3 Little Irritations

Sunday, 31 May 2009, 14:32 | Category : Politics, Spam, Television
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This was really more amusing than annoying – I spotted the email above while searching my spam folder for a genuine one. I have no comment to make about it except to say it’s so spammy it borders on being a caricature of real spam. And do men really think in those terms? Please [...]

It’s wrong to gloat but …

Thursday, 28 May 2009, 11:56 | Category : Football, Music
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Poor old Man U It’s bad enough to lose so dismally, but to know almost the entire population of your home country wanted the other team to win, well, that’s gotta hurt. Anyhoo, here’s a little song to cheer you up – what’s that? You want to throttle me with your scarf?! [...]

What is this Friendfeed of which I speak?

Sunday, 24 May 2009, 13:32 | Category : Social Networks
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So you’ve joined Twitter, you’ve tracked down old school friends at Facebook, you may even pop into MySpace* once in a while, but what about Friendfeed? Have you joined yet? If not, you should.
Friendfeed isn’t new, but for most of it’s existence it’s been home to (strange, geeky types)** the more technically inclined. However, [...]

Crash Test Dummy Post

Friday, 22 May 2009, 22:26 | Category : Blog Stuff, Blogger, Blogging
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My first post on my new blog, which is really my old blog in a not-so-cunning disguise. Yes, it does look very similar, that was intentional;  as I’m asking you to visit a new address, it only seemed fair to stick with the same furniture to make you feel at home. Don’t get used [...]