Month: January 2007

No Tats For Me…..

It isn’t just David Beckham who gets the wrong foreign characters tattooed on him. Hanzi Smatter is dedicated to showing examples of disasterous mistranscriptions of Chinese characters in…

The Anti-Disclaimer

Discalaimers – you know that paragraph or two of legalese you get at the foot of emails emanating from big companies (“Nothing in this email shall be construed…

TV Crimes & Misdemeanours….

Waking The Dead used to be one of my favourite TV crimes shows. Not any more. The latest series has just got too silly for words. The first…

Time to book your hols….

.’X-Day is coming!’ The Blessed Day when the Alien Sex Goddesses shall at last arrive on Earth and proceed with THE RUPTURE! All card-carrying, Truly Ordained, PAID UP…

Robert Anton Wilson ceases to live…

From his blog: Wavy Gravy once asked a Zen Roshi, “What happens after death?” The Roshi replied, “I don’t know.” Wavy protested, “But you’re a Zen Master!” “Yes,”…

Still at work….

…trying to get the new Oakleaf Circle site together. The navigation is proving the most difficult bit; I’m having a vertical flyout menu, which would ordinarily be pretty…

Let There be Light!

…and lo, there was light – all over the bleedin’ house, when the power finally came on at 2.55 this afternoon. After 44 hours of no electricity, when…