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alecm
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  • CatJet – improving your litter tray ventilation

    Catjet :- Rob: http://zipzapzop.com/2006/02/06/cat-jet/ Alec: this catjet thing could go horribly wrong Alec: also i suspect my two would never use it again, if a fan was installed Rob: I would have done it differently… install fan at other (window) end of pipe Alec: makes sense Rob: That’s how my stove exhaust is done… much…

  • The Way We Eat: The Sweet-Tooth Fairy

    Via Rob Diamond: [www.nytimes.com] The Way We Eat: The Sweet-Tooth Fairy Sure you love chocolate. But do you store dated bars in your cellar and wake up at 5 in order to taste them with a fresh palate? Do you wear custom-made dresses with pockets in the front so you can nibble during meetings? Did…

  • Books To Avoid

    So I’m browsing http://www.technorati.com/pop/books/ and come across a selection of books not to read: [www.amazon.com] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades) [www.amazon.com] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science [www.amazon.com] The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex and Feminism A skim for the publisher – Regnery Publishing – explains the matter: [en.wikipedia.org] Regnery…

  • Smoking ban in all pubs and clubs

    [news.bbc.co.uk] Smoking ban in all pubs and clubs MPs have voted by a huge margin to ban smoking from all pubs and private members’ clubs in England. Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said the change, expected to take effect in summer 2007, would “save thousands of people’s lives”. Ministers gave a free vote amid fears Labour…

  • Links At Random

    I’m having a clearout: cook an egg using two cellphones [www.wymsey.co.uk] zones faq at opensolaris [www.opensolaris.org] groupm35 leica b&w photography [www.groupm35.com] how to fold a handkerchief [www.ehow.com] WWII reconnaissance photos [www.flickr.com] wardriver box [www.wardriving.ch] mr snugglepuff you want [home.earthlink.net] woodland burials [www.woodlandburials.co.uk] wolfram tones [tones.wolfram.com] 2005 foot-in-mouth awards [wired.com] quotes [www.bleachedskulls.com] water rockets [ourworld.compuserve.com] warning…

  • Jokewire: Oracle buy Sleepycat. Berkley DB Format to replace SQL.

    [tinyurl.com]

  • HAPPY SAD

    Happy Singles Awareness Day … …for today, or tomorrow, as appropriate. [en.wikipedia.org]

  • “…brewed with London style water”

    wtf?

  • A 22% “Service Charge Tax” for Handcuffs …

    …delivered to your room at the W Hotel, Newark; photo from the room-services directory; see the bottom two paragraphs.

  • Darren Moffat, TimeZone Incarnate

    Darren gets his own clock …

  • 40-metre profanity spotted from space

    [www.theregister.co.uk] NSFW Here’s a Friday poser for you: you’re a member of a highly-advanced alien civilisation and have just travelled to Earth in your hyperdrive-powered craft intending to enjoy a long-weekend break. The trouble is, you can’t decide whether to: a) nip over to rural Idaho, abduct a farmhand and anally probe him before modifying…

  • Google Copies Your Hard Drive – Government Smiles in Anticipation

    [www.eff.org] Google Copies Your Hard Drive – Government Smiles in Anticipation Consumers Should Not Use New Google Desktop San Francisco – Google today announced a new “feature” of its Google Desktop software that greatly increases the risk to consumer privacy. If a consumer chooses to use it, the new “Search Across Computers” feature will store…