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Paddy's Day 2011
Fun day yesterday. Tee convinced me to join her in the parade as part of the Dublin Cycling Campaign. All I had to was get up.... Also cycle my bike would be handy, but the getting up part was defo gonna take the lion's share of effort ( Read more... ) -
Battle: Los Angeles
So, Battle Los Angeles sucked ( Read more... ) -
Michael No More
I remember seeing the Michael Moore movie "Roger and Me" years ago where he interviewed Borders employees about why they aren't unionised (not allowed) and what their gripes are. He encouraged them to form their own union and was subsequently banned from public speaking in their stores (articleThey said they couldn't get higher wages/pensions ( Read more... ) -
Valentine's Day 2011
Made great tapas for Valentine's last night. Used this recipe page. The spread looked like this. Here's what I made:
Gambas a la plancha: Fried prawns dipped in olive oil, lemon juice and rock salt mixture. Nice, but I made far too few. Once you de-hull them, and they've shriveled up from being fried, there's not much left even though I bought ( Read more... ) -
Super Bowl Ads
Just watched all 52 Super Bowl commercials for 2011 ( Read more... ) -
Normies and Nerdies
I often get confused over the normal versus nerd reading of terms. Three recent examples ( Read more... ) -
Promise of afterlife in Islam
I was talking recently about the theory that the Koran says martyrs will get 72 virgins when they die - or white raisins. Here are the fruits [groan] of my research.
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The Social Network
Nerds are so hot when they sue each other ( Read more... ) -
Uh oh
Uh oh:
PopulationInternet Users% OnlineSpeed *
Latvia2.231M1.254M5625.31
Lithuania3.555M1.777M5025.55
Ireland4.203M2.83M636.20
Hey yo, what the fuck is it with Eastern European countries beating us at stuff? What the fuck, Lithuania ( Read more... )