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Entries from October 2008
In praise of Daily Lit
October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off · The Queen's English
Tags: Cory Doctorow·Daily Lit·Edith Nesbit·open rights
What I'm reading: 04/10/2008
October 4th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Tags: con artists·Hustle·Patagonia·penguins
Sky Challenge – better than the Nintendo Wii?
October 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Weird and wonderful
Fancy taking part in an exciting aerobatics competition against real-life pilots – although you have never been behind the controls of a plane in your life? Well, now that’s possible thanks to a new technology that merges real and virtual worlds in a way that allows exactly this to happen.
Tags: gaming·Nintendo Wii·Second Life·Sky Challenge·virtual reality·World of Warcraft
What I'm reading: 03/10/2008
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
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Tags: AD43·BBC·Cold War·Delicious links·nuclear paranoia·Richborough·Roman invasion of Britain
Fossett's remains have almost certainly been found
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Bizarre news
Well, it looks like the insurance loss adjustor who claimed Steve Fossett may have faked his death made a seriously bad call.
Tags: Steve Fossett
The Joe Kinnear school of media management
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Lulz, The Queen's English
This, from Joe Kinnear’s inaugural and quite likely only press conference as caretaker manager of beleagured Newcastle United Football Club, is priceless. Nothing like clearing the air from the outset.
Tags: cuss words·gentlemen of the press·getting it off your chest·invective·Joe Kinnear·Newcastle United·the fourth estate
Lolcats: spy-fi TV edition
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Big damn heroes, sir, Lulz, Serendipitous
Calling all Alias fans. Think of this as Lolcats: Jack and Sydney Bristow edition.
Tags: Alias·Jack Bristow·lolcats·Sydney Bristow
What I'm reading: 02/10/2008
October 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Conspiracy theories
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Tags: con artists·Conspiracy theories·Delicious links·pterodactyls·Steve Fossett
What I'm reading: 01/10/2008
October 1st, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
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Tags: Ancient Greece·culture·politics