http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael ramblings of a retired Information Superhighwayman. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:17:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I kneed myself in the face yesterday whilst trying to sit down on a North American toilet, I came to a startling realisation about why North Americans know very little about the world. In the spirit of international relations I am going to share this with you so that ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/11/18/a-tale-of-two-shitters/ I spotted that Dixons have packs of 20 Maxell C60's on sale at the moment for £4.49 so I am going to buy about 10 packs this afternoon.I'll get the decks up and running tonight and all being well I'll be able to do you those Manic Miners you wanted ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/09/19/sale-on-the-high-streets/ There's no point me harping on about this, you know full well my assumption is that it will be a disaster best avoided. That said, I am prepared to let someone else have their say and Dave Kellett summed it up rather nicely in today's Sheldon Comic. 'Nuff said. http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/08/27/london-olympics-2012/ For once, the British Government has impressed me. It's not much but it's so rare I thought it worth a mention. Their new training site is called "Train to Gain" and of course, given my general despair of the world as it is today, I would have assumed they'd have named ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/08/17/she-wont-let-you-fly-but-she-might-let-you-sing/ I am not sure I can deal with the idea of Suggs being the new Captain Birds Eye. http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/08/14/madness/ I read the most amazing article today about McDonalds admitting it was adding milk and wheat to their french fries. (Can we call them chips now please? This is an English Weblog - In fact were I come from they fry them in beef fat anyway). Admittedly, I find it a ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/07/17/i-can-has-vegan-beefburger/ I used to consider myself something of a nationalist. Not in the jack-booted send home all the blacks and "The Empire could do no wrong" sense, but certainly in the sense that deep down I believed that as a nation, The British are generally pretty cool. Admittedly, this is somewhat ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/06/18/please-turn-out-the-lights/ Apparently this posting (and I guess a few of my others) are unreadable in Internet Explorer. I am afraid there's not much I can do about this. Sorry. For a long time, a few people have been reminding me that I promised to write a posting about the top ten ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/06/15/stupid-is-as-stupid-does/ It's been about a week and I have already given up watching UK's Big Brother. They just voted out the only one I actually liked; she was relatively sweet and quite cute (not that you could tell from her glamour shot in today's Star) and the rest are utterly boring and ... http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/06/14/big-brother/ Apparently all the best weblogs have a Lolcat so obviously mine should have one too. Duh? http://web.uknet.com/blog/michael/2008/06/10/a-lolcat/