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Hospitals defend MRSA Bible move
The Word of God, is, of course, a natural antiseptic… [news.bbc.co.uk] Hospitals defend MRSA Bible move There are concerns bedside books could help spread infection Hospitals in Leicester have denied they are preparing to remove copies of the Bible from their wards. NHS trust spokesperson Anne McGregor said they were considering where to store the…
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Ode to a Wedge
It was earlier this year – late January – when Simon “The Monkeyboy” Bullen and I were returning from the London Motorcycle Show, carrying variously new helmets, tools, luggage, paddock stands, leather polish and a variety of other equipment that we’d picked up at it’s a bargain, we’ve got to have it prices at the…
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Charity Collection Followup
As reported elsewhere, a band of bikers from Sun went on a collcting rampage on behalf of [www.naomihouse.org.uk] – a local childrens’ hospice – and raised all-told almost 800 quid, which Sun doubled under the charity giving scheme yielding approximately 1600 pounds sterling. As Clive put it: their costs may be running at something like…
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best quote of the day
NOTICE: THIS IS NOT THE DOOR RELEASE. THIS IS THE EMERGENCY POWER-OFF BUTTON. …on a sign next to an invitingly large black mushroom-shaped button, on the wall of a large datacentre / machineroom, as reported by James MacFarlane.
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Dot Matrix Synth
I am so envious of this sort of thing: [qotile.net] I’ve got an ongoing project, reprogramming the firmware in these 1985 Epson LQ-500 printers to turn them into musical instruments. I originally just wanted to make a sort of homemade mellotron, but it’s evolved into a much deeper project. These printers (like all printers) have…
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Gnome Query
How do I configure GNOME (or one of its elements) so that the icons for my Desktop folder are on the right, rather than the left, after (for instance) a “Clean Up By Name” operation?
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Bank Holiday Monday
A little light decorating. Shoe shopping, and beer/ale restock. A glass of chilled Sauternes. Warm, dry and sunny. Nice.
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Tux the Penguin co-stars in “Madagascar”?
I stumbled across the website for Madagascar, the new Dreamworks animation, and amongst the “cast” is a resonably familiar-looking penguin: [1] [2] (both SWF, alas) My only question is whether this is a conscious or subconscious casting. 😎 Full trailer at [www.apple.com] …and it has Ali G in a voice role!
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US wants to be able to access Britons’ ID cards
Via [www.fipr.org] US wants to be able to access Britons’ ID cards By Kim Sengupta Independent 27 May 2005 The United States wants Britain’s proposed identity cards to have the same microchip and technology as the ones used on American documents. The aim of getting the same microchip is to ensure compatability in screening terrorist…