Monthly Archives: February 2007

>Songs of heartbreak and hard-won happiness

>Look. I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by trying to review Paved Country (My man Jefito might be eavesdropping and a skill-set comparison would be mortifyingly embarrassing.)I’ll just tell you how I got to like their music. Or. From country rock … Continue reading

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>The "Why I hate Telecom" rant

> Telekom is going out of its way to annoy me. It’s not enough that they only annoy me when I can’t avoid contacting them. They’re now following me. And their Voice Response system flossie is getting far too chummy … Continue reading

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>Remotely interesting?

>Blogger tells me that I can zap them an email and it’ll appear on the blog. I’m not convinced Comment: Well, I’ll be buggered…

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>Zapping

>Frank Zappa gave us some useful stuff. Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch For example. Or “Let me sum it up for you. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is … Continue reading

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>"There was a loud bang when the plane touched down…."

>I bet there was…….!

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>Giga

>Back in the Dark Ages, I was involved in a Revenue Management development project. First of many, in fact (It was about the time I bought my first PC – Intel 386 33kHz, 8MB RAM, 105MB hard drive. Bleeding edge … Continue reading

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>Brainfarts II

>As if the newspapers weren’t full of clemency applications for RAF terrorists, the sudden realisation that life as we know it on Planet Earth is slowly grinding to a halt and Bayern Munich losing 7 games this season (which – … Continue reading

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>Are you gormless?

>You don’t have to be and Ikea’s the place to solve your woes. A mere 15.38 Euros will get you a Gorm – a “regal” one, no less which should advance you post haste into the queue for the throne. … Continue reading

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>I’ll have the Jumped of Calf Bulge, thanks

>I’ve just booked at L’Auberge des Pins in Bandol over Easter. I’m not so sure anymore It does ..“proposes a neat kitchen” (which is the least I would expect. I’m a stickler for neatness.) It’s the “of soil traditional and … Continue reading

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>How much should music cost?

>Andrew Dubber variously over at New Music StrategiesThe WirelessEponymous is mostly a pretty clued up guy. Mostly. I think he’s wrong on this one, though. He reckons that the normal laws of economics don’t apply to digital downloads. I think … Continue reading

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