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>Here we go again

Posted on 24 April, 2008 by jb

> This is becoming a little too regular for my living…… University Clinic last year, Vincenz Klinik this year. Checked all the aural appendages which apppear to intact, so they appear to have had a go at my leg instead….

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>I don’t believe it……

Posted on 22 April, 2008 by jb

> They really DO write on the leg that’s about to be amputated (or whatever it is they plan to do today) with Magic Marker.So I didn’t need to have ‘Not this one’ tatooed on the other leg after all.Wish … Continue reading →

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>HYmini – Must have

Posted on 22 April, 2008 by jb

> Wired Magazine is fatal for we Early Adopters/Gadget Boys predisposed to terminal geekness. The HYmini will charge up its 5v battery in a 9 mph/15 kmh wind and can then be milked via USB 2.0.50 bucks at hymini.net. The … Continue reading →

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>Fused

Posted on 20 April, 2008 by jb

> This is a gem. MCASD at La Jolla’s Soundwaves exhibition is a stunner and Sean Duffy’s installation of 2 fused turntables, with 2 tone arms offsetting the same record, is the pick of the litter. It’s dead easy to … Continue reading →

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>Roll with it

Posted on 19 April, 2008 by jb

>This is how Tim Bavington sees Oasis’s Roll with it . Each note has a colour, the length of the note defines the width and the bass line runs along the bottom. Part of the excellent SoundWaves exhibition at the … Continue reading →

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>Calisthenics

Posted on 15 April, 2008 by jb

> Steve Fullmer is explaining his sleep-inducing calisthenics. “You stretch your legs waaaay out so they touch the door, but you have to keep your bottom on the bed” I do a doubletake and shoot a quick look across the … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me…(about cosmetics)

Posted on 14 April, 2008 by jb

>I claim to know little (if anything) about these things, but anyway… There’s a new cosmetic product on the market and the womenfolk around here tend to prick up their shell-likes when “new” is involved. Luckily, this Snowberry outfit has … Continue reading →

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Shave for a cure

Posted on 12 April, 2008 by jb

A year or so back, I got involved in Bloggers For A Cure, raising money for cystic fibrosis research. Jeff Giles over at Popdose kicked it off to support Scott Malchus, a fellow blogger whose son Jacob is living with … Continue reading →

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>True Story

Posted on 11 April, 2008 by jb

>French Customs officer goes into a patisserie and asks “Have you got anything to d’eclair?”

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>East meets West

Posted on 10 April, 2008 by jb

>A wheat beer (nominally from Germany) and a Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc (guaranteed from New Zealand) rub shoulders on the patio at Moonshadows overlooking the Pacific in Malibu. If it just wasn’t for the bloody song. Couldn’t get it out … Continue reading →

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