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Entries from June 2008

Can bloggers fill the void after Bill Gates?

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft Blogger Steve Clayton asks : Can bloggers fill the void after Bill Gates?

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Confirmation in the post today…

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

From small acorns – my first academic work in 20+ years turns out OK!

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Want!!!

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Quite simply – I want one (or both) or these. Classic Lacoste design. From the marvellous Colette.fr (warning too mush flash on that site!).

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Please remove prior to putting in Microwave…

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

You’ve gotta love this – I purchased some blades for my razor today, and they came bundled with some shaving gel – and there I was, just about to cook up a storm and I caught sight of the warning!

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Just get on with it!

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Please, just get on with it!

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I passed…

June 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I just found out my results from my Open University efforts. I took a management course earlier this year as a kick off for a return to higher education, I enjoyed the coursework – and I’m really pleased to get the OU’s understated ‘achieved’ mark.
I’ll be starting the next modules later this year [...]

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McCain Lies about time in Vietnam – surely not?

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

‘When John McCain was my captive’ – Vietnam prison governor speaks out

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Imagine a great new album of electronica every day!

June 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bleepshow is the kind of thing I would like to put together, but Pete Cooper has done  it much better than I would - although I may not have focused on Electronic music quite so much.
Bleepshow is a daily mix of electronic music that you can download, listen to online, podcatch and I’m sure [...]

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Tags: music

Do we really need critics and reviewers any more?

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Interesting article in the Guardian by Mark Lawson this morning about publicists trying to release movies, books and TV shows without critics even seeing them – to save potential bad reviews.
It seems that increasingly the press are only getting to see movies at the very first public screenings (Friday afternoon on the day of release), [...]

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Tags: books · movies · music

Need to resign from Yahoo!?

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Need to resign from Yahoo!? then maybe this handy resignation generator is useful.

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