We did wonder last night if Daz is eating spicier and spicier foods so he can taste them after killing off his taste buds by eating spicier and spicier foods. Give him a couple more months and he’ll be about ready for some Quaker Steak & Lube Atomic Wings.
Somebody pass the chocolate syrup.
via Monitor Duty
As I’m writing a proposal for Union Jack I’m thinking a lot about the symbolism of our national flag. The UJ costume is essentially the flag pasted onto a skintight suit (with requisite utility belt and mask). One of the characters I want to introduce is a black guy who shall represent the English part of the nation, he’ll probably end up with a St. George cross on a black background for his costume, or he might get to wear the UJ suit so he can do the “This Union Jack is all black!” line.
Nigel Turner, of the Reflag campaign, has redesigned the Union Jack flag so that there is some black in it.
via Die Puny Humans (Warren Ellis has been a busy bunny today.)
Sandia Labs have built the world’s smallest free roving robots, and, damn, are they cute. (Jumps up and down in his chair pointing at screen and going “I wan’ one! I wan’ one!”)
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Yet another TV series from my childhood is due to make its way onto the big screen- The Fall Guy. There’s a Starsky and Hutch film in production and a plan for a Dukes of Hazzard movie as well.
Nostalgia, and the complete inability to come up with anything original.
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Just before I headed off into town, I spotted a dead magpie by the collapsed remains of our makeshift barbecue. I figured I’d throw it in the bin when I got back, but forgot. Now I can hear the local children running around to the side of our house and crying out, “It’s a dead buuurd! A dead burd!”
Nanotubes could be used to create super light bulletproof vests and computers sewn into the clothes we wear.
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I should know by now not to believe in anything until I actually see it. BT won’t take me on until all the paperwork is finished, so I don’t actually start work until Wednesday at the earliest.
So I put in a call to another agency that had mentioned a better paying, shorter commuting job earlier in the week but not got back to me. I should know about that one on Monday, and if the answer is yes then I’m afraid that Johnny and BT will just have to cope without me.
Back to work on Monday. In Macclesfield, no less, alongside Johnny O at BT. Considering the chaos that ensued the last time we worked together I’d sell any shares you have right away.
Nanotubes could be used to create super light bulletproof vests and computers sewn into the clothes we wear.
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Well, the Spinneyhead shop at Cafe Press has closed, as I’m certain that I’d end up paying the monthly fee because of low sales. Shame. Now I will have to go ahead and sell merchandise straight from the site, I guess. As I commented in a reply earlier-
As it was- when I started it- free to maintain, I set [the Cafe Press shop] up with an eye to the future. It was another way to draw attention to Spinneyhead and ensure there’d be a ready pool of merchandise when we hit critical mass and people wanted tchotchkes.
I guess Cafe Press have discovered they’ve got so many low volume shops being created that their server and traffic costs have rocketed and this is their way of trimming or fleecing what they consider to be dead wood.
It had to happen sooner or later. Spammers are sending out so many mails, and are so desperate to hide their identities, that they have started creating viruses that will send spam from the infected computers.
I’m working on a new mySQL/php driven photo gallery, and I don’t think I’ll be posting any new images until it’s done. Meanwhile, this week’s PhotoFriday challenge is multiples-
