Archive for February, 2006



Careful Now


Best Friends Forever

People living in Dublin have got their first real glimpse since the bombings of the 1970s of what life has been like for many people in Northern Ireland for many years. Is this Republican Sinn Fein’s way of showing unionists that they would be treated fairly in a united Ireland? I think it’s safe to [...]

The Househunt (Part 2)

Quite good this - type in your UK postcode, or the postcode of your neighbour/friend/granny etc… and you can see how much properties on that street have been selling for. And maps too.
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/

Quantum computer works best switched off

“It is very bizarre that you know your computer has not run but you also know what the answer is,” says team member Onur Hosten.

The Househunt (Part 1)

You’ve heard of houses, right? You’ve heard of “studio” apartments, with me so far?
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow us to present the Studio House.
http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/area.aspx?areaid=4221&opt=prop&salerent=0&sp=0

“We signed (in favour of the pipeline), but they didn’t tell us what it was about.”
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E2E7117F-1390-4BD1-808E-EF06CD260F42.htm

Bombs, bombs and more bombs

All the stuff about WMD, intel and the national security bureaucracy by Dr Jeffrey Lewis and friends too wonky or obscene for publication:
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/?s=links
Website dedicated to pictures of bombs. Don’t ask.
http://www.nukephoto.com/

I got a call from somebody claiming to be from my bank the other day.
They: Hello, am I speaking to Mister Keegan please?
I: Yes, speaking.
They: Hello Mister Keegan, my name is Kylie, I’m calling from XXXXX Bank, this is a service call.
I: I see.
They: In order to talk about your account I just need some [...]

Down with Freedom

Can you spot the deliberate error in this picture? Answers on a postcard please.

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1701518,00.html ]