Month: November, 2006

Sensible UK Copyright Laws - Sign the Petition

30 November, 2006 (13:12) | Internet, Personal, Useful Links | No comments

Did you know that if you rip a CD to MP3 files and then copy those onto your Ipod or other MP3 player, then you are breaking the law?
There’s a Petition to the Pirme Minister to look at more sensible copyright laws.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a new exception to [...]

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Superpower #1: I can’t leap tall buildings . . .

30 November, 2006 (11:57) | Superpowers | No comments

. . . but I can sleep in to an impressive degree - woke up at 11am yesterday!
Don’t let anyone ever tell you you’re not a superhero. Everyone has superpowers, you just have to look deep inside to find them. What can you do that other people generally can’t? Think [...]

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The Muppet Matrix

27 November, 2006 (11:28) | Video | No comments

I vividly remember a muppet sketch which consisted of two orange tubes with eyes doing a dance routine which ended with the little one blowing the big one up. Youtube came up empty, but I did find this - The Muppet Matrix:

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I’m not much of a dancer

16 November, 2006 (16:10) | Fun, Personal, Video | No comments

But I remember dancing to this when I was at school discos, circa 1985.

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My Winter Musical Mystery

15 November, 2006 (14:48) | Music, Personal | No comments

Back when I was about 9 years old I took part in a musical at school and I can’t for the life of me remember the name. I think I was some kind of elf - it was my first and last experience with makeup and I hated all the work taking it off. [...]

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Charlie Says

9 November, 2006 (13:07) | Video | No comments

I totally remember these adverts, watching them along with PlaySchool

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Edward Hopper

7 November, 2006 (18:42) | Personal | No comments

I was in the local shopping centre at lunchtime and they have a big stand up selling calendars. For the past couple of years I’ve had an Old New York calendar, with old black and white photos of the City. I saw the Edward Hopper calendar too, and now I’m torn as [...]

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Childhood Memories: The Serompie

6 November, 2006 (18:06) | Fun, Personal | 1 comment

I grew up around some pretty imaginative people. For several years my parents helped run a beach mission in St Andrews, and I was one of the kids who got to run around and play with all of the enthusiastic young people running it. I do vividly remember my first Serompie though. [...]

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