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Last night I went to bang. improv with , and . It was a good evening. Improv can always be a little hit and miss, and the crowd was not much bigger than the cast, but I think we all enjoyed it. They definitely had their moments. Especially the “English accent” parts. 🙂 This morning… Continue reading bang. and episode III (spoiler warning)

Rexona advert currently in the UK. Thanks Mkm!

I was just in my local pet shop because Mrs. Elbeno wanted to get a bird feeder or two. And while in the bird section, I noticed bird toys. I also noticed that they were emblazoned with “Bulletproof!” as if this were a serious selling point for bird toys. I can think of three possible… Continue reading Bulletproof bird toys

I know Los Angeles sucks, but people! Stop shooting each other!

So I'm playing around with writing some HTTP/1.1 code, and I notice that slashdot is serving up some odd headers. X-Fry and X-Bender? Someone's a Futurama fan (not me; I had to look it up). But don't take my word for it: see for yourself.

I just downloaded Habari Xenu and installed it (discovered via ). First impression, it's spiffy. But already I'm seeing missing features. Am I wrong, too demanding, or what? I would like to have: Built in advert blocking (or even better, use adblock's filter list). OK, I'm draconian, but I don't want to see any adverts.… Continue reading Habari Xenu

UK beats the US at: Bread. In England, you can get a lovely, inexpensive, fresh-baked, unsliced granary loaf from just about any corner supermarket (the sort that is a 5 minute walk from your house). In America, any bread other than sliced prepackaged is some kind of speciality item, available only in the European or… Continue reading US vs UK

“…wouldn't it be nice to hear more than 20 of them?” So goes one of JACK FM's tags. I take issue: let's look at the facts. Assume a song is 3 minutes long on average. Assume that I listen to songs for 3 hours a day every day, never repeating a single song. Assume there… Continue reading "You probably know a million songs…"

(Warning: spoilers ahead) I read it. The plot was excellently contrived. The way it mixes fact and fiction is great. But as a whodunit, it's a bit rubbish. Dan Brown is continually treating both his characters and readers as simpletons. Now I realise it's not an easy thing to invent clues and a treasure hunt,… Continue reading The Da Vinci Code

Bill Bryson was right. The “London, England” effect is everywhere in the US; the media dumbs down everything to an absurd degree, hence “London, England” – as opposed to London, where exactly? To be fair there are plenty of other Londons, but I think it's pretty unambiguous in a story about the UK parliament. Case… Continue reading "London, England"