I’ve just found another load of spam that had been added as random comments to entries on my blog. I’m sure no-one that reads this really thought that I wanted to promote pre-teen porn sites, but it’s still very annoying. Of course Moveable Type has an IP banning feature and I’ve now banned all of… Continue reading Spammer Scum
Broken English
A couple of things that have made me wince in the last day or so. Yesterday at Farringdon tube station there was a hand-written sign proudly declaring that “Kings Cross station is re-open”. Then this morning on the TV news I heard someone talking about the England vs Turkey football match which is apparently taking… Continue reading Broken English
Intelligent Debate
I love it when I get intelligent comments like this left on the site. It makes it all feel worthwhile.
Dates and Times
Why don’t Americans[1] write down times in the same broken order that they use for dates? You say “ten past eleven”, so why isn’t that 10:11? [1] And that raises another question – why isn’t there a noun that means “people from the USA?”
Young People’s Travel
My stepdaughter needs to travel from home (zone 3) to college (zone 1) every day. As she’s 16 she is too old to get child rate fares on London Underground. Therefore we’ve bought her a monthly travelcard[1] which cost just under £90. Then last week she comes home with a form from London Transport which… Continue reading Young People’s Travel
Copy Controlled CDs Update
I seem to be building up quite a good working relationship with someone called Ken in BMG’s copy control customer support centre. I think he’s grateful that someone is actually giving them intelligent feedback rather than simply swearing at them :) I wrote to them last week pointing out that I was planning on buying… Continue reading Copy Controlled CDs Update
Dude, Where’s My Country
Michael Moore’s new book Dude, Where’s My Country is launched on Tuesday. Here’s the text of an email that Moore sent to his mailing list about the book. Amazon UK is currently showing it as number 2 in its best-sellers list.
Vampire
On Anna in Wonderland last night, Anna Nolan investigated groups of people in the UK who like to think they are vampires. It was all rather sad. There was Lucius (and I’m betting that’s not what her parents called her) who proudly showed off her filed teeth and her coffin. “So you sleep in that… Continue reading Vampire
It’s About Time
Bloody hell. Dr Who is coming back to TV. It won’t be on for a couple of years and there are about a million and one things that can go wrong before then and it’ll never be as good as it used to be. But it’s pretty exciting news all in all.
Missing Comics
On the way to the london.pm technical meeting last Thursday I stopped into Forbidden Planet and picked up some comics. The most important purchase was probably a copy of Neil Gaiman’s new Sandman[1] book Endless Nights. I also picked up copies of Gaiman’s 1602 and Joss Whedon’s Fray. Unfortunately because I don’t visit comic shops… Continue reading Missing Comics