Since I know a number of my friends list are either current or aspiring authors of one sort or another, I figured you might be interested in this extremely useful discussion of the Google Books settlement one of my family has written.

"Do no evil" indeed...

So, after a week in which I worked the best part of 60 hours in 5 days, I foolishly went to Judder, to see if I could kill myself with lack of sleep.

Figuring that I'd be hard pressed to dance in that state, I took my camera with me... ( cut to protect the guilty )

So we went to watch the insane Gloucestershire tradition of Cheese Rolling at the weekend. Many insane people throwing themselves down a near vertical hill, in pursuit of a cheese worth far less than the cost of their ensuing medical bills ( Read more... )

Tonight's half hour of comedy genius was by Mark Thomas, explaining how he'd creatively used the restrictions against demonstrations in front of the houses of Parliament ( Read more... )

I have interwebs at home now again, after a good month or so without, plus being too busy at work to catch up on LJ - if there's anything important I've missed, comment until I pay attention ( Read more... )

So, while overtired and overworked and feeling a bit funny in the head, I had a bit of an incident in the bathroom.

( Image cut to protect the innocent )

Scientists have created a drug that mimics the 'good' effects of alchohol without the hangover

Interesting bit of research (found via OmniBrain), but the bit I find really interesting is the ethical reponses to this, and the discussion of how such a drug would be legislated - it's liable to be much more strictly controlled than alchohol, although ( Read more... )

After a busy evening hunched over a steaming copy of photoshop, here are some more piccies for your delectation :

The first of the Friday bands : History of Guns (who're a lovely bunch of chaps).

Plus a few extra Spa photos that I missed in the last update, including proof that alabastamasta wasn't drunk in the slightest. Oh no...

More updates to follow.

I've been horribly horribly ridiculously busy since I got back from Whitby, what with work, looking for cars and hospital appointments, so I've not had chance to sit down and do much with all the photos I took at Whitby (and before).

I've finally found a few mins to get on with it, so here's the first batch.

Firstly some wandering zombies I ( Read more... )

Had an absolutely fabulous time at Whitby, met many fabulous and photogenic people, took many many photos, and generally had a really fun time. All the more impressive in that I was sober for the entire thing ( Read more... )