pootling

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The Emperor's New Antenna

One of the better posts about the antenna issue, and putting into some sort of sensible perspective.

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

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Morning, Battersea Park Station
Snapped on my way to work this morning. 

Morning, Battersea Park Station

Snapped on my way to work this morning. 

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Tempus II by Philip Heron 

A video filmed using a high speed camera. Inevitably contains a lot of stuff being broken. (Part 1 is here) (via)

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'To Hell in a Handcart' - Part 2: Littlejohn has issues

Five Chinese Crackers continues the review of Littlejohn’s 2001 ‘novel’. It makes for some genuinely terrifying reading.

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To Hell in a Handcart - part I

The poor, poor writer of Five Chinese Crackers has been reading Littlejohn’s novel, so no-one else in the world has to.

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How to Tell a Journalist from a Blogger

Interesting post, but I’m not sure how many newspaper writers are ‘journalists’ under this definition. Does that make them bloggers?

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Bomber, bomber, bomber

Excellent article on the Megrahi case by a Scottish law blog.

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Beautiful 1930s Art Deco motorbike
It’s worth clicking though to see quite how impractical and uncomfortable it seems to be to actually use though.

Beautiful 1930s Art Deco motorbike

It’s worth clicking though to see quite how impractical and uncomfortable it seems to be to actually use though.

(see in high-res)

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How facts backfire

Depressing article on how little people change their minds when faced with facts.

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Was it wrong to release Megrahi?

Heresy Corner posts on the Megrahi case. Well worth a read before jumping on the ‘incensed’ bandwagon.

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A Quietus Interview With Alan Moore

Is there such a thing as a bad interview with Alan Moore? If so, this isn’t it.

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18)

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Gene Weingarten column mentions Lady Gaga.

Great lament into how the online arena ruins journalism. Especially spot on when it comes to comments.