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First Google Chrome impressions
It’s BSD licensed. It seems to be fairly fast. It imported my current Firefox 3.0 profile without a hitch. The tabs support middle-click close and are very fast to do so. It even fits into Vista’s...
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Pillocks on 606
Whose smart idea was it to put up 606 message boards on the Sol Campbell racism controversy without once, as far as I can see, actually describing what the hell happened anywhere visible? The only...
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Why remake Day Of The Triffids?
I mean, it was already remade quite recently, and successfully; the only reason the BBC possibly thinks this is a good idea is that they don’t know about it. See, the people who remade it changed the...
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I can apparently add polls now!
Hmm. Take Our Poll WordPress.com didn’t tell me about this one. And it doesn’t do transparency properly. But, oh well, it could be a bit of fun…Posted in Blogging, Funny Tagged: online polls,...
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Avoiding DDOS: the PF way
I’ve run a FreeBSD server in my home for six years now. I love the capabilities home servers give you over your bog-standard wireless router – mine, for example, downloads all my POP3 email from...
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Buttery my a…
So I’ve just flicked across onto MTV R and, as usual for an MTV channel, it’s running adverts. The one that got my attention was an ad for the spreadable margarine Flora Buttery fronted by Gary Rhodes,...
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Fitter, happier, more productive
Things I’ve enjoyed, or found interesting, recently: The Wrestler is really, really good. Possibly more truth in it than in almost all documentaries about the actual wrestling scene, although Jon...
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A dilemma.
Am I wrong for wanting to see Star Trek as soon as possible? The trailers and the interviews have been encouraging, the new Enterprise is plain cool, I like the idea of Simon Pegg as Scotty and Sylar...
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Reading the bills, because no-one else does
The Alcohol Bill appears to be being discussed by the Scottish media simply in terms of minimum pricing, which is exactly what the Government wants you to do. That there is other stuff in the bill that...
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All that needs to be said about the Brit Awards
Prince Harry expressing his opinion on the Brit Awards. (OK, it’s the result of ITV/Brits’ technical incompetence rather than his real opinion, but it’s funny…)Filed under: Funny, Idiots, Media, Music...
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Let’s start again
I started The Hard Sell as a way of trying to write more often, and it was a success for a while. Like so many other things, it fell away when I went into full time employment; but also out of ennui at...
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Media Break: 26/08/2015
Here’s what I’m watching, listening to, reading etc. at the moment, in an article which I plan on posting at least once every few weeks: Health’s “Death Magic” is still brilliant after however many...
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The distinguished competition
At the point when I am writing this in 2015, the world is heading towards Peak Superhero. Both Marvel and DC, both owned by major media conglomerates, are developing movie universes to match the ones...
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It’s the list-makingest time of the year
It’s that time of the year where everyone comes together on the Internet to argue about what everyone liked over the year and why they’re wrong. So it’s time for my contribution… Music Here is a...
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Media Break: 28/02/2016
I was meaning to do one of these every two weeks. That hasn’t really worked out, has it… Out the serious Oscar contenders, I will be more than happy if Room wins. Really subtle and well done. Mad Max:...
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Sing a song of sixpence that goes…
New Radiohead. “Burn the Witch.” Come on, open the preorders. They will know where I live.Filed under: Music Tagged: burn the witch, LP9, radiohead
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2016, in progress (July)
And what an absolutely rubbish year this has been so far… For everything apart from music, of course. And I’ve playlisted some. Because he didn’t let any of his music go on Spotify, please imagine...
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Completing 2016
This has been one truly terrible year. One of the very few even vaguely redeeming bits has been the music, so therefore there is a final playlist of the year above. We’ll see how 2017 goes.Filed...
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Facetious Movie Awards, 2016 Edition
…Well, since I’m here, I may well contribute some facetious movie awards that will be replicated nowhere else in this season. Behold! Best Comedy: Assassin’s Creed. It’s a non-stop laugh riot, filled...
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