November 2003

What kind of social software are you?

November 15, 2003

Via Foe Romeo. Turns out I'm the blogosphere: “You comment, you trackback, you Google, you technorati. You wish you blogdexed.” How spookily correct! Go on… you know you want to.

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House of electricy death, part 72

November 14, 2003

Had another powercut yesterday afternoon for a few hours, which was oh so really very convenient. (Actually, I was at the chiropractors so it didn’t really matter all that much but you know, it's the principle.) It’s blowing a fecking hoolie here now (as my Scottish friend John would say) and the lights are flickering […]

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Falling in love isn't emotional – it's more like eating chocolate

November 13, 2003

Or obsessive compulsive disorder. *gulp* From this week's New Scientist comes the report that the regions of the brain that are active when someone starts to fall in love are not the areas associated with emotion, but those to do with motivation and reward. These are the same areas that light up when you eat […]

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Trading guest blogs

November 13, 2003

I was thinking today about blogs and Tom Coates’ Secret Santa and blogrolls, and how when you see someone’s name on a blogroll it doesn’t really tell you anything about them or whether you’d enjoy their blog. Maybe it’s just me but I hardly ever click on a blogroll link. That said, my stats indicate […]

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Weevil, weevil rock you!

November 12, 2003

Ok, I thought I was really pushing the boundaries of sad-cow-dom by blogging so much about weevils, but hey, I have the excuse that I'm stuck in the arseendofnowhere and finding weevils in my rice has been the most exciting thing to happen to me all week. You, however, have no excuse. Quite why weevils […]

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Maybe this time?

November 12, 2003

For the first time in ages, a little bit of good news in my search for gainful employment. I have applied for another job! This one is project manager for a new media company in Bradford, and it looks like one that I’d really like to get – it’s in the right place, paying the […]

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Oh look! It is the time once more…

November 12, 2003

…for Secret Santas to sign up and send a gift to someone's door (but not a kitten or a pup) Just two things are required of you a blog or personal web page and an Amazon wishlist too (include something cheap if you're sage) You may be wondering why the rhyme all I can say […]

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Pens. Muji. Hmmm…

November 11, 2003

I'm happy to discover today that I can buy Muji pens online. Only an act of strict self-discipline is stopping me from needlessly spending money on more Muji pens. They're just so gorgeous – nice to hold, nice to write with, nice colours. Hmm… nice. But I am relieved to know that I can get […]

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Tesco's: Weevil prevail!

November 11, 2003

I took my weevils back to Tesco's this afternoon. One of them was still alive and munching away on the few grains of rice that had been sealed in the bag with him. I spoke to a 'manager' at the store, showed her the weevils, and was offered a measly 99p and free bag of […]

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Geek poetry – more beautiful than normal poetry

November 10, 2003

I love this poem.

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The Axis of I-vil (previously: Why, oh why…?)

November 10, 2003

…Aren't there capital numbers? We have uppercase letters and lowercase letters, so why not big numbers and little numbers? And, considering that there are no capital numbers and never have been any capital numbers, why do I always type *00 instead of 800, or 'on the !7th January…', or even more confusingly ££50.00? I think […]

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I lapsed. I didn't mean to, I just did

November 10, 2003

I've been going through that 'what's the point?' phase of job hunting. The one where you really can't be arsed to search through the job sites anymore because no one has shown the slightest bit of interest in you when you've applied before, so why should they start showing any interest now? Job hunting is […]

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I should get him a tiny weeny little motorbike…

November 10, 2003

…And then he'd be Weevil Knievel.

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Extra protein with that, Sir?

November 10, 2003

I just cooked dinner for my parents. Wholegrain rice, with vegetables, chicken and mandarins. I was somewhat sickened to discover that two little black flecks which I had thought were just bits of herb or something turned out to be weevils. That was a brand new, unopened packet of rice bought in Tescos only last […]

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Although in retrospect

November 10, 2003

I think I was lucky – the live blighter that was still in the packet was much bigger than his cooked friend. I definitely chose the lesser of two weevils.

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