This may be of interest to some or none of you. After hearing on the news this morning about the new Archibishop of Westminster calling on Catholics to make their views known, I thought I'd nudge a few people with feelings on this matter in the right direction ( Read more... )

I was commenting on a Guardian thread which was locked down (not sure if it's a time thing or just that the debate was getting out of hand), which is a pity because there's an interesting comment I wanted to reply to from someone called Wice:

it's nice to meet someone, who, starting as an ID proponent, finally accepted evolution as a better ( Read more... )

If you're anything like me, you've been following the Israeli invasion of Gaza over the past couple of months with a mixture of horror and frustration. Regardless of whether you consider the military action justified - and I'm biting my tongue to curb any inflammatory language which could be levelled at either party in this conflict - the bottom ( Read more... )

I really want to make some comment, but for best effect, you really need to explore the Pomegranate Phone without any preconceptions.

( Once you've browsed it's features... )

Okay, everyone who's interested in going to the FU reunion, they have sent me an email:

( the email )

I don't know how many of you read this who won't have heard from other people already, but it's Film Unit's 60th anniversary this year, and they are apparently putting on some kind of reunion celebration on or around the 21st February. A bunch of old timers have fallen off my friends list; some of them are still there but probably don't read any ( Read more... )

Sometimes comics take a bit of work to figure out, like this one.

However, usually, they're worth the reward. (DG in particular had me laughing out loud).

Second year PhD symposium today:

PhD Michael: I'll drive being Miles on the way to [our destination]. What car is he driving?
PhD Jurgen: He's driving a BMW. You'll recognise it as the car that doesn't look like a student should own it.
PhD Michael: Oh, right.
PhD Michael gets into Audi TT

Well, I lol'd.

The shininess of Windows Vista wears off pretty quick, when you realise they've removed a chunk of the functionality that you kind of like. A day of trying to wrangle it into some semblance of functionality - combined with the fact that it is SLOOOOW - and my brain is about to implode. I feel like this when using a Mac. I can kind of see what ( Read more... )

Who on earth is Ryan Estrada, and why does he own all my webcomics today?