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See seems to be having a Homer Simpson moment. That said, I vaguely remember Coffee Crisp from childhood summers in PEI. But I still mostly associate those with bars of Cadbury’s Old Jamaica which had to be made to last an entire week… From: Louise@… To: Mandy@…, alecm@…, … Subject: WooHoo! Can Crunchie and Flake…

Adriana pointed me at the Biased BBC website last night; I skimmed it and will be returning in future to look again, but I did find something that immediately amused me. This is a link to an article elsewhere which argues by inference from clear evidence that the BBC seeks to lay the blame for…

Is this evil?

For Americans, read “jello” throughout; it’s unclear to me whether it was prepared, wobbly jelly, or the sort of rubbery gelatine brick as-illustrated in the BBC article – being the manner in which most jelly/jello is sold in the UK, rather than powdered form. BBC News A pile of jelly left by a road in…

Many security-folk will be amused by what happens when you search for the term “pwned” using Google’s code-search tool… Wanna the source of several dozen worms, trojans and rootkits? Come to that, Muffett is a pretty interesting search string – from my perspective, anyhow – there’s tons of stuff out there I’d forgotten. Link c/o:…

So Gilles took this screen capture of me:- …so that we could examine how much of my screen – on a 21″ iMac G5 – was reflected in the window behind me, and visible in the Skype video window; the answer is not much, but it provides a hint: If you squint at both images…

I can’t speak for all of it, but this rings of a lot of truth: Rondam Ramblings Myth #1: A brilliant idea will make you rich. Myth #2: If you build it they will come. Myth #3: Someone will steal your idea if you don’t protect it. … Myth #7: A Ph.D. means something. ……

The agency said the test had been carried out using 100% local technology. Wow. The “organic” and “emissions” lobbies would be pleased. It’s funny. I wake up at 0500h, lie in bed thinking about one of my cats, walk over to the iMac to see who it was who tried Skyping me in the wee…

I like this one.

Independent, ooh…

My emphasis, below. BBC News Catholic experts are expected to advise Pope Benedict XVI that teachings on the state of limbo – somewhere between heaven and hell – should be amended. For centuries many Roman Catholics have believed that the souls of babies who die before baptism remain in limbo. But the concept has never…

Canon IXUS 900ti The 700 got toasted in the crash. Screen died. 🙁