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Who let the dogs out?
Dogs are not subject to the same lockdown restrictions as the rest of us. They’re clearly making the most of it, and heading out for adventures in their campervans. Spotted outside Sainsbury’s...
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Am I getting old and cynical?
Somehow, these days, I can’t get as excited about the way people push things through my letterbox as I used to, nor as willing to write reviews about the way the package slipped to the floor. Well, it...
View ArticleIntroducing the Windowizer
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Windowizer continued
I’ve had lots of fun comments about The Windowizer. People asked things like: I like the Mac version – do you make one for Windows? Where’s the Mute button? Does it cut you off after 40 mins if you...
View ArticleWell, that’s reassuring!
I discover that what has been happening to my waistline recently is perfectly normal and natural, and lots of other people are being tested for it too. It’s called ‘lateral flow’.
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Strength Gel
Samson had his long hair, Asterix and Obelix their magic potion, but for today’s man-about-town wishing to increase his muscular prowess, I discover that this small and convenient tube of ‘Strength...
View ArticleUnexpected item in the bagging area
This is an old sketch, but a decade or so on, it’s still rather relevant at some of the supermarkets I visit: (direct link) Love it. I’m still bemused, long after we stopped using disposable carrier...
View ArticleHiawatha’s milkman
Now I seize the empty bottles Take them to the moonlit doorstep Bid them journey safely onward Ponder where the gods will take them… Leave them there beneath the starlight Leave them there beneath the...
View ArticleIncommunicado
Not being well up on Italian hits of the early 70s, I only learned about this today, but I think it’s great. In 1972, the singer Adriano Celentano released a single called ‘Prisencolinensinainciusol’....
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In case you were wondering…
I’ve been trying to get ChatGPT to do some recursion, using prompts like “Write a letter explaining how to use ChatGPT to write letters about how to use ChatGPT to write letters”, but the results,...
View ArticleThe AI Ballad Of John Henry
Friends this side of the Atlantic may not be familar with the story of John Henry, but you can read about him on Wikipedia. John Henry, the story goes, was a ‘steel-driving man’ whose prowess with the...
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I before E, except after C
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View ArticleMeta-Schrodinger
Spotted on Mastodon, by Michael Marshall: Schrodinger’s cat is now so ubiquitous a reference that it’s often used by people who don’t actually understand it or what it even means. And you can only tell...
View ArticleAll the world’s a garden centre
All the world’s a garden centre And all the men and women merely customers.They have their checkouts and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts,His visits being seven ages....
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