Archive for October, 2003

Got something to confess?

Posted on October 31, 2003 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

Confess all at grouphug.us. It’s odd this, as I was thinking just the other day that I’d like to build a site where people can purge horrible memories and things that you dwell on for years (I had had a morning of nasty memories that are never really as bas as you feel about them). [...]

Nick is in Iran

Posted on October 26, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

My friend Nick is in Iran for a few weeks. This was his latest email:
So, then, it could begin like this, with the boys busy at their football, kicking the ball within the quad, bouncing it off every surface- streetlamps, parked cars, each other’s heads – who still find time to direct my lost [...]

“Cute as a bug, short as a minute”

Posted on October 24, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

I’ve got the new Lyle Lovett album! Oh yes, oh yes, I’ve got the new Lyle Lovett album! It’s called My Baby Don’t Tolerate and is growing on me. It’s not an immediate winner like Pontiac, but it has some shining moments along with a few slow burn songs. There’s a combo of texas swing, [...]

Jimmy Carr

Posted on October 19, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

It was Céline’s birthday on Thursday and Sarah and I went down to Brighton on Friday night for drinking, eating and comedy. The comedy came in the form of Jimmy Carr and generated a huge range of responses from our crowd. He was, undoubtably, incredibly offensive, but while some of us thought this was funny [...]

Rainbow flags for Jesus

Posted on October 15, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

Check out the hilarious website of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement. I went to this site after reading an article on the BBC website about church leaders debating the ‘gay issue’ in London this week. Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has convened a meeting in the hope, it seems, of reaching a solution to [...]

Lyle Lovett frustration

Posted on October 12, 2003 ~ Filed Under Diary

There’s a new Lyle Lovett album out, but I can’t get hold of it! Oh, the pain. It’s called My Baby Don’t Tolerate and has had pretty good reviews, but doesn’t have obvious UK distribution yet. Lyle’s previous albums were released on MCA but this latest album is on Lost Highway, who also boast Ryan [...]

Ewww, a Mooncup!

Posted on October 9, 2003 ~ Filed Under Diary

So, at Brighton Pride this year I bought a Mooncup. This piece of plastic is an alternative to tampons and I’ve tried it for two periods now. The concept is kinda cool – a menstrual cup which you empty rather than a tampon which you throw away. It’s good for the environment and it’s good [...]

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Posted on October 6, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

I subscribe to the Newsnight email, which often includes some silly gags. I liked today’s:
Finally, some other American newspaper headlines from 2002: If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last A While; Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures; Enfield (London) Couple Slain: Police Suspect Homicide; Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges; Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery: Hundreds [...]

MIT puts course texts online

Posted on October 1, 2003 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

Wow. MIT has put all its course texts online at MIT OpenCourseWare. What do you want to learn today?