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  • Pop song correspondence

    I’ve been meaning to link to McSweeney’s for a while, because its pop song correspondence section is full of gems like this letter to regional law enforcement agencies: But that’s not what we’re up against. Bon Jovi is no regular cowboy. He rides a horse made of steel. A steel horse. I am not shitting…

  • The ultimate blog post

    This Wired column made me laugh with its suggestions for the ultimate posts for various well-known blogs: Cute Overload: A kitten licks a puppy while the puppy licks a bunny. Fleshbot: Same as Cute Overload, only with coeds.

  • Microsoft does a happy dance

    It’s hardly unexpected, but Sony’s finally admitted that the global launch of the PS3 isn’t going to happen. Instead, the US and Japan will get vastly reduced shipments in November and Europe won’t get any (officially, at least) until March. Which leaves Xmas wide open for the price-reduced Xbox 360 which, in the next few…

  • An open letter to the local paper

    Dear Journos There’s no such place as “the Westend”. It’s the West end. Similarly, there’s no such thing as a “railstation”. It’s a railway station. Love and kisses Gary (This has been bugging me for months)

  • Buried under Deadline Mountain

    Back soon.

  • Slow news day

    As you’ve probably spotted, I’m fascinated by some of the non-stories in the Evening Times. And this is a particularly good example: FAVOURITE TV crime thriller Rebus has asked a Scots firm to help out behind the scenes with their latest series. Products made by Rearo Laminates, of Govan, are being used to brighten sets…

  • As unhappy as a man with two dicks

    Diphallus. Eek! An Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said Saturday. [Reuters, via MetaFilter]

  • Ban this sick filth (in hotels)

    According to Associated Press, a coalition of US conservative groups is lobbying the FBI to investigate hotel porn. They reckon it’s far too expensive*. [Via Digg] * That may be a lie

  • Gig-a-gig, ahhh

    Off to Edinburgh to see Radiohead, with two utterly predictable results: Radiohead were great, and the experience of going to a gig sucked. I’ve written before about the sheer arsery of live music, but it’s particularly pronounced at bigger gigs: there’s the hassle of getting the tickets in the first place, the joy of ridiculous…

  • The Final Countdown

    Sometimes, cover versions are better than the original. [Youtube. Via Fark]