It must be good news that the UK has announced the extra investment in wind power across the country and, typically, the BBC has a useful graphic to show me how it all works. The BBC also has the full story of the UK’s expansion plans for offshore wind-generated electricity.
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I am back from Paris. It was truly delightful, and I had a fantastic time in the sunshine. Really, I would rather not go back to work today. Still, it seems that while I have been avoiding the web for the weekend, there have been some interesting things published. My favourite shows that the web really remains personal publishing for every-and-anybody.
In spite of all the terrible e-marketing, spam and viral promotions that swamp our online lives, it’s good to know that somebody with a great idea and a little bit of talent can still get noticed and recognised by the online world.
In The Guardian online last week, Anthony Cox described how his spoof error page turned into a so-called ‘Google bomb’ for weapons of mass destruction.
We’ll always have Paris, said Bogie to Ingrid in Casablanca. Paris lives in our hearts, a 2,000-year old dazzling myth of culture, love, taste and fashion. [Paris Eiffel Tower News]
I am off to Paris for the weekend in a few minutes … I only have to pack!
Unsurprisingly, Dermot O’leary is still the most popular of the men in the Man of the Moment project. Suddenly, however, Mark Owen has become a close second. Is he doing something I am unaware of?
2002: The Race
Congestion will continue to worsen, train passenger growth is running at only one tenth of the target rate, and rail punctuality has fallen [BBC News]
Well, thank goodness we’re behind target. You couldn’t get any more people on my train in the morning. Can you imagine another 10%?
Who knows if any documents were ever sexed up by anybody. Still, it seems that – at this very moment – Tony Blair is unable to show where Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction are. I suggest he speaks with US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld who, on March 30 2003, in statements to the press said:
We know where [Iraq’s WMD] are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat. [via AlterNet]
Oh, one year ago: Last Weekend in June
2005: Keep On Rolling
2002: Last Weekend in June
A man from Greater Manchester has been inundated with phone calls from people mistaking him for God.
Ah, I’ve always wondered who had the hotline to God, and it turns out that it’s a man in Salford: Man ‘shares God’s phone number’
A man from Greater Manchester has been inundated with phone calls from people mistaking him for God
Paul Burston’s Shameless is a witty look at contemporary urban (read London) gay life: the gym sessions, the muscles, the drugs and the clubs – it’s 300 pages celebrating hedonism in the metropolis. Paul plays the gay stereotypes well; there are clever, amusing moments, and the essence of the London club scene leaps off the pages. Characters are, generally, engaging, and it’s easy to empathise with Martin (whose boyfriend has just dumped him), whereas John (dating the dealer) is a fairly one-dimensional portrait (I am not sure if his lack of depth is intentional or not; clearly, the character is intended to be superficial). It’s an easy read, and although the stereotypes portrayed are well-known, they seem to fit too well and are – occasionally – predictable.
An enjoyable, amusing read.
I can always tell that it is summer. This has nothing to do with the temperature, sunshine or brown patches on my lawn. No, it’s because I have to leave my window ajar at night. And, invariably, because I have broken the lovely double-glazed seal, I will be awoken to the sound of bins being emptied or taxis coming to whisk people off on their holidays. These are the sounds of summer and should not be complained about. However, I am now also awoken by the sound of a car alarm. This particular alarm seems to have gone off several times in the last week. It will wake me up with its noise, then it will sleep. As soon as I think it’s finished, it will start again. Unfortunately, this will go on for hours and hours through the night. It goes on so much that I am surprised nobody has thrown a brick through the car window. I don’t know which car it is for. I have no desire to wander around looking at parked cars at 4am, but it’s out there, and if it’s yours, please, please, please get it fixed. I would wholeheartedly support the banning of car alarms. In fact, we should start a campaign, just like the one those New Yorkers affected by this problem have started.
It seems this little debate will rumble on with the homophobic element of the church showing how the “do unto others” and “love thy neighbour” messages can, it appears, be ignored if you don’t happen to like what’s going on.
BBC NEWS | Williams: ‘No objection’ to gay bishop:
I was informed that Cannon Jeffrey John was regarded as a highly gifted candidate, was acceptable to the diocese, that he had given explicit assurances on various matters, including his personal circumstances, and his willingness to work loyally in the framework of doctrine and discipline as expressed in issues of human sexuality.
2005: Beach Boy Becks
2003: US to extradite whoever they want, for any reason.