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While we were in England, we got the train from Bournemouth to visit London. London was an important part of my life as soon as I was old enough to be allowed to travel there without adult supervision. Some people … Continue reading
Tagged Austin, Boston, Centre Point, Christmas, food court, food item, Italian restaurant, Leicester Square, London, London Eye, Market Square, modern art, Oxford Street, Parliament Square, shopping, South bank, Swiss Centre, tate modern, Telecom Tower, Thames, Tottenham Court Road, travel, Treasury and Cabinet Office, UK, video, War Office, Waterloo Station
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Quote of the week
“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The Boston PD was doing the job the people of Boston hired them to do: Protecting the innocent. They knew that if those Mooninite Terrorists linked up, Boston would be a … Continue reading
Tagged Boston, laser, Mooninites, quad laser, terrorism
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In memoriam: Tower Records
Tower Records holds a special place in my heart. The store in Piccadilly Circus was one of the places I would try to visit every time I traveled to London. Back in the early 80s the Virgin Megastore on Oxford … Continue reading
Tagged bankruptcy, Boston, business, CDs, Holger Hiller, London, Massachusetts, music, Oxford Street, Thom Yorke, tower, Tower Records
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Strange but true
Boston and Dallas were designed by M.C. Escher. More such stuff at googlesightseeing.com. Also fun is to compare and contrast Newsweek international edition with Newsweek USA. Don’t forget the ongoing linkfeed.
The trouble with LiveJournal
[For more cases of LiveJournal Abuse Team behaving abusively, check out http://ljabuse.blogspot.com/.] For several years I was a paying user of LiveJournal. Now I pay for web hosting and run my own content management system. It’s not by choice; this … Continue reading
Tagged abuse, Boston, Brad Fitz, content management system, instant messaging, Internet Fuckwad Theory, John Gabriel, LiveJournal, LJ, Mike Smith, public Internet, public web pages, racism, TOS, troll, web hosting, web page containing, Yahoo
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Texas wildlife update
The other day I was playing Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow when I saw something move across the floor near the kitchen. “Oh crap,” I thought, “Another cockroach.” I got up and grabbed something to squash it with. But it wasn’t … Continue reading
Prius filter hack
Looked at the air conditioner filter in the Prius. Saw that it was encrusted with filth, covered in tufted seeds (dandelions?) and had collected a few leaves too. Checked the price of a replacement filter: $19 for a regular one, … Continue reading
Tagged Austin, Boston, Chicago, Meigs Airfield, Prius, Twin City Plaza mall
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Fun with Google Maps
I have just discovered the following nugget: Go to Google Maps Search for A smirking chimp in Washington DC Marvel at Google’s search technology. Another good one is to search for Communists in Boston. You read it here first.
Tagged Boston, Google, politics, search technology, Washington DC
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