philmophlegm: (Mist over the Tamar)
2015-08-04 03:01 pm
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Nice little collection of AVRO Vulcan photographs.

Sajid Javid is probably a better politician than standup comedian, but nevertheless this is quite funny.

Wearing skirts is considered to be indecent in Morocco...

...and in Plymstock, Devon.

Strange tales from the bad old days of search engine optimisation.

How much did the coalition government manage to reduce the welfare bill by?

"The next time you see a mob gibbering and shrieking and demanding someone's dismissal, don't hunker down. Speak up. Someone has to, for Heaven's sake."

And this is the person behind the lynching. "A very flawed accuser."

Who can stop the wind turbines?

Uncle Bryn on Gareth Bale.

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philmophlegm: (Dying Earth)
2015-02-28 09:02 pm
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Worried that you might avoid tax? This helpful guide shows you how to avoid avoiding tax.

Does going to court to change your dead millionaire father's will so you pay less inheritance tax count as "avoiding tax"?

Interesting reviews of all the Gollancz SF Masterworks so far.

5 Misconceptions About #GamerGate and the Truth Behind the Myths

Five Actors Who Almost Played Aragorn (Russell Crowe?)

Whatever happened to Football Manager legend Freddy Adu?

No, unemployment is not the "underlying cause" of ISIS.

"Why are people in Scotland saying I murdered someone called Lucy?"

UKIP Cornwall's website gives Cornish web designers a bad name.

The latest SJW idiocy in SF / Fantasy literature.

I miss 'The Thick of It'. Luckily Green Party leader Natalie Bennett can easily fill the 'incompetent politician gives car crash interview' hole...

The appalling compensation for those people imprisoned through a miscarriage of justice.

It's really cold in New York at the moment.

Evidence used by Henry VIII to support the break with Rome turns up in a library not far from us.

Why we shouldn't clamp down on zero-hour contracts.

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philmophlegm: (CalMac)
2014-04-14 11:31 pm
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Was the Post Office sold off too cheaply, and if so could anyone have known?

How to get fast internet access if you live in a small hut in Svalbard.

Pseudoscientific wank from the pages of audiophile magazines.

New York Public Library, 20,000 historic maps for free and Call of Cthulhu.

This is a nicer Silmarillion than any copy you own.

Celebrities that Look Like Mattresses

Why Hasn't Westeros Had an Industrial Revolution?

Game of Thrones TV series renewed for at least two more seasons.

Dunk & Egg news.

What impact would Scottish independence have on the national debt of the rest of the UK?

What did Einstein refer to as "the eighth wonder of the world"?

Sir Chris Hoy wants to drive Le Mans 24 Hours

Is the Co-Op ungovernable or is it simply run by incompetents?

How far down is the missing airliner likely to be?

Remembering when everyone hated Windows XP.

If Google was a Guy, part 1.

If Google was a Guy, part 2.

This is why basic economics should be taught to every child.

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philmophlegm: (I'vegotasportscar)
2013-08-08 10:23 pm
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"Spittle in the face of representative democracy" (Good line.)

Desert Bus: The Very Worst Video Game Ever Created

In (partial) praise of Paul Krugman

So you have an illustrated copy of 'The Silmarillion' do you? Proud of it? This is better.

Answering an unanswered AKICOLJ of my own: your guide to mechanical keyboards. (I went for Cherry Blues on my new work PC.)

"Why I'm hiring graduates with thirds this year"

The Downfall of Detroit

"Check Your Privilege 'obviously a colossal pile of twat'" (Yes, yes it is.)

"Apprentices told to stop acting like twats"

Riding the New Silk Road (really nice piece of web design)

Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Nei (patiently) explains difficult concepts like "interview" and "journalism" to the Guardian.

The most popular daily newspapers for members of the "hard left" Unite union? 1. Daily Mail 2. The Sun

British DNA

Explaining our future king's names (by parrotknight)

First planet discovered orbiting brown dwarf

The lactose tolerance mutation and the "dairy diaspora"

Baking a cake that looks like Jupiter (on the inside as well as the outside)

"I wish the daleks or someone would exterminate him" - what Sarah Newman, secretary to Doctor Who producer Barry Letts wrote about the 14 year old Peter Capaldi.

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