008 – 8:57 am

There’s a new movie just starting to do the rounds called ‘Expelled’. It’s a stunning behind-the-scenes expose of how scientists are essentially nazis who think good Christian folk are intellectually no better than shaved monkeys. It’s possible I may have over-simplified a little there, but not by much. It features science luminaries such as Richard [...]

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Kingmaker

March 19, 2008 – 9:05 pm

One of my second tier of favourite* bands back in the day was Kingmaker. They were a pretty typical indie band of the time, though perhaps a little less miserable, and certainly more talented musically and lyrically. For various reasons they didn’t quite make the big time, but as this tune turned up on random [...]

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iPlayer

March 18, 2008 – 9:29 pm

I’m in a state of mild shock after having a smooth experience with DRM-enabled video (at least I assume it’s DRM ‘protected’). We realized we’d missed an episode of a new show, so fired up Safari (a new version at that), loaded iPlayer, and started watching. And here’s the thing. It worked. No messages about [...]

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Fetch

March 17, 2008 – 9:35 pm

Awesome self-amusing dog (no, not like that)

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