November 2009
41 posts
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Lula warning over no deal at Copenhagen →
Not heard much about this Lula guy before, but I like his attitude.
Nov 30th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →
The Holloways (21) The Wombats (7) Milburn (6) The Kooks (5) Little Man Tate (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 30th
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“I don’t live in poverty, I got a little bit of money and I’ve got a...”
– Generator - The Holloways
Nov 24th
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“If you want to know what Utopia is like, just look around - this is it”
– Prof. Steve Jones
Nov 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →
Arctic Monkeys (8) The Wombats (6) The Fratellis (4) The Holloways (4) Lily Allen (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
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“You’ll either make the choice yourself or the universe will make it for you. So...”
– via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Nov 20th
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Christmas is the season of awful adverts →
Charlie Brooker is not amused
Nov 17th
A lesson on how to debate in Internet forums
“This Monboit bloke is sounding more bonkers by the minute. “ To be fair, he quotes other sources. So it’s like accusing him of being bonkers for believing what that dude Darwin wrote. Or that knob Newton. Or that ratfink Einstein. You - and other randoms on the internets - need to find credible sources that prove who Monbiot quotes is wrong, is all. As an example, if...
Nov 17th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15) →
Florence and The Machine (13)  Eric Hutchinson (10)  Matt Wertz (3)  Mat Kearney (2)  Marc Broussard (2)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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“… the ‘rigorously scientific’ method of predicting the future...”
– Alan Watts
Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 13th
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“To be free from convention is not to spurn it but [rather] not to be deceived by...”
– Allan Watts
Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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PMQs at Prime Time
From the BBC: “The skies are darkening at Westminster after an unusually late running of PMQs. The authorities have moved it back three hours, and the Daily Politics computer is suffering problems from a huge surge in emails. Might a permanently later time be more popular with the viewing public? Could Parliament go even further, one wonders, maybe even scheduling PMQs for peak-time...
Nov 11th
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“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.”
– Jonathan Swift (via reluctantbuddha)
Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8) →
Zach Gill (1)  Donavon Frankenreiter (1)  Joshua Radin (1)  The John Butler Trio (1)  John Mayer (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families →
nickdouglas: Four kids name several Lego pieces. Scroll down the the chart. Lego has got far more advanced than when I were a nipper. Far fewer names needed back then…
Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? … Love is...”
– Yann Martel - Life of Pi
Nov 6th
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“If we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical drugs now,...”
– Thomas Sowell : The “Costs” of Medical Care: Part III - Townhall.com [via carpe diem h/t devin] (via hilker)
Nov 5th
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The bike tree: The 21st-century bike rack →
Nov 5th
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ListenNina Simone - Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat Mix)
Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your...”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Nov 3rd
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Johnson saves woman from 'oiks' →
Whatever his politics may be, Boris is awesome
Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
Florence and The Machine (13)  Paolo Nutini (12)  Ian Brown (10)  Florence + The Machine (6)  Deadmau5 (6)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 2nd
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Sharif University Student to Khamenei: Why Can’t... →
southpol: This is great. “Rumors say that the student has been arrested.”
Nov 2nd
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“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via jesuisperdu)
Nov 2nd
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Nov 1st
Nov 1st
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely...”
– E.B. White (via quote-book)
Nov 1st
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October 2009
16 posts
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
26 notes
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“All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.”
– Alexandre Dumas
Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
81 notes
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“And then I realise, wait a minute, I’m leaking methane. I’m my own...”
Oct 30th
“We are pretty much the same as we were twenty thousand years ago. We have in the...”
– Aldous Huxley via Tinkering till the end of time (via zachklein)
Oct 29th
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“It’s a journey – and I’m just happy with the stretch of road...”
– JW
Oct 29th