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Apr 29th

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Home Office "colluded with Phorm"

The Home Office has been accused of colluding with online ad firm Phorm on “informal guidance” to the public on whether the company’s service is legal. E-mails between the ministry and Phorm show the department asking if the firm would be “comforted” by its position. The messages show Phorm making changes to the guidance sought by the ministry. Lib Dem Home Affairs...

Apr 29th

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Government to monitor one trillion cock pill...

THE government has outlined plans to monitor all of Britain’s email traffic, covering everything from penis enlargement to Lindsey Lohan straddling a Labrador. The only internet traffic exempt will be Ministry of Defence communications, NHS data transfers and anything that comes to or from the inbox of an MP, even if it has a JPEG attachment entitled ‘Freaky Japanese Scat’. IT...

Apr 29th

The Takeshi Kovacs trilogy by Richard Morgan

Earlier, I finished the third book in this trilogy, Woken Furies. The last paragraph made me say, “oh,” in a small voice to an empty room, and brought a lump into my throat. And that’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it?

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Apr 27th

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“Everyone: MOAR WORDLES PLZ KTHXBAI”

– Seriously, they are gorgeous, aren’t they? Poke around in the customisation options too.

Apr 27th

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Apr 26th

‘Flu preparedness kit →

Via Charlie Stross, Jim MacDonald, and msia comes a list of items it would be a good idea to have stockpiled at home in case you get influenza. Bottom line is, despite your tendency to roll…

Apr 26th

Asda sells Dave’s Insanity Sauce now →

I feel sorry for whatever poor fool buys it and mistakes this for a table sauce. Sloshing it liberally over a plateful of food is a good way to render that plateful inedible. (photo taken in Asda…

Apr 26th

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Apr 25th

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Apr 25th

My first favrd

Was this one: The only famous authors I’ve ever met are Terry Pratchett (Alzhiemer’s) and David Gemmell (died in 2006). When is Dan Brown’s next signing? It was favrd by @sween, @aedison, and @clapifyoulike me after this shameless begging tweet: @sween @sniffyjenkins @secretsquirrel @aedison @lindstifa @zolora WILL DO CHORES, SELL SOUL FOR GOLD STARS: http://bit.ly/y7ZDZ....

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Apr 24th

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Runaway bull's supermarket sweep →

“A runaway bull has been captured on CCTV doing some ‘on the hoof’ shopping in an Irish supermarket. The animal had been at the local mart in Bellinrobe, County Mayo, when it escaped and made off through the town, paying a visit to Cummins’ SuperValu. where it made its way around the store before leaving for pastures greener.”

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Apr 23rd

Flight Control: interview with Firemint developer... →

Includes some hints and tips and new feature teases. They are adding online leaderboards and the ability to auto-tweet when you beat your high score, so, umm, if you had anything on your ToDo list for the rest of your life you’d best get it polished off before v1.1 is released.

Apr 23rd

When I want information about the MMR vaccine, I... →

What absolute crap. A few months back I wrote up a blog article about the furore here in the UK over MMR vaccines, where we seem to be 18 months ahead of the similar furore in the US. My article isn’t anything stunningly insightful but if you have time I urge you check out the articles I linked to from it. (via indefensible)

Apr 23rd