Wouldn't suggest wearing this at an international airport or anywhere too public - a woman could get arrested...



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Exit strategies for conversations you wish to leave, including my favourite....   more »

The inaugural Bring & Share Summer Fete takes place at the Lark In The Park this Saturday 4th August, from 2pm to 2am. Featuring live music, DJs, stalls, BBQ and....



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An interview with Scott Fahlman creator of emoticon, or smileys as some people like to call them, who claims to ...



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Finally some ones gotten round to fitting an oven into a computer. What's taken them so long....



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BBC bothered to report on the top 10 pop star names, based on names that have had No 1 singles....   more »

Generates fake name and address for any nationality and country of residence you care to choose...   more »

The BBC are making use of Google Maps to highlight flooding around the UK...



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Apparently if Google changed its default colour settings to white text on black background it would save the planet - great scotts, 750 megawatts a year....   more »

This 8 way mains panel automatically turns off connected peripherals when you shut down your computer...



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"Be Wise, Not Weird" says this anti-drugs poster from the 1970s...   more »

Tomorrow sees my good friend Chris Calvert leave North London for Copenhagen in Denmark to start his new life. Here, to mark this historic date is collection of photos from over the past decade...



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Reminded of this song last weekend when I finally managed to get ...   more »

Some of my photos from a short trip to Tokyo way back in 2003.





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Some have argued they are all as safe (or as unsafe if your scared of flying) as each other. New research suggests it actually safer to sit at   more »

One hundred and one 10 minute meals ... doesn't include my favourites, "toast" or "corn flakes" but does include...   more »

Jing is an always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video from you computer desktop to anywhere. Obvious uses are sharing ideas, designs with team members and clients located in other offices....   more »

Facebook faces shut down over "stolen" code... Imagine, millions left having nothing to do all day except get on with ...   more »

Short of space? Why choose between a chair or book shelf when you can have both in the form of ...


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Just one note long (a C# apparently)... just in order to claim having played in every province and territory in ...

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I don't sew, (I'm not a girl), but if I did then Sublime Stitching would be where I would go ...



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Unofficial map of web online communities...



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The social conundrum - whose Facebook invites to accept....  Wired article on the contiued rise of Facebook and the move ...



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The Bavarian Beerhouse in London is offering free beers for mystery eaters....



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And finally... Bizarre story. Robber breaks in to house, robber offered glass of wine and is impressed with the ...   more »

This aerial marketing to promote the forthcoming Simpsons film has upset Pagans. The Homer Simpson (left hand side) has been ...



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Most people have some sort of instant messaging on their machines these days,  but for those who don't this neat ...   more »

Where would we be with out tea....



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True story this one about a group of pygmy musicians made to live at the zoo while performing at a music festival in Congo...   more »

A revised Periodic Table courtsey of...   more »

Most insurance companies are not offering policies that cover digital music collections, i.e. those songs you paid for from iTunes ...   more »

The tale of a fan-made scene for scene remake of Raiders Of The Last Ark that took a group of teenagers over seven years to make...   more »

Eco-friendly lighting... the Sun Jar uses solar power to charge up during the day, and release a warm ambient glow when the sun goes in...



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Wit a friends stag do tomorrow it seemed like a good time to see if there were any good ways to prevent, or at least...   more »

Short Music for Short People is a CD of 101 songs all of 30 seconds or less...



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Website dedicated to the art and science of re-branding...   more »

No One Died #3 wasn't quite the roaring success of the previous two, but those who made it down seemed ...   more »

Article on the meteoric rise of bottled water, and the costs involved in getting that water to you - despite bottled water being no healthier or safer than tap water...



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Though Live Earth actually had the best dwarfs...   more »

He says so him self....   more »

The Times are running a competition to update the lyrics of Billy Joel's 1989 song "We Didn't Start The Fire"...    more »

" Why most suicide bombers are Muslim, beautiful people have more daughters, humans are naturally polygamous, and why blonds are ...   more »

From Live Earth London, set list for all acts now on line on the NME website. Surely the re-formed ...



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Bad news for record buyers... just found out my favourite budget record shop Fopp has gone under...   more »

I've not got one yet, but I believe the newer ones are quite different...   more »

A sensible guide, but I think my bone is with organised religion rather than people who believe there is "something" out there...   more »

Apparently Bono has a special phone number that deletes it self after he's called you...   more »

This Friday sees the start of "Watch This Space", the National Theater's Summer season of free performances. The events I caught at Watch This Space last year were great, very diverse ...



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Site devoted to true office confession, all apparently true - though they are posted anonymously, giving people a chance to ...   more »

Funny weekend, two friends of mine were on TV. Firstly my friend Cecilia Fage was on TV on Saturday, singing ...   more »

The two men who drove a lit car into the main concourse at Glasgow Airport are to be charged under Scotland's tough anti-smoking laws...   more »