Oh yes

Oblique Strategies

Eno and Schmidt

Top fact

The bloke who owns the Independent, Tony O'Reilly, was pro-Iraq war.

Songs and stuff

monkeehub, which is apparently just one guy, did that brilliant "Creep" flash video that I'm sure I linked to many moons ago. Anyway, after you've depressed yourself watching that, you can cheer yourself up again by watching the even more brilliant JCB song which is doing the interweb rounds at the moment. Summer type nostalgically excellent stuff. (Sound obviously required and probably don't even bother if you're on dial-up)

Festival Fun

Although Shavers Weekly always used to herald this time of the year with their 'Oh No, Here Come the Festival Wanks' issue - anything good on at the festival, John?

bit quiet in here recently

how is everyone?

A British Jihadist

This Prospect interview is pretty illuminating.

freecycle

the philanthropic cousin of ebay apparently...

A few observations from Edinburgh

The light is very different - a clear blue-grey as opposed to the flat, exhaust-tinged glare of London.

It's not half as busy - drove round the bypass to Sighthill during rush hour this morning and it took me about 30 minutes tops. With the exception of Princes Street there are no crowds at all.

Chip and PIN seems to have only recently made inroads up here. Shop staff ask solicitously if you know your PIN before proffering the keypad...

Prayer 'no aid to heart patients'

Well that's a surprise. Quite a scoop.

(As predicted) Open Source beer has arrived...

..::...Vores ØL...::..

Second Tuesday again?

Are we on for a Second Tuesday tonight?

Everyone OK?

Interesting h2g2 entry

The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words. Illuminating stuff - I particularly like the bit about the origin of the phrase "the dog's bollocks."

Fame and fortune beckon

This is it, lads - a chance to turn Fitzrovian into a bestselling (christmas novelty) book!

Live 8

A special evening, even on telly. The Who!!!

It's here - and it looks very good

Google Earth - Home

Bush evokes 9/11 to bolster Iraq war

Can believe he's still peddling this nonsense.

quite an unusual edition this week

The Onion 2056

Cbeebies does Shakespeare

This is Jenny's current internet favourite. It's quite good - the flash animation is nicely done and Oberon has a top Glaswegian accent.