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In: ppv
30 Mar 2008Is as follows:
Nothing whatsoever. Why? I was foolish enough to move to Virgin Media recently, and have paid my £14.95 to watch it live tonight. However, I have had a blank screen since the first five minutes, no reboots will solve it. I’ve established from some UK wrestling forums that other Virgin customers are having [...]
In: news
26 Mar 2008Flying Shed Delays Train (from The Oxford Times)
Best excuse for a late-running train ever.
In: news
25 Mar 2008Landlord Shocked By Pub Theft (from The Oxford Times)
In: comics
24 Mar 2008I’m feeling a bit odd, full of cold or something, and thus a bit out of it. I’ve been passing the time by catching up on a great little web comic, Questionable Content. It’s been going for coming on for five years now I think, and I’ve been reading through the archives to learn just [...]
In: music
20 Mar 2008Songkick may be worth a look if you want to keep track of your favourite band’s gigs, or see what’s on in your area. They’ve even got a downloadable client which will scan your music collection, and see if any of the bands you have listed are on tour. Nice (except the client doesn’t work [...]
In: youtube
19 Mar 2008Star Wars (Sweded): A Cardboard Hope
Sweding is the process of copying a film by remaking it yourself, as per the wonderful Michel Gondry film Be Kind Rewind. Sweded remakes of films are now starting to crop up on Youtube, such as this version of the original Star Wars. It’s alright to begin with, then just [...]
In: music
17 Mar 2008Technically speaking, I think that counts as assault. I’ve just been shouted at, beaten with bass, drop-kicked with drums, kerb-stomped with keyboards. It hurt a lot. And sounded great. Beautiful messy enormous noise. Tiring, not tiresome. Mark E Smith wandering about a lot, turning knobs on things in a manner that suggests he knows what [...]
In: diary
11 Mar 2008Is it that time of year again? It is. The results of the 2008 Bloggies have been announced. I follow such things, so I’m quite interested in who has won, but I would suggest this is a great place to look at some blogs you may not know about or have read before. If this [...]
flotsky is 38, and ambles through life at a gentle pace, surrounded by gadgets, books and televisions. Sloth is his vice, but it leads to some interesting distractions along the way. He is the world’s leading investigator into P.Wyndham Little, takes a great interest in the works of Kurt Vonnegut, and gets all excited about gaming.
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