From The Adver
A COUNCILLOR who has been sunning himself in Spain since the beginning of January and hasn’t attended a council meeting in seven months is still collecting his £7,429 allowance.
Coun Barrie Thompson (Lab, Parks) says he has no plans to give back the money, despite not being available to his ward residents while in […]
India Knight
We are not as naive as we used to be and we notice things. The bacon leaks the water it has been artificially pumped up with, the vegetables are perfect only because they have been sprayed with chemicals, nobody much wants to feed their children jars of nondescript mush, the clothes’ cheapness […]
Since the demise of my thinkpad, I’ve been looking for an alternative way to run Unix/Linux. This isn’t my bread and butter (I mostly do asp.net) but I might want it to be sometime soon/in the future.
I thought about cheap alternatives to splashing out on a Macbook, and found an article that describes how to […]
From the IHT
“If nothing is done, thousands of European performers who recorded in the late 1950s and 1960s will lose all of their airplay royalties over the next ten years,” said EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, the union’s internal market chief. “These royalties are often their sole pension.”
Well, maybe they should have seen a financial advisor […]
I am a republican (in the british sense). That’s not to say that I have a problem with the current Queen (opinion is high from everyone who’s met her), nor do I have a problem with the cost (which probably costs less than tourism). I just don’t believe in the idea of hereditary power as […]
It’s funny how I seem to read lots of things by people about how “Vista Sucks” and “Get a Mac, it just works”, yet I am reading Twitter and two people I know who are very much committed, experienced Mac users (but not religious about it) are reporting problems - one with their graphics and […]
I noticed that Ellee had posted a few snowdrops, so I decided to join in with the snowdrop love with a few shots from Lydiard Park:
Another title I’ve recently received is the slighly odd-sounding Super Paper Mario.
This is a variation on the original Super Mario Brothers, with lots of adventure elements and has a nice twist: the ability to flip between 2d and 3d. So, as you’re trying to work out where to go next, sometimes you get stuck. The […]
I’ve recently signed up with Tesco DVD Rental, who offer Wii games as part of their package (if anyone wants to sign up, please ask I’ll send you a referral).
One of the games I rented is Lego Star Wars. I had this on X-box, and it was quite fun, but I figured that on Wii […]
via VNUNet
Over 25 million Brits would be willing to give up sex for six months to get their hands on a 50in plasma TV, according to a survey by Comet.
Contrary to the popular belief that men would do just about anything for sex, nearly half of the male respondents would be willing to take a […]
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