Posts by neuro

The Internet is Weird

I got pinged with a friends list request last night on MSN Messenger (although I use Gaim to connect to the network instead of Microsoft's crappy ad-laden client) from someone I added years ago. I hadn't heard from them for a while and I think I'd deleted them since Gaim reported I wasn't on their […]

neurothon II

What? I'm 32 years old on the 30th of March, 2006. This means it's time for another drinking bash which, since 2004's debauchery [1] was nicknamed "neurothon", I've decided to call neurothon II: revenge of neurothon! As usual, my birthday seems to be falling on a random day — Thursday this year — so I […]

Clear Case of Web Service Envy

Is there no end to this John Naughton nonsense ? Does anyone really care if John doesn't understand that economists, financiers, brokers and anyone else interested in the US finance markets will love Google Finance ?

New Location for Clan #lugradio Maps

The Clan #lugradio Maps site has been updated with new download locations for the maps, and a shell script to assist Linux users (and Windows users running Cygwin I suppose) in keeping their clan maps up-to-date. The script defaults to downloading to ~/.etwolf/etmain , so if you've changed that from the default, make sure that […]

Natalie Portman Comes of Age

Sorry, it wasn't Natalie Portman being photographed topless on a beach by paparazzi, or being cast in V for Vendetta, or shaving her head, but this segment from a recent Saturday Night Live which makes me think "hey, Natalie Portman, not a kid anymore" ... Cheers to NBC for letting a kosher version finally become […]

BBC Sport: Team bus attacked by Rangers Fans

BBC Sport: Team bus attacked by Rangers Fans : it's this kind of behaviour that got England teams booted out of Europe, and this does nothing to promote the relatively sane Scottish football fan culture. Awful, just awful.

Dippy Bint

Dippy Bint Originally uploaded by neuro . This dippy bint, driving a Citroen with number plate R734 TSR, decided to track the inside lane of slow moving traffic two miles from the roadworks ahead. She eventually pulled in at 800yds. This is the second time I've seen someone attempt to take the road traffic laws […]