Category: Daily

  • BBC Mondays

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    After headlining the affects of Friday afternoon skiving on the British economy, the BBC website today asks, “Got the Monday blues?” and offers “Another stressful week on the coalface to get through? Brighten up your day with BBC comedy clips.” So now they’re encouraging Monday morning skiving! Fair enough. BBC comedy clips online.

  • Spying Squirrels

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    Not only have man-eating badgers been released into Iraq by the British, but apparently hi-tech squirrel (cyborg?) spies have been released by foreign intelligence services into Iran. I say “cyborg” because the translated text reads, “Fixing GPS devices, bugging instruments and advanced cameras in the bodies of trained animals like squirrels, mice, hamsters”. Hardware inside…

  • Friday 13th

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    I didn’t realise it was Friday 13th. I left for work attired for light drizzle, as forecast. Just after it began to chuck it down I punctured. Rear wheel, of course. Finding no sharp bits inside my tyre I started to replace the holey tube with a (hopefully) leak-free one, but two dogs ran up…

  • Plague of ferocious badgers?

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    Quote of the week, from UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer: “We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.” Full man-eating badger article (BBC News). Also, “One housewife, Suad Hassan, 30, claimed she had been attacked by one of the badgers as she slept. “My husband hurried to shoot…

  • Moving Office

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    I’m almost moved into my new office now, but I’m still surrounded by boxes. You may have guessed that my gadgetry is all wired up of course. No phoneline though… .

  • Folly Farm

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    We went to Folly Farm on Saturday with friends, and Jack had a superb day out. JCB? Child’s play. Toy diggers. Go Karts! 8mph! Sheep. Pig. Goat. Jack also went down the helter skelter several times and insisted on going on the big wheel. Thrillseeker. There’s a 15 minute video of all this on his…

  • Moving Office

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    Why is it going to be good to have my own office? – easily speak to students in confidence – noisy stuff: I can make phone calls, speakerphone calls (Skype), record podcasts, play music, etc without interrupting Jo’s work – more easily arrange small meetings and impromptu meetings – more space – I won’t have…

  • Welsh Tour Rider

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    The 94th Tour de France starts on Saturday, and it starts in London. Freakier than that, the Tour de France – the biggest and most important cycle race in the world – will start with Geraint Thomas from Cardiff within the peleton. Crazy. Geraint used to ride with Cardiff JIF, a club I was attached…

  • Fishing

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    I think it’s time to take him to a lake to fish. Do under 5’s need a rod license?

  • Wedding photos

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    Those of you at Sam’s wedding saw me snapping away and want to see more of those photos. Sorry, too lazy. I’ll see if I can get around to adding some more to Flickr later this week. Goddammit, I need to buy Aperture to speed up this crap.