You'll know I'm not big on the whole 'technology' thing but some snaps from my little trip abroad are to be found here:

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Australia news coming soon (at the moment it's mostly raining) but in the meantime I appear to have achieved a goal for this year, that of getting a credit on IMDB, more quickly and easily than expected - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4428084/
That's one wish out of the way!

What with one thing and another (all mostly work related, which is another post entirely), it felt like time for a break. Given the time of year, what better way to spend the time standing around in woods for three days, followed by another two in a field? It was of course not quite that simple (cut for many pictures, one including tit) ( Read more... )

Of whom I know there are a few hereabouts - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j17ql
Doctor Who's Grand-daughter Susan - Last seen in decimated London after a Dalek invasion, where is the Time Lord's relative now?

Just in case anyone was listening to PM just now, the comment from me was missing the word "statistically", as in the number of deaths in Cumbria, or indeed the number of killings using legally held firearms at all is statistically "very tiny" on an annual basis compared to, well, most causes of death by something other than natural causes. My ( Read more... )

There are plenty of proper reviews of the Pre if anyone is actually interested, here's just my take after a day. Skip if you're not in to gadgets ( Read more... )

Sinfest for best use of a Sunday strip for a MJ tribute. The last few days have been amusing too.

Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force won the musical category yesterday and seemed a nice bunch of chaps in to the bargain, on a brief meeting at least.

Leading on from http://gmul.livejournal.com/93048.html I offer the following, significantly more mature and worrying specimen:


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One of the sometime hilarious, sometimes worrying things about only reading the front page headlines of Metro from a distance is that you can't see if the main picture and headline are related. Most often I think they're not but this morning we have "Experts still try 'cures' for gays" juxtaposed with a picture of a happy, smiling Simon Cowell ( Read more... )