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Weight and Stuff Report – 27 August 2010

Posted on Friday, 27th August 2010, 7:30pm by Les

Weight: 231.2 pounds (16 stone 7.2 pounds, 104.9 kg)Down a teeny bit today, how exciting, etc. I walked to work today, taking some pictures of the car park demolition on the way. While this picture will appear with the others in … Continue reading →

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You think that’s funny?

Posted on Friday, 27th August 2010, 7:52am by Les

Well, I do, anyway. Today’s xkcd: Click to see it in its natural environment.

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Did you miss me?

Posted on Tuesday, 24th August 2010, 10:34pm by Les

Sorry about that. What? You didn’t notice that Losing it[1] was unavailable for a while? Well, I’m pleased to say that the free Pingdom service did notice, and sent me an alert. And a huge two people[1] mentioned it on … Continue reading →

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Another new camera

Posted on Tuesday, 24th August 2010, 7:36pm by Les

OK, I admit it. I’m a camera geek[1]. While most of the time, I’m happy to use my Canon 5D MkII, and I love my little Olympus E-P1, that doesn’t stop me wanting to play with more photographic toys. But … Continue reading →

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Ouch!

Posted on Thursday, 19th August 2010, 8:13pm by Les

I haven’t mentioned What the Duck for a while, but there was something about this strip that appealed. This is why DSLR users tend to be nervous about letting people play with their toys: OK, you generally have to twist … Continue reading →

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But I just wanted an ice cream…

Posted on Sunday, 15th August 2010, 10:32pm by Les

Ordering an ice cream in Istanbul can lead to complications, it seems: Thanks to the ubiquitous BoingBoing for that.

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Charlie Brooker’s Dawn of the Dumb

Posted on Sunday, 15th August 2010, 5:06pm by Les

Subtitled Dispatches from the idiotic frontline, this is pretty much what you’d expect if you’re familiar with Charlie’s work. This volume fits between Screen Burn and the more recent The Hell of it All and contains columns published between late … Continue reading →

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The last word on 6 Music

Posted on Sunday, 15th August 2010, 10:17am by Les

I mumbled about the Evil Plan to close 6Music and its defeat by the forces of sanity, but I’d missed this up till now. It’s a campaign video made by someone called “0ldScratch[1]“ for a song by Adam Buxton. It’s got … Continue reading →

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Journalism Warning Labels

Posted on Saturday, 14th August 2010, 10:01am by Les

Now this is what I call useful. Tom Scott has produced some handy labels which he’s been putting in appropriate places on newspapers.  Things like Warning: Statistics, survey results and/or equations in this article were sponsored by a PR company. … Continue reading →

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Time for an upgrade?

Posted on Tuesday, 10th August 2010, 7:38pm by Les

This is a real, unedited screenshot taken from a computer at work. A colleague[1] needed to upgrade it from Internet Explorer 7 to the newer and shinier Internet Explorer 8. Now before you start on the subject of why anyone … Continue reading →

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