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I just got a call from Eileen. Pete Anderson – neighbour, friend, biker, trials-rider and Yorkshireman – died from a second heart-attack, consequent to one that occured two weeks previous. 8-(

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Some years ago I vaguely remember reading an article by some member or other of the Blognoscenti, making the stunningly obvious observation that web-pages can be indexed by URL, or that they might be accessed/reteived by embedding some utterly unique word which appears only on that page (and its replicas) and could/can be indexed by…

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…may I offer as evidence [www.howmotorwayswork.co.uk] ? Driver type: Rep, Permatan types Mentality: Late for a meeting Speed: 120mph Vehicle: 318i, Mondeo, Vectra, 75, mk4 Golf I-spy guide: Blouse hanging up in the back “Get out of my way I’m a rep don’t you know, out of my way, out of my way! Curse you…

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Really great photography by Douglas Salteri

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[www.aclu.org] When the angry phone calls and emails started arriving at the office, I knew the holiday season was upon us. A typical message shouted that we at the American Civil Liberties Union are “horrible” and “we should be ashamed of ourselves,” and then concluded with an incongruous and agitated “Merry Christmas.” We get this…

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[www.plainenglishawards.com] Welsh First Minister, Rhodri Morgan AM, has won Plain English Campaign’s Foot in Mouth’ award for the second time in eight years. During a debate on policing, he was quoted as saying: “The only thing which isn’t up for grabs is no change and I think it’s fair to say it’s all to play…

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Fascinating. Correct? [janpeters.net]

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Rise in speed cameras could end An end to the rapid rise in the number of speed cameras could be signalled in changes announced by the government. Money from speeding fines may no longer be spent automatically on more cameras under plans due to be outlined by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling. Instead, councils and…

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On a whim I punched the number 0000496000001 into Google, to search for other references to Essex MUD; I found one which I’d already seen at [ask.slashdot.org] but what Google came up with as a response: Look up UPC number 0 000496 00000 1 [www.upcdatabase.com] …surprised me. I didn’t know there was a database of…

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yes, i’m messing around with the format again. yes, it’s a work in progress.

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Oh, bloody hell. Can’t people just grow up? [www.wikipediaclassaction.org]

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So this explains all those morning phonecalls where it rings, and then hangs-up immediately I pick-up the phone: [privatecitizen.com] Predictive Dialers are used by telemarketing firms to gain more ‘dialing efficiency’. About 75% of junk calls are made with a predictive dialer (PD). One thing a PD does, is monitor what happens when the phone…

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