del.icio.us links
On the right side of this page you’ll now find my latest posts to del.icio.us. Fresh and full of linky goodness.
[Read more →]Outback Steakhouse
A long time ago in a country far, far away I visited the Outback Steakhouse and was inspired by their hilariously tacky meal names: Melbourne Steak, Gold Coast Ribs, Kookaburra Wings, Ayers Rock Giblets, that sort of thing.
Sheep in the Big City slippers!Bloglines
You should be reading this using an RSS aggregator. I mean really. Manually ‘polling’ websites is sooooo 2002.
Perpetual Motion
It’s hard to tell from this video, but could there be a piece of buttered toast strapped to the back of that kitty? If so, are NASA close to realising Perpetual Motion?
[Read more →]Trolling in Clark County
The Guardian’s Clark County campaign was always going to be a firey one. The idea was to get Brits to send emails to swing-state voters and persuade them to vote for … well, it wasn’t specified - but likely to be Kerry given the Guardian’s readership. They got lots of hostile responses and the server was hacked. Americans were outraged at the meddlin’ by the damn Limeys.
[Read more →]In the Line at the Checkout
The man behind me was trying to amuse his kid by singing along with the muzak. Wang Chung’s Dance Hall Days, or some equally crappy cover thereof. The kid was nonplused.
[Read more →]Girty By Logfiles
One of the nice features of my hosting provider is that they supply detailed log analysis. From this, it seems that the most popular post so far on girtby was the Fluffy Bunny Act. It got the most hits of any single post, and also a smattering of google hits.
[Read more →]No-Showtime
To the right is a screenshot from the website of Showtime a “premium” cable TV station in the US, like HBO. [Where “premium” means that they make their own (sometimes very good) shows, and show soft-core pr0n after 10pm. Err, apparently.]
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