Getting ready for the Oakleaf Camp. We’ve packed the car, now we just have to get our clothing and other bits together, ready for an early start tomorrow. I’m going to be selling some of my greeting cards, and I’ve just printed off and laminated some rather snazzy business cards for myself. I’ve decided to […]
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I joined Second Life for about three weeks ago. I’ve not been there all that much – it’s terrifically time-wasting. However, from my POV as an Aspergers person, it is proving quite an interesting experience. For me, being on Second Life has many parallels with my RL experiences. Notably, it is impossible to tell what […]
The Slacktavist is one of my favourite US bloggers. Besides doing a sharp and often hilarious weekly takedown of the excreably-written – yet unfathomably popular – Left Behind books, he often comes up with gems like this: Early next month, 425 Wal-Mart stores nationwide will begin carrying faith-based toys from One2believe that target parents who […]
For the time being, I’ve got very little computering work to do. I have been thinking about a big new project, but it’s still in the “thinking about it” stage. So I’m faffing with yet another new design for the Oakleaf Circle site. The Oakleaf Camp is the weekend after next, and there’s going to […]
Back in January, the BBC released a disturbingly credulous news report on N’kisi, a parrot that not only had an alleged vocabulary of 950 words, but also exhibited telepathic talents. Well, both the language experts and the sceptics were soon debunking it. Now, according to Language Log, the BBC has quietly retracted the original story: […]
I know you’ve had a very difficult weekend, but please, before you make another appearance in front of the cameras – do something about the bags under your eyes! There are creams for that, and really, it doesn’t do any good for the country’s morale if you look like you’ve not slept for 48 hours […]
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod It’s strange how a book you’re reading can fit into the moment. I’d already read several of Ken MacLeod‘s books and was impressed enough to grab this one straight away from the library shelf. It’s set in a Britain of the near future, when terrorism has spread widely and […]
A couple of years ago, I had a Worst Website of the Week category, wherein I would expose shoddily-designed sites to deserved scorn. I decided to end it after one site-owner showed his displeasure by inviting all of his nicely-spoken, literate young friends on a forum to email me with their opinions of me; my […]
I regularly take part in a number of online consumer surveys (the pay isn’t much – generally 50p or £1 a time, but every little helps). Usually, they want to know how I feel about the various brands of tomato ketchup or mobile phones, or which supermarkets I shop in. The one I’m doing now […]
….and the wet weather seems to be easing off. It certainly spoiled any plans for observing the Solstice – we’ve had cloudy skies since forever, and last night was the first time I’d seen the moon in about three weeks. Carol had said something about getting a bonfire started to celebrate the Solstice; but when […]