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The Matrix Defence

November 20, 2003

I watched a documentary last night about murderers in America who as part of their defence had claimed that, effectively, ‘The Matrix made me do it’. In one case, the defence attorney claimed that the defendant was so obsessed with the film that it had made him take a gun and kill both his parents […]

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Gimme a Coke… just gimme a damn Coke!

November 20, 2003

The last thing I dreamt this morning before waking up was that I had a can of Coke, and god, it tasted gorgeous. *sigh* I can be strong, yes I can.

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Amazon can't count

November 19, 2003

On 17 Nov I ordered a book from Amazon which, according to its product description would be despatched 'within 7 to 8 days', yet my confirmation email tells me that it will be delivered between Nov 29 and Dec 7. Either Amazon can't count, or someone's cancelled nearly two weeks of this year and not […]

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SWALK: Bush and Blair

November 18, 2003

Via Joho, the touchingly beautiful Bush and Blair video. Aw, innit sweet? (It's also huge – takes ages to load on dial-up, but I think you'll agree it's worth it.)

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Bugger off Bush

November 18, 2003

We don't want you here, so take your murderous, hypocritical, ignorant, steel tariff toting arse back to Texas where you belong. And you can give back the £5 million it's cost us, the British taxpayer, to provide all that extra police cover whilst you're here too. Oh, and if any one of your braindead trigger-happy […]

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Welcome to Dehinc, where there are no posts for ages, then three come at once

November 17, 2003

Spoof branding website What Brand Are You appears to have been a bit too good for, er, its own good. The site asks you to choose a couple of core attributes, then comes up with a Latinate brand name which is supposed to be amusingly crap, but according to the BBC some punters have thought […]

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Play housey with me

November 16, 2003

Feeling absolutely knackered this evening. Probably has something to do with being dragged out of bed at some unholy hour (9am) this morning by my niece and then spending a couple of hours helping my brother and my Dad fill in the pit in the garage. (If you’re wondering why there was a pit in […]

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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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What, no caffeine? No caffeine at all?

November 15, 2003

I’m giving up caffeine again, as of today. I think this must be the third or fourth time I’ve tried to give up caffeine this year and each time I’ve gone through the headachy-grumpy-bear stage only to then succumb to the thought ‘Well, one can of Coke can’t hurt, can it? Just one champagne truffle?’ […]

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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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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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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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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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