November 2011
2 posts
Young UK jobseekers told to work without pay or... →
Why are the government subsidising huge corporations like Tesco with free labour when there are hundreds of small and medium sized businesses all over the country complaining they can’t take on staff?
It adds credibility to the two main charges put against the Conservative government, that they’re either grossly incompetent, or have ulterior motives because they’re in bed with...
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of the political parties. Thus...
September 2009
73 posts
RT @fluidcreativity: 1) Put on headphones 2) Turn up volume 3) Click my link. 4) Watch full screen. 5) RT link. http://vimeo.com/6678222
Anyone noticed an increased level of spam on twitter recently?
Twitter is turning into a tidal wave of spam. What is twitter’s strategy to stop it?
What interesting things could we do with this? http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
Never knew you could embed iPlayers until I saw this… http://www.almostwitty.com/
Has tea AND Flapjack. I’m sorry to update with such a nothing, but alas, tea AND flapjack is pretty good?
Sorry…what? Come again? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8274088.stm
RT @skinnipopcorn: Like Twilight? New iPhone app: Twilight tracker http://ow.ly/qszI @nuttymadam Time to get an iPhone? And a job?
RT @Stevejuice: “Twitter valued at $1bn despite lack of revenue” It’s amazing to me that they have nothing. No real scalable money plan.
I’ve not read a tirade of destruction like this in many weeks. Good show. http://kickupthefire.wordpress.com/
Advertising fail. #fail http://bit.ly/8np3z
RT @charltonbrooker: Down With Grammar: http://bit.ly/3iUmG4
For a while I thought Remember the Milk could serve some purpose in organising my life. It can’t. Google Tasks can though.
How captcha’s should be done. http://www.motionspire.com/submit
I’m kind of peeved at how easy it is to get attention for your brand. Have a stupid idea, and actually do it. http://bit.ly/PAYwL
Interesting morning to find out that Gollum really exists. http://bit.ly/w5f0D
Who agrees with the fat tax? Surely if we roll with a fat tax, we also need to have a drunken tax? http://bit.ly/C1Xlm
The green pound coming to Manchester. Can we call them grounds? http://bit.ly/3vpbkr
“watch out for a large group of donkeys being moved into your area” http://bit.ly/4wd1QH
Just saw the new @fluidcreativity showreel which had @splurj at the helm. It was more than just a bit good. Fact.
RT @mikethomas84: Actually useful windows shortcuts - http://bit.ly/B7ute
Thanks! @matt_davies
in 2000 years time will ‘Santa Claurites’ try to convince people that ‘Santa Claus’ was real and performed chimney and charity miracles?
RT @shitmydadsays: “The universe does not give a fuck about you. You are a speck in its shit.”
Did anyone else hear JLS massacre that Lilly Allen song on Radio 1 this morning?
RT @coxy: is following @gmpolice for the laughs; like this woman that pretends to be deaf to steal your money… http://bit.ly/2uZdg
Really miffed that I never knew TEDx was coming to Sheffield #TEDxS :-(
You know what I hate? Microsoft word.
I bet Whoopi Goldberg didn’t get much sleep last night.
Fred Durst melts the faces of the world with a SICK guitar solo. Anyone got the tab for this? http://bit.ly/8rN8d (Via @simonswatman)
In Windows, search file, click file, click back, search results are gone, search for file again. Repeat x 10. Thanks Bill, you complete ass.
I can’t believe H has died. What a tragedy…
Google “really useless bureaucrat”…http://bit.ly/16HcZC
Wowsers…http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/8249453.stm (via @rayupton)
RT @andrewmccormick: Sad news: H from Steps is dead http://bit.ly/cjVac
RT @missclaire: desk breakfast; coffee, croissant and grapes. nom.
Ordered “Al-Qaeda - The True Story of Radical Islam” received an old Spanish book “Don Juan Tenorio” by Jose Zorrilla. #Amazon #fail
RT @_Chappers_: A plausible solution to Derren Brown’s lottery prediction http://bit.ly/e6Bp1
It’s the parents of the year awards! http://bit.ly/134W6M
I buy cakes from the cake shop every day. And every day I don’t eat them. I should maybe make a cake shop?
What is the point of this research? http://bit.ly/ZWXDs
RT @alexdc: “The Simple, Secret iPhone Tethering Fix” http://bit.ly/1aookF
Cats are funny. http://bit.ly/QagwG
In 5 minutes time it will be 09/09/09 09:09 AM…How shall we celebrate?
The fact that Derren Brown isn’t buying a ticket means that he won’t be predicting the numbers. It will be a stupid trick like the system.
RT @sav_: On the importance of punctuation: BBC newsman “kept hidden for two decades, forced to bear children”. http://current.com/1nga64c
“The parasite replaces the fish’s tongue with its own body, by attaching to the muscles of the tongue stub.” http://bit.ly/qA5vB
The hardest mario level ever created? http://bit.ly/1axmvd