Archive for November, 2003

Murdering paedophiles

Posted on November 30, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

The BBC reports today that a paedophile has been battered to death in his home here in the UK. Not in some scary country where the rule of law doesn’t exist, but right here in this land in 2003. What’s the moral position there, do you think?
Obviously, paedophilia is inexcusable but is murder an […]

Snowboarding lesson

Posted on November 26, 2003 ~ Filed Under Diary

Oh, the pain, the pain. Everyone says that the first couple of days of snowboarding are the worst, so I guess the first hour was always gonna hurt. Yesterday, I went to Milton Keynes for a snowboarding lesson at the Snowdome. This is a warm-up for a snowboarding holiday we’ve got booked for early January. […]

Naked translations

Posted on November 18, 2003 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

So, I’ve just finished building a website for a friend. A few finishing touches need to be added, but it’s essentially there and it’s live at www.nakedtranslations.com. Céline is a good friend of mine (mentioned in other posts and in the pictures) but by day she’s a translator. The interesting thing about her site is […]

Life changes

Posted on November 11, 2003 ~ Filed Under Diary

Well, I handed in my notice at work on Monday. It’s been a while coming, but was still quite a shock to the system. A few weeks ago Sarah and I had a long talk about what we’re doing with our lives. It came down to the fact that despite having this lovely flat in […]

xXx

Posted on November 9, 2003 ~ Filed Under Culture

Sarah just made we watch xXx. It’s terrible! Sarah thought it might be that bad on purpose, as a spoof, but sadly I don’t think that’s the case. The plot is non-existent, the script is astonishingly bad, and the acting is embarrassing. Avoid!

Man in a skirt

Posted on November 6, 2003 ~ Filed Under Diary

There was a man on the tube today who was wearing a skirt. So, here’s what went through my mind:

It’s quite cold weather for a skirt.
Those aren’t very nice legs.
Is that a man?
It is a man!
Is he wearing that for a dare?
He doesn’t look at all self-concious so this can’t be odd.
Those shoes are […]

Social projects meeting socially minded programmers

Posted on November 3, 2003 ~ Filed Under Web ideas

Check out mySociety: a VoxPolitics project. You either contribute an idea or your skills to make society a better place. Another one of those ideas I had that I never implemented!