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I saw the first ever episode of Sesame Street. I know that I did because my mother tells me so, specifically because she was so impressed with Jim Henson’s work on various other American TV programmes that I was plopped in front of the TV at the tender age of 19 months (ie: sometime in

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http://www.joevernon.org/music/finite.wmv Link c/o Jon Irving

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http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006784.html I’ve heard rumors about a pilot who demonstrated that you can pour a drink in the cockpit while doing a barrel roll and not spill a drop. Thanks to the magic of YouTube and an email tip, I have finally seen the video.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4776181634656145640 Link c/o Jon Irving.

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Code Monkey very simple man, with big warm fuzzy secret heart, Code Monkey like you. http://www.jonathancoulton.com/mp3/Code%20Monkey.mp3 Link c/o Flip Russell.

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Here we go again… Independent Could a ruthless new breed of cyber-terrorist cause meltdown at the click of a mouse? Jimmy Lee Shreeve reports: According to cyber-security experts, the terror attacks of 11 September and 7 July could be seen as mere staging posts compared to the havoc and devastation that might be unleashed if

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Independent After an absence of almost 30 years and following months of feverish speculation among fans of the genre, Batwoman will make an appearance in the July issue of a comic called 52, produced by the legendary publishers DC Comics. Her real identity is Kathy Kane, described as a “lesbian socialite by night and a

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BBC News Sometimes you see elderly people talking to the Goths and asking them why they look like this Cornelius Brach Goth festival spokesman I dunno. I vaguely remember at least one of my sisters being chided for not wearing “proper, supportive foundation garments”. You’ld think old folk were glad to have such being worn

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[ webpage ] [ quicktime ] [ 12Mb ] QuickTime H.264/AAC @ 3fps, 640×480 As presented at Blogs & Social Media Forum 2006; the talk is about 20 minutes long, a personal retrospective on my discovery of blogging and my subsequent experience of using blogging to enhance my work-life. My thanks to Lorna Candy of

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So, there’s the pre-conference picture: The mid-conference picture: …and then the après-conference pictures; chief conspirators Jackie, Perry and Adriana… …at the notorious bar… …which got quite crowded… …because Ray (the guy from Johnson & Johnson) makes fabulous martinis, and this is where by example I learned never to play drinking games with Czech women…

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This is superb: A Floridian High-School Rugby team – one of five in the state – takes on Carmarthenshire Under-18’s (pro: “Car-Mar-Then-Shy-er”) in order to learn the game, in: NBPS vs Carmarthenshire: Blood, Sweat, and Frequent Hospital Visits You can guess what happens. They’re justifiably proud of scoring at all. Choice quotes: “Rugby is the

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It’s a poor manager who has or requires the truth hidden from him by his employees; and yet somehow the folk seem to think they’re doing Benedict a favour: BBC News Polish ice cream ban for papal visit Rome is the home of ice cream and for generations, citizens and tourists alike have forsaken dessert

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