I’m not sure what to make of this. I’m just throwing it out there as a data point. Everyday we get tube disruptions in London (just look at Stef’s tube map). Some days are better than others. Today was a really bad day. And I’m not talking about this afternoon when incompetent bombers shut down… Continue reading Tube Disruptions
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Credit Card Theft
Yesterday I got a call from my credit card company saying that they had seen some unusual activity on my card. It seems that some has been buying a lot of 3 phone credit with my card. They also bought a National Express coach ticket and had a bit of a field day in Argos.… Continue reading Credit Card Theft
Quiet Day
So it seems that after the excitement of the last couple of days, London has decided that it deserves a bit of a lie down and has taken the day off. I estimate that the tubes had about a third of the normal numbers of people on them. I had the best journey in that… Continue reading Quiet Day
Embarassing Income
It’s a bit embarassing, but I seem to be profiting from today’s terrorist attacks. People are googling for bbc radio streams and coming across my page. Normally I get up to 400 hits a day on that page. Today I’ve already had 4,000. And people are clicking on the Google Adsense links. Normally I make… Continue reading Embarassing Income
Explosions
Like pretty much everyone in London, I had a spectacularly bad journey into work today. On the way in I was composing the blog entry I was going to make about the incompetance of London Underground. I was going to say something terribly witty and cutting about how ironic it was that the London transport… Continue reading Explosions
OBEs
Neil Gaiman on OBEs (it’s at the bottom of the piece) An OBE, for those of you in places that aren’t British, is the Order of the British Empire, which seems rather sweet, considering there isn’t a British Empire any longer. It’s like being made a lord of the manor of a village that was… Continue reading OBEs
Minor Cross-Selling Rant
I shall be really glad when the new Harry Potter book is finally published as it will stop idiot staff in WH Smith asking me if I want to pre-order it each time I buy something there. I mean, do I look like the kind of person who reads children’s books? And, by the way,… Continue reading Minor Cross-Selling Rant
Eating Properly
In this week’s Bad Science, Ben Goldacre puts his finger on why he dislikes people like Gillian McKeith. At first glance, they give quite sensible advice. Dr Gillian McKeith PhD – for all the awful poo business and her bizarre misunderstanding of basic science about things like photosynthesis – promotes a pretty normal, sensible, healthy… Continue reading Eating Properly
Evolution Theory Stickers Taken Off Textbooks
A small victory in the battle agaist creationist morons in the US. MARIETTA, Ga. – Workers in Cobb County have begun removing controversial evolution disclaimer stickers from science textbooks to comply with a judge’s order. By the end of the day Monday, several thousand stickers, which said evolution was a theory and not a fact,… Continue reading Evolution Theory Stickers Taken Off Textbooks
Lamberts Restaurant
When I first moved to Balham about fifteen years ago, there was a bit of a dearth of decent places to eat. Over the last couple of years this has been changing and new restaurants have been opening all the time. One of my new favourites is Lamberts. It can be a bit pricy but… Continue reading Lamberts Restaurant