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Quote of the week

On the one hand we have good, on the other we have evil, and the Church of England attempts to strike a balance between the two. — someone who isn’t a member of the CofE.

2007 06 18 alecm Comments (0)

Googlewhack

Woot. Subject: Googlewhack From: Peter.Taylor_Brown@tufts.foo Date: 3 May 2007 05:05:42 BST Your site is a googlewhack under the google search for “ywis jenga.” CONGRATULATIONS!

2007 05 03 alecm Comments (2)

Pink Sheet Spam Is Back :-(

I’ve started getting more penny-stock spam again; it went away for a couple of weeks, funny how you only notice it when it returns. I wonder what happened?

2007 02 01 alecm Comments (0)

Welsh Dictionary, £1

From Charing Cross Rd

2006 12 19 alecm Comments (2)

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

You must read this: Wikipedia. “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically correct sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. It has been known to exist since 1972 when the sentence was used by William J. Rapaport, currently an associate professor [...]

2006 11 21 alecm Comments (0)

Patently bogus

confusedofcalcutta There’s a story in the feedback section of the latest New Scientist about a “lazy inventor trap”; it restored my faith in the stupidity of much of today’s patent processes. No surprise, the story’s hidden behind a paywall. Why worry when you’ve got Google. I entered the patent application number and there it was. [...]

2006 11 20 alecm Comments (0)

What American accent do you have?

Apparently I have a Northeastern American accent, possibly New York. Mmm. What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Ê Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people [...]

2006 11 05 alecm Comments (11)

Morbid Models

2kT detonation on Olympic Stadium (map) 2kT on Nelson’s Column I think I’ll be out of the country.

2006 10 20 alecm Comments (0)