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Categorised to a tee
Consider today's XKCD.
For the record, I like Isaac Asimov and XML, I've been thinking about buying a pair of Vibrams for the last year, I think that the Segway looks neat (and, as a child, quite the sort of vehicle which I was led to believe would be in my future), and I've been looking for an affordable head-mounted display for the best part of ( Read more... ) -
Dispatches from the war against scammers
A new record! Last time I kept them on the line for 37 minutes before pointing out that I knew what they were doing. Result: they phoned me back to insult me.
This time I managed to wind them up enough *within 15 seconds* that they phoned me back to insult me.
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(Untitled)
You know what they say: lunch in Southampton, dinner in London, breakfast in... Preston?
By now, I should have been mid-viva in Stornoway. Instead, I'm in the Apple Store on Buchanan St. in Glasgow.
The original plan had been to get the sleeper overnight from London to Glasgow (arr 0720), then hop on the 1050 from Glasgow Intl to Stornoway, viva ( Read more... ) -
Planes and trains
Just boarded the sleeper to Glasgow (alas no sign of Skimbleshanks). From there I'll be heading to the Western Isles, where I will do my best to avoid any large anthropomorphic wicker constructions ( Read more... ) -
Leaving, on a prop plane
Dear Expedia ( Read more... ) -
Bunch of savages in this town
So, after yesterday's heavy rain in Southampton, which school found out that its roof had been stripped of lead on Monday night? Why, the one that the garklet starts at next Monday.
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Home again, home again
Back from the monster tour of England and Scotland (Southampton to Windermere and back, via Dunblane), and it turns out that we had monster produce waiting for us (alisdairo - did I forget to tell you to help yourself?):
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Give me the child until he is seven
garklet: Tonight, I want you to make me a statue when we get home.
nmg: Oh really, what sort of statue?
garklet: I want a statue with a cross with somebody on it.
nmg: o_O
nmg: Uh, why do you want a statue of someone being crucified?
garklet: Because I think it would be good.
nmg: No, I mean why do you want a statue of that rather than of something else? A crucifix is a religious ( Read more... ) -
Isn't it ironic? (EBM version)
The washing machine has chewed up my Front 242 "PUNISH YOUR MACHINE" t-shirt.
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Signal Boost: Stop it!
While I am as narked as the next user by the alleged actions of certain arms of a certain state towards my blogging platform of choice and the embattled citizens of that state, I'm sure that most of us by now have seen double-digit reposts of deathpixie's original.
It's not often that my first experience of an LJ feature (in this case, the repost facility) ( Read more... )