"Then it is dark; a night where kings in golden suits ride elephants over the mountains." - John Cheever

Friday, May 28, 2004

Kissinger Tells Of A Drunk Nixon. Hope Monkeyboy isn't back on the sauce - choking on pretzels, falling off mountainbikes etc...

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Well, it's something I suppose.. I've just switched electricity suppliers to http://www.ecotricity.co.uk

It only takes a minute.

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Unexpectedly, Shaun Woodward has probably got the best MP's website. It's a blog basically, and he gets stuck in. I've had some reasonable chat with him.

http://www.shaunwoodward.com

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Best. Geek-Gift. Ever.
Hiya all,

Neither John nor myself will be able to make this Second Tuesday. He's off to the sunshine and I'm off to the cold. Anyway, we thought maybe a Final Thursday might do the trick if you're available for that? Thoughts?

Monday, May 24, 2004

Thursday, May 20, 2004

The Onion infographic on Electronic Voting Machines -- includes button sequence for God mode, giving user unlimited votes (R2,L2,Triangle,Circle,R2,R2), and pop-ups reading "People who voted for John Kerry also ordered these products from Amazon.com"...

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

What stupendously nice weather we're having!

:-D
The new Hari Kunzru novel is all about an Indian in Silicon Valley writing computer viruses.

Monday, May 17, 2004

Rainy-day voice of a generation. Anyone see Morrissey on Jonathon Ross on Friday? Saw it was on but missed it...

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Turning the Pages
Hubble sees 'planet' around star
Good chat last night. Sorry I got there late. As I remember, here were the major themes:

Coming to terms with the absence of free will
A collective bout of "we told you so" about Iraq, tempered by total despair over the situation
John's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Seamus's theism