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Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:54:06 GMT

OK, so in the vein of the Garfield without garfield thing that Matt pointed me too, he's marmaduke explained.

Go and learn go, this is a neat set of interactive tutorials.

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:05:22 GMT

A comic, drawn by a war correspondent - half-funny, half-depressing - just like all the best comedy.

Interesting dissection of the arguments, as to why prostitution is illegal.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:24:25 GMT

Five second movies, the explanation as to why they're arranged as they are is probably funnier than some of the videos.

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:54:47 GMT

Microsoft have released the source to their singularity operating system. It's not windows, but it's nice to see how new ideas are being developed.

Recommended via the bad science blog, phun looks like an even awesomer souped up version of the physics illustrator powertoy.

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:41:11 GMT

Cuban human rights are improving, apparently. Which can only be a good thing.

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:53:13 GMT

Happy Birthday Sis!

Here's the feed for an excellent blog by a London Ambulance driver. Thought provoking, and not a little disturbing. Makes you think twice before complaining about your tax burden anyway.

We've been away on Honeymoon, and have only just got back. Check my set on flickr for photos.

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:23:26 GMT

A fascinating and brilliant and generally quite good selection of ye. anciente colour photos from the Library of Congress. On Flickr of all things, ah flickr, how I love thee.

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:17:08 GMT

You just know that asking people to keep an eye on your wikipedia page isn't going to end well.

If anyone wants to create me a Wikipedia page that'd be awesome. (Somehow I think I'm "not notable" enough.)

This one wins points for actually featuring Matt Damon, singing the song "I'm f*cking Matt Damon."

Also Rory linked to me, so I'm linking back, but not to the post he linked me from. That would be too obvious, and slightly lacking purpose, so I'll link to the post I want to instead. The beginning of my internet fame!

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:56:37 GMT

Well, the machines at work don't support the new Live Writer, so I can't post properly from there. Instead I have to use the annoying web-based form.

Anyway.

Someone on reddit requested jokes, many many people responded. Not all of them are funny.

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:02:11 GMT

Hmm... I shall have to get around to updating more often (also witness the massive hiatus in diaryofaguardianangel.com.)

Ah well, the main reason for this post was that some Australians (http://qtrax.com/index.php) have probably just put me out of a job.

Still, it looks like an absolutely awesome service, so I'll be glad to use it at home. As I'm getting increasingly annoyed with Napster's shoddy performance and habit of constantly losing my downloaded music.

The great thing about wanting a new job anyway, is you don't mind these things quite so much.

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:35:33 GMT

Won't someone please think of the bunnies?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:37:09 GMT

In the wake of the loss of 25 million people's personal data by government, it should appear that the ID card scheme is doomed. The government is insisting it'll be magically alright though... Bad science deals with some of the nonsense surrounding why. Money quote: "... The leak last week wasn’t because of unauthorised access, it couldn’t have been stopped with biometrics; it happened because of authorised access which was managed with a contemptible, cavalier incompetence. The damaging repercussions for 25 million people will not be ameliorated by biometrics..."

I've used John's Background Switcher for ages, and the latest version is awesome. Especially cool is the "snapshot scrapbook" feature, which liberally scatters some of my flickr images across the screen.

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:29:19 GMT

Seriously, I'm moving to Norway... Like, as soon as physically possible. Sorry to all my friends and family and all, but you can come and visit me.

My favourite joke of the day: (taken from reddit.) "A man is uptown at the bank when he realizes he left his accordion in his car and the car is unlocked. He rushes back to his car but it's too late...someone put another accordion in his car."

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:34:47 GMT

So seriously, who would win in a fight between a penguin and a lemur?

So, IQ does vary depending on race; two things before everyone gets in a huff:

IQ is only a measure of a particular kind of intelligence, and may or may not be an accurate predictor of someone's ability to cope with the modern world.
Asians are smarter than any of us.

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:44:04 GMT

I love this idea, imitating the Weasley's clock from Harry Potter, just one question, why no "mortal peril" time?

These are beyond cool, but sadly to get them in from the US would be a hassle... Any UK distributers want to start selling this stuff?

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:03:48 GMT

For anyone wondering why all those american writers are on strike, this sums up the argument quite nicely... Well, half the argument, as the other half is about DVD sales. In brief, internet content is worthless so writers don't get paid, but somehow it's justified suing for $1,000,000,000 over lost internet revenue (or something like that.)

Also, this surfer dude, proposed this theory of everything and scientists think it's cool. (NB, surfer dude is a scientist too)

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:33:06 GMT

This is the best correction to an article ever, I don't even want to see the original article.

Copied wholesale from reddit, it should be noted that the irony is probably deliberate, but certainly eye-catching: "One-third of British adults so stupid when it comes to geography that they think Mount Everest is in Europe instead of Africa"

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:24:10 GMT

Norwegians are all going to hell! And I want to go with them, if hell is Norway, then Christians are clearly idiots... (likely explanation is that hell and Norway have nothing in common, one - and I'll leave it to you to decide which - clearly being non-existant.)

Also, it was my birthday yesterday... yay me!

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:32:13 GMT

Interesting solution to encourage users to scroll down once in a while.

Darwin, on losing his faith.

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:32:06 GMT

Colourization, a groovy technique to automatically add colour to your black and white images (or movies).

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:00:54 GMT

Cuba

The Hotel Nacional

The gardens at the Hotel Nacional

Ellie in the gardens

The towels in our room

Towels without the flash

The friendly con-artists

a painting of a load of revolutionaries

more pictures of revolutionaries

One of the streets in the old quarter

Ellie hanging at a street corner

More Photos...

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:11:57 GMT

Crete

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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:49:35 GMT

Edinburgh

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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:48:28 GMT

Bruge

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Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:22:56 GMT

Matt
He's my brother so... what you gonna do?
Chris!
We all remember Chris, don't we?
Engadget
Gadgets and 'Ting.
Joystiq
Games and more 'Ting.
Rory Blyth
There's not much to say about Rory that he can't say far more eloquently himself. So I'll let him do it, that's what links are for.
Guardian Angel
My fictional diary of a guardian angel. Posts every Monday (hopefully)

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:02:55 GMT

Currently (not) Doing

Forum Wars
Battle it out on internet forums with posts being ranked according to rules you don't yet know. The rules change for every thread - figure out the current rule and win the thread!
Gravity Pong / Breakout
It's like pong, or breakout, only with gravity. Objects in the way can deflect the ball, and it may even fall into orbit.
Half-Life Rally
A bunch of buggies from half-life 2, equipped with gravity guns, racing around a course trying to shove / pull at each other to gain the edge.

flowers at Chromostiri

Hani street

Hania - Yellow submarine

Hania archway

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:36:18 GMT

Linkage

Art Lebedev
I like these guys - but I want that Optimus keyboard now! And I want if for £50